What 550K+ tech professionals actually clicked
Every issue, our readers tell us what matters in tech — just by clicking. Here are the stories that pulled the most attention across Techpresso this month, and the themes worth building a campaign around.
31
Issues analyzed
550K+
Readers per issue
800+
Stories tracked
Apr 28–Jun 1
Window
Based on aggregate link-click data across 31 Techpresso issues. Editorial links only — sponsor placements are excluded. Numbers are unique clicks (distinct readers) per story; stories are grouped by theme, not ranked globally.
THEME 01
OpenAI goes consumer — and back to court
Two storylines split our readers' attention: OpenAI pushing deeper into consumer products, and the courtroom drama with Elon Musk. This month the trial coverage edged out the product news.
Musk v. Altman: Jared Birchall on "screwing up" xAI
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OpenAI spins up "DeployCo" in a private-equity-style structure
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Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at the OpenAI trial
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ChatGPT for Personal Finance lets you connect your bank accounts
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THEME 02
Google rebuilds every surface it owns
Search, wearables, laptops — readers leaned into the "Google reinvents itself for the AI era" narrative. The surprise breakout wasn't Search at all: it was a screenless, Whoop-like wearable.
Google unveils a Whoop-like screenless "Fitbit Air"
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"Google Search as you know it is over"
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Google unveils "GoogleBooks," a new line of AI-native laptops
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Everything announced at Google I/O 2026
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THEME 03
Anthropic and the cost of the agent economy
Claude was everywhere — but the stories that clicked weren't launch announcements, they were the economics and the failure modes. A mystery $500M Claude bill and an agent wiping a production database beat the feature news.
A mystery company accidentally spent $500M on Claude in a single stretch
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A Claude-powered coding agent deleted an entire company database in 9 seconds
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Anthropic unveils Claude for Creative Work
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Robinhood bets its future on AI agents
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Microsoft's AI cost problem: tokens, agents, and margins
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THEME 04
AI collides with the real world
The single most-clicked story of the month wasn't a product launch — it was the Pope publishing an AI encyclical. Readers consistently rewarded the stories where AI spills into culture, healthcare, and the physical world.
Pope Leo publishes an AI encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas"
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"DROP DATABASE": what not to do after losing an IT job
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LinkedIn doesn't want your AI slop anymore
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Empty Waymo cars keep converging on one Atlanta cul-de-sac — nobody knows why
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In a Harvard study, AI offered more accurate diagnoses than ER doctors
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THEME 05
Not everything was AI
Two of the month's biggest single clicks had nothing to do with models. A Jony Ive–designed Ferrari was the #2 story of the month overall, and Apple's lineup shuffle drew a crowd — a reminder that this audience still clicks hard on hardware and design.
Ferrari Luce EV, designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson's LoveFrom
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Apple drops the base MacBook as "Neo" costs climb
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A racing drone breaks the world speed record at 453 mph
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