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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

SSD Prices Are Crashing—Here’s How Long It Will Last
SSD Prices Are Crashing—Here’s How Long It Will Last

What’s actually driving the SSD price drop right now The price cuts hitting SSDs at Best Buy and…

May 25, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Plug-In Solar Is Being Suppressed by US Utility Rules
Plug-In Solar Is Being Suppressed by US Utility Rules

What plug-in solar actually is — and why it’s bigger than it sounds Plug-in solar — also called…

May 25, 2026  ·  9 min read

Gadgets & Reviews

A Rolling TV Stand Fits How You Actually Live
A Rolling TV Stand Fits How You Actually Live

The TV-Less Home Is More Common Than You Think Plenty of millennials skipped the TV entirely — and…

May 24, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Meta’s Forum App Is a Direct Strike at Reddit’s Core
Meta’s Forum App Is a Direct Strike at Reddit’s Core

What Forum actually is — and isn’t Meta’s Forum is not a new social network. It is a…

May 24, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

AI Writes the Code. Nobody Reads It. Who Authored It?
AI Writes the Code. Nobody Reads It. Who Authored It?

The Room Where Nobody Wrote the Code At Anthropic’s Code with Claude event in London, a presenter asked…

May 24, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

Forge Uses Stack-Based Logic to Rethink HTML Generation

What Is Forge, and Why Does It Exist? Forge is a stack-based, Forth-inspired language built for one specific…

May 24, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

AI Content Scaling Is Quietly Destroying Brand Trust
AI Content Scaling Is Quietly Destroying Brand Trust

The promise: AI as the ultimate creative multiplier Brands are drowning in content demand. Audiences now consume upwards…

May 24, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

HMD’s Sarvam Deal Makes the Case for Bundled Local AI
HMD’s Sarvam Deal Makes the Case for Bundled Local AI

The Partnership at a Glance: HMD, Sarvam, and the Vibe 2 5G HMD, the Finnish company best known…

May 24, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

yt-dlp: The Open-Source Tool Outlasting Platform Crackdowns
yt-dlp: The Open-Source Tool Outlasting Platform Crackdowns

What yt-dlp Actually Is (And Why Its Origin Story Matters) yt-dlp is a command-line audio and video downloader…

May 24, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Why Mixing Sonos and Bose No Longer Breaks Your System
Why Mixing Sonos and Bose No Longer Breaks Your System

The ‘walled garden’ myth in home audio For years, Bose and Sonos built their market positions on a…

May 23, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Understand Anything Shifts Dev Onboarding From Writing to Reading
Understand Anything Shifts Dev Onboarding From Writing to Reading

The Dirty Secret of Developer Onboarding No One Talks About The AI coding tools conversation has a blind…

May 23, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Google Flow’s Avatar Tool Puts Deepfake Ethics on Creators
Google Flow’s Avatar Tool Puts Deepfake Ethics on Creators

What Google Actually Launched — And What It Can Do Google’s Flow platform now includes an avatar feature…

May 23, 2026  ·  9 min read