Five Things Tech: Dystopian Tech, Ring for Thoughts, Bubbles, Quantum Cracking, Weird Ideas

Everything you should read about Tech right now.

Hey there, let’s kick off the weekend with five interesting articles about tech! In this week’s Five Things, we’re charting a course across the weird, wild frontier of tech and innovation. Today’s technology feels ever more like it’s borrowed from dystopian Hollywood and sometimes cluelessly inspired by cautionary tales better left in fiction. Plug into the next level of gadgetry with a smart ring that promises to organize your thoughts; personally, my take on whispering secrets into my jewelry is a clear “no thanks.” Bubbles aren’t just for champagne—they’re fueling infrastructure leaps, especially around energy, and if the AI boom leads to cheap, abundant solar and wind, it could be a game-changer for what we invent next. But don’t relax: quantum computers are quietly approaching the point of upending all our codes and privacy—and we’re not ready. And finally, never write off the weird ideas. Some might be dead ends, but the truly transformative ones rarely look normal at first glance. As always, keep exploring, questioning, and maybe let yourself get pulled toward the edges where tomorrow’s breakthroughs are just starting to take shape.

Enjoy these Five Things Tech!