Hard Reset
banner
hardresetmedia.com
Hard Reset
@hardresetmedia.com
https://hardresetmedia.com/

Hard Reset is a media publication for people who want to understand how technology really works — not just the products, but the people and power shaping it.
With #BlackFriday on the horizon, @alexshultz.bsky.social spoke with @profsheenalives.bsky.social about the gig workers powering Amazon—and the unseen human cost of its low prices.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The internal comms from #Snapchat that @alexshultz.bsky.social uncovered were just as bad as #Meta:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/new-court-...
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The worst allegation that he came across was #Instagram former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar saying: “...You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended.”

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/new-court-...
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hard Reset is coming to NYC! You are cordially invited to see
@nathanmacintosh.bsky.social perform his comedy special, DOWN WITH TECH, at Marylou East Village on December 2nd.

Doors open at 6:30 PM, followed by drinks and networking. Tickets are limited!

Get yours here: luma.com/0aj3jn1n
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Sam Altman and OpenAI’s recent trial ballon for a what would amount to a preemptive government bailout commitment was so egregious that it even had Ron DeSantis talking about socialized losses.

@elirosenberg.bsky.social dug deeper:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-1-tril...

#ai #chatgpt
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Voting is live for the Hard Reset Awards!

Third category: Companies or organizations maintaining healthy information ecosystems and strengthening democracy

Nominees:

- Safety Sync Group
- Solidarity Tech
- Fairly Trained
- @techequity.bsky.social

Vote now: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/announcing...
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Why is supposedly legitimate Google Finance integrating crowd-sourced betting data from @kalshiofficial.bsky.social and @polymarket.bsky.social, when this is the type of expert analysis they're dishing out?

@alexshultz.bsky.social in Hard Reset:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/googles-cr...
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Voting is live for the Hard Reset Awards!

Next up: Organizations or individuals supporting human rights in the face of resistance

The nominees are:

- Hossam Nassr
- Eyes on Surveillance
- Memphis Community Against Pollution

Learn more and vote now:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/announcing...
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
NYC techies—

We see you, we hear you, we know you need a laugh. That’s why the Hard Reset team is bringing you @NathanMacIntosh at @marylou_nyc on Dec 2nd! Doors open at 6:30 PM with drinks & networking to follow.

Grab your ticket here: luma.com/0aj3jn1n
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thanks to everyone who came out to our HARD RESET mobile sauna event! We'll be hosting events monthly & we look forward to meeting more folks in the tech community.

Subscribe here for more news and events: hardresetmedia.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“You prompt an LLM the way that a studio executive gives stupid notes to a group of screenwriters, like ‘make me E.T. but make it about a dog and put a car chase in act 2 and make a love interest in there somewhere...’” lol
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#SF: put it in your calendar ✏️

reserve your spot today! luma.com/0tu9aktx
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“One of the reasons [the AI bubble has] become so potent is because tech bosses just love the idea of firing programmers and replacing them with chatbots” - Cory Doctorow
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“The weakening of the tech labor force…has meant that tech workers no longer can really hold the line on their bosses enshittifacatory impulses” - Cory Doctorow
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The VCs would be happy with this growth (!)
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Why didn't tech workers unionize when they had more leverage?

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
October 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cory Doctorow on the real villains of enshittification...

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“The attack on science is ultimately about the privatization of research” is a fascinating point getting to the heart of the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education (via @veenadubal.bsky.social):

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-center...
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New on Hard Reset: @elirosenberg.bsky.social spoke with @veenadubal.bsky.social about Trump's attacks on higher education and free speech and how she and the @aaup.org are fighting back:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-center...
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New research on the importance of AI literacy and the impact of disagreeable vs. sycophantic chatbots...
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
@deanpreston.bsky.social on solving SF homelessness in today's Hard Reset:
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This Vercel situation is another interesting point of evidence in our question of "Will Big Tech follow public opinion on Gaza?" (www.hardresetmedia.com/p/will-big-t...)
October 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM