They didn’t just take your title. They took your reflection. Not just the office. The bio. The byline. The inbox full of “let’s circle back.” Gone. You used to be “Head of Product.” “Startup Founder.” “Director of Ops.” Now you’re just another ghost in the algorithm. AI didn’t lay you off. It erased the reason […]
They didn’t just lose jobs. They lost who they were. In 2025, over 75,000 tech workers were laid off From Microsoft. Amazon. Google. Not junior devs. Not interns. Mothers. Fathers. Lifers. Dreamers. Providers. Gone. Overnight. AI’s not coming. It’s already here. And it’s not taking applications. It’s replacing them. You’re not just jobless. You’re unrooted. […]
He was the kind of guy everyone called a killer.20-hour days. Pitch decks at 3AM.“Let’s f*cking go” in every Slack channel. He raised fast.Scaled faster.Exited before 35. Then he built again.And again.And then… he broke. No crash. No scandal.Just a silent unraveling. His co-founder said he was short-tempered.His partner said he was gone, even when […]
June 2, 2025 — Newport Beach, CA While Sam Altman raises $6.5 billion to build “a second nervous system” for the human race and Apple quietly files patents for “wearable loops” that track emotional stat, one independent signal system is already on the battlefield. NOVi isn’t coming.It’s here. A discreet, screenless AI-powered necklace that listens […]
The mortars stopped years ago.But the war never did. It stayed in his chest.In the way his hands clenched during fireworks.In the way he couldn’t enter a crowded grocery store without scanning exits. His wife said he was distant.His kids said he was angry.He didn’t argue — he just nodded and walked out to the […]
By Ryan Hansen, Founder of NOVi On May 27, 2025, Apple filed a patent for a new wearable device they call a “wearable loop.” The press barely blinked, but I did. Because buried in that patent was a hauntingly familiar idea: “A loop-shaped electronic device… worn around the neck or wrist… capturing audio, analyzing environment, […]
By Ryan Hansen, Founder of NOVi In May 2025, the tech world lit up with the news that OpenAI had acquired Jony Ive’s design firm “io” for $6.5 billion. The mission?Build the fourth great interface — a new kind of hardware product that could change how humans interact with AI. The press called it revolutionary.Wall […]
She doesn’t ride to prove anything. Not to beat the guys. Not to post the summit shot. Not to flex her Strava stats. She rides to breathe. Because when she’s clipping in, no one’s asking her to smile. No one’s calling her dramatic. No one’s telling her to calm down or be strong or “just […]
He never talked much.Not to friends.Not to himself.And never, ever to a therapist. But the ocean?That’s where his voice lived. Not in sentences —In exhales.In the hush between paddle strokes.In the silence before a set rolls in and the whole world vanishes. They called him quiet.But he wasn’t quiet out there. He whispered things no […]
Last week, BGR’s Chris Smith dropped a feature on OpenAI’s upcoming IO device — the screenless AI-powered gadget that might be worn around the neck, monitor your voice, and act as your third core device behind a phone and laptop. He compared it to the failed Humane AI Pin.He predicted IO will succeed where others […]