South Korean President Discovers Diplomacy Has Quote-Tweet Function

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung conducts foreign policy through X quote-tweets, sharing misleading video about Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Peak AI Question Nobody Wants to Answer

The Verge asks if AI has peaked after shoe company Allbirds manipulates stock price with AI pivot, but misses the real question about capability vs theater.

The Ballmer Strings: How Digital Oligarchs Reshape Media Through Selective Philanthropy

Connie Ballmer's $80M NPR gift with digital innovation strings reveals how tech oligarchs reshape media through conditional philanthropy.

Live Nation Responds to Monopoly Verdict by Acting Like a Monopoly

Live Nation's response to losing an antitrust case perfectly demonstrates the monopolistic behavior that got them sued in the first place.

Google Solves the Problem of Users Leaving Google

Google's AI Mode update keeps users inside Google when viewing sources, eliminating the last friction point in their search ecosystem capture.

OpenAI's Codex Now Controls Your Desktop Apps

OpenAI upgrades Codex to control desktop applications directly, competing with Anthropic's Claude in the race to replace human-computer interaction.

Google Teaches Gemini to Know You Through Your Photos

Google's Gemini now scans your photos to generate personalized images, turning your private data into AI training material for customized content.

Anthropic's Two-Tier Strategy: Ship Opus 4.7, Hide Mythos Preview

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7 while keeping their more powerful Mythos Preview model in limited access — a two-tier strategy for AI deployment.

The Age Verification Theater: How Child Protection Became Mass Surveillance

Age verification mandates are spreading globally despite every technical solution being fundamentally flawed, creating surveillance infrastructure.

Character.AI Discovers Literature After Accidentally Building Teen Grooming Platform

Character.AI launches Books mode for literary roleplay after facing legal issues over teen safety and chatbot interactions with minors.

The Farrow Files: How Silicon Valley Protects Its Pathological Liars

Ronan Farrow's investigation reveals how Silicon Valley protects pathological founders, even when they're building AGI. The system works by design.

Canva Bets Everything on Prompt-Powered Design

Canva's AI 2.0 update introduces conversational design tools that let users create by describing their intentions rather than learning software.