VR headsets as ‘hope machines’: Devices offer California inmates respite, practical experience

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...

Man Turns Tiny Shop Into Automated Factory, Producing $3M Products Per Year

"I built each of these machines," the man said, noting, "if I bought them, they'd cost over a quarter-million to buy." ...

The Dawn of Agentic Autonomy: Defining the 2026 Smart Factory

We are witnessing a transition from passive automation to integrated, agentic autonomy — a shift that moves beyond simple ...
The Diplomat

When Code Has a Passport: How the China-US AI War Sparked a New Regulatory Tug-of-War

Manus tried to reframe its identity through “Singapore washing” – but as algorithms transform into key national assets, such ...

Steam defies RAM-ageddon and the AI-pocalypse to smash through a new concurrent user record, and I'll see you back here in like 4 months when it someho…

Chalk up a win for small business! The Seattle offices of Valve Corporation—a plucky upstart company co-founded by Washington ...
Aclu.org

State Supreme Court Initiative

Matt is a co-director of the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, which he helped to launch in May 2023. At the SSCI, Matt has successfully briefed state supreme court cases on a range of issues, ...