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What the New Tech Crackdown Means for Platforms, Users, and Money

What the New Tech Crackdown Means for Platforms, Users, and Money

Alex Raeburn · Sep 24, 2026 · 12 min read

Google’s AI Data Center Is Headed to Space

Google’s AI Data Center Is Headed to Space

Alex Raeburn · Sep 24, 2026 · 10 min read

Can Muse Help Meta Move Past the Metaverse Era?

Can Muse Help Meta Move Past the Metaverse Era?

Christina Hill · Sep 24, 2026 · 12 min read

FBI’s Own Hacking Unit Gets Hit, Raising Fresh Questions About Internal Security

FBI’s Own Hacking Unit Gets Hit, Raising Fresh Questions About Internal Security

Alex Raeburn · Sep 23, 2026 · 10 min read

When AI Policy Becomes Personal: The Lifestyle Tech Stakes Everyone Feels

When AI Policy Becomes Personal: The Lifestyle Tech Stakes Everyone Feels

Christina Hill · Sep 22, 2026 · 10 min read

Can Cheaper AI Models Actually Deliver More? OpenAI and Anthropic Think So

Can Cheaper AI Models Actually Deliver More? OpenAI and Anthropic Think So

Alex Raeburn · Sep 22, 2026 · 11 min read

Deaths at the Border’s Virtual Wall Raise New Questions About Surveillance and Liability

Deaths at the Border’s Virtual Wall Raise New Questions About Surveillance and Liability

Rare Ivy · Sep 21, 2026 · 10 min read

TikTok, Politics, and the New Battle for Digital Influence on Main Street

TikTok, Politics, and the New Battle for Digital Influence on Main Street

Alex Raeburn · Sep 20, 2026 · 12 min read

Thermacell LIV 2.0 Brings High-Tech Pest Control to the Backyard Setup

Thermacell LIV 2.0 Brings High-Tech Pest Control to the Backyard Setup

Rare Ivy · Sep 20, 2026 · 11 min read

Why Security Teams Are Drowning in New Vulnerabilities This Fall

Why Security Teams Are Drowning in New Vulnerabilities This Fall

Rare Ivy · Sep 19, 2026 · 11 min read

AI Productivity Promised Free Time. It’s Mostly Creating More Work

AI Productivity Promised Free Time. It’s Mostly Creating More Work

Alex Raeburn · Sep 19, 2026 · 11 min read

Why Anthropic’s IPO Ambitions Are Raising Eyebrows Inside A.I.

Why Anthropic’s IPO Ambitions Are Raising Eyebrows Inside A.I.

Alex Raeburn · Sep 18, 2026 · 9 min read

Why AI Safety Warnings Are Turning Toward Bioweapons

Why AI Safety Warnings Are Turning Toward Bioweapons

Christina Hill · Sep 18, 2026 · 11 min read

The $31,000 Xiaomi SUV That’s Making Old EV Giants Nervous

The $31,000 Xiaomi SUV That’s Making Old EV Giants Nervous

Alex Raeburn · Sep 18, 2026 · 11 min read

SteelSeries Coupon Codes for September 2026 Offer Up to 15% Off Select Gear

SteelSeries Coupon Codes for September 2026 Offer Up to 15% Off Select Gear

Rare Ivy · Sep 16, 2026 · 11 min read

Can Cloudflare’s New Audit Tool Make AI Deployments Safer?

Can Cloudflare’s New Audit Tool Make AI Deployments Safer?

Alex Raeburn · Sep 16, 2026 · 11 min read

The Government Won’t Rein In AI, and That’s the Point

The Government Won’t Rein In AI, and That’s the Point

Rare Ivy · Sep 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Meta’s Zuckerberg Challenges Anthropic on AI Slowdown, and the Stakes Go Beyond Silicon Valley

Meta’s Zuckerberg Challenges Anthropic on AI Slowdown, and the Stakes Go Beyond Silicon Valley

