Disclosures

Covering tech is going to be riddled with disclosures: if you work on platforms, and cover platforms, there will be inevitable conflicts.

Dot biz is operating on Meta, Google, X, and Substack platforms (among others) — this could be an inevitable point of conflict that seems hard to avoid. Many of those platforms offer financial compensation to content producers.

The goal with dot biz is to manage these possible conflicts through fair coverage applied equally to all the major players. But we’ll also provide disclosures of funding and sponsorships here and in the sponsored content. We don’t believe that a sponsorship is inherently a conflict of interest, but it is something that should be disclosed so readers can decide.

We’ll provide you updates below.

dot biz financial relationships (last updated July, 2026)

Right now, dot biz is just a laptop sticker on Phil Edwards, a writer and researcher who’s been a working journalist since 2015.

Phil Edwards financial relationships (last updated July, 2026)

The primary publication platforms for Phil Edwards are YouTube and Instagram. Past dot biz-adjacent videos have included AI in politics, coverage of Amazon, Amazon Ring, Minecraft, and many others.

Sponsorships for Phil Edwards have included many digital-first companies. These include a project for a short video sponsored by Google, a short sponsored by Yahoo, as well as sponsorships by Notion, Patreon, Masterclass, Incogni and others. He’s also been sponsored by many other companies that aren’t exclusively digital businesses but, naturally, have digital marketing components (like Eight Sleep, Monarch, and Huell).

At Vox, the coverage portfolio was diverse (and included AI coverage), though sponsorships were minimal.