18 2026 June
Your Ongoing Tech Problem: Haunted Updates and Software Death
We all know about the physical death of a device. The screen that is irreversibly destroyed or the battery that fails to hold a charge....
Read Now01 2026 June
The Most Important Reminder About Tech Is Appearing Everywhere
Every week I read stories of a rising revolt against automation, evidenced by everything from workers posting trade secrets after being displaced by AI through to university...
Read Now21 2026 May
The Science Is In. AI Is Definitely Making You Dumber, If You Let It
This is a story that will surprise no one who reads my newsletter regularly, but what was surprising to me over the past few weeks...
Read Now30 2026 April
What We Can Learn from the Complex Legacy of Tim Cook
One of the biggest tech stories this month was related to Apple CEO Tim Cook’s decision to step down after 15 years leading Apple into...
Read Now19 2026 March
A New Product That Imagines an Anti-Surveillance Future
One of the biggest viral tech stories this week was an announcement from a company called Deveillance that announced a product called Spectre 1: the first smart...
Read Now16 2026 March
The Pioneering New Science of Dream Engineering
It sounds like a story out of science fiction. Technology that can influence how we dream and what we dream about. This fascinating new field is...
Read Now11 2026 March
People Are Taking Pride in Using Old Devices
You might call it the longevity flex. As more cell phone services offer constant phone upgrades as soon as you hit the one year anniversary for...
Read Now05 2026 March
How Anthropic Is Winning the AI Platform Marketing War by Being Less Evil
Anthropic is winning the AI platform marketing war. In the quest to become the dominant category-defining player, OpenAI had the largest lead with ChatGPT. Then...
Read Now29 2026 January
The AI Land “Gold Rush” Is Here, But There’s a Missing Story
At multiple points this week, I came across different stories and conversations about the same thing: the so-called “gold rush” of land grabbing and real estate...
Read Now21 2026 January
The Unexpected Problem With E-Bikes Might Start with the Name
The dangers of e-bikes are starting to get more attention. Crashes involving these bikes are more serious, have a higher likelihood of fatality and are...
Read Now15 2026 January
5 Non-Obvious Takeaways from the World’s Largest Tech Show
I spent several days touring the trade show floor talking with tech experts, trying out demos, encountering lots of weird robots and interviewing people about their visions...
Read Now02 2026 January
The Data on Driverless Cars Says They Reduce Crashes, So What’s Missing?
Recently, a compelling article that came out, written by a trauma surgeon who has had to deal with the aftermath of bodies shattered from car...
Read Now26 2025 December
The Season of Curated Recaps Is Here, With CES Around the Corner
Imagine eye drops that temporarily correct your vision. Or ear buds that transform how you sleep. Or a new type of wood that has the...
Read Now