KC LeNoire (He/Him)
dontcallusdead.bsky.social
KC LeNoire (He/Him)
@dontcallusdead.bsky.social
Tech (AI) 🤓 • Product & Music Reviews 📝• Health & Wellness • Cannabis • Sustainability ♻️ • Sports 🤺• All views my own. 🚫 reuse w/o xpress permission
"Organizations need to inventory their cryptographic assets, adopt hybrid classical-PQC certificates and embed crypto-agility into their architectures before 2030. Quantum-safe security is no longer a research project. It is a sovereignty prerequisite."

www.forbes.com/sites/markmi...
The Next Global AI Power Race Will Be Won Through Digital Sovereignty
The AI power race won’t be won by GPUs. Nations that fail to control cryptography and digital identity will lose trust, security and global influence.
www.forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's that time of year where the human lumps of coal in your life start bragging that their presence is a present.

The clearance bin is always the loudest.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Google Labs just introduced a new AI agent, CC, that connects to your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive to deliver a summary of your schedule, key tasks, and updates each morning.

Follow the link below for more info, including how to get access.

blog.google/technology/g...
Help boost your daily productivity with CC, a new experimental AI agent from Google Labs.
CC is our new experimental AI productivity agent from Google Labs, built with Gemini to help you stay organized and get things done. When you sign up, it connects your G…
blog.google
December 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I agree that emotionally responsive, AI-powered companions represent an opportunity to strengthen human social ties by offering an add'l outlet for emotional processing.

They may prove critical in navigating topics deemed charged, sensitive, or taboo.

www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/11/tech...
Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond
We’ve caught glimpses of a future that values autonomy, empathy, and individual expertise. Where interdisciplinary cooperation influences discovery and creation at an unrelenting pace. In the coming y...
www.allthingsdistributed.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
M E A N I N G F U L. ⚜️
December 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Goo Goo Dolls: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.

www.npr.org/2025/11/19/g...
Goo Goo Dolls: Tiny Desk Concert
At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of these power ballads and felt something real.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
David Sacks's and Michael Kratsios's legislative recommendations should advocate for the adoption of a uniform federal reporting and disclosure standard for AI models that preempt conflicting state laws. 

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
AI gadgets are bad right now, and there's a lot more where that came from.

But I'm constantly reminding myself that the products rendered subpar are incremental steps toward realizing the next generation of tech gear that will enthrall us.

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/ai-devices-meta-google-openai-82f57187
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“If you want to understand what’s happening inside your body at every life stage and health need, you shouldn’t be limited by clinic appointments, lab schedules, or rigid testing systems.” 🙌🏿

-Aayush Rai, Co-Founder and CEO, Inito.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/f...
Fertility startup Inito wants to use AI-designed antibodies to expand at-home health tests | TechCrunch
Inito has raised $29 million in new funding to invest in and develop AI-engineered antibodies that will help it offer new types of tests and improve the accuracy of existing ones.
techcrunch.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@markgurman.bsky.social's write-up explores "what," but I'm left with questions about the heart of the matter: why? I'd be hard-pressed to believe that "eye-popping pay-packages" are the sole or even primary reason for the exodus.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Rocked by Executive Departures, With Chip Chief at Risk of Leaving Next
Apple Inc., long the model of stability in Silicon Valley, is suddenly undergoing its biggest personnel shake-up in decades, with senior executives and key engineers both hitting the exits.
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Have you participated in Nationwide's annual #WPMOY charity challenge yet?

Fans can support their favorite Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year club winner by posting their full name/handle along with the hashtag #WPMOYChallenge to X (formerly Twitter) or visiting NFL.com/ManOfTheYear...
http://NFL.com/ManOfTheYear.
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"The contrast between the desktop’s professional utility and the mobile device’s intimate consultation suggests that users are engaging with a single system in two ways: a colleague at their desk and a confidant in their pocket."

microsoft.ai/news/its-abo...
It’s About Time: The Copilot Usage Report 2025
At MAI, we don’t just build AI tools, we care about how real people interact with them.
microsoft.ai
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Every step "gets us closer to a platform that anticipates your needs and understands your intentions, without needing your constant attention and focus. It lets the technology fade into the background and lets you focus on what actually matters."

www.meta.com/blog/boz-202...
Charting the Next Frontier With AI | Meta Quest Blog
Ultimately, the metaverse will bring together advances in VR, AI, and wearables. We’re well on the way to a new wave of technology that feels more like the world around us and less like looking at a s...
www.meta.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The @neworleanssaints.bsky.social desolate 2026 playoff ambitions officially came to an end last Sunday after a tough three-point loss to the Miami Dolphins.
At the end of the day, we want to win games. That's the purpose of us being here." -Devaughn Vele
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Bracket time.
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Amazon aims to further accelerate digital transformation by strategically investing in expanding AI capabilities, enhancing logistics infrastructure, supporting small business growth and creating jobs.
Amazon announces $35 billion investment in India by 2030 to advance AI innovation, create jobs
The investment will create jobs, boost cumulative exports to $80 billion, and deliver AI benefits to 15 million small businesses.
www.aboutamazon.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Governments on both sides are watching closely: the US to enforce export [securities], and China to protect its tech ecosystem from foreign monitoring."

moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/12/10/n...
Nvidia Develops Location-Tracking Tech to Combat AI Chip Smuggling
Nvidia has quietly developed new location verification technology for its AI chips, aiming to help prevent the smuggling of advanced processors into countries where their export is restricted, includi...
moderndiplomacy.eu
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Big picture:

1. Near-term, consumers should expect to own multiple pairs of smart headsets to meet their lifestyle needs.

2. The continued value-add of smartphones is clear. As predicted, they are definitely here to stay.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Says First AI Glasses With Gemini Will Arrive in 2026
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it’s working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses to compete next year with existing models from Meta Platforms Inc.: one wit...
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Yes, before Intrastate bureaucracy constricts our technological advancements.

"You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order Curbing State AI Rules
President Donald Trump said he would approve an executive order this week establishing “ONE RULE” on artificial intelligence aimed at limiting state-level policies regulating the technology.
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A great synopsis of the intracies at the heart of the pending U.S.-China chips agreement:

youtu.be/CpCxEGjRqsg?...
China to limit Nvidia's H200 chips access despite Trump approval
YouTube video by BNN Bloomberg
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
U.S. Dept of Commerce:

1. Can you provide details on the vetting process, including how prospective partners will be sourced?

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/u-s-to-allow-nvidias-h200-sales-in-china-trump-confirms-00681619
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"To achieve its goal of accelerating DoD adoption of data, analytics, and AI it will need to address deficiencies in retaining technically skilled employees essential for software development and those needed to provide expert oversight of software acquisition."

www.brookings.edu/articles/gam...
GAMECHANGER: A case study of AI innovation at the Department of Defense | Brookings
While attention has largely focused on AI’s role in warfighting systems, the Pentagon’s vast business operations are equally critical.
www.brookings.edu
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM