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Spotify Gives U.S. Listeners More Control Over Its Recommendation Algorithm
Mindbytes Sep 23, 2026

Spotify Gives U.S. Listeners More Control Over Its Recommendation Algorithm

Taste Profile lets Premium users tell Spotify what they want more, or less, of instead of leaving recommendations entirely to inferred listening behavior.
gizmo guru 2 min read
Google DeepMind Designs Private Cloud Memory for AI Assistants
Mindbytes Sep 23, 2026

Google DeepMind Designs Private Cloud Memory for AI Assistants

A new architecture aims to give AI persistent memory across devices while keeping the encryption keys and control of personal data with users.
gizmo guru 2 min read
Invisible Empires: How Colonial Ghosts and Tech Elites Are Coding Our Future
Article Jun 21, 2025

Invisible Empires: How Colonial Ghosts and Tech Elites Are Coding Our Future

Tech elites aren’t just building tools—they’re encoding worldviews. Explore how digital empires, occult ideologies, and AI are reshaping reality while erasing voices from the code that defines our future.

Darshana Patel 6 min read
Conscious AI: Five options
Article Jun 3, 2024

Conscious AI: Five options

Is conscious AI desirable? The next 18 months may see this become one of the biggest debates in the world of technology.

David Wood 12 min read
New Algorithm Turns Black Hole Snapshots into Video
Mindbytes Sep 23, 2026

New Algorithm Turns Black Hole Snapshots into Video

The kine algorithm uses neural fields to reconstruct a continuous video from 116 VLBI observations spanning 27 years, achieving four times the resolution of any single image.
Linsey Smith 2 min read
The Fog Over the Future of Work: Nobel Economists Face an Uncertain Horizon
News Jul 15, 2026

The Fog Over the Future of Work: Nobel Economists Face an Uncertain Horizon

Over 200 economists, including 16 Nobel laureates, warn that artificial intelligence could transform the future of work, AI jobs, and the global economy faster than expected.

Hruy Tsegaye 6 min read
First real-time quantum jumps of sound observed in Stanford breakthrough
Mindbytes Sep 23, 2026

First real-time quantum jumps of sound observed in Stanford breakthrough

Stanford physicists observed a phonon jumping between energy states in a mechanical resonator, proving sound can behave quantum mechanically and opening a path to phonon-based quantum computing.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
Quick Guide to NFC Ring Security: Why It's Important and Who Needs It? | Highlights from S2EP12
Podcast Mar 25, 2024

Quick Guide to NFC Ring Security: Why It's Important and Who Needs It? | Highlights from S2EP12

Joy Zhang explains how the HyperRing's security provides unmatched encryption in an NFC ring, with no third party usage, enabling you to store your credit cards and healthcare data securely.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Kimi K3 and the new open-weights reality
News Jul 29, 2026

Kimi K3 and the new open-weights reality

How Moonshot AI’s frontier model is shrinking the gap between open and closed AI - and what it means for the global race.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Redefining Social Media in the Digital Underground: CyberCulture (Cyber Funk/Punk)
Community Mar 4, 2024

Redefining Social Media in the Digital Underground: CyberCulture (Cyber Funk/Punk)

Liam James explores a digital rebellion in CyberCulture, where norms are shattered, giving birth to a new era of expression and connection.

Liam James 7 min read