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2 May 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

Meet the Anthropic team reckoning with AI’s effect on humans and the world

Meet the Anthropic team reckoning with AI’s effect on humans and the world

One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried. Ganguli, then research director at the…
Some of the stuff we bought during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Some of the stuff we bought during Black Friday and Cyber Monday

It’s one thing to do a bit of online shopping during the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales, but it’s…
Apple Music’s Replay 2025 is here

Apple Music’s Replay 2025 is here

Apple announced on Tuesday that it’s rolling out Apple Music Replay, its answer to Spotify’s popular Wrapped feature. Apple Music…
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again

The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepSeek has unveiled two new experimental…
Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped

Amazon Music’s 2025 Delivered is now here to compete with Spotify Wrapped

Amazon Music announced on Tuesday the launch of 2025 Delivered, the platform’s take on Spotify’s popular Wrapped experience. The feature…
India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

India plans to verify and record every smartphone in circulation

The Indian government is widening the scope of its anti-theft and cybersecurity initiative to cover both new and used smartphones,…
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed

Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed

Gradium, a startup spun out of French AI lab Kyutai (backed by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel), launched out of…
Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’

Melinda French Gates on Secrets: ‘Live a Truthful Life, Then You Don’t Have Any’

Take it from me: Spending an hour with Melinda French Gates will restore at least an iota of your faith…
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now

DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now

To one member of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the last few months have been “crazy.” In a…
November Steam survey: AMD CPUs and Linux hit new records as RTX 5000 series surges

November Steam survey: AMD CPUs and Linux hit new records as RTX 5000 series surges

Starting with the GPU section, much of this year has seen the RTX 3060, RTX 4060, and RTX 4060 Laptop…