A practical tech help newsletter from a single human writer offering step-by-step guides for small teams and individuals, such as sharing a Mac screen in Google Meet and creating a strong, memorable master password. Readers get clear, tutorial-style instructions with the reasoning behind each recommendation.
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Essays and a serialized book on AI-era cybersecurity, trust and measurement, citing specific vendor and lab reports. Readers get an original framework, including the Learning Advantage Ratio and the work-factor idea for AI judgment, alongside analysis of how security metrics get gamed.
Patrick McKenzie reads and expands on his Bits about Money essays about the plumbing of the financial system, such as payments finality, credit card economics and charitable giving infrastructure. Each episode pairs an explanation of how the system works with concrete case studies and updated postscripts.
Transformer reports on the politics and policy of advanced AI, mixing original reporting, interviews and tests of AI models with analysis of legislation and company strategy. Readers get coverage of Congress, AI safety debates and frontier labs' behavior.
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