Jon Reed
@jondreed.bsky.social
Managing editor, @CNET.com, AI and whatnot. Ohioan. He/him. Opinions belong to the cats.
That's a lot of security protocols for a ripoff of the sauce from every other chicken finger place in the South.
There’s one copy, it’s locked in a safe at an undisclosed location and few people have seen it. It’s not an ancient manuscript. It’s the recipe for the sauce behind a chicken chain’s rise. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oPPryS
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That's a lot of security protocols for a ripoff of the sauce from every other chicken finger place in the South.
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I’ve been trying out Samsung Galaxy XR for a while now. Thoughts so far - not a full review since I’m waiting to see if Rx lenses are available for me, but some of the promises/problems at the moment: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
Circle to Search in Real Life: Standout Features and Big Questions for Samsung and Google's XR Headset
I wore the $1,799 Samsung Galaxy XR for a week. It was both frustrating and amazing.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’ve been trying out Samsung Galaxy XR for a while now. Thoughts so far - not a full review since I’m waiting to see if Rx lenses are available for me, but some of the promises/problems at the moment: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
being a writer means sometimes finding an entire minimized browser window with only a blank, untitled google doc in it and having no idea what it was supposed to be
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
being a writer means sometimes finding an entire minimized browser window with only a blank, untitled google doc in it and having no idea what it was supposed to be
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Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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Adobe's AI Makes It Quicker Than Ever to Edit Your Photos. I Got an Early Look
All the Adobe research projects transform time-intensive manual photo edits into a few easy clicks.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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yes
a few notes on thanksgiving
Reviewers say it’s perfect for frying and boiling everything from crawfish and turkey to chicken and fries.
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
yes
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Include the link! The fact that bluesky doesn't aggressively suppress links is one of its best features, right up there with the nuclear block. It's great for publishers and also the only way we will ever make progress on the "didn't read past the headline" problem of social media
Love these viral posts that deprive the news org of traffic. So great. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Include the link! The fact that bluesky doesn't aggressively suppress links is one of its best features, right up there with the nuclear block. It's great for publishers and also the only way we will ever make progress on the "didn't read past the headline" problem of social media
quick, somebody install Doom on the mini supercomputer
The computer is just six inches by six inches in size, costs about $4,000 and has a petaflop of performance.
Nvidia Introduces DGX Spark Book-Sized Supercomputer, Hand-Delivers One to Elon Musk
The computer is just six inches by six inches in size, costs about $4,000 and has a petaflop of performance.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
quick, somebody install Doom on the mini supercomputer
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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this feels ominous as grocery, energy prices and health care are taking bigger bites of our income in the US...
21% of men under 30 say they've placed an online sports bet in the past year, up from 9% in 2022.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
16% of women under 30 have done it too, up from 6%.
Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
www.pewresearch.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
this feels ominous as grocery, energy prices and health care are taking bigger bites of our income in the US...
This was a really fun find by Katelyn even if this chatbot tried to tell me Dabo Swinney was a better coach that Nick Saban.
This AI did the near-impossible: It told me I was wrong and disagreed with me. And I loved it. Why we need more AI like Disagree Bot:
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I Used an AI Chatbot Built to Disagree With Me. It Showed Me How Sycophantic ChatGPT Is
Disagree Bot was a refreshing break from other AI chatbots.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This was a really fun find by Katelyn even if this chatbot tried to tell me Dabo Swinney was a better coach that Nick Saban.
I'm sorry, the Pope did a gaggle???
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm sorry, the Pope did a gaggle???
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There’s a lot of Psychology happening with early 2000s nostalgia slop but especially among zoomers it does seem like there’s just a real hankering for less phone, and therefore the time before phone is the glorious past to which we must return
September 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
There’s a lot of Psychology happening with early 2000s nostalgia slop but especially among zoomers it does seem like there’s just a real hankering for less phone, and therefore the time before phone is the glorious past to which we must return
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
My cats are printing this article out and leaving it all over the house as a hint.
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My cats are printing this article out and leaving it all over the house as a hint.