Christina Hill · Sep 15, 2026 · 11 min read

Chegg Savings in September 2026: Study Tools and Textbooks for Less

Chegg Savings in September 2026: Study Tools and Textbooks for Less

Rare Ivy · Sep 15, 2026 · 10 min read

Why AI Stocks Wobbled When Tech Leaders Hit the Brakes

Why AI Stocks Wobbled When Tech Leaders Hit the Brakes

Alex Raeburn · Sep 14, 2026 · 11 min read

New York Targets 12 Sites Pushing Celebrity Deepfakes in a High-Profile Enforcement Case

Rare Ivy · Sep 14, 2026 · 10 min read

Alex Bores Starts a High-Dollar Bid to Unite Democrats on AI Rules

Alex Bores Starts a High-Dollar Bid to Unite Democrats on AI Rules

Alex Raeburn · Sep 14, 2026 · 11 min read

Why Smart Bird Feeders Are Flying Off the Shelves

Why Smart Bird Feeders Are Flying Off the Shelves

Christina Hill · Sep 13, 2026 · 11 min read

When the Biggest Names in AI Start Calling for Caution

When the Biggest Names in AI Start Calling for Caution

Christina Hill · Sep 13, 2026 · 11 min read

Dario Amodei Wants The A.I. Race To Ease Up

Dario Amodei Wants The A.I. Race To Ease Up

Rare Ivy · Sep 13, 2026 · 10 min read

The Best Standing Desks for Real Workdays, Not Wellness Theater

The Best Standing Desks for Real Workdays, Not Wellness Theater

Alex Raeburn · Sep 12, 2026 · 13 min read

Inside the Tech Boardrooms Rewriting the Rules on AI, Money, and Power

Inside the Tech Boardrooms Rewriting the Rules on AI, Money, and Power

Christina Hill · Sep 12, 2026 · 9 min read

George W. Bush’s 9/11 Portraits Are the Strangest Presidential Afterlife Yet

George W. Bush’s 9/11 Portraits Are the Strangest Presidential Afterlife Yet

Rare Ivy · Sep 11, 2026 · 12 min read

A Silent WeChat Worm Raises Fresh Alarm Over Messaging Security

A Silent WeChat Worm Raises Fresh Alarm Over Messaging Security

Alex Raeburn · Sep 11, 2026 · 11 min read

Doctor Doom Praises Seattle’s Camera State in a Strange Little Civic Moment

Doctor Doom Praises Seattle’s Camera State in a Strange Little Civic Moment

Christina Hill · Sep 10, 2026 · 10 min read

Apple’s iPhone Duo Pushes Foldables Into the Mainstream at $1,999

Apple’s iPhone Duo Pushes Foldables Into the Mainstream at $1,999

Christina Hill · Sep 10, 2026 · 11 min read

A Fresh Front Opens in the Fight Over AI Policy

A Fresh Front Opens in the Fight Over AI Policy

Christina Hill · Sep 10, 2026 · 11 min read

Matt Mullenweg on Leave: What Automattic’s Sudden Move Signals Next

Matt Mullenweg on Leave: What Automattic’s Sudden Move Signals Next

Christina Hill · Sep 09, 2026 · 10 min read

How Seriously Should We Take the Latest AI Warnings?

How Seriously Should We Take the Latest AI Warnings?

Rare Ivy · Sep 09, 2026 · 12 min read

GTA V Mod Turns License Plate Readers Into Targets for Player Payback

GTA V Mod Turns License Plate Readers Into Targets for Player Payback

Rare Ivy · Sep 08, 2026 · 8 min read

The Race to Find Underground Hydrogen Is On

The Race to Find Underground Hydrogen Is On

Christina Hill · Sep 07, 2026 · 11 min read

Google’s Win Is Bigger Than One Court Fight

Google’s Win Is Bigger Than One Court Fight

Alex Raeburn · Sep 07, 2026 · 10 min read

Google’s Pixel 11 Makes the Smartphone Middle Feel Premium Again

Google’s Pixel 11 Makes the Smartphone Middle Feel Premium Again

Rare Ivy · Sep 07, 2026 · 12 min read

Did a Quantum Breakthrough Finally Explain the Cosmic Mystery?

Did a Quantum Breakthrough Finally Explain the Cosmic Mystery?

