Concatenated Reads

There’s a lot of information coming at you from all angles. We know.

Concatenated Reads curates the news from across the internet (just look at this page of all the feeds we screen!), and a real person decides whether or not they are important enough for us to share with you. And we’re trying not to add to the noise either. What you’ll get is a short take and takeaway from us, and a link to the original source material. We’ll try not to duplicate things, but we can’t promise!

The aim is to provide you with curated, actionable content so that you feel prepared for what the world has to throw at you. Well, so long as it relates to commercial law, tech, data or the world of work, anyway.

For business leaders, lawyers, and the humans behind both. Pick what fits. Ignore the rest.

Choose your strand

Being in business — Commercial, technology, and data law for the decisions you’re actually making. No jargon. No scare tactics.

Being in law — Substantive law, the legal market, and what it means to lead, work or study in the legal world.

Being Human — Not about the job. About the person doing it. Knowing yourself. Knowing others. And putting that into action.

And if you want more?

We also have additional feeds for those who want to dive deeper – you can add on:

Tech use — Technology and how it’s changing the way legal and business work gets done.

Better Work — Management, structure, culture, and strategy at an organisational level.

Tech industry — The business and legal landscape of the technology sector.


Being in Business

Spotify rolls out ‘Verified’ badge to distinguish human artists from AI

Spotify will add a green “Verified by Spotify” badge to show which artists are real humans, not AI creations. This badge helps listeners trust the music and appears only on profiles that meet Spotify’s authenticity rules. The change comes as many AI-generated songs flood streaming platforms, causing
01 May 2026

Firefox maker torches Google for building Prompt API into browser

Mozilla opposes Google’s new Prompt API because it may limit web openness and favor Google’s AI model. They worry it forces developers to follow Google’s rules, hurting fairness and interoperability. Google says the API encourages innovation, but tests show its AI often performs poorly.
01 May 2026

Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road

Congress extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for 45 days to allow more time for reform talks. The House passed a version with minor changes but no warrant requirements, causing frustration among some lawmakers. Privacy advocates say the bill does not do enough to protec
01 May 2026

Being in Law

Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex

01 May 2026
Meta ended its contract with Kenyan firm Sama after workers reported seeing private and explicit videos recorded by Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Sama denies failing to meet standards and says it was not warned about any issues. The situation has raised privacy concerns and led to investigations and a class

Spotify rolls out ‘Verified’ badge to distinguish human artists from AI

01 May 2026
Spotify will add a green “Verified by Spotify” badge to show which artists are real humans, not AI creations. This badge helps listeners trust the music and appears only on profiles that meet Spotify’s authenticity rules. The change comes as many AI-generated songs flood streaming platforms, causing

Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road

01 May 2026
Congress extended Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for 45 days to allow more time for reform talks. The House passed a version with minor changes but no warrant requirements, causing frustration among some lawmakers. Privacy advocates say the bill does not do enough to protec

Being Human

Will human minds still be special in an age of AI?

03 May 2026
Human intelligence is shaped by our limits, like short lives and simple communication, which makes us special. AI can do many tasks but works differently and faces other challenges. Instead of rivals, humans and AI should be seen as different minds with unique strengths.