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WIRED

‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on ‘What Makes Art Beautiful’ in the AI Era

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you our conversation with Jon M. Chu from WIRED’s Big Interview event, fresh on the heels of directing Wicked: For Good.

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WIRED

‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on ‘What Makes Art Beautiful’ in the AI Era

WIRED

The Very Best Gifts for Dads of Christmas 2025

Dads are traditionally tough to shop for—let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste.

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WIRED

The Very Best Gifts for Dads of Christmas 2025

WIRED

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

Federal records show CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the border.

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WIRED

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

WIRED

The Most Powerful Politics Influencers Barely Post About Politics

New research shows that social media creators have enormous influence over their audiences' politics—especially those who don't normally share political content.

8 hours ago

WIRED

The Most Powerful Politics Influencers Barely Post About Politics

WIRED

16 Best Food Gifts, as Tested by Our Tastebuds (2025)

From tinned fish to baked goodies, you can deliver the best-tasting treats to their door—even if you don’t live close by.

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WIRED

16 Best Food Gifts, as Tested by Our Tastebuds (2025)

WIRED

How to Watch the Final Meteor Shower of 2025

Conditions in the US should be perfect for the final meteor shower of 2025, with no moonlight present to interfere with spotting shooting stars.

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WIRED

How to Watch the Final Meteor Shower of 2025

TechCrunch

YouTube to pull music data from Billboard's charts because it doesn't like its ranking formula

YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard's access to its music data.

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TechCrunch

YouTube to pull music data from Billboard's charts because it doesn't like its ranking formula

TechCrunch

YouTube will stream the Oscars &8212; exclusively &8212; beginning in 2029

The news highlights YouTube's growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.

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TechCrunch

YouTube will stream the Oscars &8212; exclusively &8212; beginning in 2029

TechCrunch

Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest's Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.

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TechCrunch

Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest's Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

TechCrunch

Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages

Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.

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TechCrunch

Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages

TechCrunch

Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.

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TechCrunch

Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

TechCrunch

Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor

Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May.

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TechCrunch

Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor

The Verge

Engadget

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

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Engadget

China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees

Engadget

A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators

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Engadget

A Facebook test makes link-sharing a paid feature for creators

Engadget

Astronomers find mysterious lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA's Webb telescope

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Engadget

Astronomers find mysterious lemon-shaped exoplanet with NASA's Webb telescope

Engadget

Jared Isaacman is NASA's new leader

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Engadget

Jared Isaacman is NASA's new leader

Engadget

Billboard's charts are increasingly weighted towards on-demand streaming, but not enough for YouTube

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Engadget

Billboard's charts are increasingly weighted towards on-demand streaming, but not enough for YouTube

Engadget

The best Secret Santa gift ideas for 2025: Affordable gifts you can still get from Lego, Apple, Yeti and more

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Engadget

The best Secret Santa gift ideas for 2025: Affordable gifts you can still get from Lego, Apple, Yeti and more

FastCompany

Ars Technica

Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice

New method uses no freezing technology or refrigeration equipment—just water and a vacuum.

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Ars Technica

Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice

Ars Technica

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse.

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Ars Technica

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

Ars Technica

Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil

Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.

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Ars Technica

Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil

Ars Technica

FCC chair scrubs website after learning it called FCC an “independent agency”

Meanwhile, Ted Cruz wants to restrict FCC's power to intimidate broadcasters.

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Ars Technica

FCC chair scrubs website after learning it called FCC an “independent agency”

Ars Technica

Google releases Gemini 3 Flash, promising improved intelligence and efficiency

Google's Gemini 3 family is now complete with release of Gemini 3 Flash.

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Ars Technica

Google releases Gemini 3 Flash, promising improved intelligence and efficiency

Ars Technica

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.

8 hours ago

Ars Technica

Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations