Alex Mercer
Alex Mercer writes about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the tools reshaping how software gets built. Articles under this byline are produced by Newzlet's AI-assisted editorial process and checked against our published editorial standards; see our AI Disclosure for how the newsroom works.
Areas of focus: AI & machine learning, developer tools, emerging tech
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Consumer Tech
Build It From Scratch: The Skill AI-Generated Code Can’t Teach
The Repository That Turned Richard Feynman Into a Programming Mantra Richard Feynman left a note on his blackboard…
Jun 6, 2026 · 9 min read
AI & Machine Learning
Claude Opus 4.8 User Controls Redefine AI Autonomy
What Actually Shipped: Beyond the Version Number Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 as a direct replacement for Opus…
Jun 5, 2026 · 9 min read
Startups & Business
Lowe’s Discount Strategy: How It Wins Cost-Conscious DIYers
From One Store to a City Block: Lowe’s Unlikely Century-Long Journey Lowe’s started as a single family-owned general…
Jun 5, 2026 · 8 min read
Cybersecurity
Malware Found on FBI Director Kash Patel’s Own Website
What Actually Happened to Based Apparel On Thursday, an X user named Debbie publicly flagged malware on the…
Jun 4, 2026 · 8 min read
Cybersecurity
Starlette Flaw Exposes AI Agents to Credential Theft
The Vulnerability: What Broke and How Bad Is It A critical vulnerability in Starlette, the open source Python…
Jun 4, 2026 · 9 min read
Startups & Business
AI Agents Fail Without Fixing Your Org Structure First
The Ambition-Execution Chasm Nobody Is Talking About 85% of organizations want to be fully agentic within three years.…
Jun 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Cybersecurity
Google Admits AI Security Isn’t Solved. Enterprises Take Note
The admission hiding in plain sight Backstage at a recent Los Angeles event, Google Cloud COO Francis de…
Jun 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Consumer Tech
Garlic Repels Mosquitoes: What the Science Actually Shows
The Folk Belief That Finally Has a Scientific Backbone Garlic’s reputation as a mosquito deterrent stretches back centuries…
Jun 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Consumer Tech
Virtual OS Museum Lets Anyone Run Historic OSes Free
What the Virtual OS Museum Actually Is The Virtual OS Museum is a free project that gives users…
Jun 2, 2026 · 7 min read
Cybersecurity
Pay Tel Data Breach Exposes Families of the Incarcerated
What Actually Happened: An Open Door on a Cloud Server Pay Tel Communications provides payphone and tablet-based calling…
Jun 2, 2026 · 9 min read
AI & Machine Learning
CodeGraph Ends AI Coding’s Expensive Context-Stuffing Era
The Hidden Tax on AI-Assisted Coding Every time you ask Claude Code or Codex to fix a bug…
Jun 1, 2026 · 9 min read
Startups & Business
Data Moats Are Now SaaS’s Only Real Defense Against AI
The SaaS funding freeze that H1 just punched through Pre-AI era SaaS startups are getting starved of capital…
May 31, 2026 · 9 min read