The Food and Drug Administration granted Travere Therapeutics full approval for FILSPARI in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on April 13, 2026, the drug’s second full approval after a 2023 clearance for IgA nephropathy. Travere’s stock rose 43 percent the next day, closing at $43.81.  The DUPLEX Data Behind a Second Approval FSGS damages the kidney’s filtering […]

Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.

Artists have sold their work through galleries, art fairs and auction houses to collectors worldwide for centuries: walk in, look at a piece and pay for something to hang on a wall. NFTs changed that. Now an artist can sell a digital file directly to a buyer anywhere in the world, with a blockchain tracking […]

The UK government is facing calls to cancel a sprawling health care contract with Palantir. The region of Greater Manchester insists it can do a better job itself.

Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.

What are the best AI avatar generators? The honest answer for an enterprise buyer is that the best platform is rarely the one with the most convincing face. It is the one that can pass a security review, produce a defensible record of consent for every likeness it generates, and tell you who inside your […]

During a recent visit to Generalist AI, I watched a robotic arm improvise and use a banana as a tool.

After a serious truck crash, the wreckage gets most of the attention. Damaged vehicles are sitting on the road, emergency crews are working, and traffic may be backed up for miles. It feels like everything that matters is right there at the scene, waiting to be examined. But some of the most useful information may […]

Anthropic announced last week it would include invisible watermarks in AI-generated content to comply with new EU rules. Within hours, overrides were being touted online.

Creating a memorable character has always been one of the most demanding parts of visual storytelling. Whether it is a film protagonist, a game character, an animated mascot, or a digital influencer, a character needs more than an attractive appearance. It needs personality, consistency, context, and a visual identity that audiences can recognize. Artificial intelligence […]

The textile industry is growing every year. There is an increased demand for custom T-shirts for businesses, sports teams, schools, events, and personal wear. Due to this, clothing companies require faster and better printing techniques to produce shirts. This is where an automatic T-shirt printing machine can play a large role. These machines support businesses […]

The ChatGPT maker says its upcoming Astra model may have reached “critical” cyber capabilities, prompting it to halt a significant number of training runs while it tightens internal safeguards.

Z.ai’s latest AI model release could help companies secure their systems—or find its way into the hands of hackers.

Making a publishable video no longer requires a full crew, a suite of desktop NLEs, and a week of versioning. AI can now take a brief, a product still, or a script and return motion in minutes. The bottleneck moved. It is no longer “Can we generate a clip?” It is “Can the tool carry […]

The Unitree G1 has found online fame as a relatively affordable robot that can charm a crowd. But can it ever hold down a real job?

Tim O’Reilly built a publishing empire that AI is helping to destroy. Yet he loves AI—as long as it’s open source.

OpenAI’s rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.

AI is shifting the culture, from tech CEO manifestos to 1 am job interviews. We unpack some of the latest, along with the top findings from Black Hat and Defcon, this week on Uncanny Valley.

New A3 data shows second-quarter growth across semiconductors/electronics, automotive components, food and consumer goods, metals and life sciences North American companies ordered 8,940 robots valued at $622 million in the second quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Compared to the second quarter of 2025, this represents […]

AI agents that break free and hack into other systems are only trying to make us happy.