Publishers
Newsletters & publications
The publications I read to stay current on careers, AI, tech, and small business. Each one has its own page with what it covers, why I recommend it, and everything of theirs filed in the hub.
404 Media
404 Media
Independent technology journalism founded by Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole and Joseph Cox. Covers tech, AI, privacy and internet culture.
Aeon
Aeon
Online magazine of ideas and culture publishing long-form essays on philosophy, science, ethics, technology and society. Free to read.
AfroTech
afrotech.com
A media platform covering Black professionals in technology, with news, career content, and conference programming.
Ahead of AI by Sebastian Raschka
substack.com
Machine learning research explained clearly, by Sebastian Raschka. 199K+ subscribers.
AI For Small Business
substack.com
Practical AI guidance for small business owners who aren't high-tech, from a fellow small business owner.
AI Futures Project
blog.aifutures.org
Daniel Kokotajlo's research blog on what a world with very capable AI might look like, including the AI 2027 scenario work.
AI Magazine
AI Magazine
Trade publication covering AI in business: deployments, vendors, executives and industry reports.
AI Skill Drop
aiskilldrop.com
A guided system where AI builders share insights, contribute projects, evaluate real-world impact, and amplify practical skills alongside an AI mentor.
AISI Blog
AI Security Institute
The UK AI Security Institute blog, sharing research and work to enable advanced AI governance.
Alan Turing Institute Blog
turing.ac.uk
Research commentary from the UK's national institute for data science and AI, covering AI safety, public-sector deployment, health data and the social impact of automated systems.
Allwork.Space
allwork.space
A free daily publication covering the future of work: hybrid and remote policy, return-to-office mandates, flexible workspace and coworking, workplace technology and AI, and the employment law and labour trends behind them. Articles read in full with no subscription and no paywall.
Almabase Resources
Almabase
Free guides, playbooks and blog posts on alumni relations, fundraising and advancement work from the Almabase team.
Alventra Marketing Blog
alventramarketing.com
Marketing blog with practical guidance for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and service providers.
Amazon gives sellers a smarter Seller Assistant and a plugin for Amazon Quick
aboutamazon.com
Amazon's announcement of upgraded AI Seller Assistant tools, including a plugin that works with Claude.
Antoine Buteau
Antoine Buteau
Profile synthesis and lessons from builders, leaders and operators across tech. Antoine distills recurring principles from thousands of profiles into practical takeaways on choosing what matters, building, leading and making work last.
Ars Technica
Ars Technica
A long-running technology news publication with careful, technical reporting on computing, science, policy and security — deeper than most tech headlines and clear about what is known versus claimed.
arXiv
arxiv.org
The open-access preprint server for physics, mathematics, computer science, and related fields — a primary source for cutting-edge AI and machine-learning research papers.
Astral Codex Ten
astralcodexten.com
Scott Alexander's free long-form blog on statistics, medicine, forecasting, AI risk and how to reason carefully about contested claims.
Athena HQ Blog
athenahq.ai
Blog from Athena HQ, an AI executive-assistant platform for entrepreneurs and founders, covering delegation, automation, and operations for lean teams.
Big Technology by Alex Kantrowitz
bigtechnology.com
Power dynamics and inside stories from Big Tech, by Alex Kantrowitz.
BleepingComputer
BleepingComputer
Independent cybersecurity and technology news site covering malware, ransomware, data breaches, privacy, and support guides for Windows, Linux and macOS.
blog.biocomm.ai — First Do No Harm
biocomm.ai
A blog collecting news, quotes and commentary on AI risk and safety.
Brookings — Technology & Information Research
Brookings
Brookings' running collection of technology and innovation research, including AI policy, labour effects and governance. Free to read.
Building a T-Shirt Factory Factory
breakingchange.blog
A Breaking Change blog post on building tooling to build the tooling — an honest walkthrough of automating a small side business with AI assistance.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
thebulletin.org
Free journalism and analysis on nuclear risk, climate change and disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, from the group behind the Doomsday Clock.
Cal Newport — Study Hacks Blog
calnewport.com
Site of Cal Newport, computer science professor and author of Deep Work, with his long-running blog on focus, productivity, and technology's role in work and life.
Calcalist CTech
ctech
Free English-language coverage of the Israeli technology sector — funding rounds, startup exits, hiring trends and defence-tech developments.
