Is taste a 'new core skill'? Techies debate — and quickly get memed

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Discourse about "taste" is growing among techies on X.

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Elon Musk says Anthropic's philosopher has no stake in the future because she doesn't have kids. Here's her response.

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Elon Musk is a science nerd. His latest memo is another glaring example.

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Here's how smart people in tech are reacting to Matt Shumer's viral essay about what AI means for jobs

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Matt Shumer, author of the viral
Matt Shumer, an AI startup founder, warns in a viral essay that AI could disrupt jobs more than COVID.

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I'm a Gen Z who ditched my smartphone alarm for a $16 clock, and it completely changed my mornings

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Roya Shahidi poses with analog alarm clock in bedroom
I was sick of wasting my time on my phone in the mornings. So I got an alarm clock.

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Spotify has a new way to sync your audiobook with your paper book. This solves a big problem I've been having.

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Spotify's new Page Match feature helps you go between a paper book and audiobook.

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Red flags that you might be hooked on your phone, from an addiction researcher. Here's how 'dopamine fasting' can help.

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Dr Anna Lembke, an addiction researcher and host of a new MasterClass on dopamine, sitting in an armchair in a warmly lit library hall
Dr. Anna Lembke is a Stanford professor of psychiatry who specializes in addiction.

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The Moltbook creator sees a future where every human has a bot that creates content on their own platforms

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Moltbook, a social media-like platform exclusive to AI bots, has seen a surge in bot participation.

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Amazon's 'Melania' got the headlines. A YouTuber got the ticket sales.

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Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach asked his 38.2 million fans to help make his movie "Iron Lung" a hit. They did.

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Elon Musk's X suddenly has a lot of 'articles.' I'm not sure I want to read them.

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X, a place for Articles.

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Meet the people who think posting on social media is good for them

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Steve Zeringue, Mfonsio Andrew, and Campbell Morrison are pictured.
Steve Zeringue, Mfonsio Andrew, and Campbell Morrison don't subscribe to the "get offline" mentality.

Steve Zeringue; Mfonsio Andrew; Campbell Morrison.

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