Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.
A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking
It’s a game a lot of us played as children — and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper. The grippers would be a …
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DeepCoder delivers top coding performance in efficient 14B open model
DeepCoder-14B competes with frontier models like o3 and o1—and the weights, code, and optimization platform are open source.Read More
Trump’s Trade War Is Strengthening China’s Soft Power
President Trump’s tariffs are boosting China’s global image even as they threaten to decimate its economy.
Leveraging silicon photonics for scalable and sustainable AI hardware
The emergence of AI has profoundly transformed numerous industries. Driven by deep learning technology and Big Data, AI requires significant processing power for training its models. While the existing AI infrastructure relies on graphical processing units (GPUs), the substantial processing demands and energy expenses associated with its operation remain key challenges. Adopting a more efficient …
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Market Madness, Manufacturing, and the Liberation Day of It All
Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are roiling the markets. On this week’s special episode of Uncanny Valley, we break it all down.
Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up
A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for flying microbots.
11 Great Apple Deals on MacBooks, iPads, and AirPods (April 2025)
It might be smart to upgrade your hardware now if it’s on its last legs. We’ve vetted these deals to ensure you’re getting a real discount.
Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a life saver
A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human body to deliver medicine may seem like science fiction, but an international team is pioneering such adaptable robots by integrating flexible electronics with magnetically controlled motion.
Probabilistic algorithm targets social media’s fake news problem
Fake news across social media is becoming ever easier to spread and more difficult to detect. That’s thanks to increasingly powerful artificial intelligence (AI) and cuts to fact-checking resources by major platforms.