Career Accelerator by Career Impressions
careerimpressions.ca
Executive-level career strategy from a 10+ year career coaching practice.
Career Sidekick
careersidekick.com
Career advice blog written by recruiters, covering resumes, interviews, job hunting, and career change, with articles and guides free to read.
CERN News
home.cern
Official news from CERN, the European particle physics laboratory: accelerator and experiment updates, computing and engineering write-ups, and knowledge-sharing pieces, filterable by topic and audience (general public, students, educators, policymakers). Free to read, no account.
Chip Huyen's Blog
huyenchip.com
Chip Huyen writes clearly about building real machine learning and AI systems: evaluation, data, deployment, and the parts that break in production.
CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce
uschamber.com
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's small business media arm, with free guides, templates, startup how-tos, and a national webinar series.
Cold Takes
Cold Takes
Newsletter and blog covering transformative AI risk, AI alignment, forecasting, longtermism and how to navigate the century ahead. By Holden Karnofsky; posts are freely readable with an optional audio version.
Creem Blog
Creem
Free posts on selling software online as a small operator — payments, taxes, compliance and launch write-ups aimed at solo founders.
Crunchbase News
crunchbase.com
Reporting on funding rounds, startup trends, and venture activity.
Dario Amodei's Essays
darioamodei.com
Long-form essays from Anthropic's CEO on AI capability, safety, economics and policy, published free in full.
Dark Reading
darkreading.com
Cybersecurity news publication covering breaches, vulnerabilities, threat research, and enterprise security policy.
EdTech Innovation Hub
EdTech Innovation Hub
News and analysis on education technology, workforce development and AI in learning.
Every
every.to
Daily writing and research publication covering AI, business strategy, and how knowledge workers actually use new tools, plus its own suite of AI products.
Foundr
foundr.com
Actionable insights from world-recognized founders, for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs.
Four One Insights
FourOne Insights
Research and commentary on hiring, skills and the labour market from Four One Insights, free to read.
Gizmodo
gizmodo.com
Consumer technology news covering AI, gadgets, science, and the culture around them.
GloPros AI Blog
glopros.ai
A blog covering practical AI adoption for professionals and small teams, including tooling and workflow guidance.
Greg Brockman's Blog
gregbrockman.com
Personal essays from OpenAI's president on engineering careers, hiring, self-teaching and building technical teams.
Greylock Blog
Greylock
Venture firm's blog on building companies: hiring, product, go-to-market and AI, written by its partners and founders.
Grokking the Tech Career
open.substack.com
Interview prep and career advice for developers from Fahim ul Haq, drawing on 15+ years in big tech.
Hard Reset
hardreset.substack.com
Newsletter reporting on the fight to reshape technology in the public interest.
Hosting Eleventy on GitHub Pages
quinndaedal.com
A step-by-step guide to building a static site with Eleventy and publishing it on GitHub Pages.
How I Work With AI — Bian Jiang
bian-jiang.com
A practical blog series from Bian Jiang documenting real workflows for integrating generative AI into daily work, from writing to research to automation.
Humanly Blog
humanly.io
Blog on recruiting automation, candidate screening, and conversational AI in hiring, from a recruiting-technology company.
Huntr blog: job search and ATS guides
huntr.co
Practical explainers on how applicant tracking systems screen resumes and how to organize a search.
IBM Think
ibm.com
IBM's free tech publication — explainers, news and market analysis aimed at people working in and around technology.
Import AI by Jack Clark
substack.com
Weekly synthesis of AI research and policy by Jack Clark, Anthropic co-founder. 130K+ subscribers.
Interesting Engineering
Interesting Engineering
Engineering and technology news site covering AI, energy, space and hardware, free to read with an optional paid ad-free tier.
Iris van Rooij — Posts
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
Blog posts by Iris van Rooij, a cognitive scientist whose writing covers cognition, computation, and critical perspectives on AI claims.
ITNEXT
itnext.io
Developer-focused publication for engineers working across different tech stacks and roles.
Karpiak Consulting Blog
karpiakconsulting.com
Recruiting and talent-operations blog covering hiring processes, applicant tracking systems, and how recruiters actually evaluate candidates.
Latent Space by Swyx & Alessio
latent.space
Technical AI newsletter for engineers building on AI systems, covering evals, inference, and agentic architectures.
