About
Signal over noise — every weekday.
HeadFlash is a daily flash of what mattered in AI, privacy and security — short enough to read over coffee, sourced well enough to act on. Here is who is behind it and how it is made.
How it is made*
Every day, an automated pipeline sweeps hundreds of sources — research, filings, vendor advisories, the good corners of the social web — and drafts the day’s flash in each niche. That is the machine: fast, tireless, and very good at not missing things.
But automation has no taste. The editorial standard — which niches exist, what counts as signal, which stories are noise dressed up as news — is set by a human who has spent years in this field. I built the system, I tuned what it looks for, and the bar it has to clear is mine.
The result reads like it was curated, because the judgement behind it was — just delivered at a speed one person alone never could.
What makes the cut
- 01 Signal, not noise — if it does not change what you would do or think, it does not run.
- 02 Always sourced — every item links out so you can verify it and dig deeper.
- 03 No hype, no FUD — plain language, honest stakes, no manufactured panic.
- 04 Sponsored is labelled — ads are clearly marked, never tracked or disguised.
Who is behind it
I’m Marcin Rybak — and I’m not a card-carrying security expert; I’m just hooked on it. It gets under my skin when we hand over our privacy without noticing, and I’m drawn to the incidents where theory and production reality part ways. I’ve spent years writing about this on LinkedIn — HeadFlash is me taking it further: no sugarcoating, accuracy over hype. Because in security, half-truths are worse than lies.
Questions, tips or corrections are welcome — I read them.
Get the flash
Like the standard? A short email for each niche you pick, every weekday — and a podcast episode to match.
Subscribe freeThe flash is drafted by an automated pipeline against a human editorial bar, and the audio is read by text-to-speech. It’s fast and well-sourced, but machine-made — so the odd error can slip through. Spotted one? Tell me.