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Fri. 04/18 – The Google Antitrust Snowball

Google is ruled an illegal monopoly. Again. But for a different reason this time. Switch 2 pre-orders are back on. Americans are flocking to Temu and...

Thu. 04/17 – Mooooaaar Models!

OpenAI has a new reasoning model, and more lower cost models as well. Is OpenAI about to acquire a coding startup? Is Perplexity turning to Samsung fo...

Wed. 04/16 – Why Does OpenAI Want A Social Network?

Well, it looks like DOGE has finally come for cybersecurity. It sounds like the tariff stuff is already biting Nvidia to the tune of $5 billion. Why i...

Tue. 04/15 – Why Is OpenAI Going Backwards (Name-Wise)?

OpenAI releases its latest next gen models but you wouldn’t know it by the nomenclature because the numbers are going backwards. What’s up with that?...

Mon. 04/14 – Tariff Groundhog Day

You know that meme of Ebenezer Scrooge shouting out the window? “Hey boy, what tariff regime is it today?” Sam Altman again implies ChatGPT usage has...

Fri. 04/11 – Why COULDN’T Apple Make An iPhone In The US?

Europe says it could tax social media ads if the tariff wars get really nasty. Why COULDN’T Apple make an iPhone in the US as President Trump wants? I...

Thu. 04/10 – JK, JK, JK

At the time of this writing, the tariffs are back off, but who know what will happen by the time you hear this. OpenAI sues back. Google wants a frame...

Wed. 04/09 – Instagram iPad App But For REAL This Time?

Google unveils its new TPU’s, this time with inference! Temu and Shein officially get nuked from orbit. More signs of pullback in AI datacenter buildo...

Tue. 04/08 – It’s Already Starting…

Uh oh, it looks like the tech price hikes are already starting! People are accusing Meta of doing some weird things with those latest AI models. Shopi...

Mon. 04/07 – Will Tech Raise Prices Cause Of Tariffs?

TikTok lives! Again. Again. At least for another 75 days. Meta’s big new Llama models are out. AI coding assistant Cursor has become the big brea...

(BNS) The Legality Of The AI Stuff

Is what happened with the Studio Ghibli ChatGPT image generation stuff even legal? I spoke with AI lawyer Rob Rosenberg, former general counsel at Sho...

Fri. 04/04 – Has Intel Found A Way Out?

Thu. 04/03 – How Tariffs Might Impact Tech

Well we gotta talk about this tariff thing because the early indications are this could impact almost every nook and cranny of the tech industry. Coul...

Wed. 04/02 – The Nintendo Switch 2

All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers al...

Tue. 04/01 – OpenAI Closes The Biggest Private Tech Round Ever

Masa Son came through for OpenAI, to the tune of a $40 billion dollar round at a $300 billion-dollar post-money valuation. Sam Altman says OpenAI is g...

Mon. 03/31 – xAI Acquires X

Over the weekend Elon said that xAI has acquired X. Elon does love to blend his companies together. Tensions between SpaceX and Apple. Apple is workin...

Me On The Big Technology Podcast Talking This Week In Tech

Me On The Big Technology Podcast Talking This Week In TechSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...

(Essay) Silicon Valley's "Sovereign Tech Stack" Problem

Silicon Valley is in more trouble than I think people are talking about...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

Fri. 03/28 – CoreWeave’s Weak IPO

Move big moves in the gaming space. But we need to talk about that CoreWeave IPO. It. Didn’t. Go. Well. Facebook has a shocking idea: what if you coul...

Thu. 03/27 – AI Studio Ghibli

Everyone is using that new ChatGPT image generator to make Miyazaki memes. Google is taking Android development private. Are we seeing signs of an AI...