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

TechCrunch

I end with notes to know from around the tech blogosphere, TC events and, if you look closely enough, personal anecdotes that often have to do with coffee and food. 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.

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NFC is the underdog tech set to explode in the next five years

The Next Web

In the tantalizing world of technology today, there are endless buzzwords and acronyms for emerging tech you need to know. But before you hop on the hype train and leave the station, take note — an unsuspecting player is poised to leap out of the shadows: Near field communications technology.

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It Is What It Is: A fake app hyped on Twitter turned into a fundraiser for racial justice causes

The Verge

The group describes itself as a “diverse, ragtag group of young technologists tired of the status quo tech industry,” which it says is “obsessed with exclusive social apps that regularly ignore — or even silence — real needs faced by marginalized people all over the world, and exclude these folks from the building process.”.

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Chasing hype is human nature: The tyranny of startup trends

TechCrunch

I think it’s important that we explicitly discuss something that every VC instinctively knows: The hype around a given business or category has become a form of bias for investors and founders when vetting ideas to pursue. At any point in time, you can find FOMO-flavored bad business decisions based on false market signals somewhere in tech.

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Amid the AI hype, don’t forget about no-code

TechCrunch

Softr’s quick revenue expansion is a good reminder that while the tech world seems completely consumed by all things AI , there’s quite a lot of work going on in other areas that are worth keeping an eye on. Amid the AI hype, don’t forget about no-code by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

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Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence

TechCrunch

What’s in a name and more from the world of AI, including where we’re seeing companies race to build the new tech into their products. Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch SVB collapse update , including what we are looking for next.

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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. Nonprofits who need tech help partnering with local organizations who provide training to the unemployed and ex-offender? No one should take this post personally.