Behind The Blog

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Behind the Blog: Company Comments and a Party Recap
Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: Company Comments and a Party Recap

This week, we discuss companies' responses to being monitored by an ICE contractor, caring about the little things, weight loss drug ads, and how our SXSW shindig went.
Behind the Blog: Merch Drops, Riso Prints and Big Cars
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Behind the Blog: Merch Drops, Riso Prints and Big Cars

This week, we discuss a Supreme drop, a visit to a local Risograph printer, and what is up with Big Car.
Behind the Blog: Stunt Blogging and the 'Fuck It' Paradigm
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Behind the Blog: Stunt Blogging and the 'Fuck It' Paradigm

This week, we discuss stunt blogging, Signal pains, and murderous Reels.
Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds
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Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds

This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar.
Behind the Blog: Backdoors and the Miracle of Wikipedia
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Behind the Blog: Backdoors and the Miracle of Wikipedia

This week, we discuss Apple's iCloud, Wikipedia as a miracle of humankind, and good soup.
Behind the Blog: Getting Political
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Behind the Blog: Getting Political

This week: getting "political" and what it means to be technology journalists in this day and age.
Behind the Blog: Boom, Bust, and Big Ideas
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Behind the Blog: Boom, Bust, and Big Ideas

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AI's boom or bust, trying Github's Copilot, and making time for good ideas.
Behind the Blog: Zuckerberg's Kook-ness and Trump Week One
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Behind the Blog: Zuckerberg's Kook-ness and Trump Week One

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Nazis celebrating Elon Musk’s salute, Zuckerberg as a kook, dictating your own threat model and a good block/mute ethos.
Behind the Blog: The TikTok Ban and Joyless AI
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Behind the Blog: The TikTok Ban and Joyless AI

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss joylessness in the AI industry and the TikTok ban.
Behind the Blog: What Is Real?
Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: What Is Real?

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss weird fake furniture and shared reality (or the lack thereof).
Behind the Blog: Magic Links and Building Shelves
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Behind the Blog: Magic Links and Building Shelves

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we talk more about magic links and building shelves offline. A light Behind the Blog today but we're back from the holiday on Monday.
Behind the Blog: Posting Through It
Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: Posting Through It

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss our top games of the year, air traffic control, and posting through it.