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Uncanny Valley

Is Elon Musk Really Stepping Back From DOGE?

Elon Musk is apparently turning his attention away from Washington and back to Tesla. On this episode of Uncanny Valley, the hosts unpack what Musk’s pivot means for the future of DOGE.

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Katie Drummond

Silicon Kingdoms

The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat

Will Knight

Uncanny Valley

The Hottest Topic at This Year's Pornhub Awards? Censorship

Lauren Goode and Manisha Krishnan

Latest

Elon’s World

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’

Kylie Robison and Paige Oamek

Extreme

Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online

David Gilbert

Free for All

CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Golden Ticket

A VIP Seat at Donald Trump’s Crypto Dinner Cost at Least $2 Million

Paige Oamek, Joel Khalili, and Natasha Bernal

Takeover

Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office

Kate Knibbs

Double Standard

Computer Ban Gave the Government Unfair Advantage in Anti-War Activist’s Case, Lawyer Says

Dell Cameron

Inhumanity

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

Dhruv Mehrotra

Golden Handshake

As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It

Fernanda González

Golden Ticket

A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms

Louise Matsakis and Zoë Schiffer

Attack of the Clones

Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage

Lily Hay Newman

Uncanny Valley

The Trump Administration Sure Is Having Trouble Keeping Its Comms Private

Zoë Schiffer and Lily Hay Newman

High Visibility

The Company Behind the Signal Clone Mike Waltz Used Has Direct Access to User Chats

Lily Hay Newman

P@55W0RD

Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tim Marchman

Phone Wars

Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked

Lily Hay Newman

The Purge

Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It

Jason Parham

Nonprofit No More

Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring

Paresh Dave

Uncanny Valley

A Tariff Standoff With China, Power Outages, and the End of Christmas

Zoë Schiffer and Louise Matsakis

Takeover

‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question

Zoë Schiffer and Kate Knibbs

Ad Blitz

The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on Hyper-Targeted YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration

Anna Lagos

Mirror Image

Star Wars’ Andor Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism

Jake Kleinman