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AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded 

TechCrunch

While Kutcher’s firm has been around for a long time and has lived through enough hype cycles to not be easily swayed one way or another, the filing made me curious. Especially since crypto, the hype train’s ol’ favorite sector, has sputtered and struggled in recent months? It’s complicated, and I may be entirely wrong. I’ll be there.

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Social Media ennui

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s hype designed to sell things. And hype designed to sell things isn’t necessarily going to help make the world a better place. How about lowering the costs of software by using open source and collaboratively developing software? No one should take this post personally. So what do I want us to talk more about?

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open! Open has 3 components, APIs, Database Connectors, and Extensions. Bottom line: Kintera takes some important steps to open up their application. You make your own conclusions.

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Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars?

TechCrunch

Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attracted a lot of users, even catching the attention of big name crypto influencers, NBA players and OnlyFans creators. But can it convert all the early hype to meaningful, lasting traction?

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The best and worst moments from the 2025 Oscars

Mashable Tech

You can catch up on his full opening monologue , which included jabs at AI and Netflix and plenty of O'Brien's trademark self-deprecation. Colman Domingo hyping up the crowd Credit: Kevin Winter / Getty Images The Oscars is a long ceremony, so what better way to inject a bit of life into the audience than with an impromptu dance party?

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Qdrant, an open source vector database startup, wants to help AI developers leverage unstructured data

TechCrunch

For many, ChatGPT and the generative AI hype train signals the arrival of artificial intelligence into the mainstream. Just last year, a similar proposition to Qdrant called Pinecone nabbed $28 million , though Zayarni considers Qdrant’s open source foundation as a major selling point for would-be customers.

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Some of macOS Monterey's best features won't work with Intel-based Macs

TechSpot

Apple is great at hyping its latest hardware and software. Craig Federighi showed off this skill leading Apple's opening keynote address for WWDC 2021. Live Text, Universal Control, and detailed 3D maps were played up as must-haves in macOS Monterey. However, there is a catch.

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