7/5/26
Today’s tech digest covers platform changes, prediction markets, workplace gadgets, and the companies shaping digital services.
- Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
- Mr. Lif’s Emergency Rations EP is post-9/11 hip hop at its
There was a period in the early aughts when Definitive Jux (nee: Def Jux) seemed like it was going to be the future of hip hop.
- The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth’s
The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the interior.
- Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn
Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.
- 5 desk gadgets that can make your workday better
The right desk gadgets can help you reduce clutter, stay focused, and add a little extra convenience to your day.
- What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner
Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
