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Ken Yeung

@thekenyeung.bsky.social
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Journalist • Founder of "The AI Economy" • Created ClawBeat.co and OnCue • Ex-VentureBeat, TNW, Flipboard • Signal: kenyeung.888 • kenyeung.co

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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finding out whether your AWS setup is any good has meant booking a solutions architect and waiting weeks. AWS's new Well-Architected Agent runs that review on its own, ranks what's wrong against your business goals, and writes the code to fix it. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/aws-well-a...
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AWS Built an AI Agent That Audits Your Cloud Setup and Writes the Fixes
The Well-Architected Agent automates a review that used to take a cloud architect weeks—and AWS says it's on you to check the results
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Decision models have drawn a lot of attention since TypeSafe AI launched Jev last month. Now AWS has one for Strands. I dug into what Strands Decider 2B does, how AWS built it, and where it fits inside an AI agent. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/strands-de...
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Why AWS Gave Strands a Model That Can't Write a Word
Strands Decider 2B is a small, open-source decision model built to work alongside an agent's LLM, and it's the first model the Strands team has built itself
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hey, can anyone tell me if this is another list I didn't make? 😁 www.inc.com/lisa-bonos/i...
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Inc.’s New Media Power Rankings: The 21 Press Stops Most in Demand by Founders
More than 100 PR and comms pros share their uncensored thoughts on which new media outlets move the needle for their clients—and which traditional ones can still deliver.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Handshake has launched an education platform. Its AI Skills Studio offers 40+ "missions," giving learners real hands-on experience on AI projects, co-developed with tech firms OpenAI, Clay, Figma, Replit, Google, and others. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/handshake-...
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Handshake’s AI Skills Studio Turns AI Training Into Hiring Evidence
Project-based AI missions built with Clay, Figma, Google, OpenAI, Replit, and Salesforce—ending in a verified badge on the profile a million employers search
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cowboys down 28-13 against Giants. Dallas rusher Javonte Williams scores TD, but taunts New York players on his way into the end zone. Penalized 15 yards for extra point. Kick goes wide. Guess the taunt wasn't worth it. Bold move when you're running out of time.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Minnesota receiver Justin Jefferson scores his second touchdown, putting the Vikings up 39-22 (29 unanswered points in the second half!) against Green Bay.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Minnesota Vikings are putting serious pressure on the Green Bay Packers. Multiple TDs and interceptions. 15-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead 32-22. Not sure whether it's Carson Wentz, who took over for injured Kyler Murray at QB, or the Minnesota defense. Maybe both.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This summer, I stepped back from writing in order to vibe-code. During my time off, I built two apps I'm still using, but it wasn't a smooth experience. Regardless, it has shaped how I think about tech, both as a user and as a reporter. Read more: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/vibe-codin...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That was a really good game. Texas was down 20-3 at halftime, then 23-3 going into the fourth quarter. But Arch Manning led his team on a 21-0 run to take the W. College football is wild.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fourth-ranked Texas gets its revenge, DEFEATING top-ranked Ohio State 24-23!
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That holding penalty on Ohio State isn't helping.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is top-ranked Ohio State about to go down against fourth-ranked Texas? 25 seconds left in the game, and the Longhorns are up 24-23 against the Buckeyes!
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Some major upsets in NCAA football today.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
LinkedIn gets tiring most of the time. I find a job and then apply. Receive a rejection email. Then LinkedIn recommends that same job, says I'd be a "top applicant," and encourages me to apply. LinkedIn needs an option to banish these posts beyond just clicking the "x".
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
OMG congratulations @alexeheath.com on becoming a VC! open.substack.com/pub/newcomer...
