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Archives for July 2026

Synth historian Oli Freke will spend big on a good bicycle

He’s hard at work on the upcoming Beat Gems, a gorgeous coffee-table book about the history of drum machines.

Terrence O'Brien
Meta just created a moderation nightmare for its smart glasses

Meta says it’s banning some content filmed with the company’s smart glasses from Instagram. Moderation gets messy very quickly.

Mia Sato
The US government can’t enforce its own drone ban

Brendan Carr’s FCC keeps approving the very drones it was supposed to ban. How did it go so wrong?

Sean Hollister
The right-wing boomers protesting data centers have a lot in common with the left

The conservative backlash is about jobs, the environment, quality of life — and China.

Gaby Del Valle
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

It’s early days for Content Seal, but the standard isn’t off to a good start.

Jess Weatherbed
Neill Blomkamp’s new zombie AI ‘film’ is just slop warmed over

No amount of clever editing can make this Seedance-generated mess interesting.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Samsung can’t afford to play it safe with Apple’s first foldable looming

Reports of a new wider foldable phone suggest Samsung is ready to take a risk.

Dominic Preston
I hate that I don’t hate this song made with Suno

1010Benja’s ‘Semiramis’ Dream’ shows AI can be more than a slop engine in the right hands.

Terrence O'Brien
The grueling, 630-mile road race where the only fuel is sunlight

The annual Solar Car Challenge for high school students celebrates its 30th year anniversary with a high-stakes trek across Texas.

Andrew J. Hawkins
The Guardian’s Carter Sherman fondly remembers being terrified by Ocarina of Time

The author of The Second Coming lives for French press and splurges on concert tickets.

Terrence O'Brien