Hustle Newsletters | technology

Can Digg unbury itself?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/3/25
American whiskey is getting a high-tech infusion

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 10/30/25
The business re-tooling pinball for the digital age

Jay Fuchs
Updated 10/28/25
Catch-a-cheater apps vs. anti-facial recognition tech

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/27/25
Dread waiting in airport security lines? This new tech could speed things up

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 10/26/25
Could humongous airbags make flying safer?

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 9/21/25
The future of relaxation might require a headset

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 8/11/25
The tech store where everything is an experience

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/4/25
This AI device lets you watch your dreams as lo-fi movies

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 7/31/25
Citizen naturalists are aiding scientific research

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/28/25
Can a pair of headphones help you focus?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/22/25
AI can be a real tattletale

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/17/25
The future of web browsers

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/10/25
About to hit mental overload? Slap the ol’ e-tattoo on your forehead

Ben Berkley
Updated 6/30/25
The 'peace tech' company making bets on war

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 6/24/25
Is it finally time for smart glasses?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/16/25
This group wants our gadgets to chill TF out

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 6/12/25
Would you pay $6k+ for a good night's sleep?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 5/14/25
Starbucks changes its mind about humans vs. tech

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/30/25
The world’s coolest drones survey sewage pipes

Sam Barsanti
Updated 4/28/25
You light up my office

Sam Barsanti
Updated 4/24/25
Turns out ‘cheating’ with AI kinda sucks

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/23/25
Sycophancy is making bots too nice

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/22/25
The puzzle of proving you’re a person

Sam Barsanti
Updated 4/21/25
What if your TV knew you were sad?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 4/17/25
Feel the buzz of the basketball

Sam Barsanti
Updated 4/14/25
Sustainable lumber? That wood be cool

Sara Friedman
Updated 4/6/25
What’s a good search engine worth to you?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 3/20/25
Why a podcast app decided to go free

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/12/25
Does Big Tech’s suckiness open the door for leaner startups?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/5/25
It seems most everyone’s finally using AI

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/5/25
How much would you pay for a free McNugget?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 3/3/25
Astronomers don’t want ads in space

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/26/25
Can drivers take on the Uber-Lyft duopoly?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/18/25
YouTube is the new TV

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/11/25
Can you really get a free phone plan?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/5/25
We’re still lonely, startups are still trying

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/29/25
Is the next big sci-fi franchise on blockchain?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/28/25
Does everything need to be smart?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/14/25
No, seriously, your phone isn’t listening in on your conversations

Sam Barsanti
Updated 1/10/25
OK, let’s talk about those drones

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/17/24
Did Spotify Wrapped miss the mark this year?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/11/24
An AI company is trying ‘dystopian’ marketing

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/10/24
The little-known business behind the light bulb and the iPhone

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/9/24
How to measure AI’s risky responses

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/4/24
There’s no accounting for virtual taste

Sam Barsanti
Updated 12/2/24
How Pokemon Go will build a ‘large geospatial model’

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/20/24
Dumbphones are back, but what about pagers?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/14/24
Does tech make us lonely, or is it how we use it?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/12/24
Job seekers may find themselves talking to AI

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/5/24
Can your alarm clock play ‘Doom’?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 11/4/24
Foursquare is officially coming to an end… or is it?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/23/24
You can get the internet from lasers, but should you?

Sam Barsanti
Updated 10/11/24
What happens if we stop caring if something is AI?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/9/24
What is going on with 23andMe — and your data?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/8/24
Smart glasses are already doing some real scary stuff

Sam Barsanti
Updated 10/3/24
Finally, emoji will make it easier to say you’re eating beets while playing the harp

Sam Barsanti
Updated 9/23/24
The bot keeping humans out of dangerous silos

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/11/24
Relaxing drive? How about in-car targeted ads instead?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/9/24
Malvertising is popping up on search engines

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/5/24
Is it classist to suggest you write your own novel?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/3/24
The race to become the world’s next tech epicenter

Sara Friedman
Updated 7/28/24
Great, AI can create realistic fake IDs now

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/6/24
Zoom who? Higher ed is going holographic

Sara Friedman
Updated 1/29/24
Freeze your corpse, freeze your money?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/27/24
Why, though? A cat ahead of its time

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/26/24
The government vs. AI deepfakes

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/18/24
Can AI predict your death?

Singdhi Sokpo
Updated 1/13/24
The Carta debacle, explained

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/12/24
When it comes to air quality, your phone nose best

Sara Friedman
Updated 1/10/24
High-tech wearables could make workplace injuries a thing of the past

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/28/23
Are Wikimedia’s exec salaries normal?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/15/23
Can robots help cure loneliness?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/14/23
ChatGPT was 2023’s fastest-growing brand

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/8/23
A real nightmare: Tech that lets you work in your sleep

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/6/23
Grief tech startups want to help you text from beyond the grave

Sara Friedman
Updated 11/28/23
Please chill this long weekend, CEOs

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/23/23
Why Zelle reversed course on refunding fraud victims

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/15/23
The Eliza effect, or why we love bots

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/30/23
AI… after dark

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/26/23
If your vision of the future includes your dinner dancing itself around the plate to entertain you, congrats

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/25/23
Privacy, who? Gen Z is sharing its location

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/25/23
Are self-checkouts a cautionary tale in our race toward automation?

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/20/23
The world was already horrifying — technology is making it more so

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/11/23
Need help brushing up on the new dictionary?

Ben Berkley
Updated 10/10/23
Spotify and OpenAI are just the tip of the AI-translation iceberg we’re about to crash into

Ben Berkley
Updated 9/27/23
From ‘outdated’ to ‘wow, dated!’: Some consumers reconnect with old-school tech

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/3/23
At restaurants, things aren’t so black and white for the QR code

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/3/23
Dentists are getting high-tech

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/20/23
Is egg freezing ready for a high-tech upgrade?

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/18/23
It’s a pretty great time to get a PhD in AI

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/17/23
What happened with HustleGPT

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/17/23
Why do our weather apps betray us?

Sara Friedman
Updated 4/13/23
Why pull weeds when you can zap them with AI-powered lasers?

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/13/23
Phone bans often putter out, but this one may be forever

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/6/23
Clubhouse outlasted its copycats — but should keep the Champagne on ice

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/5/23
Adobe makes its AI splash

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/22/23
The next frontier in facial-recognition tech: Not stealing dead people’s pics, ideally

Ben Berkley
Updated 3/14/23
The floppy disk is still kickin’

Sara Friedman
Updated 3/9/23
These influencers are so fake… no, really

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 2/17/23