Category Archives: Tech News

How the AI boom is reenergizing San Francisco, one of the slowest US cities to recover from the pandemic, with rising foot traffic and new commercial leases (Danielle Abril/Washington Post)

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: Pricing your AI product: Lessons from 400+ companies and 50 unicorns [...]

28
Jul
At TrustCon 2025, trust and safety professionals expressed anxiety over the industry's retreat, but no leaders condemned platforms' rollback of safety policies (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: At TrustCon 2025, trust and safety professionals expressed anxiety over the [...]

27
Jul
Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison for aiding a North Korean remote IT worker scheme, details her time as a "laptop farmer" (Evan Ratliff/Bloomberg)

Evan Ratliff / Bloomberg: Christina Marie Chapman, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison [...]

26
Jul
Sources: repair demand in China for Nvidia's banned AI chips, including H100 and A100, surges as ~12 firms now repair chips that made their way into the country (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: repair demand in China for Nvidia’s banned AI chips, including H100 and A100, [...]

25
Jul
Google’s AI Overviews, which a recent Pew study shows reduce clickthrough rates, are further eroding traffic to original publishers by linking to aggregators (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Featured Podcasts Great Chat: The tech origin story: No straight lines A podcast mostly about [...]

24
Jul
OpenAI details how its tools have boosted US worker productivity and says its chief economist is leading a 12-month study to assess AI's impact on productivity (OpenAI)

OpenAI: OpenAI details how its tools have boosted US worker productivity and says its chief [...]

23
Jul
Multinational firms like McDonald's and UK insurer Bupa, struggling to hire AI talent at home, are turning to back offices in India to meet their core AI needs (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Multinational firms like McDonald’s and UK insurer Bupa, struggling to hire AI talent [...]

22
Jul
Survey: when it comes to using AI as a companion to seek advice, flirt, or share deep conversations, ~75% of US teens say they've used AI this way at least once (Neda Ulaby/NPR)

Neda Ulaby / NPR: Survey: when it comes to using AI as a companion to [...]

21
Jul
How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal: How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs [...]

20
Jul
Acquihire deals like Google's Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for AI startup employees left behind, creating new uncertainty over leadership and compensation (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Acquihire deals like Google’s Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for [...]

19
Jul