Susi O'Neill
@susioneill.bsky.social
Tech communicator, speaker, author, thereminist, early electronic music nerd.
Weekly tech & AI insights: https://rethinkhypecycle.substack.com/
Weekly tech & AI insights: https://rethinkhypecycle.substack.com/
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In these unprecedented-as-usual times, tech policy is shaping our new world view.
In these unprecedented-as-usual times, tech policy is shaping our new world view.
Reality shifts: Tech policy is shaping the new world view - Rethinking the Hype Cycle #24
For these unprecendented-as-usual times, you need a plan B
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January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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In these unprecedented-as-usual times, tech policy is shaping our new world view.
In these unprecedented-as-usual times, tech policy is shaping our new world view.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Mark Carney's speech and why we need to stop being compliant with the madness of king trump
The Rupture
Mark Carney nails it. We have to "stop pretending"
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January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
open.substack.com/pub/broligar... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Mark Carney's speech and why we need to stop being compliant with the madness of king trump
futurism.com/future-socie... How to lose $77 billion, with a goggles on blinkered view of tech future. Zuckerberg's Metaverse went big, now it's going home.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:45 AM
futurism.com/future-socie... How to lose $77 billion, with a goggles on blinkered view of tech future. Zuckerberg's Metaverse went big, now it's going home.
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/m... Matthew McConaughey trademarks his likeness and voice to prevent AI clones. Is future of deepfakes tiered by established talent that can pay for legals and those who can't?
Matthew McConaughey combats AI by trademarking his image and voice
Matthew McConaughey has trademarked his voice and likeness to prevent AI companies from using deepfakes without permission.
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January 18, 2026 at 11:05 AM
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/m... Matthew McConaughey trademarks his likeness and voice to prevent AI clones. Is future of deepfakes tiered by established talent that can pay for legals and those who can't?
blog.google/innovation-a... Google's Veo image gets a neat upgrade with vertical video, 4K and better consistency of prompts
Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control
Today, we’re introducing an enhanced version of Veo 3.1 “Ingredients to Video.”
blog.google
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
blog.google/innovation-a... Google's Veo image gets a neat upgrade with vertical video, 4K and better consistency of prompts
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I know it's not the Hunger Games but BOY are Greenland winning the social media war..
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Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I know it's not the Hunger Games but BOY are Greenland winning the social media war..
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🔁 Rethinking the Hype Cycle is out now in a video podcast edition. Check out episode 1 where I explore the top tech trends for getting ahead in 2026
🔁 Rethinking the Hype Cycle is out now in a video podcast edition. Check out episode 1 where I explore the top tech trends for getting ahead in 2026
[PODCAST] Welcome to 2026: A Wild and Weird Year in Tech? - Rethinking the Hype Cycle
Listen now | Looking back to look forwards to see what tech trends are on the radar
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January 16, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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🔁 Rethinking the Hype Cycle is out now in a video podcast edition. Check out episode 1 where I explore the top tech trends for getting ahead in 2026
🔁 Rethinking the Hype Cycle is out now in a video podcast edition. Check out episode 1 where I explore the top tech trends for getting ahead in 2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 20% of YouTube videos shown to you are now AI generated. A lot of the content, but still a small number of top performing channels. The harder fake to spot? Adding GenAI into 'real' video content
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
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January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 20% of YouTube videos shown to you are now AI generated. A lot of the content, but still a small number of top performing channels. The harder fake to spot? Adding GenAI into 'real' video content
Minnesota 2026 killing and the corporate response is muted. It's tech workers, not the CEOs, leading the protest.
I wrote about ICE, Silicon Valley's response (or lack of) to ICE flooding US streets, and why "business as usual" for CEOs doesn't really apply in a politically unstable climate www.wired.com/story/backla...
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Minnesota 2026 killing and the corporate response is muted. It's tech workers, not the CEOs, leading the protest.
ChatGPT and Claude launch inprints for Healthcare aimed at treating patients and helping professionals speed up diagnosis and paperwork for insurance.
Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product.
Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI's ChatGPT Health reveal | TechCrunch
Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product.
techcrunch.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
ChatGPT and Claude launch inprints for Healthcare aimed at treating patients and helping professionals speed up diagnosis and paperwork for insurance.
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ico... UK data authority warns sloppy agentic AI risks unnecessary data processing and security risks. Have they not gone the business minister's memo that AI will solve all public sector ills?
ICO warns against poor quality agentic AI use cases in the public sector | UKAuthority
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January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
www.ukauthority.com/articles/ico... UK data authority warns sloppy agentic AI risks unnecessary data processing and security risks. Have they not gone the business minister's memo that AI will solve all public sector ills?
www.instagram.com/reel/DS2n57m... Amazon are data scrapping to add products not sold on their site. A flagrant breach of copyright, an effort to put a fence around their walled e-commerce garden
January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
www.instagram.com/reel/DS2n57m... Amazon are data scrapping to add products not sold on their site. A flagrant breach of copyright, an effort to put a fence around their walled e-commerce garden
Banking is going all in on automation, with projected job cuts of 10% as back office and data crunching tasks shift to algorithms techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/e...
European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold | TechCrunch
The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance.