Rare Ivy · Sep 06, 2026 · 10 min read

The New Politics of AI Policy Is Less About Hype and More About Enforcement

The New Politics of AI Policy Is Less About Hype and More About Enforcement

Christina Hill · Sep 05, 2026 · 11 min read

How Battlefield Data Is Teaching Machines to Read War

How Battlefield Data Is Teaching Machines to Read War

Alex Raeburn · Sep 04, 2026 · 12 min read

Architecting Memory for AI Means Rethinking Storage, Speed, and Cost

Architecting Memory for AI Means Rethinking Storage, Speed, and Cost

Alex Raeburn · Sep 04, 2026 · 12 min read

OpenAI Policy Move Puts New Pressure on Europe’s AI Rulebook

OpenAI Policy Move Puts New Pressure on Europe’s AI Rulebook

Rare Ivy · Sep 03, 2026 · 11 min read

Tim Cook’s Exit Line Is Coming Into Focus at Apple

Tim Cook’s Exit Line Is Coming Into Focus at Apple

Alex Raeburn · Sep 01, 2026 · 11 min read

The New Rules of Tech Power Are Being Written in Plain Sight

The New Rules of Tech Power Are Being Written in Plain Sight

Rare Ivy · Sep 01, 2026 · 9 min read

Records Request Fight Puts Oklahoma’s Open-Records Rules Back in the Spotlight

Records Request Fight Puts Oklahoma’s Open-Records Rules Back in the Spotlight

Alex Raeburn · Sep 01, 2026 · 10 min read

Why Tech Firms Are Suddenly Talking Like Utilities Again

Why Tech Firms Are Suddenly Talking Like Utilities Again

Rare Ivy · Aug 31, 2026 · 11 min read

OpenAI’s Security Gap Is Becoming a Culture Story

OpenAI’s Security Gap Is Becoming a Culture Story

Alex Raeburn · Aug 31, 2026 · 10 min read

Why Platforms Keep Rewarding the Worst AI Content

Why Platforms Keep Rewarding the Worst AI Content

Rare Ivy · Aug 28, 2026 · 12 min read

How a Secretive Longevity Bet and a Smarter Grid Became the Week’s Tech Story

How a Secretive Longevity Bet and a Smarter Grid Became the Week’s Tech Story

Rare Ivy · Aug 28, 2026 · 9 min read

Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Could Put It at the Center of Open AI Distribution

Nvidia’s Hugging Face Deal Could Put It at the Center of Open AI Distribution

Christina Hill · Aug 27, 2026 · 11 min read

AI Ghosts Are Slipping Into Academic Journals

AI Ghosts Are Slipping Into Academic Journals

Alex Raeburn · Aug 27, 2026 · 11 min read

Why Phantom Data Centers Are Distorting Britain’s Power Planning

Why Phantom Data Centers Are Distorting Britain’s Power Planning

Rare Ivy · Aug 26, 2026 · 11 min read

What Bill Gates Means When He Says AI Has Passed the Danger Zone

What Bill Gates Means When He Says AI Has Passed the Danger Zone

Christina Hill · Aug 25, 2026 · 12 min read

Sustainable Adhesives Face Their Real Test: Strength, Cost, and Scale

Sustainable Adhesives Face Their Real Test: Strength, Cost, and Scale

Alex Raeburn · Aug 25, 2026 · 11 min read

Corsair Cuts Prices on Gaming Gear for August Shoppers

Corsair Cuts Prices on Gaming Gear for August Shoppers

Christina Hill · Aug 25, 2026 · 11 min read

Why a First-Birthday Milestone Still Matters in the Age of AI Noise

Why a First-Birthday Milestone Still Matters in the Age of AI Noise

Alex Raeburn · Aug 23, 2026 · 10 min read

The Website That Built an AI Clone of Its Editor in Chief

The Website That Built an AI Clone of Its Editor in Chief

Rare Ivy · Aug 23, 2026 · 11 min read

The Aug. 22 Slate Pears Puzzle Is a Small Daily Ritual With Big Reach

The Aug. 22 Slate Pears Puzzle Is a Small Daily Ritual With Big Reach

Christina Hill · Aug 22, 2026 · 10 min read

Space Mirrors Raise a Fresh Geoengineering Alarm as AI Drug Breakthroughs Test Attribution

