Wikipedia Workers Unionize for the First Time

More than 200 people in roles such as engineering, finance, and communications will now be represented by the Communication Workers of America.

25th Anniversary Of 9/11: A Reporting Trip Goes Awry

Here is one reporter’s experience on 9/11 when reporting about a unionization drive at Nissan in Tennesse

Bare Knuckle Boxing CEO Says BKB Will ‘Plant Our Flag’ In Mexico

BKB 59 lands in Tijuana on Sept. 19, the promotion’s first event in Mexico, built on a Zanfer Promotions partnership. Two world titles are on the line.

New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels
New Jersey just legalised cheap plug-in balcony solar panels

New Jersey has legalised plug-in balcony solar up to 1,200W, barring local governments from requiring approvals and stopping landlords from blocking installation. Germany wrote the same right into its civil code in October 2024 and now has 1.31 million…

T-Mobile’s Gopalan turns to home internet and AI after a 25% slide
T-Mobile’s Gopalan turns to home internet and AI after a 25% slide

T-Mobile US chief executive Srini Gopalan declined to comment on a possible merger with parent Deutsche Telekom, days after Elliott built a stake to oppose it. A full combination would put the holding company outside Germany and cut the German state an…

Sam Altman says AI developers have fumbled at communicating the technology’s benefits
Sam Altman says AI developers have fumbled at communicating the technology’s benefits

Sam Altman says the AI industry has done a terrible job of communicating the benefits of the technology and is now exposed to a backlash, after local opposition blocked or delayed 75 data centre projects worth about $130B in a single quarter. In Europe…

Nobody Is Saying Why OpenAI and Anthropic Had Outages Today

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all suffered outages at nearly the exact same time for reasons that remain murky.

Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested

This week on Uncanny Valley, we dig into the latest prediction market buzz, Flock’s AI-powered police search tool, and how tech bros don’t know how to talk about “rouge” AI agents

OpenAI Is Making A Humanoid Robot. Sam Altman Says Everyone Should Have One

The maker of ChatGPT is now committed to making humanoid and other types of robots, not just the AI that powers their brains.

GPT-6 Astra Is Here—and OpenAI Thinks It May Kick Off the AGI Era

OpenAI leaders think the company’s next generation model, which excels at computer use and coding, may mark a major milestone in AI development.