How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
Covered by 3 sources from United States. First reported by WIRED ·
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How Elon Musk and Big Tech Poured Millions Into the Midterms, and Lost
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we discuss the historic blue wave that swept the midterms and delivered a rebuke to the Trump administration, Big Tech, and data centers.
Why the Tech Right Lost Big This Week
“This felt like a decidedly anti-tech election.”
Big Tech lost big in the 2026 election
On Tuesday, millions of American voters went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for Democrats and against AI. The fight against Big Tech is about to come roaring back, and the fight over data centers is looking even harder for the folks trying to build them. On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay and David
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3 outlets from United States are covering this story: WIRED, The New York Times and The Verge. WIRED published it first, on November 5, 2026; the last outlet to join was The Verge, 18 hours later.
Key names in the coverage: Big Tech, Uncanny Valley and Trump.
