Five Things Tech: Intel, Vibe-Coding, Threads, Passkeys, Wolves

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Aug 30, 2025

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Hello again, and welcome back to Five Things Tech!

This week you can learn about the following wonderful topics: Intel proves you really can go from microchip monarch to Silicon Valley’s version of fax machines in record time; Notion lets English majors vibe-code, presumably because the tech world was getting a little too competent; Threads tries its best “Old Sheldon” impression, winning medals in mediocrity while Twitter/X continues to rage-spiral; passkeys promise a password-free utopia but mostly deliver user confusion and an existential shrug; and finally, Oregon’s cows get the Hollywood treatment as drones blast “Marriage Story” at wolves—because nothing scares predators like relationship drama at 120 decibels.

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