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This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
One installer now offers conventional and read-only systems as separate Micro distro bows out
DRAM revenue jumps 369 percent as AI demand keeps supplies tight and prices climbing
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. Maybe
Curbing compute farms played a big part in recent US elections, now Euro activists are making their feelings known
New commitment to Apache Iceberg and expanded Databricks partnership point to battle ahead over context layer
Israeli strikes on construction equipment and water infrastructure in South Lebanon have blocked recovery efforts, keeping displaced families away from their homes.
IBM deal could see tech jobs shipped to India, with cuts expected before Christmas
October outage caused by bad PLC config exposed at a time maintenance work reduced resilience
Version 8 of Standard and Enterprise Plus will stay alive until October 2028
‘Pro Badges’ don’t require a test, Microsoft awards them by watching you use GitHub
It starts with a surprise version number: Linux Mint 27 instead of 24. But the next release brings far more changes than that.
Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.
Kat Abughazaleh and CJ Pearson spoke at WIRED World Fair on Wednesday about the influence of social media on politics following Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Leading the Future, backed by Silicon Valley’s biggest billionaires, had a war chest of $100 million and an aggressive stance against AI regulation. All of it didn’t add up to much on Tuesday night.
Alex Karp casts military software as a force for peace while declaring a moral imperative to dominate the market
After two last-minute delays, it's here and running – albeit with a kernel series already at upstream end of life