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- Chinese Companies Are Selling Vapes With Chemicals Potentially More Potent Than Nicotine
- Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:42:11 +0000
Big Tobacco studied nicotine analogs like 6-methyl-nicotine for decades but never marketed them. Now, Chinese vape makers are using them to sidestep US regulations.
- China-US AI Race Escalates, OpenAI Models Break Free, and Why You Should Check Your Car Alarm
- Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:53:01 +0000
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into accusations that China’s Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, and how the US Army needs to cut back on AI use.
- Silicon Valley Is Completely Divided Over Chinese AI
- Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000
The AI “startups” worth billions of dollars are raising alarm bells about Chinese AI. The smaller players have a totally different take.
- Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
- Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000
“I think it should stand for artificial idiot,” one 9-year-old says. Here’s why kids of all ages are calling AI “disgusting” and “creepy.”
- Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
- Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:45:52 +0000
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”
- The EU Fines Google $1 Billion for Prioritizing Its Own Services in Search
- Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:51:52 +0000
The European Commission claims that Google boosted its own apps and products to the top of search rankings to the detriment of its competitors.
- China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook
- Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:01:38 +0000
As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.
- Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
- Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:10:35 +0000
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
- This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light
- Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:05:00 +0000
Pat Gelsinger wants to pave the way to ever more powerful artificial intelligence using tiny beams of light.
- Nvidia Wants to Own Every Chip Inside AI Data Centers
- Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000
Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform combines CPUs and GPUs into a single system, reflecting the company’s growing ambition to power every layer of AI infrastructure.
- The Great Peptide Cash Grab Has Begun
- Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:45:49 +0000
The FDA could decide whether to loosen rules around peptide production this week. Some telehealth players are already seeing dollar signs.
- ‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
- Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:30:00 +0000
Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.
- The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Actually
- Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:57:39 +0000
The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.
- AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
- Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:50:38 +0000
An error with the cloud computing giant’s billing operation caused some customers’ monthly bills to rise from a few cents to billions of dollars.
- Polymarket’s Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees
- Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000
The prediction market’s Panamanian operation seems odd, even for a company whose CEO had his apartment raided by FBI agents.
- Lyft’s CEO Says, ‘We’re the Good Uber’
- Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000
David Risher insists that Lyft has lowered its prices and that customers who only check his competitor’s app are “leaving money on the table.”
- A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
- Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000
The CEO of Foundation Future Industries, which counts the president’s son as its chief strategy adviser, tells WIRED it’s exploring some “kinetic things.”
- Why Apple Sued OpenAI, New York Takes on Data Centers, and What to Know about Cyclosporiasis
- Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:17:27 +0000
On today’s Uncanny Valley, we unpack OpenAI’s ongoing drama, both legal and reputational, and whether these developments could further hurt the company—particularly in its fight against Anthropic.
- Salad Chains Are Seeing Foot Traffic Drop Over Cyclosporiasis Fears
- Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:06:59 +0000
Foot traffic to leafy green chains is falling, data shows. Still, a few brave souls who spoke to WIRED were determined to get their fix. “I honestly didn’t even think about” the risk of explosive diarrhea, one says.
- Here’s Why Anthropic Is Pushing States to Regulate AI Faster
- Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:35:18 +0000
The company endorsed landmark AI transparency laws in California and New York last year, but its head of US state and local policy says they may already be outdated.