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    What to Do in LA if You’re Here for Business (2025)

    A tech industry guide to where to stay, eat, work, and play while visiting LA.

    ‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

    Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the...

    Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates

    In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack the mass layoffs at Meta, big announcements at Google I/O, and the latest backlash against AI.

    Best Window Air Conditioners of 2026: Midea, Zafro, GE

    These are the AC units we’ve trusted to cool our homes for months, if not years.

    Anker debuts Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro earbuds with its Thus AI chip

    Anker's first products with its Thus AI chip are two powerful sets of earbuds, including one that has an AI note taker.

    Google won’t rest until Gemini is everywhere in your home

    The company is making it easier for manufacturers to make more Gemini-powered smart devices.

    Are you really going to talk to Gemini like that?

    Google's new AI features capitalize on the popularity of voice dictation, and a desire to leave the thinking to AI.

    You can now add ChatGPT to PowerPoint

    Most users can start generating slides with AI today.

    Elon Musk reportedly owes quite a few of his employees $420

    xAI promised workers the money in exchange for tax information to train Grok.

    Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience

    (https://www.convective.capital) just closed an $85 million fund to back startups building disaster resilience technologies, marking a strategic expansion beyond its original wildfire-focused mandate. The...

    Spotify soars 15% after announcing AI music deal with UMG, guidance

    Spotify's stock rocketed 15% in Thursday trading after the streaming giant unveiled a groundbreaking AI music deal with Universal Music Group and issued optimistic...

    Anthropic, Microsoft in talks for AI chip deal after $5 billion investment

    Anthropic and Microsoft are negotiating a deal that could give the AI startup access to Microsoft's proprietary Maia 200 chips, marking a significant shift...

    The Endless AI guitar pedal has potential

    (https://polyend.com) just launched Endless, a $299 AI-powered guitar pedal that generates custom effects from text prompts. The ARM-powered device pairs with Playground, a suite...

    Uber is deploying its own self-driving cars again, just not as robotaxis

    (https://www.uber.com) is putting self-driving cars back on public roads for the first time since its fatal 2018 crash in Arizona, but with a critical...

    Open-Source Software Is Starting to Help Robots Think

    When a group of academics started making open-source robotics hardware, a generation of roboticists got years of their lives back. Now, the bigger challenge...

    The Future of Physical AI Isn’t Smarter Robots, It’s Smarter Interfaces

    This sponsored article is brought to you by Wetour Robotics.A field technician on a wind turbine, harness clipped, both hands on a wrench, needs...