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Friday August 15, 2025. 08:46 PM
This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do?
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alternative_right writes: A team of researchers at Columbia University, funded in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, have developed 'machines that can grow by consuming other machines.' Video of the experiment shows tubular robots that move by extending...
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Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday release offers a rather complex set of updates, with 111 fixes affecting Windows, Office, SQL Server and Exchange Server — and several “Patch Now” recommendations.  Publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Windows Kerberos...
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A golf ball got the best of Vice President JD Vance as he tried but failed to putt it in its place. The battle of wills (or skills, as it were) occurred this week at his boss's Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland, where Vance hit the ball four times — even just inches away...
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Proton has begun relocating infrastructure outside Switzerland ahead of proposed surveillance legislation requiring VPNs and messaging services with over 5,000 users to identify customers and retain data for six months. The company's AI chatbot Lumo became the first product...
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Our favorite cowgirl cosplayer, remorseless puppy killer, and current DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has found herself a sweet new pad – rent free! – by booting the Coast Guard's top admiral from their traditional residence. The Washington Post reports that Noem decided her...
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Software engineers are finding that OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model is helping them think through coding problems—but isn’t much better at actual coding.
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Switchzilla's summer of perfect 10s Cisco has issued a patch for a maximum-severity bug in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands on vulnerable systems.…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters that AI investments have entered bubble territory. His remarks: 'Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion is yes.' 'When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth. If you ...
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Should you splurge on the new Series 11? Or will the Watch SE 3 do? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).
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Last year's animated Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy was a super fun 'What If?' style animated adventure that mixed up the entire galaxy and introduced us to Darth Jar Jar and the Dark Falcon, among other outstanding canon-bending characters and ships. — Read the rest The...
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They call it the Switch 2 because it only has 2 exclusives. One of which is just okay. All jokes aside, though, the launch lineup for this notoriously expensive console has been questionable, especially as a followup to the Switch 1, which gave us two of the best games ever...
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If you have any recollection of the early 2000s children television program Boohbah, it may feel like a vague memory of a fever dream. The show is about fuzzy humanoid creatures that live in a universe filled with rainbows, playful noises, and absurdity. — Read the rest The...
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Ah, Musk and Trump, America's favorite toxic couple. After a very messy public breakup that saw accusations of pedophilia being flung back and forth (one of Musk's favorite rhetorical techniques), Musk eventually relented and bent the knee, with his submission now being...
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Watching colorful shapes drift endlessly downward on this minimalist site is, strangely, a healthier way to zone out than doom-scrolling. One click turns on the Shepard tone — a looping sound that seems to fall forever without ever actually changing pitch. — Read the rest ...
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Microsoft is updating its pricing approach for Online Services in Enterprise Agreements in the name of consistency and transparency, but could leave some customers paying more. From a report: Many customers, particularly larger ones, enjoy substantial discounts via volume...
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A claymation alien crash-lands at a LEGO Stonehenge, freaking out the minifig tourists. The multi-legged and multi-eyed alien stands up and appears harmless until he boops a tourist on the nose, when pandemonium ensues. The tourist screams, and the alien, heretofore referred ...
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I've used Ad Fontes Media's 'Media Bias Chart' for years in my cultural studies courses, to provide students with an accessible illustration of how new sources always include deeply embedded political and ideological perspectives, and to give them a sense of the importance...
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The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he’s willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.
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If you've modded Skyrim in literally any capacity, and you more than likely have, you've installed the Unofficial Skyrim Patch. For good reason, too; it's a massive, far-reaching effort to fix every bug and inconsistency Bethesda left in the retail version of the game. —...
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