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25 March 2026 Vol 19

The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

The AI skills gap is here, says AI company, and power users are pulling ahead

Anthropic’s latest research suggests that while AI is rapidly changing the way work gets done, it hasn’t meaningfully eliminated jobs.…
Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks

Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks

The founder of spyware maker Intellexa has said he is planning to appeal a conviction handed down by a Greek…
Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression…
Amazon Spring Sale Deal: The Typhur Dome 2 Air Fryer Is 30% Off

Amazon Spring Sale Deal: The Typhur Dome 2 Air Fryer Is 30% Off

I was a late convert to air fryers, in part because I worried about versatility: Just how many wings and…
There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos

There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos

“I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the comment sections on these videos actually, and it does not seem…
Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child

Melania Trump wants a robot to homeschool your child

At a press conference at the White House on Wednesday, First Lady Melania Trump showed up with a humanoid robot…
Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing

The number of med-spas, weight loss clinics, and concierge practices where patients pay a membership fee for direct, often same-day…
Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in landmark social media addiction trial

One day after Meta lost a similar child safety lawsuit in New Mexico, a Los Angeles jury on Wednesday handed…
Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools

Apple overhauls its app developer platform with 100 new metrics, more tools

There’s big news today for app developers. No, it’s not lowered App Store commissions. Instead, Apple on Wednesday announced a…
DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party

DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party

Block Party founder Tracy Chou announced on Wednesday that the company has been acquired by DeleteMe, an online personal data…