Category: Tech
March 19, 2026
Tech
‘Uncanny Valley’: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’
This week on Uncanny Valley, hosts Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer discuss the highlights from Nvidia’s annual developer conference, and…
March 19, 2026
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Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI
Jeff Bezos is reportedly seeking $100 billion for a new fund, the likes of which will be used to buy…
March 19, 2026
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Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
When we think about the existential threats of new technology, we’re usually thinking about something like the recent negotiations between…
March 19, 2026
Tech
The Download: Quantum computing for health, and why the world doesn’t recycle more nuclear waste
The prize will go to the quantum computer that can solve real health care problems that conventional “classical” computers are…
March 19, 2026
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FCC Enforcement Chief Offered to Help Brendan Carr Target Disney, Records Show
A senior Federal Communications Commission official overseeing ABC-owned California stations privately offered to assist FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s campaign last…
March 19, 2026
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Polymarket continues its partnership spree with a Major League Baseball deal
Prediction platform Polymarket has been on a partnership spree — a trend that continued this week, with a new deal…
March 19, 2026
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Online bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027, Cloudflare CEO says
Bots are taking over the web, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. In an interview at the SXSW conference in…
March 19, 2026
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Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition
Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series…
March 19, 2026
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Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’
Enhanced geothermal has had a promising few years, nudged forward by data centers’ insatiable demand for electricity. Fervo Energy has…
March 19, 2026
Tech
Meta rolls out new AI content enforcement systems while reducing reliance on third-party vendors
Meta on Thursday announced that it’s starting to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle content enforcement as it…