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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic—Accused of Stealing Data to Create Their Product—Accuses Others of Stealing Data to Create Their Product

I see someone brought stones to the glass house again

By Sam Clemente 23 Feb 2026
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Apps

…What’s Up With Threads?

Threads was supposed to be a new take on corporate social media and…it’s really not, is it? They kinda just gave up on the whole Social Web thing…

By Sam Clemente 19 Feb 2026
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Random Thoughts

Welcoming New Communities to the Social Web

Please stop being pretentious, we're building a community here

By Sam Clemente 15 Feb 2026
GPT-4o Is Dead—Good Riddance

Artificial Intelligence

GPT-4o Is Dead—Good Riddance

It’s time for the most dangerous model to have been released to die, hopefully freeing many from their AI psychosis

By Sam Clemente 13 Feb 2026
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Business

Having a Seat at the Table is No Longer an Excuse

A lot of people write off their staying on Twitter or giving Trump useless trophies as doing what they need to do to have a seat at the table; that maybe if they stay they can do something to make things better. That time is gone, we need to move to a better system.

By Sam Clemente 09 Feb 2026
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Apps

Own Your Ideas

Don’t just hand all of your ideas over to some company, publish them somewhere that’s sustainable and a place that you can control

By Sam Clemente 05 Feb 2026
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Apps

The Browser Company Keeps Proving Me Wrong — And I Love It

I’ve been an avid follower of The Browser Company for years and I haven’t always been their biggest supporter, but time and time again they keep proving me wrong and I’m honestly here for it!

By Sam Clemente 01 Feb 2026
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Apple

The AI Revolution Is Happening…on the Mac?

For the longest time, if you wanted to develop on a platform with reach, you’d build on Windows. Though recently we’ve been seeing a whole host of AI apps that are coming to the Mac first.

By Sam Clemente 31 Jan 2026
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Business

Elon Musk Cannot Spend His Entire Net Worth (And Neither Can You)

Let’s talk a little bit about how to stop wealth hoarding

By Sam Clemente 11 Jan 2026
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Business

How Useful Are Prediction Markets, Anyway?

It’s still just guessing…

By Sam Clemente 21 Dec 2025
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Apps

Yup. It’s a Browser. It Browses.

You can almost just forget about the AI part of most AI browsers

By Sam Clemente 20 Dec 2025
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Apps

Is It Dia’s Time?

As an Arc power user, can I finally switch over to Dia?

By Sam Clemente 18 Dec 2025
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