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AI skepticism is mounting while creative industries fight back against corporate appropriation, but there’s a bright spot: the gear world is delivering serious surprises. Anthropic faces Pentagon battles, Costco’s quietly stocking designer hoodies under $100, and Ikea just took on premium outdoor...
Oil just hit $110 a barrel as the Iran conflict roils global markets, sending Asian stocks tumbling and raising serious questions about economic fallout. Meanwhile, the tech world is betting heavily on AI agents as the primary software users—a shift that could reshape how developers build product...
Built a Chrome extension to fix something that’s been bugging me: Chrome’s Reading Mode won’t let you copy text. Clean Copy gives you a clean reading panel with full copy support. Open source, no tracking.
Global regulators are cracking down on youth social media access, while Apple doubles down on premium devices. We’re tracking the social media bans spreading across countries and what it means for edtech, plus Apple’s push into ultra-tier MacBooks. More in today’s brief.
Geopolitical tensions just hit your wallet hard—oil broke $100 a barrel for the first time in four years as Iran escalates, threatening semiconductor supplies and AI hardware costs. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s robotics leader resigned over Pentagon AI ethics, while Microsoft doubles down on military AI t...
Oil just hit $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, and the ripple effects are already reshaping everything from inflation to consumer spending. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s Pentagon deal is sparking an industry-wide reckoning on military AI ethics, and Google’s I/O conference promises major announc...
Via Headfonics: FiiO M33 R2R Review TL;DR: The Iran conflict deepens with Trump floating ground troops while tech workers face their worst job losses since the dot-com crash. Meanwhile, the cycling season kicks off with Tadej Pogacar predictably dominating Strade Bianche, and fashion month wraps ...