In today’s episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into five stories—from AI to DOGE—that encapsulate the year and give us clues as to what might unfold in 2026.

This holiday-themed brainteaser looks simple, but it's quietly tripping up adults everywhere. A math teacher walks us through ...

As the management was leaning hard into AI CAPEX, spending ~$90 billion in cash CAPEX YTD and projecting ~$125 billion expected for full 2025, it created an "AI CAPEX problem" that drove the narrative ...

You’d be surprised how many young people can’t read this. One of its conclusions tells the sad tale. “Between 2020 and 2025, the number of students whose math skills fall below high school level has ...

Swiggy, Zomato, and other gig worker unions across India have announced a nationwide strike on Dec 31, 2025, demanding better ...

A New Jersey mom found herself so confused by her six-year-old daughter’s math homework, she had to ask the teacher for help. The school year is a stressful time for parents. A 2025 Ipsos survey of ...

One of the biggest problems that retailers face today is theft. Shoplifting has been an illegal practice, perhaps for centuries now, and it is mind-boggling that it is still as widely prevalent as it ...

Executives say they still believe generative AI will eventually transform their businesses, but they are reconsidering how quickly that will happen within their organizations.

Quebec Premier François Legault is finishing 2025 with his party running in third place in the polls, behind the Parti ...

A judge on Monday scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in ...

I remember covering Nvidia (NVDA) during the Covid pandemic years, when it was still a gaming graphics-card story. For ...