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Jul 31
July was the month everyone wanted their tech to do less. Digicams and flip phones made a comeback, and one of our team members, smartwatch dead on the charger, briefly wondered whether his walk in Prospect Park still counted. (It did.) The rest of the month refused to fit under one theme. An Irish comedian defended her blephs, a Beverly Hills gas station geared up to sell ceremonial-grade matcha, and we learned that buying a movie on PlayStation doesn't necessarily mean you get to keep it.
- Boundaries + Big Swings: Cameras without phones and phones without cameras, plus Google's $75 million bet on A24
- Owned + Earned: What "buy" means when Sony can take it back, and two athletes who did the reps
- Regressed x 2: Why reading feels harder and AI writing all sounds the same, and dumbphones grow as a product category
- Moats + Matcha: Paying AI labs to learn your competitive secrets, and the Erewhon of gas stations
- Steps + Blephs: When health tracking gets in the way of health, and a cheerful rebellion against wellness culture
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