Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine

Today on “Uncanny Valley,” we take an early look at the SpaceX IPO and why you might find yourself among the investors without even realizing it.

Are designers to blame for our tech dystopia? It’s complicated

Addictive apps. Persuasive features. Deceptive patterns. Is Big Tech’s ‘defective design’ really a design problem? A ...
TechCrunch

Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

In 2026, you cannot pry AI coding tools out of developers’ vise grip, researchers have discovered. But while AI is undoubtedly helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, ...
The Next Web

Developers won’t work without AI anymore. The research says it might be making them worse.

Devs refuse to code without AI, but research shows it may slow them down. Amazon killed its token leaderboard. Uber blew its AI budget in four months. In February 2026, AI research lab METR tried to ...
VTDigger

Vermont Legislature passes landmark education reform without forcing districts to merge

Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, a key architect on this year’s education reform compromise speaks on the Senate floor at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Photo by Glenn ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code 1.122 Lets BYOK Work Without GitHub Sign-In

VS Code 1.122 removes the GitHub sign-in blocker for BYOK, making enterprise and offline AI workflows practical. BYOK now supports chat, tools and MCP servers while signed out. The release also ...
TechCrunch

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months

AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs. That cohort includes Uber, which recently instituted internal usage caps as a way to cut down on ...