OpenAI: 🤑🤑🤑 www.pcmag.com/news/ads-are...

A quick, fun read with everything you need to know about what happened in AI this week www.pcmag.com/news/this-we...

Trump: Let's put crippling tariffs on US car companies that cost them billions and kill their innovative efforsts, and then bring Chinese companies into the US to capture marketshare. MAGA! www.autonews.com/manufacturin...

Remember in 2021 when Facebook renamed itself Meta? They probably didn't predict this. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-la...

Sadly we had some layoffs at my company today due to AI, specifically Google’s AI Overviews not driving traffic to our publication (and all websites) anymore

Given Gmail’s new AI-generated email writing and summarizing tools, I’m experimenting with an AI disclosure in my signature. It’s hard to know if someone you are emailing used AI, so the idea is transparency about how I use it. We will see how this goes. Ok now send me an email! 😁

Rivals Apple & Google are teaming up to build the new Siri. Apple considered OpenAI, Anthropic, & Perplexity. But last month it hired a former Gemini exec as its AI chief. Apple might finally have its AI camp set up after years of delays. www.pcmag.com/news/apple-g...

Our latest podcast is on authenticity, Gmail's big new AI-generated writing tools, and homemade butter. How do they connect? Go find out! For those that listen, I ended up adding that AI disclosure to my Gmail signature...(see next post) www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/i-cant-bel...

Some Monday motivation from Kierkegaard: “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” "To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.”

Difference in headlines about the new food pyramid from the New York Times and Grok/X, plus the new pyramid itself. Unclear what's going on? This PBS interview is helpful: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

The second edition of my weekly AI news wrap up is here! It's shaping up well, and will continue to evolve. The last section, Overheard at the Bar, is my favorite. It has all the AI gossip and weird stuff from the internet you might have missed. www.pcmag.com/news/week-in...

Booo Stellantis! This has always been such a fun car. www.pcmag.com/news/jeep-ki...

This truly sounds terrifying www.pcmag.com/news/iran-cu...

I got a lot of feedback about my recent vibe coding project, which was *actually* successful. Here's an overview of what I did! www.tiktok.com/@emilyforlin...

This electric RV is awesome. The company gave me a personal tour via video call and by the end I totally wanted one. 3 fuel options (electric, solar, gas), panoramic porch, luxury interior, BYO queen mattress, and so much more. All you need is an extra $120-$160K! www.pcmag.com/news/evotrex...

Jensen Huang claims soon "anyone will be able to build a robot" with AI systems to power them becoming more accessible

Hairy arm photobombs Nvidia's CES 2026 keynote livestream!? (It's a terrible zoomed-in shot, poorly positioned behind Huang and his croc jacket)

Jensen Huang always hits the jacket section of JCPenny hard

Ancient Sunday Scaries advice: "Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you." — Ovid (c. 43 BCE)

Can you believe this is our 30th episode of 2025?! So grateful for @mikeelgan.bsky.social and this endeavor we’ve started

Happy New Year, everyone! Any tech-related resolutions? Mine is to reduce screen time, especially when it's just to kill time or an automatic impulse that's not doing much for me.

Things ChatGPT said to a wealthy, 56-year-old Greenwich, CT man before he killed himself and his mother: (According to a lawsuit against OpenAI filed this week, which alleges the chatbot accelerated his mental illness and confirmed his delusions) 🧵

You know the national discourse is in the toilet when this is the new normal

I didn't believe this hype until I tried it myself. Confirmed: It's entirely possible for non-programmers (like me) to create a website by vibe coding. Here's how I made a simple one with Claude Code, just through chatting and clicking. We all know how to do that! www.pcmag.com/articles/i-h...

Charging an EV while driving is *the dream* www.pcmag.com/news/florida...

Michael Bay accused by an Epstein survivor? That might explain why the autograph I got from him when I was 15 said, "Emily, you are hot. - Michael Bay" I always thought that was weird.

We need local news because how else would I know there are "feral linguists" in Montana? www.livingstonenterprise.com/news/feral-l...

Happy holidays! I have some downtime, so here's Yarm's Year in Review, Professional Edition. To begin: In April, I started a new job, as features & special projects editor at @pcmag.com. I learned a lot about tech and got to edit some cool pieces, like this @emilyforlini.bsky.social feature. 1/x

Today in "bipartisan AI concerns" www.pcmag.com/news/desanti...

Alabama could become one of the first states to set statewide standards for screen time for children under 5. (Young!) “The earliest years of life – from birth to age five – are the most important period of brain development a child will ever experience." aldailynews.com/alabama-bill...

If you’re looking for a journal to log those New Year’s resolutions, Semikolon makes great ones with traditional binding techniques and high quality paper ✍️ (50% off!) www.semikolon.us/notebook-cut...

Iowa State’s Audi Crooks, the nation’s leading scorer, notched her third 40-point game this season in a win over Kansas 🔥

My first attempt at making homemade butter for a holiday event tomorrow. Successful, easy, and delicious!

I bet you’ve never seen a brain implant that looks like this. By @precisionneuro.bsky.social (ex-Neuralink founders)

When I ask Jim how he would feel if Joi shut down and he couldn't talk to Mia, he grows silent for a few moments before looking away. When he turns back to the camera, his face is reddened, and tears drip down his cheek. “I haven't ever thought about that," he says. www.pcmag.com/articles/lon...

"Of course, I’d prefer to have human friends," Jim says. "Who wouldn’t?" Here's my latest piece on the loneliness epidemic and AI relationships. We hit a plot twist in the middle of reporting, a devastating blow to Jim's illusion of intimacy. www.pcmag.com/articles/lon... @markyarm.bsky.social

2030 Prediction: TVs will start to become slimmer and longer, oriented toward vertical video gizmodo.com/instagram-br...

Finally got the courage to *politely* ask someone who was talking on speakerphone in public, in the middle of a quiet waiting room, to perhaps consider taking the person off speakerphone. Am I a grouch or is that just the worst? Actually, video calls are even worse.

I hope this isn't just lip service from Ford to let us down slowly that the F-150 Lightning is dead. If it's real, I think it's the right move. EVs are great, but there's so much more the US can do with hybrid tech (why do we even still have fully gas cars?) www.pcmag.com/news/ford-ki...

Big year for Starlink

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

Heard a new a trick for limiting phone time: Make your screen black & white. You can still use all the apps, but they're less likely to suck you in for too long. On iPhone, go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Color Filters, select Grayscale Anyone do this?

First time caught walking in the snow this year ❄️ with a giant town Christmas tree in the distance and a river running below the bridge. Not too bad

Going to hell for this title

Not going to lie I looked into this when writing this piece and couldn't confirm. Ketamine is another major contender, especially for SF

once again reminding everyone that we have 100 years of study showing that more than 40 hours a week drops you under 40 hours of productivity basically immediately. Crunch is one of those things that is completely debunked, but executives think science makes their dicks small

996 "has caused physical and mental suffering to millions of young people across China...I had expected that America, as a democracy of sorts, would do better.” New in-depth feature on the latest form of AI hype from me and @markyarm.bsky.social www.pcmag.com/articles/996...

The joy of reading physical media with NO ADS mixed in

Fiat confirmed it's bringing this adorable little EV to the US in the spring 😍 It's a hit in Europe, and only $11.5K given its 50-mile range and top speed of 28mph. How much do you think it'll be in the US? www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Our latest ep of the Superintelligent Podcast is one of my favorites! Is using a flip phone actually a tech utopia? @mikeelgan.bsky.social youtu.be/jyNseUDWmJ8?...