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AI
He Wrote the Job Description. The Filter Rejected Him in Six Minutes.
An unverified story about one missing dot is spreading because candidates recognize the pattern, and the problem it points to is that nobody sees what an automated filter rejects.
By Brandon Crenshaw · October 25, 2026
Platforms
Bluesky Is Betting Payments Can Help It Make Money Without Becoming Another Ad Platform
The social network plans to add payments for buying, selling and fundraising. The bigger test is whether an open platform can build…
Platforms
Our Lives Are in the Cloud. The Risk Comes Home.
The Asos breach exposes how little control we have over the organizations—and vendors—holding our personal information.
Platforms
Apple Has the iPhone in Your Pocket. Now It Wants the Locks, Cameras and Thermostat in Your House.
Apple is reportedly developing a smart lock, doorbell, thermostat and security cameras with LG, turning its coming home hub into the center…
Breaking News
- Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra Opens for Preorders at $2,599
- Spotify Plans to Bring Audiobooks to More Than 180 Markets
Opinion
Black Poverty Is Falling. Why Are We Still Calling This Progress?
The latest Census figures offer encouraging news, but nearly 8 million Black Americans still live below the poverty line. At what point do we stop celebrating small improvements and confront…
By Bryson Davis · October 27, 2026
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An unverified story about one missing dot is spreading because candidates recognize the pattern, and the problem it points to is that nobody sees what an automated filter rejects.
The social network plans to add payments for buying, selling and fundraising. The bigger test is whether an open platform can build a sustainable business without turning users into advertising inventory.
The Asos breach exposes how little control we have over the organizations—and vendors—holding our personal information.
Microsoft and Nvidia opened preorders for the Surface Laptop Ultra, a 15-inch flagship built on Nvidia's RTX Spark chip, starting at $2,599 and shipping October 16. The companies revealed pricing Wednesday at Microsoft's first major Windows and Surface event in more than two years, held in San Francisco, alongside a Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for developers starting at $5,999, according to Tom's Hardware. Machines on the same platform from Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP and MSI ship the same day.
Spotify is expanding audiobooks from 22 markets to more than 180 by the end of 2026, putting books in front of a potential 750 million listeners. The rollout started Wednesday and was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with new markets getting more than 350,000 titles across more than 120 languages, including new catalogs in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Polish, according to Spotify's newsroom. In much of Africa, Asia and Argentina, the Audiobooks+ add-on will be the main way in.
Apple is reportedly developing a smart lock, doorbell, thermostat and security cameras with LG, turning its coming home hub into the center of a much broader push into the connected home.
Full Disk Access was built to let backup software work properly. AI agents are turning that permission into something much more consequential.