Space Mirrors Raise a Fresh Geoengineering Alarm as AI Drug Breakthroughs Test Attribution

Alex Raeburn · Aug 22, 2026 · 11 min read

Meta Whistleblower Says Zuckerberg Misled the Public on Child Safety

Meta Whistleblower Says Zuckerberg Misled the Public on Child Safety

Christina Hill · Aug 21, 2026 · 11 min read

How an Inland City Became China’s Quiet AI Powerhouse

How an Inland City Became China’s Quiet AI Powerhouse

Alex Raeburn · Aug 21, 2026 · 11 min read

The English County That Told Palantir No

The English County That Told Palantir No

Alex Raeburn · Aug 20, 2026 · 11 min read

Stripe’s OpenRouter Acquisition Puts It Closer to the Center of AI

Stripe’s OpenRouter Acquisition Puts It Closer to the Center of AI

Christina Hill · Aug 20, 2026 · 11 min read

Ray-Ban Sale Watch: August 2026 Deals on Sunglasses and Smart Glasses

Ray-Ban Sale Watch: August 2026 Deals on Sunglasses and Smart Glasses

Rare Ivy · Aug 20, 2026 · 10 min read

The Wiki That Makes AI Useful at Work

The Wiki That Makes AI Useful at Work

Alex Raeburn · Aug 19, 2026 · 10 min read

NASA Pulls the Plug on the Swift Gamma-Ray Observatory Rescue

NASA Pulls the Plug on the Swift Gamma-Ray Observatory Rescue

Rare Ivy · Aug 19, 2026 · 11 min read

Can Microsoft Make Windows Feel Modern Without Losing What Made It Default?

Can Microsoft Make Windows Feel Modern Without Losing What Made It Default?

Rare Ivy · Aug 19, 2026 · 10 min read

The Digital Culture Battle Over Location Sharing Is Getting More Political

The Digital Culture Battle Over Location Sharing Is Getting More Political

Christina Hill · Aug 18, 2026 · 12 min read

Can Bun 1.4 Pull Off Its Rust Rewrite Without Losing Momentum?

Can Bun 1.4 Pull Off Its Rust Rewrite Without Losing Momentum?

