← The Signal 500

The 40 best tech and AI sources, ranked

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Top 12 in Tech & AI

  1. Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow) homepage
    #1

    Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)

    Doctorow's daily reader-funded tech-politics polemic

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    9/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  2. Daring Fireball homepage
    #2

    Daring Fireball

    100

    Gruber's influential, opinionated Apple linkblog and commentary

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    6/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  3. Krebs on Security homepage
    #3

    Krebs on Security

    Brian Krebs's investigative reporting on cybercrime

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    5/10
    Editorial
    10/10
  4. Simon Willison's Weblog homepage
    #4

    Simon Willison's Weblog

    Hands-on LLM experiments from a prolific builder

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    4/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  5. Schneier on Security homepage
    #5

    Schneier on Security

    Bruce Schneier on security, cryptography and surveillance

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    4/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  6. EFF Deeplinks homepage
    #6

    EFF Deeplinks

    100

    Digital civil liberties and privacy advocacy news

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    5/10
    Editorial
    8/10
  7. Quanta Magazine homepage
    #7

    Quanta Magazine

    Beautiful long-form on math, physics and computer science

    Ad restraint
    8/10
    Design
    7/10
    Editorial
    10/10
  8. Benedict Evans homepage
    #8

    Benedict Evans

    Sharp strategic analysis of tech platforms and markets

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    8/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  9. The Markup homepage
    #9

    The Markup

    Data-driven investigations into big tech and algorithms.

    Ad restraint
    9/10
    Design
    8/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  10. Latent Space homepage
    #10

    Latent Space

    Independent, sharp AI-engineering newsletter beloved by builders.

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    6/10
    Editorial
    9/10
  11. Citizen Lab homepage
    #11

    Citizen Lab

    Exposing spyware and state surveillance from Toronto

    Ad restraint
    8/10
    Design
    7/10
    Editorial
    10/10
  12. Troy Hunt homepage
    #12

    Troy Hunt

    Have I Been Pwned creator on breaches and privacy.

    Ad restraint
    10/10
    Design
    6/10
    Editorial
    8/10

The rest of Tech & AI

  1. #13Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) BlogCutting-edge academic AI research explained by Berkeley labs81/100
  2. #14Don't Worry About the Vase (Zvi Mowshowitz)Exhaustive independent weekly AI-news synthesis80.5/100
  3. #15Lil'LogLilian Weng's deep technical machine-learning explainers.80.5/100
  4. #16LWN.netDefinitive Linux kernel and open-source development coverage80.5/100
  5. #17InterconnectsNathan Lambert's sharp analysis of open models and RLHF79.5/100
  6. #18One Useful ThingEthan Mollick on practical, grounded uses of AI79/100
  7. #19The RecordRecorded Future's newsroom on threats and cyber policy79/100
  8. #20SANS Internet Storm CenterDaily handler diaries tracking live internet threats.78.5/100
  9. #21Graham CluleyVeteran analyst's take on security and scams.78/100
  10. #22Cisco TalosThreat intelligence and vulnerability research from Cisco.77/100
  11. #23fast.aiJeremy Howard on practical, accessible deep learning.77/100
  12. #24Hugging Face BlogOpen-source ML models, tools and practitioner tutorials77/100
  13. #25HackadayHardware hacks and maker projects from a global community76/100
  14. #26Import AIJack Clark's essential weekly AI policy and research digest76/100
  15. #27IEEE SpectrumEngineering and applied-tech journal from the IEEE.75.5/100
  16. #28EleutherAI BlogOpen research collective on large language models.75/100
  17. #29The RegisterIrreverent enterprise IT and infrastructure reporting.75/100
  18. #30Ahead of AISebastian Raschka's deep dives into LLM architecture and training74/100
  19. #31watchTowr LabsAggressive offensive-security vulnerability research writeups.73.5/100
  20. #32Microsoft Research BlogPapers and projects from Microsoft Research labs.73/100
  21. #33Google ResearchLatest research output from across Google.72/100
  22. #34Mozilla BlogMozilla's product news and open-web advocacy72/100
  23. #35O'Reilly RadarThoughtful, ad-free AI essays; authoritative but published infrequently.70.5/100
  24. #36The VergeConsumer tech, gadgets and culture with sharp daily reporting66.5/100
  25. #37Ars TechnicaDeep technical reporting on computing, science and policy64/100
  26. #38ZDNETRed Ventures tech workhorse, reliable but affiliate-heavy and thin.62.5/100
  27. #39WiredFeature tech journalism on culture, business and science.60/100
  28. #40Apple NewsroomApple's polished official press releases and announcements58/100

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