Lenny's Newsletter
lennysnewsletter.com
Weekly, deeply researched advice on building products, driving growth, and accelerating your career, for product leaders and founders.
Made On YouTube 2026
blog.youtube
YouTube's hub for 2026 keynote news, AI creation tools and creator feature updates.
makeworld.space — Personal Site and Blog
makeworld.space
The personal site and blog of a Toronto-based open source developer known for Amfora, a terminal browser for the Gemini protocol, and for image dithering tools (dither, didder, Dithertime). Posts cover small-internet protocols, open source projects, voting systems, and software design. Free to read.
Marker on Medium
medium.com
Business publication covering work culture, career navigation, and the forces shaping the business world.
Microsoft Official Blogs
The Official Microsoft Blog
Microsoft's own announcements and positions on AI, work and policy.
Molly Kinder
mollykinder.substack.com
Brookings fellow writing on AI, workers, and the future of good jobs.
Morning Brew
morningbrew.com
Daily, witty business news digest for entrepreneurs and professionals.
N-iX Cube Blog (Ncube)
nCube -
Articles on building and managing remote engineering teams, offshore hiring, and the day-to-day of software delivery — free to read.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
nber.org
The non-profit, non-partisan research organisation behind most influential US economics working papers, including much of the research on AI and jobs.
Net Influencer
netinfluencer.com
A trade publication covering the creator economy, influencer marketing platforms, and creator business news.
News from Google (The Keyword)
blog.google
Google's official blog — product launches, AI announcements and policy posts, straight from the company.
O Panóptico
opanoptico.com.br
Brazilian coverage and analysis of surveillance, policing technology and digital rights in Latin America.
OfficeChai
OfficeChai
Workplace and tech news site covering AI, careers, startups and hiring, with a focus on the Indian tech industry.
Oodle Blog
heyoodle.com
Insights on digital marketing, advertising, and brand strategy from the Oodle team.
Opensource.com
opensource.com
Free articles, tutorials and downloadable guides on open-source tools, Linux, containers and community-run projects, written by practitioners.
Palantir Blog
palantir.com
Engineering and policy writing from Palantir on data platforms, government deployments, defence technology and how the company approaches privacy controls.
Platformer by Casey Newton
platformer.news
Reporting on the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy, by Casey Newton.
Plot Thoughts
plot.so
The Plot blog—notes on AI agents that decode social video, creator intelligence, and marketing strategy.
Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter
realtimetechpocalypse.com
Émile P. Torres's weekly newsletter examining the ideologies driving Silicon Valley — effective altruism, longtermism, TESCREAL, and the race to build artificial superintelligence — from a critical, insider-turned-skeptic perspective.
Rize Blog
rize.education
Rize Education's blog on higher-ed trends, enrollment, program adoption and career-ready courses, told from a tech-and-academics angle.
Robonomics Journal
robonomics.science
Open-access academic journal publishing peer-reviewed research on robotics, automation, and their economic and social consequences.
Sam Altman's Blog
samaltman.com
Free essays on startups, hiring, productivity and ambition from OpenAI's CEO, including the widely read "How to Be Successful" and startup playbook posts.
Sentience Institute Blog
Sentience Institute
Think tank writing on moral circle expansion — how societies decide which beings deserve moral consideration, including animals and potentially sentient AI systems. All posts, reports and survey data are free to read.
Stan Store Blog
stan.store
Creator-commerce blog covering how entrepreneurs, coaches, and indie makers build productized services, digital downloads, and monetized communities on Stan Store.
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
stanford.edu
Stanford's economic policy institute, publishing free research briefs on work, productivity, AI and public policy.
Start It Up on Medium
medium.com
Formerly The Startup — Medium's largest active publication, covering career advice, entrepreneurship, and the creator economy.
Startup Grind on Medium
medium.com
Global community of startups and founders, covering fundraising, product development, and market research.
Strada Education Foundation
stradaeducation.org
Research on entry-level hiring, credentials, and what employers actually do after education.
Stratechery by Ben Thompson
stratechery.com
Analysis of the strategy and business side of technology and media, by Ben Thompson.
String Literal (Yael Grauer)
String Literal
Investigative reporter Yael Grauer writes on privacy, security, surveillance and the craft of tech journalism.