Rare Ivy · Aug 18, 2026 · 11 min read

The Platforms Are Getting Fed Up With AI Slop

The Platforms Are Getting Fed Up With AI Slop

Rare Ivy · Aug 17, 2026 · 11 min read

How Town Is Building a Self-Organizing Company

How Town Is Building a Self-Organizing Company

Christina Hill · Aug 17, 2026 · 10 min read

The Next Film Set Tech Battle Is Happening in Plain Sight

The Next Film Set Tech Battle Is Happening in Plain Sight

Rare Ivy · Aug 16, 2026 · 11 min read

The Chip Shortage Hitting Microsoft’s Next AI Phase

The Chip Shortage Hitting Microsoft’s Next AI Phase

Alex Raeburn · Aug 16, 2026 · 10 min read

The Quiet Pressure Parents Put on Each Other

The Quiet Pressure Parents Put on Each Other

Alex Raeburn · Aug 15, 2026 · 10 min read

Google Gives Students Access to Gemini Through Classroom

Google Gives Students Access to Gemini Through Classroom

Rare Ivy · Aug 15, 2026 · 10 min read

The New Tech-Power Fight Over AI Standards Is Just Getting Started

The New Tech-Power Fight Over AI Standards Is Just Getting Started

Rare Ivy · Aug 14, 2026 · 11 min read

Government-Backed AI Training Targets Young Jobseekers With New Boot Camps

Government-Backed AI Training Targets Young Jobseekers With New Boot Camps

Christina Hill · Aug 14, 2026 · 11 min read

What an AI Slop Detector Can Actually Catch—and What It Misses

What an AI Slop Detector Can Actually Catch—and What It Misses

Christina Hill · Aug 13, 2026 · 10 min read

LinkedIn DMs: The Small Habit That Can Open Bigger Doors

LinkedIn DMs: The Small Habit That Can Open Bigger Doors

Alex Raeburn · Aug 12, 2026 · 11 min read

Inside the New AI Policy Fight Taking Shape in Washington

Inside the New AI Policy Fight Taking Shape in Washington

Alex Raeburn · Aug 11, 2026 · 12 min read

Tech Policy Takes Center Stage as Platforms Brace for the Next Round of Rules

Tech Policy Takes Center Stage as Platforms Brace for the Next Round of Rules

Alex Raeburn · Aug 09, 2026 · 12 min read

Flock’s New Proposal Blurs the Line Between Ride-Hailing and Public Surveillance

Flock’s New Proposal Blurs the Line Between Ride-Hailing and Public Surveillance

Alex Raeburn · Aug 09, 2026 · 11 min read

Docker launches disposable sandboxes for AI agents

Docker launches disposable sandboxes for AI agents

Christina Hill · Aug 09, 2026 · 10 min read

What Happens When a City’s Data Center Battle Leaves the Council Chamber

What Happens When a City’s Data Center Battle Leaves the Council Chamber

Rare Ivy · Aug 08, 2026 · 10 min read

Explicit Deepfakes of Children Put UK Schools, Platforms and Regulators on the Same Clock

Explicit Deepfakes of Children Put UK Schools, Platforms and Regulators on the Same Clock

Alex Raeburn · Aug 08, 2026 · 10 min read

The First Virus Built by AI Exposes a New Biosecurity Problem

The First Virus Built by AI Exposes a New Biosecurity Problem

Alex Raeburn · Aug 07, 2026 · 11 min read

Mythos Tightens Defenses After a Social Engineering Push Exposes an AI Policy Weak Spot

Mythos Tightens Defenses After a Social Engineering Push Exposes an AI Policy Weak Spot

Christina Hill · Aug 07, 2026 · 10 min read

How a Rare-Books Obsession and a Baseball Brain Became a Blog Voice

How a Rare-Books Obsession and a Baseball Brain Became a Blog Voice

Rare Ivy · Aug 07, 2026 · 11 min read

SAP Cuts Back Travel and Hiring to Absorb AI’s Growing Cost

SAP Cuts Back Travel and Hiring to Absorb AI’s Growing Cost

Rare Ivy · Aug 06, 2026 · 11 min read

Framework says a Metabase zero-day exposed customer data in a breach it had to race to contain

Framework says a Metabase zero-day exposed customer data in a breach it had to race to contain

Christina Hill · Aug 06, 2026 · 10 min read

The Quiet Shift in Lifestyle Tech That Puts More Power in Users’ Hands

The Quiet Shift in Lifestyle Tech That Puts More Power in Users’ Hands

Christina Hill · Aug 05, 2026 · 11 min read

How Apple’s Private Relay Broke Its Own Privacy Pitch

How Apple’s Private Relay Broke Its Own Privacy Pitch

Rare Ivy · Aug 05, 2026 · 11 min read

SpaceX’s First Earnings Call Puts Its AI Spending in the Spotlight

SpaceX’s First Earnings Call Puts Its AI Spending in the Spotlight

Rare Ivy · Aug 04, 2026 · 11 min read

Can an AI Notetaker Stay Useful Without Becoming a Surveillance Tool?

Can an AI Notetaker Stay Useful Without Becoming a Surveillance Tool?

Christina Hill · Aug 04, 2026 · 11 min read

The Next Battle Over AI Is About Power, Not Just Products

The Next Battle Over AI Is About Power, Not Just Products

Christina Hill · Aug 03, 2026 · 11 min read

The New Politics of AI Slop on Social Platforms

The New Politics of AI Slop on Social Platforms

Alex Raeburn · Aug 03, 2026 · 11 min read

SpaceX Faces a Liquidity Jolt as Its Stock Lockup Bids Goodbye

SpaceX Faces a Liquidity Jolt as Its Stock Lockup Bids Goodbye

Rare Ivy · Aug 03, 2026 · 11 min read

Why a Good Password Manager Still Beats Reusing Passwords

Why a Good Password Manager Still Beats Reusing Passwords

Christina Hill · Aug 02, 2026 · 11 min read

Can Investors Actually Tell Who Is Profiting From AI?

Can Investors Actually Tell Who Is Profiting From AI?

Alex Raeburn · Aug 02, 2026 · 10 min read