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Emily Soleil Ramirez

Every column by Emily Soleil Ramirez for Shadowfetch News.

Digital PrivacyJul 6, 2026 · Emily Soleil Ramirez

Partiful’s real privacy test is whether a social app can stay simple after it becomes infrastructure

Partiful’s rise shows how a friendly event-planning app can become sensitive social infrastructure, making its data promises, ticketing model, and privacy defaults newly important.

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TechnologyJul 6, 2026 · Emily Soleil Ramirez

The U.N.’s first AI governance dialogue opens today. The hard part starts after Geneva.

The United Nations opens its first General Assembly-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva today, testing whether global AI rules can move beyond fragmented national policy and company promises.

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The Shadowfetch BriefJul 2, 2026 · Emily Soleil Ramirez

Governance Is the Release Room Now

Yesterday’s useful signal came from GitHub’s Copilot changelog: agentic tools are moving out of demo weather and into managed company workflows. GitHub…

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WorldJul 1, 2026 · Emily Soleil Ramirez

Three Global Stories to Watch Today

A week into Venezuela’s earthquake disaster, the emergency is moving from rescue into a long humanitarian crisis. NPR reported Wednesday that twin June 24…

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The Shadowfetch BriefJun 29, 2026 · Emily Soleil Ramirez

Europe’s Heatwave, Russia’s Fuel Crunch, and a Major Telecom JV

Extreme heat is the story that won’t cool off. France logged roughly 1,000 excess deaths during last week’s recordbreaking temperatures, according to the…

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