‘Friends Like These’ Reveals How Social Media Turned Drama Into Tragedy

Friends Like These revisits the 2012 murder of Skylar Neese—-and raises real questions about what social media does to teenagers, and to investigations.

DNA Storage Evolves With Atlas/Imec Collaboration And Biomemory Acquisition

Atlas Data Storage partners with imec for advanced DNA storage and Biomemory acquires Catalog Technologies to enhance its DNA block-based printing storage technology.

Startup Loft Orbital Is Launching AI-Powered Satellites This Fall

Building space-based AI. Designing new molecules with quantum computers. Why pink noise is bad for your sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

Hackers Don’t Need Malware Anymore And That Changes Everything

CrowdStrike’s 2026 report finds 82% of attacks are malware-free, breakout times average 29 minutes, and adversaries exploit trust in identities, cloud, and supply chains.

The Biggest Mistake Companies Are Making With AI Agents

‘AI’s real promise isn’t doing the same work cheaper; it’s enabling entirely different work at entirely different scales.’

Anthropic: 91% Of Users Do Not Fact-Check AI. Let’s Fix That.

To improve AI fluency, productivity, and innovation, users must be – and act – skeptical.

Why Vibe Coding Is Less About Code And More About Power

This article explains the real business impact, from faster experimentation and better decision-making and responsibilities, guardrails, and roles for engineering teams.

Seagate Qualifies 40+TB HAMR HDDs At Two Leading Data Center Companies

Seagate’s now shipping 4+TB/disk HAMR HDDs to support growing AI data center workloads and are qualified at two hyperscale data center companies.

No Business Immigration Lawsuits Filed Against DHS H-1B Lottery Rule

No company or business organization has filed a lawsuit against the DHS H-1B lottery rule, even though the rule may be unlawful.

What Is AI Burnout, And How Can It Be Avoided?

AI burnout is rising as generative AI tools make it easy to take on more work, start more projects, and keep prompting long after the day should be done.