5/17/26
AI wealth gaps, platform legal battles, and practical interface and voice control tips shaped today’s tech digest.
- The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush
The vibes around the current AI boom aren’t great, even in the tech industry.
- Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to Bloomberg.
- Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as
Lawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees.
- How to Control Everything on Your Phone With Your Voice (iOS
Go fully hands-free with these tips for Android and iOS.
- Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2)
Why traditional loading patterns like spinners fail in agentic AI experiences, and how interface patterns that reveal the system’s process, status, and decision-making can.
- What’s !important #11: 3D Voxel Scenes, Flying Focus, CSS
If 3D voxel scenes (that you can style), flying focus animations, or new CSS syntaxes sound like your kinda thing, then this issue of What’s !important is definitely for you.
