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Harry McCracken

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The web can still be wonderful, and Flipboard’s Surf proves it

This new app lets human beings weave together worthwhile stuff from across the internet, in a way that’s uniquely rewarding—and sometimes even...

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With Sora’s death, AI’s age of frivolity may be ending

I’m not embarrassed to admit I liked OpenAI’s synthetic video social network. But I understand why it’s going bye-bye.

27.03.2026 7

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How Apple became Apple: The definitive oral history of the company’s earliest days

The true story of how Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and other bright young tech hobbyists of the 1970s joined forces to ignite a revolution.

25.03.2026 9

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s plan to make Gemini the only AI that matters

Under Pichai, the company that invented modern AI is finally winning the race to deploy it—and making ‘AI everywhere’ a business reality.

23.03.2026 5

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How Reddit CEO Steve Huffman got the upper hand with AI

Reddit isn’t just striking deals with AI behemoths like OpenAI and Google. It’s smartly using AI technology itself to serve users and marketers.

20.03.2026 20

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Is it even possible to decentralize social networking?

Bluesky is getting a new CEO, but I hope the bigger dream that gave us the company in the first place remains intact.

13.03.2026 9

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MacBook Neo review: niceness on a budget

Apple’s long-awaited laptop is even cheaper than the pundits expected, and still feels like a Mac.

10.03.2026 10

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A brief history of surprisingly cheap Apple products

The MacBook Neo’s $599 price is notable, but hardly unprecedented.

06.03.2026 5

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No, AI is not about to kill the software industry

Instead of falling victim to the technology, software’s established players have every shot at leveraging it to their own advantage.

27.02.2026 10

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The equal time rule is no match for the YouTube age

The nearly 100-year-old FCC mandate has never felt more behind the times.

20.02.2026 10

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Vibe coding is coding, period

06.02.2026 10

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Amazon Go is dead. Was grab-and-go retail a fantasy?

30.01.2026 10

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Got an AI skill? Now you can prove it on LinkedIn

28.01.2026 10

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There’s only one Woz, but we can all learn from him

23.01.2026 20

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The bill for tech’s Trump 2.0 appeasement may be coming due

16.01.2026 10

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Apple’s new Creator Studio isn’t just about getting you to subscribe to apps

14.01.2026 20

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Brick-and-mortar bookshops look better than ever in the Amazon age

09.01.2026 10

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This AI startup is extending an olive branch between humans and machines

23.12.2025 10

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How AI made me more (and less) productive in 2025

19.12.2025 10

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With Apple’s help, storytellers are figuring out Vision Pro

17.12.2025 10

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe charts a new course for autonomous vehicles

16.12.2025 20

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The strange triumph of Rosie the Robot

12.12.2025 10

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Meet the private space company building satellites—cheaper, faster, and better—in an old San Francisco shipyard

10.12.2025 10

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ChatGPT’s AI lead may be more fragile than we thought

05.12.2025 10

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Sesame’s Rachel Taylor trains AI assistants to behave

04.12.2025 20

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Figma wants to make working with AI more like working with humans

04.12.2025 10

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Meet Ed Zitron, AI’s original prophet of doom

01.12.2025 20

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3 tech products that quietly made my life better in 2025

28.11.2025 10

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I loved Google’s new Gemini AI—except when it gaslit me

21.11.2025 10

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Waymo is bringing fully autonomous driving to five more cities

18.11.2025 20

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One year later, I’m gladder than ever I left Twitter

14.11.2025 10

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LinkedIn’s new AI people search unlocks the power of its network

13.11.2025 10

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Disney’s startup accelerator is about more than accelerating startups

07.11.2025 10

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How I ended up with 111,582 iPhone photos, and what I’m doing about it

31.10.2025 10

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Figma acquires Weavy, a workflow tool with ‘artistic intelligence’

30.10.2025 30

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Logitech is everywhere. It’s betting on design and AI to keep it that way

29.10.2025 20

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Meet the humanoid robot headed for homes

28.10.2025 10

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The new MacBook Pro: Still a workhorse

24.10.2025 20

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I see dead people on Sora, and I’m conflicted about it

17.10.2025 10

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Toonstar’s new ‘Uncle Roger’ cartoon embraces AI—but slop it’s not

17.10.2025 10

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Inside Microsoft’s quest to make Windows 11’s AI irresistible

16.10.2025 10

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These 3 tech executives show uncommon vision

14.10.2025 10

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Behind the scenes of Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech 2025

14.10.2025 10

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Tesla’s ‘Robotaxi’ service is no Waymo

10.10.2025 10

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YouTube conquered TV, podcasts, and shorts. Will AI slop be its kryptonite? 

09.10.2025 10

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OpenAI’s Sora could save social networking—as long as it doesn’t ruin it

03.10.2025 10

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From Khan Academy to Skibidi Toilet: The inside story of how YouTube’s creators saved the platform

01.10.2025 10

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How YouTube went from money pit to money printer

29.09.2025 20

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Before Adobe Flash was terrible, it made YouTube great

26.09.2025 10

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Pit bulls, rats, and 2 circling sharks: The inside story of Google buying YouTube

25.09.2025 20

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