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TechCrunch Jun 17, 2026 at 15:24 Startups Rising Hot

The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

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Jun 17, 2026 at 15:24 TechCrunch

The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span

“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention... They’re down for whatever helps them do that.”

Jun 11, 2026 at 23:01 Hacker News

If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort

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Jun 10, 2026 at 23:35 Hacker News

Deficient executive control in transformer attention

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Jun 9, 2026 at 20:50 TechCrunch

Hey, Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI

I'm desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can't function without the friendly robo...

Jun 9, 2026 at 20:06 Hacker News

Google's 20% 'project' has become AI's 120% 'attention'

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Jun 7, 2026 at 18:33 Hacker News

Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony

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