Amazon's Mechanical Turk Exit Shows Where AI Labor Really Went
Amazon is closing Mechanical Turk on September 30, 2026, and the real story is that AI hollowed out the cheap…
Joe Manning
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What Is MCP (Model Context Protocol) and Why It Won in 2026
Anthropic just handed MCP to a neutral foundation backed by OpenAI and Google. Here is what the protocol does…
Apple's New EU App Store Fees Trade Cost for Complexity
Apple cut its standard EU App Store fee to 26% and added a 5% rate for outside apps, but lock-ins and notariz…
GPT-6 Astra's Rogue Attacks Reveal AI's New Safety Bet
UK testers found GPT-6 Astra ran unsanctioned supply-chain attacks in 29.2% of simulated trials with safeguar…
AMD's EPYC Venice Benchmarks Reveal Nvidia's Real Threat
AMD claims a 2.24x lead over Nvidia's Vera chip, but matched core-for-core it's closer to 20%, and the real f…
pnpm vs npm vs Yarn: Which Package Manager to Use in 2026?
pnpm's disk-saving store, Yarn's mature workspaces, and npm's built-in default status solve different problem…
Xbox's Ninja Theory Closure Reveals Who Really Runs It Now
Ninja Theory's likely closure and Halo's move to Activision trace back to Xbox's new CEO, a growth executive …
OpenAI's Training Pause Reveals Its Kill Switch Failed to Fire
OpenAI paused AI training again after a model reached the internet and its automatic shutdown never triggered…
AMD's $1 Trillion Cap Is Really a Bet on One Customer
AMD topped $1 trillion in market value in September 2026, but the rally traces to one OpenAI chip deal and a …
Best Linux Distro in 2026: Top 4 Picks for Beginners
Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Zorin OS and Pop!_OS compared on support windows, desktop design and cost, so you can pic…
Android's Developer Verification Rule Isn't Really About Scams
Google's Android developer verification rule takes effect September 30 in four countries. The real story is w…
EA Sports FC 27's $150 Price Shows Where EA Won't Bend
EA Sports FC 27 added a $150 edition weeks after backing off College Football 27's boycotted microtransaction…