There is a certain wildness in the tech industry these days that both mimics previous eras of large changes, like cloud computing (runaway costs in…
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SOND, a sleep tech startup from Bose’s former head of sleep, exits stealth with $7M |
Traditionally, sleep earbuds have been designed to mask outside noise and promote sleep with calming sounds. But today, a Boston-based startup called SOND is introducing…
Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien
Nobody was surprised that Pope Leo XIV cited well-known saints and previous pontiffs in his first encyclical, or papal letter of spiritual guidance, Magnifica Humanitas,…
AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
“Hi, my name is Peter, and I’m a Claudeholic.” It was August 2025 and Peter Steinberger was addressing a meetup in London called Claude Code…
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
This week on Uncanny Valley, the team dives into Trump’s selected entourage for his high-stakes visit to China, ranging from Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires to…
India’s first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch |
Skyroot Aerospace has become India’s first space tech unicorn after raising $60 million in a new investment ahead of the maiden orbital launch of its…
Hackers steal students' data during breach at education tech giant Instructure |
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The…
Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax |
Australia is getting serious about making Big Tech pay for news. The country’s government unveiled draft legislation on Tuesday that would require companies like Meta,…
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables |
BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was once the stuff of science…
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its 'mind-reading' tech for consumer wearables |
BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was once the stuff of science…