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January 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Banking is going all in on automation, with projected job cuts of 10% as back office and data crunching tasks shift to algorithms techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/e...
youtu.be/5eMSMiL7F2o?... Boston Dynamics new Atlas humanoid robot has some impressive dexterity skills to move, lift and manipulate objects. Initially slated for the car factory, future versions could work there way into other workplaces or homes. If you like a creepy circle headed clanker.
ATLAS: Hyundai and Boston Dynamics Reveal Their Humanoid Robots at CES 2026
YouTube video by Planet Car News
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January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
youtu.be/5eMSMiL7F2o?... Boston Dynamics new Atlas humanoid robot has some impressive dexterity skills to move, lift and manipulate objects. Initially slated for the car factory, future versions could work there way into other workplaces or homes. If you like a creepy circle headed clanker.
futurism.com/artificial-i... This pink power ranger white hack hacker used AI chatbots to lure in and exposing white supremacist daters in Germany
Woman Hacks "Tinder for Nazis," Tricks the Racist Users Into Falling in Love With AI Chatbots
A hacker targeted a white supremacist dating website, lured users with an AI chatbot, and deleted the platform entirely live on stage.
futurism.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
futurism.com/artificial-i... This pink power ranger white hack hacker used AI chatbots to lure in and exposing white supremacist daters in Germany
Welcome to 2026: A wild and weird year in business tech review. 🔁 New article in Rethinking the Hype Cycle
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Welcome to 2026: A wild and weird year in business tech review
It's the peak of the AI hype cycle. But are we there yet?
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January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Welcome to 2026: A wild and weird year in business tech review. 🔁 New article in Rethinking the Hype Cycle
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Women's Common, first branch of a UK government to ban Xitter. Because you can't condone violence against women alongside deepfake porn and abuse. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
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January 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Women's Common, first branch of a UK government to ban Xitter. Because you can't condone violence against women alongside deepfake porn and abuse. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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As the EU moves toward its first DSA fine against X, major platforms have published their 2025 systemic risk reports. Tim Bernard explores what’s changed since 2024, and what the shifting US–EU political climate reveals about how platforms now frame hate speech, information integrity, and DEI.
Platforms Report to EU Regulators Under DSA With an Eye on US Politics | TechPolicy.Press
Tim Bernard provides analysis of the 2025 DSA systemic risk reports, amid shifting US politics and EU enforcement pressure.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
As the EU moves toward its first DSA fine against X, major platforms have published their 2025 systemic risk reports. Tim Bernard explores what’s changed since 2024, and what the shifting US–EU political climate reveals about how platforms now frame hate speech, information integrity, and DEI.
Reposted by Susi O'Neill
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Apple culls the eye-watering $4k VR headset but this isn't the end of virtually as Meta and Apple invest in augmented AI linked glasses that overlay data and services to real world contexts
Apple reportedly cuts production of Vision Pro headset after poor sales
Company had hoped the virtual reality device would herald a new era in ‘spatial computing’
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January 5, 2026 at 5:30 AM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Apple culls the eye-watering $4k VR headset but this isn't the end of virtually as Meta and Apple invest in augmented AI linked glasses that overlay data and services to real world contexts
Remember that wow moment when Daleks could finally navigate the stairs? Steps often flumox robots. Aru, an industrial robot by Nio, has multiway joints to move around and inbetween spaces
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Robotic maintenance and inspection with interactive capabilities solutions - Nio
Nio created autonomous and polymorphic robot called Aru for industrial applications, providing advanced solutions to automate routine inspections and enhance operational efficiency and maintain indust...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Remember that wow moment when Daleks could finally navigate the stairs? Steps often flumox robots. Aru, an industrial robot by Nio, has multiway joints to move around and inbetween spaces
www.nio-robotics.com?utm_source=w...
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Industrial progress in engine development was slow and steady. But use of horses dropped off a cliff one a crucial point was reached.
Could the sudden switch to AI similarly pull the rug?
Could the sudden switch to AI similarly pull the rug?
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Industrial progress in engine development was slow and steady. But use of horses dropped off a cliff one a crucial point was reached.
Could the sudden switch to AI similarly pull the rug?
Could the sudden switch to AI similarly pull the rug?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... The problem with Google serving 'answers' in AI overview is that many assume it to be accurate from a trusted brand. But @theguardian.com investigate veracity of Healthcare advice and some guidance is off and dangerous. More like asking Dr. Fox than Dr. Christiaan
Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice
Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
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January 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... The problem with Google serving 'answers' in AI overview is that many assume it to be accurate from a trusted brand. But @theguardian.com investigate veracity of Healthcare advice and some guidance is off and dangerous. More like asking Dr. Fox than Dr. Christiaan
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMrmNKF/ If you need to call the cavalry, don't use ChatGPT. Weird reaction to "I'm sinking in quicksand". Bring your own rope.
TikTok - Make Your Day
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January 3, 2026 at 7:38 AM
vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMrmNKF/ If you need to call the cavalry, don't use ChatGPT. Weird reaction to "I'm sinking in quicksand". Bring your own rope.
knowyourmeme.com/editorials/p... Feeling woefully out of touch with digital culture? Hold my beer! These are the memes that passed me by last year
Meme Of The Year: The Top 20 Memes Of 2025
It's time to take a look back at all the best memes of 2025. Here are the top memes of the year as chosen by you.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
knowyourmeme.com/editorials/p... Feeling woefully out of touch with digital culture? Hold my beer! These are the memes that passed me by last year