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dispatch from a NYC climate week debate on whether "AI is humanity's best hope for solving climate change"
September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
dispatch from a NYC climate week debate on whether "AI is humanity's best hope for solving climate change"
"Though this new project continues the trend in which Smith never seems to stop talking, he did decline, through a spokesperson, to be interviewed for this column."
Stephen A. Smith is pushing $40M a year in earnings, sources tell The Athletic. And ultimately, he wants as big a voice in politics as he has in sports.
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
On Wednesday, Smith will formally launch his bid as a political pundit, if not a Presidential candidate.
🔗: http://dlvr.it/TN7BNV
September 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Though this new project continues the trend in which Smith never seems to stop talking, he did decline, through a spokesperson, to be interviewed for this column."
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It would be helpful if press releases got to the point quicker and led with something like "we are launching a new microgrid financing program" instead of "we are launching an initiative for resilient community energy systems"
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It would be helpful if press releases got to the point quicker and led with something like "we are launching a new microgrid financing program" instead of "we are launching an initiative for resilient community energy systems"
The future is an AI-generated brainrot video of audio clipped from an AI-generated podcast, with a comments section filled with AI-generated spam.
found out what former Wondery COO Jeanine Wright is up to: flooding the internet with unlistenable AI podcasts
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
Her company has put out around 156,000 AI podcast episodes in two years and has averaged about 64 listens per podcast total in that time (less than one download a week)
September 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The future is an AI-generated brainrot video of audio clipped from an AI-generated podcast, with a comments section filled with AI-generated spam.
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Sometimes it’s important to note what’s not said. Or said only 11 times at today’s Apple iPhone 17 event. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
The Most 'Awe Dropping' Part of Apple's iPhone 17 Event? AI Barely Came Up
Commentary: The iPhone 16 sales pitch was all about Apple Intelligence. For the iPhone 17, it seems Apple has learned from its mistakes.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sometimes it’s important to note what’s not said. Or said only 11 times at today’s Apple iPhone 17 event. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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$3k per pirated work feels pretty low to me, but they don’t ask me these things
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Anthropic Will Pay $1.5 Billion to Authors in Landmark AI Piracy Lawsuit
Authors could receive $3,000 per pirated work, pending court approval expected Monday.
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September 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
$3k per pirated work feels pretty low to me, but they don’t ask me these things
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I made the mistake of taking a sip while reading this and literally spat it out when I got to that last part
whole thing is absolutely awful, but this... please do not have children if this is how you think about human beings
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I made the mistake of taking a sip while reading this and literally spat it out when I got to that last part
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From gaming and the camera to new AI skills and the battery, I've been putting Google's new flagship phone through its paces.
I've Spent Days Testing the Pixel 10 Pro XL and It's Quite the Android Phone
From gaming and the camera to new AI skills and the battery, I've been putting Google's new flagship phone through its paces.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From gaming and the camera to new AI skills and the battery, I've been putting Google's new flagship phone through its paces.
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The lawsuit alleges that Apple and OpenAI's deal to bring ChatGPT to iPhone users is an "anti-competitive scheme" that hurts competitors like xAI.
Elon Musk Sues Apple, OpenAI Over iPhone AI Deal
The lawsuit alleges that Apple and OpenAI's deal to bring ChatGPT to iPhone users is an "anti-competitive scheme" that hurts competitors like xAI.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The lawsuit alleges that Apple and OpenAI's deal to bring ChatGPT to iPhone users is an "anti-competitive scheme" that hurts competitors like xAI.
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
As someone who lived above a nightclub and got home from work after midnight in the summer/fall of 2013, I'll accept "Happy" by Pharrell Williams as the winner here. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
AI vs. Human DJs: What Are the Catchiest Songs of All Time?
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want -- and why is it that one Spice Girls song?
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August 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As someone who lived above a nightclub and got home from work after midnight in the summer/fall of 2013, I'll accept "Happy" by Pharrell Williams as the winner here. www.cnet.com/tech/service...