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NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader

A long and winding road to reach NASA's headquarters in Washington, DC.

Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex

GPT-5.2-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced coding model, offering long-horizon reasoning, large-scale code transformations, and enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Introducing GPT-5.2-Codex

GPT-5.2-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced coding model, offering long-horizon reasoning, large-scale code transformations, and enhanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Addendum to GPT-5.2 System Card: GPT-5.2-Codex

‘I think $2.3 billion says you might be wrong on that’: James Cameron shoots down critics of 3D in Avatar, as fresh lawsuit emerges from animator

The lawsuit claims Cameron copied the story for Avatar: The Way of Water from a fellow animator's original sci-fi idea.

Snapchat’s new Quick Cut stitches a video together for you

Snap just launched a new Quick Cut video editing tool right inside Snapchat that "helps Snapchatters turn their favorite Memories into beat-synced, ready-to-share videos in seconds." With Quick Cut, you can select multiple photos or clips and then "instantly preview a rendered video," and the featur...

The 44 best gift ideas for mom this holiday season

Your mom deserves the best, and we're going to help you get them something special. The right gift can make family or friend time more valuable, after all, or it can greatly enrich time spent alone. If your mom says that she has all that she needs, don't take her word for it and show […]

Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as new head of NASA

The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman's appointment as the head of NASA on Wednesday, a decision that comes just months after President Donald Trump pulled his nomination before picking him yet again in November, as reported earlier by CNBC. Isaacman, the founder and CEO of a payments platform called...

The Best Plant and Gardening Gifts From LetPot (2025)

The brand best known for its Aerogarden dupes actually has a wide range of indoor garden supplies. These are the products I’ve tested and would buy myself.

Uh-oh — Nvidia could drastically reduce supply of its RTX 5000 gaming GPUs in 2026, cutting production by up to 40%

Nvidia is rumored to be cutting supply of RTX 5000 models by 30% to 40% in the first half of 2026.

Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice

New method uses no freezing technology or refrigeration equipment—just water and a vacuum.

Brendan Carr doesn’t regret his threats to broadcasters

A defiant Brendan Carr testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday in his first public appearance before lawmakers since threatening broadcasters who aired comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show. Over the course of nearly three hours, the Federal Communications Commission chairman ping-ponged...

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse.

‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on ‘What Makes Art Beautiful’ in the AI Era

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we bring you our conversation with Jon M. Chu from WIRED’s Big Interview event, fresh on the heels of directing Wicked: For Good.

Ford is switching some battery focus from cars to data centers - with plans for huge 20GWh capacity

Ford halts electric pickup production and redirects battery investments toward stationary energy storage for grids, data centers, and residential systems.

Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA

Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the moon.

Dell reportedly preparing massive price hikes for commercial clients - and warns "Ordering today for future delivery DOES NOT lock in current pricing"

Dell will increase commercial product prices starting December 17 due to memory shortages, affecting laptops, desktops, mini workstations, and AI-enabled devices.

Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

Meta has "paused" its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to VR . With the program, announced in April 2024, Meta announced that it would be licensing the Quest OS headset - which, at th...

Democratic lawmakers are investigating data centers’ impact on electricity costs 

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off a letter on Tuesday to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and several major data center developers to investigate the impact they're having on Americans' utility bills. The move comes as rising electricity...

Golf Channel Games 2025 live streams: how to watch golf online for free, teams, stream Scheffler vs McIlory

All the ways to watch The Golf Channel Games 2025 live streams online and without cable from anywhere, as Team Scottie takes on Team Rory at Trump Jupiter.

You can snag a pair of the Beats Solo 4 headphones for under $100 right now

If you’re looking for a gadget to get as a last-minute Christmas gift, we’ve got your back. The Beats Solo 4 are among the best on-ear headphones we’ve tested in the last year or two, and they’re currently down to a new low of $79 ($120 off) in select colors at Walmart. If you prefer […]

YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula

YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard's access to its music data.

Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil

Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.

FCC chair scrubs website after learning it called FCC an “independent agency”

Meanwhile, Ted Cruz wants to restrict FCC's power to intimidate broadcasters.

Amazon has a new leader for its ‘AGI’ group as it plays catch-up on AI

Amazon's head of artificial general intelligence (AGI), Rohit Prasad, is leaving the company next year as it reaches an "inflection point" in its development of the technology, CEO Andy Jassy announced on Wednesday. As part of the change, Peter DeSantis, a senior vice president at Amazon Web Service...

Video game hardware sales had a historically bad November in the US

Spending on video game hardware during November totalled $695 million, a drop of 27 percent compared to last year, according to market analyst company Circana, "This is the lowest video game hardware spending total for a November month since the $455M reached during the November 2005 tracking period...

YouTube just won THE Oscars, and the iconic show is set to leave ABC in 2029

The Oscars are heading to YouTube in 2029. Here's what that means.

YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029

The news highlights YouTube's growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.

More than half of workers say they really "love" Excel - and surprisingly enough, it's younger workers who are apparently more infatuated

Microsoft Excel remains essential across generations, with younger finance professionals embracing its advanced features, while AI integration enhances modern workflow.

Now there's a robot app store because we all want our bots to kick like Bruce Lee

Unitree has launched the first known robot app store, which provides canned actions that you can upload or download and add to your robot.