To wrap up 2024, this week on Uncanny Valley we talk about the tech products we most fear and love.
Category: Business / Tech Culture
Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony
Robots! Huge capacitors! A pianist-programmer of impossible skill! One of Silicon Valley’s formative figures takes the stage at a wild event.
Taking on the Tyranny of the Tech Bros
Coalitions between feminist movements, minorities, and labor activists will help keep the Silicon Valley moguls in check.
The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence
Apple’s leaders claim the company wasn’t late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first.
In Sam Altman We Trust?
This week on Uncanny Valley, we do a deep dive on Open AI’s Sam Altman.
Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification
At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.
Watch WIRED’s Big Interview Event Right Here
On December 3, WIRED is sitting down with some of the biggest names in technology, business, science, and beyond for a full day packed with in-depth conversations.
Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up
The not-a-Twitter-clone is exploding, and its CEO promises to not repeat old social-media mistakes. Her strategy? Massively empower users to decide how the service works.
Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?
WIRED takes a look at one of Silicon Valley’s most influential ideologies.
The New Hatred of Technology
Tech critics are more sophisticated than ever. They’re still wrong.