China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies
…This week, I checked in with half a dozen users of OpenClaw in China about their experiences with the agent, and a clear picture of division emerged between the adopters who are…
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He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
…Talk to me about designing UpScrolled and how you thought about the user experience. People can post text, they can post photos, they can post videos, they can comment and repost content…
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
…That helped fuel the platform’s rise as X’s hard-right ideological turn prompted some users to seek new social networks. In 2025, Bluesky grew from 25 million users to over…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…Bennahum tells me that his company has spent years creating technology that protects users and experts. He calls it “Personal Intelligence.” The bots store information on the user’s device–encrypted. If…
My Blissful, Unbothered Life as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist
…out users of the feature as rude. For one week, I proudly joined the growing tribe of Do Not Disturb maximalists who have their notifications silenced 24/7. My experience as part…
Cursor Launches a New AI Agent Experience to Take On Claude Code and Codex
“In the last few months, our profession has completely changed,” said Jonas Nelle, one of Cursor’s heads of engineering, in an interview with WIRED. “A lot of the product that got…
Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party ‘Tools’
…It will require them to provide their real names while paying a fee to Google, changing the open nature of side loading apps to Android phones, which is when you install an…
Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface
…conversational feature is an example of Google leveraging the data it stores about users to offer personalized experiences. If Ask Maps logs that you’re a vegetarian, it will reconfigure the restaurants…
Google's AI Search Results Love to Refer You Back to Google
…But, it still doesn't answer my question.” The circular experience of these AI tools is incredibly frustrating, Goodwin says, for users and publishers putting content online. “The biggest beneficiary of Google…
Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth
…Climate activist Xiye Bastida, one of the most visible Gen Z voices in the global climate movement, has argued that social media allows younger users to experience climate change through human stories…