How to stop new Meta AI model from using your Instagram pics
The new model automatically includes public profiles to be used in generative AI creations., The new model automatically includes public profiles to be used in generative AI creations., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Lawsuit Challenging Tommy Tuberville’s Eligibility To Run For Alabama Governor Dismissed
The now-dismissed lawsuit argued that the Alabama Senator really lives in a $5 million gated mansion on a Florida beach and not in the state he represents., Read MoreContinue Reading
Jon Stewart Spots Exactly What Makes ‘Poor Little Billionaire’ The Traitor Super Happy
“He is the sun and we are but the stars,” quipped the “Daily Show” host while explaining what brings the president joy in his life., Read MoreContinue Reading
After Platner’s exit, other working-class Democrats offer hope
commentary Working-class candidates like Minnesota’s Kaela Berg and Montana’s Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues Published July 9, 2026 12:25PM (EDT) Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images) Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S.Continue Reading
Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say
Migrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hotel in Equatorial Guinea say authorities have used the facility to quarantine a suspected Ebola patient, Read MoreContinue Reading
Why an ICE shooting in Houston isn’t leading to mass protests
HOUSTON — In the days after federal agents shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, tens of thousands of people flooded that city’s streets in protest. When agents shot Alex Pretti to death three weeks later, the crowds exceeded 50,000 people. But the immediate fallout in Houston looked entirely differentContinue Reading
How shedding the terrorism designation could reshape Syria’s future
Syria will soon no longer carry the scarlet letter of being a state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Losing that title, now carried by just a handful of countries, will open up a literal world of economic opportunities for Syria’s new government that it hasn’t seen since the 1970s. Continue Reading
After the Intelligence Cycle: A New Schema for AI-Native Intelligence Analysis
Recent discussion of artificial intelligence in intelligence analysis has consistently framed the technology as a means of accelerating an existing process. The intelligence cycle (collection, processing, analysis, production, dissemination) remains the implicit organizing schema, with AI cast as something used to drive its stages faster, increase resource efficiency, or widenContinue Reading
The Succession Question Haunting the Kremlin
The late-June 2026 death of Sergei B. Ivanov – the man once thought the most likely successor to Vladimir Putin – as well as the Russian President’s age, his rumored health problems, and the discontent over the economic impact of his disastrous invasion of Ukraine; have renewed speculation over when,Continue Reading
Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
Amid live coding sessions and Silicon Valley optimism, the UN’s AI for Good summit wrestled with an increasingly urgent question: Can global governance catch up before the technology races beyond its control?Continue Reading
Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the The Traitor Phone Arrives
Today on Uncanny Valley, we unpack the political debacle unfolding in Maine surrounding the campaign of Democratic candidate Graham Platner.Continue Reading
Year ago, Russia fired 28 ballistic missiles in month at Ukraine. Now it’s firing three times that
Ukraine’s air defenses achieved an 89% interception rate in June, but only 40% against ballistic missiles. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry reported that of 6,000 Russian attack drones and missiles launched in June, air defense intercepted 5,300. The performance follows a documented trend. Ukraine climbed to 90% interception in March 2026 asContinue Reading
Ukraine is building its own ballistic interceptor for $700,000 per shot. Eight countries may join project
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists at the recent briefing that eight countries may join Freya, Ukraine’s own ballistic-missile interceptor project, per Ukrinform. He added that if allies supported the initiative, it would be “a big help and breakthrough for Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex. The Freya missile itself is Ukrainian production, butContinue Reading