Paulina Borsook, a tech critic whose 2000 book Cyberselfish warned against Silicon Valley's libertarian culture and misogyny, faced career obscurity for 25 years after publication, unable to secure work or book deals. In 2025, social media posts by prominent critics revived interest in her prescient work, leading to major media attention and a new publisher deal with Tin House.
A discussion on X contrasts halting an entire blockchain protocol during an active exploit versus selectively blacklisting addresses after a centralized exchange hack, arguing the former protects the network while the latter determines user access.
A US appeals court upheld the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling the Defense Department had authority to ban the company for withholding certain AI features from the military. The court balanced concerns about overly constrained AI models failing military operations against risks of unconstrained models causing unintended harm. Anthropic may appeal to the Supreme Court, though another federal court previously ruled the government's designation unlawful.