The New New

Designing for Effort

Plus: better bugs, faster booze, revived raves, smarter scents, robot noses, cyborg bees, planetary playlists, and a heroic identity crisis in Roundup…

Sep 1 • 

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June 2025

Building the Second Web

Plus: making gasoline from air, metals from myths, zippers from buttons, new builds from bricks, and more in Roundup #43

Jun 1 • 

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April 2025

The New B2Bs

Plus: better builds, crunching cravings, splashless solutions, tattooed travels, hydrogen horses, and more in Roundup #42

Apr 27 • 

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Thinking on Autopilot

Plus: marketing’s new stack, AI’s secret language, naps without sleep, vision via teeth, and blood-filtering breakthroughs in Roundup #41

Apr 6 • 

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February 2025

The Future of Living and Creating: Connected Apart

Plus: a comeback crayon, power-generating slime, firefighting missiles, deep-sea habitats, Mars-bound engines, and a travel pillow recommended for the…

Feb 17 • 

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January 2025

Mirror Mirror: Worlds, Life, Reviews, Cords, and Metrics

Plus: Peak Product Reviews, Mirrorworlds, Mirror Life, Metric Rebellions, Core Cutting, and more in Roundup #39

Jan 20 • 

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December 2024

Five Favorite Things for 2025

Because sometimes, OG AI (aka, actual intelligence) needs great tools too.

Dec 11, 2024 • 

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November 2024

The AI Toolkit for Teams — and Roundup #37

Plus: the new rules of communicating, competitive leisure, fog water harvesting, cloud milking, and more in Roundup #37

Nov 26, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Personhood Credentials — and Roundup #36

Plus: the evolution of digital marketing, supercharged wellness, cross-species blood transfusions, treasure hunts, and more in Roundup #36

Oct 13, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Cloud Exits

Plus: making gold from rocks, fabric from candy, milk from sheets, and more in Roundup #35

Sep 15, 2024 • 

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August 2024

AI Integration Race

The full-stack battle for our futures. Plus: batteries, bandages, braggadocia, and more from Roundup #34

Aug 18, 2024 • 

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June 2024

Nuclear Power Renaissance, RAGing with the Machines, and Roundup #33

While atoms get a second chance, AI gets more factual, and dating gets a new copilot, we explore the benefits of green bananas, the promise of on-demand…

Jun 9, 2024 • 

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