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EXCLUSIVE: Tech Reporter Alex Heath Turns VC, Joins Sound Ventures
Sources: After split with Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary’s firm is raising $300 million
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@flipboard.com I'm seeing errors again. Cannot flip via Chrome extension on desktop browser nor can I do it from mobile on Android.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
AWS wants more brand loyalty from student builders. Its Kiro for Students program has expanded 12x to 121 more universities worldwide, giving more students free access for up to a year. Read which schools are in + what AWS learned from its pilot. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/aws-kiro-s...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New Yorkers: Asking for a friend...if you have a day and are staying by JFK, what are some things you'd recommend seeing? Public transit only. Worth trekking into Manhattan? Family of older ppl who wanna enjoy scenery and take pics.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In less than 90 days, Adobe will officially have a new CEO. To Wall Street, he wasn't the "rational choice." Still, Anil Chakravarthy could reshape the company, turning it into the commercially safe content system brands need in the AI era. My thoughts: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-four...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Been using Grammarly in Google Docs lately, and it's been buggy. Fixing sentences at top of the page can result in fixes being inserted into header section. And sometimes it warps entire sentences, so I have to manually fix the fix. Assuming it's the cost of AI?
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Using Claude and Otter AI as part of writing and frustrating. Constant hallucinations and refusal to accept context. Always provoking me w/wrong feedback. When ask for timestamps on transcript, it doesn't read it—gives rando answers. Context makes it better, right? LOL.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@flipboard.com @flipboardcs.bsky.social are you experiencing issues? I can't flip any articles from my Android device.
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Surf @surf.social · 02/09/2026
📑 Bookmarks are now available on Surf on the desktop, Android and in TestFlight, so you can save posts, videos, podcasts and anything else that catches your eye on Surf. Connected your @bsky.app or Mastodon accounts? Bookmarks from there also show up in Surf.
A screenshot of the Your Bookmarks tab in Surf, showing a post from Nigella Lawson
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I think I heard of y'all 😉
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My approach to what stories I write for my "The AI Economy" newsletter is evolving. Now, I'm looking to focus more on deep dives—better understanding the workshop vs. the showroom. Here's what you can expect: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/the-ai-eco...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I attended Glean's customer conference in SF last week. The company pushed context hard—mentioning it 61 times in a press briefing. The argument was that for AI to truly succeed, it needed to know everything about an org. Without it, AI just burns money. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/glean-cont...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Media pros: what type of recorder do you use for interviews? Do you record for transcription an/or to use in podcasts?
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I *think* I have figured out my manifesto for my newsletter. Now I just need to put pen to paper and write it out.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ai2 says its AutoDiscovery tool has helped researchers at the Paul G. Allen Research Center identify immunotherapy potential in "cold" breast cancer, specifically invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC). Read about the findings in my newsletter: theaieconomy.substack.com/p/ai2-autodi...
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The AI Built to Be Surprised Flags a ‘Cold’ Breast Cancer
Ai2's AutoDiscovery found immune activity in invasive lobular carcinoma, long written off as immunotherapy-proof. The lab work confirmed it.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh wow! @flipboard.com has acquired(?) Graze, a custom feed builder for Atmosphere. Nice to see updates on how Flipboard is moving further into the fediverse and decentralized web. graze.leaflet.pub/3mtypcuxxc22p
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Better, Together
An announcement from Graze
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Frustrated with @adobe.com Firefly—why can't it generate what I'm looking for? These requests are hours apart, and still Firefly can't generate images. I have available credits!
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Fun assignment today for @geekwire.com: Attending the grand opening of King County Library's new central sorting facility. Great to see how robots are used to make sure people get their library books. www.geekwire.com/2026/inside-...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Late to the party but just noticed @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has a new show on @msnowreports.bsky.social! Congratulations!
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Agent Plugins launched last week, backed by Vercel, AWS, OpenAI, and Microsoft. One of its architects calls it a Chrome extension for coding agents. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how it came together, from two people who helped build it. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/agent-plug...
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How Agent Plugins Got Made
Vercel, AWS, and others set out to make agent add-ons portable. Two people who helped create the standard walk through how it came together.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Adobe launches AI Collaborators in Workfront, letting you assign tasks to AI agents like teammates. Agents from Copilot Studio, Claude, and Writer do the work — Workfront supplies the context, humans keep final sign-off. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-work...
