NFC Brick Token That Stopped My Doomscrolling — Lessons and Pilot Guide for Leaders
I locked my social apps behind an NFC token — and it actually stopped my doomscrolling TL;DR: A $59 Brick device — a magnetic NFC token paired with a smartphone app — turned impulsive app-checking into a deliberate ritual. Week one I tracked a 7% reduction in screen time (via iPhone Screen Time), clearer evenings […]
AI-generated news needs provenance labels and fair licensing to protect local journalism
AI-generated news needs provenance “nutrition labels” — and fair licensing that protects local journalism Executive summary As AI becomes many people’s front door to news, two urgent fixes are required: clear provenance “nutrition labels” and a licensing regime that won’t squeeze out smaller publishers. IPPR tested ChatGPT, Google AI overviews, Google Gemini and Perplexity across […]
When AI Agents Meet Misinformation: Governance and Security Lessons from Minnesota, TikTok & MoltBot
When AI Agents Meet Misinformation: Lessons from Minnesota, TikTok and MoltBot for AI Governance and Security Executive summary Three recent flashpoints—misinformation-driven federal action in Minnesota, TikTok’s U.S. restructuring and privacy changes, and the viral rise of a desktop AI assistant called MoltBot—reveal the same pattern: narrative travels faster than verification, corporate and state power are […]
Why I Swapped My Kindle for an iPad mini for PDFs and AI Workflows — Kept Kindle for Long Reads
Why I swapped a Kindle for an iPad mini — and kept the Kindle nearby TL;DR: I needed a bedside device that handled long novels, PDFs and library loans without feeling like overkill. The iPad mini won for screen size, resolution, color and ecosystem access—making it my default for mixed reading and research—while the Kindle […]
Beyond Chat: How Generative UI and AG-UI Runtimes Turn AI Agents into Productive Interfaces
Beyond the Chatbox: Generative UI, AG-UI, and the Stack Behind Agent-Driven Interfaces When a product manager asks “clean up Q4 sales data” and the model replies with a clever paragraph, nothing has changed for the user: they still must copy, paste, and click. Swap that chat reply for an editable form, a progress bar that […]
Best Document Management Software of 2026: Top Picks, AI Features & Migration Guide
The best document management software of 2026: Expert tested picks for real business problems Updated Jan 2026 TL;DR — Quick executive snapshot Best overall: Notion — flexible document workflows and custom databases for teams that want a living workspace. Best for compliance: DocuWare — audit trails, permission controls, and regulatory features for regulated industries. Best […]
Worldcoin, OpenAI and Biometric Verification for Social Feeds: The Privacy Trade-Off
Biometric Verification for Social Feeds: Worldcoin, OpenAI, and the privacy trade-off A rumor about OpenAI exploring a biometric-based social network sent Worldcoin’s token spiking—and reignited a debate: can iris scans and Face ID make social media less fake, or do they introduce a new, permanent privacy risk? The market moved fast: CoinMarketCap reported WLD jumped […]
Designing AI with Human-in-the-Loop: How Businesses Can Restore Contact, Trust and Judgment
What technology takes from us — and how businesses can design AI to give it back Convenience-first AI is shrinking the messy human practices that build judgment, trust and civic resilience — and companies need to design differently. Convenience is a tool — not a destination. Use it to create time for the human work […]
AI Data Centers Are Driving a U.S. Gas Buildout — A 6-Step Playbook for Leaders
How AI Data Centers Are Rewriting the U.S. Gas Map — and What Leaders Should Do Executive summary: Rapid AI-driven expansion of data centers has triggered a wave of proposed gas-fired power projects across the U.S., creating operational convenience but meaningful climate and reputational risk. The proposals are large—if everything were built the gas fleet […]
Chrome Auto Browse + Gemini 3: What AI Agents Mean for Business Leaders
Chrome’s Auto Browse and Gemini 3: What AI agents mean for business TL;DR: Auto Browse turns Chrome into an agentic AI assistant powered by Gemini 3 that can watch selected tabs, fill forms, navigate sites, and prepare checkouts — pausing for confirmation before sensitive steps. It arrives for Chrome AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers […]