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Jordan Blake

Jordan Blake reports on cybersecurity, startups, and the business of technology for Newzlet. 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: Cybersecurity, startups & business, crypto & fintech

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Gadgets & Reviews

Canvas TVs Beyond Samsung: What Budget Buyers Gain and Lose
Canvas TVs Beyond Samsung: What Budget Buyers Gain and Lose

The Canvas TV Market Was Basically a Samsung Monopoly — Until Now For years, Samsung’s The Frame held…

Jun 2, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

Google’s Disco-Ball Joke Shows How Big Tech Weaponizes Humor
Google’s Disco-Ball Joke Shows How Big Tech Weaponizes Humor

The Incident: From Spotify’s Cringe to Google’s Pile-On Spotify turned 20 and celebrated by doing something its users…

Jun 1, 2026  ·  7 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Google’s ‘Disregard’ Glitch Exposes AI Search’s Fragile Core
Google’s ‘Disregard’ Glitch Exposes AI Search’s Fragile Core

What Actually Happened: The ‘Disregard’ Problem Explained Google rolled out a completely redesigned Search experience this week, placing…

Jun 1, 2026  ·  8 min read

Cybersecurity

Fake ‘Signal Support’ Messages Are Hijacking Accounts
Fake ‘Signal Support’ Messages Are Hijacking Accounts

What’s actually happening: The anatomy of the attack The attack follows a simple script. Hackers create a Signal…

Jun 1, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Anthropic’s Skills System Is Reshaping How Claude Gets Deployed
Anthropic’s Skills System Is Reshaping How Claude Gets Deployed

What ‘Skills’ Actually Are (And Why They’re Not Just Prompts) When most developers hear “AI customization,” they think…

May 31, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Anthropic’s $965B Valuation Reshapes the AI Race
Anthropic’s $965B Valuation Reshapes the AI Race

The Numbers at a Glance: What $65B and a $965B Valuation Actually Mean Anthropic just closed a $65…

May 31, 2026  ·  7 min read

Crypto & Fintech

Trump’s Crypto Wins Helped Institutions, Not Bitcoin Holders
Trump’s Crypto Wins Helped Institutions, Not Bitcoin Holders

What Trump Actually Did: The Policy Wins Are Real Trump signed the GENIUS Act in July 2025, creating…

May 31, 2026  ·  8 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Embedded AI Is Now Inside Your Apps—Not Waiting to Be Asked
Embedded AI Is Now Inside Your Apps—Not Waiting to Be Asked

The ’embedded AI’ shift nobody is talking about clearly enough The defining story of 2026 is not which…

May 30, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

Why Gentoo Users Compile Everything (It’s Not Speed)
Why Gentoo Users Compile Everything (It’s Not Speed)

The Reputation That Precedes Gentoo Ask anyone in the Linux community what they know about Gentoo, and the…

May 30, 2026  ·  9 min read

Cybersecurity

Atom Exhaustion Is a BEAM Design Flaw, Not Developer Error
Atom Exhaustion Is a BEAM Design Flaw, Not Developer Error

The Number That Should Alarm Every Elixir and Erlang Developer The Erlang Ecosystem Foundation’s CVE Numbering Authority has…

May 30, 2026  ·  8 min read

Gadgets & Reviews

Fix Your Hisense TV Picture Settings in 10 Minutes
Fix Your Hisense TV Picture Settings in 10 Minutes

The Factory Settings Problem: Built for the Store Floor, Not Your Home Hisense ships every TV from the…

May 29, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Firefox Is the Last Browser That Doesn’t Own Your Data
Firefox Is the Last Browser That Doesn’t Own Your Data

The Default Browser Trap: How Habit Became a Business Model Chrome ships pre-installed on every Android device. Safari…

May 29, 2026  ·  9 min read