Architecture Fiction: Implausible Futures for Unpopular Places

In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.

Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.

a certain kind of person writes in all lowercase now. why?

The author of The AGI Chronicles says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”

Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ impact on the atmosphere.

As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”

The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power.

What’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.

The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we discuss where Elon Musk’s PAC is spending millions, the latest ideology Trump claims is dangerous, and the backlash against the designer behind Muse’s logo.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,  data center projects in rural areas could be eligible for major tax benefits starting next year. Some hyperscalers do not seem eager to take the free cash.

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.