Tech News & Gadgets Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think September 19, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy The issue came to light when Jason Aten, a contributing editor at Inc Magazine, took to Threads to share screenshots of a peculiar interaction he had with the AI assistant.…
Tech News & Gadgets Surveillance Technology Firm Flock Safety Offers Voluntary Buyouts Amid Severe Backlash and Plummeting Internal Morale September 19, 2026 Layla Zulfa Flock Safety, the embattled automated license plate recognition and surveillance technology company, has taken a drastic step to manage its workforce amid a rapidly escalating public relations and operational crisis.…
Tech News & Gadgets The Battle Over AI Safety: Silicon Valley Giants Clash With Washington as Regulatory Pressures Mount September 19, 2026 Reynand Wu At the start of the week, the upper echelon of the artificial intelligence industry appeared—at least tentatively—to find common ground on the necessity of regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO…
Tech News & Gadgets The First 10 People in a Startup May No Longer All Be People: How AI Agents Are Rewriting the Early-Stage Org Chart September 17, 2026 Pevita Pearce The foundational hires at an early-stage startup have long been considered the lifeblood of the company, setting the cultural tone, establishing operational rhythms, and driving initial product development. However, the…
Tech News & Gadgets Marketing Platform Noise Secures $5.5M Seed Round to Scale Everyday Creator Campaigns September 16, 2026 Basiran Marketing platform Noise has announced a $5.5 million seed funding round to fuel its mission of connecting brands with everyday content creators at a fraction of the cost associated with…
Tech News & Gadgets The AI-Generated Odysseus: The Fall Is a Glitchy Mess That Fails to Live Up to the Hype September 16, 2026 Jia Lissa While Christopher Nolan’s engrossing take on The Odyssey has thoroughly dominated the global box office and unexpectedly spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers, a very different kind…
Smart Home & IoT We Are Entering Our Maintenance Era: Why Our Obsession With Innovation Is Breaking Our Tech, Our Workplaces, and Our Lives September 12, 2026 Nana Muazin It was meant to be a final farewell, a parting thought delivered in the closing edition of a weekly Internet of Things newsletter on Friday, August 18, 2023. After years…
Smart Home & IoT IoT Pioneer Stacey Higginbotham Steps Back After Two Decades of Tech Journalism September 12, 2026 Siti Muinah After more than twenty years spent tracking the relentless evolution of the technology industry, prominent tech journalist and Internet of Things analyst Stacey Higginbotham has officially brought her weekly newsletter…
Tech News & Gadgets SimpliSafe Expands AI-Powered Active Guard Protection to the New Video Doorbell Series 2 September 12, 2026 Reynand Wu DIY home security giant SimpliSafe is bringing its proactive, AI-powered security features to the front door with the launch of the SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2. Available starting today for…
Tech News & Gadgets Privacy-Friendly X Front-End Nitter and XCancel Shut Down Permanently After Legal Pressure September 12, 2026 Ammar Sabilarrohman Following weeks of escalating legal pressure and explicit threats of litigation from X, the popular privacy-focused services Nitter and XCancel appear to have officially shut down for good. The latest…
