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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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Consumer Tech

Why Notion Mail Failed and What It Means for Your Workflow
Why Notion Mail Failed and What It Means for Your Workflow

The Skiff Saga: A $0 Acquisition That Ended Twice Notion acquired Skiff in February 2024, absorbing the encrypted…

Jun 27, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

AI Coding Tools Can’t Replace Indie Dev Aesthetic Judgment
AI Coding Tools Can’t Replace Indie Dev Aesthetic Judgment

What ‘In the Long Run’ is actually trying to solve In the Long Run connects directly to Strava…

Jun 27, 2026  ·  8 min read

AI & Machine Learning

Claude Paid Subscribers Are Surging—What the Data Shows
Claude Paid Subscribers Are Surging—What the Data Shows

The data behind the headline: what credit card transactions actually reveal Indagari pulls its signal from billions of…

Jun 27, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Why Europe’s Power Grid Fails During Heat Waves
Why Europe’s Power Grid Fails During Heat Waves

The Grid Was Designed for a Different Era Europe’s electricity infrastructure was built on a set of climate…

Jun 27, 2026  ·  9 min read

Gadgets & Reviews

Xteink X4 Review: The £40 E-Reader That Does Less on Purpose
Xteink X4 Review: The £40 E-Reader That Does Less on Purpose

What the X4 actually is — and what it deliberately isn’t The Xteink X4 is a 4.3-inch e-ink…

Jun 27, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Prime Day 2026 Art TV Deals: What 43% Off Really Means
Prime Day 2026 Art TV Deals: What 43% Off Really Means

The Sale at a Glance: Dates, Discounts, and Who’s Involved Prime Day 2026 runs June 23 through June…

Jun 26, 2026  ·  9 min read

Consumer Tech

Nub Gives Node.js Developers Bun Speed Without Migrating
Nub Gives Node.js Developers Bun Speed Without Migrating

The problem Nub is solving: Node.js tooling is slow and fragmented Every Node.js project quietly assembles the same…

Jun 26, 2026  ·  9 min read

Gadgets & Reviews

Are Prime Day Samsung Deals Worth It? What to Know
Are Prime Day Samsung Deals Worth It? What to Know

The deal landscape: what’s actually on sale and what’s just hype Prime Day Samsung deals flood every tech…

Jun 26, 2026  ·  9 min read

Cybersecurity

PeopleSoft Zero-Day: Why the 2-Week Gap Is the Real Risk
PeopleSoft Zero-Day: Why the 2-Week Gap Is the Real Risk

What Happened: ShinyHunters Found a Door Oracle Left Open ShinyHunters, one of the most prolific ransomware and data…

Jun 26, 2026  ·  9 min read

AI & Machine Learning

China’s Supercomputer Rise Reshapes Global AI Power
China’s Supercomputer Rise Reshapes Global AI Power

The Engineering Issue’s Big Claim: Ambition as Antidote MIT Technology Review’s new Engineering issue opens with a declaration…

Jun 26, 2026  ·  8 min read

Consumer Tech

C#’s Memory Safety Gaps: What Developers Must Know Now
C#’s Memory Safety Gaps: What Developers Must Know Now

The hidden problem: ‘safe’ C# was never as safe as developers assumed For years, C# developers operated under…

Jun 23, 2026  ·  9 min read

Startups & Business

LTIMindtree’s €160M Randstad Deal Reshapes IT Services
LTIMindtree’s €160M Randstad Deal Reshapes IT Services

The Deal at a Glance: What LTIMindtree Is Actually Buying LTIMindtree has put €160 million — roughly Rs…

Jun 23, 2026  ·  8 min read