Sundar Pichai on the Google Keyword Blog
blog.google
Every post by Google's CEO in one feed — product announcements, AI strategy and company positioning, straight from the source.
Superhuman AI
superhuman.ai
Daily AI news and tools digest written for a broad professional audience.
Tech Policy Press — Technology and Democracy
Tech Policy Press
Nonprofit publication covering the intersection of technology, platforms, and democratic institutions.
Tech Startups
Tech Startups - Tech News, Tech Trends & Startup Funding
Daily startup and technology news: funding rounds, launches, acquisitions and industry moves, written short.
TechRadar
TechRadar
Tech news, reviews, and buying advice for computers, gadgets, entertainment gear, and software.
The Diff by Byrne Hobart
thediff.co
Analysis at the intersection of finance and technology trends, by Byrne Hobart.
The Future of Publishing Blog — Thad McIlroy
thefutureofpublishing.com
Publishing-industry analyst Thad McIlroy's blog, with ongoing coverage of AI's impact on book publishing, authorship and copyright.
The Generalist
thegeneralist.com
Long-form strategy deep dives on companies, markets, and the people shaping them.
The Hacker News
The Hacker News
A long-running cybersecurity news site covering breaches, vulnerabilities and, increasingly, AI-related security incidents.
The Hustle
thehustle.co
Daily business news with a sharp, irreverent tone — startup stories, market shifts, and unconventional trends.
The Interview Guys Blog
theinterviewguys.com
Long-running job search and interview advice blog by Jeff Gillis and Mike Simpson, with resume, cover letter, and interview strategies used by over 100 million visitors.
The New Stack
thenewstack.io
A publisher covering cloud native, DevOps, open source, and AI-native software engineering news and analysis for developers, platform engineers, and engineering leaders.
The Pragmatic Engineer
pragmaticengineer.com
Career intelligence, industry deep dives, and Big Tech analysis for senior engineers and engineering leaders, by Gergely Orosz.
The Pragmatic Engineer Blog
pragmaticengineer.com
Gergely Orosz's blog on software engineering careers, hiring markets, and how tech companies really work.
The Rundown AI
therundown.ai
The largest daily AI news email, with over 2 million readers.
The Verge — Tech
The Verge
The Verge's technology section: daily reporting on the companies, products and policies shaping the industry.
Themis Resources
themis.com
Free resource hub from Themis covering governance, risk and compliance (GRC) for banks and fintechs: case studies, blog posts and guides on onboarding partners, diligence, audit-proofing and compliance collaboration.
TLDR AI
tldr.tech
Fast daily digest of AI news and tools, part of the TLDR newsletter network.
TNW | The heart of tech
TNW
Technology news, analysis, and events on startups, innovation, and digital culture.
Tom's Hardware
Tom
Long-running hardware publication covering chips, GPUs, AI infrastructure and the machines behind it, free to read.
Towards Data Science
towardsdatascience.com
A large free archive of practitioner-written tutorials and explainers on machine learning, statistics, data engineering and AI, from beginner to advanced.
Transformer News
transformernews.ai
An independent publication covering AI policy, safety, and the power dynamics of the AI industry.
Unite.AI
Unite.AI
Daily AI news and explainer site covering models, tools, research and industry moves, free to read with no account.
UX Collective
uxdesign.cc
Leading design publication covering UX, product thinking, and design careers in tech.
vFunction Blog
vFunction
Technical writing on legacy modernisation, monoliths and microservices, technical debt, cloud migration and where AI coding tools break down on large old codebases.
Virginia Franco Resumes — latest articles
virginiafrancoresumes.com
Ongoing resume, LinkedIn and executive job-search advice from professional resume writer Virginia Franco.
What We Tell AI
What We Tell AI
Project and publication examining what we teach AI systems and what those choices say about us.
Willa Blog
joinwilla.com
Free articles from the Willa community on using AI at work: practical tool comparisons, prompt patterns, and career questions about AI skills.
WIRED
wired.com
Long-running technology publication covering AI, security, policy, and the business of tech.
WorkShift
workshift.org
A free news site from Open Campus covering the link between education and jobs — community colleges, apprenticeships, workforce programs.
XDA Developers
xda-developers.com
Free hands-on technology journalism and tutorials — AI coding tool comparisons, self-hosting guides, Linux walkthroughs and hardware how-tos.