16 Aug Decoding Palantir, the Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do?
16 Aug Best Early Labor Day Mattress Sales (2025) It’s one of the best times of the year to score a new mattress. Here are all the best deals (plus some exclusive sale codes) to snag ahead of the long weekend.
16 Aug 9 Best Pillows (2025) Tested For Side, Back, and Stomach Sleepers We’ve spent over a year testing the best pillows to support your noggin, whether you snooze on your side, back, or in a tangle of blankets.
15 Aug Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future What really motivated the US government to ban Nvidia from selling powerful computer chips to China?
15 Aug Why Trump Flip-Flopped on Nvidia Selling H20 Chips to China Nvidia struck a surprising deal after convincing the president that H20 chips aren’t a national security risk. But whether the reversal is good or bad depends on who you ask.
15 Aug AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill Peak has sold millions of copies and is Aggro Crab’s biggest hit to date. That makes it a prime target for cloning.
14 Aug RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious disease treatments, but leaving the door open to mRNA therapies for cancer and genetic conditions.
14 Aug OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent.
14 Aug Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google After reporters found dozens of firms hiding privacy tools from search results, US senator Maggie Hassan insists the companies explain their practices—and pledge to improve access to privacy controls.
13 Aug The 55 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (August 2025) Eyes of Wakanda, Doctor Who, and Ironheart are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
