Tag: tech

• Security & Privacy in Agentic Browsing | Brave

  August 26, 2025

  The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery… more ›

• Maneuvering the Algorithm: How Chinese Women Are Hacking Censorship to Keep Female Voices Alive

  August 25, 2025

  Using innocuous comments, Chinese women are helping each other speak out and stay visible in a system that’s designed to silence them. https://open.substack.com/pub/pekingquack/p/maneuvering-the-algorithm-how-chinese?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Singles Are Sick of Dating Apps. But There Are 2.5 Million on Raya’s Waitlist.

  August 25, 2025

  The privately held company has attracted an A-list clientele and even gotten Gen Z onboard with online dating. Good luck making it past the team reviewing applications. https://www.wsj.com/style/raya-waitlist-founder-daniel-gendelman-3c64be91?st=BuJdLd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›

• The All-Female Hacker House Trying to Break A.I.’s Glass Ceiling

  August 25, 2025

  FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker house where residents are creating a supportive community to build their start-ups. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/ai-female-hackers-foundher-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk8.gyaQ.tTcFcNr9rW25&smid=url-share more ›

• AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event

  August 23, 2025

  Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0Yxw_pOVM_AK6Q1K5aHOCSs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share more ›

• Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

  August 16, 2025

  With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-generative-ai-researchers-design-compounds-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria-0814 more ›

• For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

  August 15, 2025

  In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/brain-neuroscience-computers-speech.html?utm_source=semafor more ›

• What is Intelligence? | Antikythera

  August 11, 2025

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• The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban | The Verge

  August 10, 2025

  In response to pressure from its payment processors, itch.io had a broad swath of adult content on its platform targeted and removed. https://www.theverge.com/games/715299/itchio-games-delisting-payment-processor-paypal more ›

• Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home

  August 9, 2025

  For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and… more ›