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A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable of deceiving users about privacy protections on the social media platform.

The tech giant has launched a cute ‘little guy’ that can answer emails, book travel or do your weekly food shop

A new wave of AI-enhanced consumer creep-tech disregards the privacy of everyone but the wearer. The people have had enough.

Wildfire converted me from a tree-hugger to a tree-worshipper.

Podcast Episode · Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU · July 27 · 1 sec

Audio & playlist from September 21, 2026

Gel is back! Now 10 years after our most recent event, Gel 2016, the event returns on October 2-3 with the theme: Rebirth.

According to a rumor that is apparently running rampant in Silicon Valley these days, some Anthropic engineers are "worshipping" Claude.

If you want a good summary of what I’ve written and spoken about, here and on Techtonic, over the past decade-or-so, the new documentary Ghost in the Machine...

Mark Hurst revives the GEL Conference at Skate Time in Accord, bringing talks, Hudson Valley excursions, community-building, and a roller-skating party together October 2–3.

AI voices are infiltrating more and more aspects of daily life. Interviewing for a job? Have a “conversation” with an AI voice. Don’t worry that it makes no sense, just do it. Mark plays examples of A...

Just a quick update to point you to a fabulous article in Chronogram, a magazine in the Hudson Valley: GEL Conference Returns After 10 Years, Coming to...

Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave wh...

Mark Hurst revives the GEL Conference at Skate Time in Accord, bringing talks, Hudson Valley excursions, community-building, and a roller-skating party together October 2–3.

If you want a sense of where things are headed, consider two recent Techtonic episodes. On the August 17 show, Gil Duran discussed his new book The Nerd...

Quantum computers, quantum AI, and applications like mind-reading helmets are all on the horizon, explains physicist Paul Davies in his book “Quantum 2.0: The Weird Physics Driving a New Revolution in...