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Meta's Monopoly Made It a Fair-Weather Friend

Meta's Monopoly Made It a Fair-Weather Friend

As the FTC trial has shown, a lack of competition allowed the company to shift its focus away from users—and toward its bottom lin...

Google Is Once Again Deemed a Monopoly, This Time in Ad Tech

Google Is Once Again Deemed a Monopoly, This Time in Ad Tech

The future of Google's advertising business is at stake after a federal judge found the company illegally monopolized parts of its...

How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests

How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests

Here's what you need to know about surveillance technology and protests—and how you can best protect yourself.

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord's features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content...

Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet

Trump’s Tariffs Haven’t Resulted in Higher Prices on Amazon—Yet

The ecommerce site penalizes sellers for abrupt price hikes, and many are hesitant to make risky changes amid a volatile trade war...

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

Will Meta Really Have to Sell Instagram and WhatsApp?

On this episode of "Uncanny Valley," we unpack the trial between Meta and the FTC.

Meet The AI Agent With Multiple Personalities

Meet The AI Agent With Multiple Personalities

A new AI agent from the startup Simular switches between different AI models depending on the task at hand.

A New Mexico Man Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Setting Fire to a Tesla Showroom

A New Mexico Man Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Setting Fire to a Tesla Showroom

Jamison Wagner was also charged with an alleged arson attack on the New Mexico Republican Party’s office.

A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is 'Determined to Fight'

A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is 'Determined to Fight'

The abrupt firing of Xiaofeng Wang and his wife from Indiana University last month has shocked the academic community, and is stok...

OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding

OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding

GPT 4.1, GPT 4.1 Mini, and GPT 4.1 Nano are all available now—and will help OpenAI compete with Google and Anthropic.

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C

The Subjective Charms of Objective-C

The verbose programming language felt like a universal form of communication—until it didn't.

An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

Hugging Face has acquired the open source robot startup Pollen Robotics to help “democratize” robotics.

Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US

Why It’s Impossible for Most Small Businesses to Manufacture in the US

American companies that make everything from keychains to mattresses say Chinese manufacturing is superior, and tariffs won’t be e...

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

FTC v. Meta Trial: The Future of Instagram and WhatsApp Is at Stake

The blockbuster antitrust case begins Monday. Its outcome could impact how Big Tech companies grow—but the government has a long w...

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes

Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questio...

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Tech—and You

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at the impacts this trade war will have on the products we all use and how you can bes...

Where Were Big Tech’s CEOs on Tariffs?

Where Were Big Tech’s CEOs on Tariffs?

Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost ...

Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages

Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages

Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include ...

Japan Loses Top Creditor Status for First Time in 34 Years

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Japan Loses Top Creditor Status for First Time in 34 Years

ECB Rate-Cutting Cycle Is Probably Almost Finished, Muller S...

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ECB Rate-Cutting Cycle Is Probably Almost Finished, Muller Says

Swiss Inflation Turns Negative for First Time in Four Years

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Swiss Inflation Turns Negative for First Time in Four Years

ECB’s Stournaras Sees June Rate Cut and Then Pause: Kathimer...

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ECB’s Stournaras Sees June Rate Cut and Then Pause: Kathimerini

China forms new global mediation group with dozens of countr...

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China forms new global mediation group with dozens of countries

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