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Adobe Puts AI Agents on the Payroll With Workfront AI Collaborators
Now generally available, AI Collaborators let you assign tasks to outside AI agents like teammates—with humans keeping final approval
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I'm sorry but GTA 6 has been postponed in favor of GTA: ATC edition. www.cbsnews.com/news/video-g...
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Play video games? You, too, could become an air traffic controller.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is touting the success of a campaign targeting video gamers to train as air traffic controllers.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"The manufacturer warns the device should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting 'verbal defiance or belligerence' or on high-risk populations such as children, pregnant women or elderly or disabled people." Yeah sure, that won't happen at all. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Meet Dossier: the newest app I built to replace the spreadsheet I've used to track all my job applications. One-click saves, listing monitoring, and everything I need before an interview in one place. Here's how I built it: thelettertwo.com/2026/08/09/i...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Excited to share that my liveblogging app, OnCue, has been approved by @wordpress.org and is now available in the plugin directory! 1⃣ wordpress.org/plugins/oncu... 2⃣ thelettertwo.com/2026/07/10/i...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
AWS just open-sourced Dogwood, a policy language that governs what AI agents are allowed to do. The twist: its rules can factor in what an agent already did—how much it's spent, whether a human approved, what came before. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/aws-dogwoo...
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AWS's Dogwood Writes Rules That Remember What Your AI Agent Already Did
The new open-source policy language brings temporal logic to agent authorization. The old model judged one action at a time. Agents broke it.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Adobe launches plugin for ChatGPT, providing access to 70+ tools from Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, Acrobat, Express, and more—just by mentioning "@adobe." It's built for the first + last mile of creative work & builds on prev. ChatGPT connectors. theaieconomy.substack.com/p/adobe-chat...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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John Wick: Yeah, I'm Thinking I'm Back
ALT: John Wick: Yeah, I'm Thinking I'm Back
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Welp, never thought it would happen to me, but it did. Claude Code accidentally deleted all my working files for an app I built. Now I'm working to try to recover everything. 😞
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trump administration drops criminal case against ex-Olympian it accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in D.C.—it admits the renovations were "flawed". www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...
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Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is now admitting that a Donald Trump-prompted $14 million installation of a pool lining on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping th...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
When I set about vibecoding an app, it's less about building something to solve a problem. I'm also trying to use it as an opportunity to explore third-party tools/platforms I'd only written about before. Am I the only one?
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I find it annoying on YouTube when ads are inserted into live broadcasts. Trying to watch Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson's press conference about the interim police chief and the Seattle Center shooting, only to have it be interrupted by an ad.
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
💡 Microsoft's fingerprints are on 1 in 4 Washington tech companies. UW's founder pipeline is one of the largest in the state. New for @geekwire.com: WTIA's 2026 Tech Universe Map traces WA's tech family tree, showing how interconnected the ecosystem is www.geekwire.com/2026/new-map...
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The Information @theinformation.com · 31/07/2026
Researchers found that hackers could potentially trick Microsoft Copilot into leaking data from across a customer’s Microsoft 365 account. The activity may not have appeared suspicious in standard logs, making an attack difficult to detect. Read more: thein.fo/4bhJupM
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New Microsoft Copilot Security Flaws Show How AI Can Leak Customer Secrets
Cybersecurity is top of mind for many businesses following the remarkable hack of Hugging Face earlier this month. And rightly so. The problem they now face is that many of the AI firms selling tools ...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LemonLime offered party-goers an instant job interview if they got a permanent tattoo with its logo. Apparently, 7 ppl did it. Now, the startup's founder is apologizing for the stunt, but some ppl say his tweet was written by AI. www.inc.com/georgia-fear...
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Ken Yeung @thekenyeung.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
No Sirimaxxing for you. www.axios.com/2026/07/30/t...
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Tim Cook says Apple may charge for AI Siri
Heavy users of Apple Intelligence may need an iCloud+ subscription
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