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July 30, 2025 • 20 mins
Age verification for web users is sweeping the globe. ChatGPT debuts a study mode for students. What, exactly is Zuckerberg trying to achieve by hiring everyone in AI? Maybe Cohere is the real dark horse in the AI model race. And what if the real money in AI video is in training robots?
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YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections (TechCrunch)
ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is H...
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July 29, 2025 • 16 mins
Sony says Tencent has ripped off one of their biggest games. Microsoft wants to get ahead of the whole AI browser thing. Are rate limits coming for AI usage as some people are using AI too much? Waymo is coming to Dallas. And further proof of my thesis that smartglasses are the next big thing in tech hardware.
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Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games (Reuters)
Microsoft revolutionizes Edge as an ...
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July 28, 2025 • 17 mins
Samsung’s foundry business gets a shot in the arm from Tesla. Zuck’s hiring spree nabs a Chat GPT creator. Anthropic is raising and leveling up in a big way. And no sooner did the hot new dating app Tea get hot, then it got hacked. Tea was spilt, if you will.
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Samsung to Make Tesla AI Chips in Multiyear Texas Deal (Bloomberg)
Donald Trump freezes export controls to secure trade deal with China (FT)
Meta names Shengjia Z...
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July 25, 2025 • 17 mins
Could Intel exit the high-end chip game entirely? Why are public companies loading up on crypto? GPT-5 is probably coming in a matter of weeks. What if it’s actually AI jobpocalypse… not now? And in the Longreads, the best explainer of those GLP-1 drugs I’ve read so far.
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Intel beats on revenue, slashes foundry investments as CEO says ‘no more blank checks’ (CNBC)
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal (TechCrunc...
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July 24, 2025 • 16 mins
The White House has rolled out its big AI Action Plan. Google reported earnings but really wanted you to know about consumer adoption of its AI. A new Kindle Colorsoft. TMobile’s Starlink service is available to anyone, and the Switch 2 is now the fastest selling console in history.
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Trump Signs AI Orders, Vows US Will Win Race Over New Technology (Bloomberg)
Donald Trump blocks AI groups with ‘ideological bias’ from gove...
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July 23, 2025 • 17 mins
Don’t sleep on that SharePoint exploit from earlier this week as it seems to have led to a ton of still active breaches. Apple has a new insurance plan for you. Elon wants even more money for xAI. The Chinese are still churning ahead with their AI models. And three different stories about AI and privacy.
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Microsoft links Sharepoint ToolShell attacks to Chinese hackers (BleepingComputer)
Apple Launches $20-a-Month AppleCar...
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July 22, 2025 • 16 mins
Well, just like that, AI’s winning the Math Olympiad is commonplace. Is Stargate struggling to get off the ground, or is Sam Altman just going to do Stargate on his own without Masa Son? The AI company who’s stated mission was to do AI ethically explains why it needs to get its hands dirty. And even if AI isn’t making scientific breakthroughs yet, there are early signs it is shaking things up nonetheless.
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OpenAI and Google...
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July 21, 2025 • 18 mins
Serious zero-day has been uncovered that is affecting everybody all around the world. There is a patch tho. Mark Gurman dishes on the foldable iPhone. TSMC joins the Trillion-Dollar-Club. If you’re an expert in a given field you too can join the AI goldrush. And did we just take a big step toward AGI, or is this just the latest in the hype-cycle?
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Hackers Exploit Microsoft SharePoint as Firm Works to P...
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July 19, 2025 • 42 mins
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July 18, 2025 • 19 mins
OpenAI has a new agent that can control your entire computer. You might soon be able to put crypto in your 401k. Why is Apple suing a prominent YouTuber? And in the Weekend Longreads, the one article that has done the most to radicalize me, as an investor, in a long, long time.
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you (The Verge)
OpenAI ChatGPT Agent announcement LIVE — all the big n...
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July 17, 2025 • 20 mins
TSMC earnings suggest the AI buildout is continuing apace. Stablecoin regulation clears a major hurdle. Is Anthropic doing well growing revenue? Maybe not OpenAI well, but well enough? More signs Microsoft is struggling to sell its own branded AI. And how AI might be about to change how we pay for everything… forever.
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TSMC Raises 2025 Outlook in a Big Boost for AI Demand Hopes (Bloomberg)
US House agrees to consider cryp...
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July 16, 2025 • 17 mins
Jensen is feeling his oats after the reprieve on China, spilling lots of tea about where he see the AI industry. OpenAI is going after the office and also the storefront, with interesting new integrations. Why is it so hard to create LLM’s in other languages? And a first person account of what its like to work at OpenAI, the culture, the pressure, etc.
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Nvidia Boss Expects US to Move Fast on First H20 China Licenses (Bloomb...
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July 15, 2025 • 16 mins
Has the US government suddenly allowed Nvidia back in business in China? A segment wherein I make the case the GW’s are the new metric that matters to the tech industry, over and above anything else. Windsurf finds a permanent home. And is China already producing the smartglasses Zuck wants to see next?
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Nvidia, AMD to Resume AI Chip Sales to China in US Reversal (Bloomberg)
Apple to Buy Rare Earths From Pentagon-Backed U...
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July 14, 2025 • 17 mins
Google snatched the Windsurf acquisition out from under OpenAI in a big new acquihire. SpaceX is investing in xAI. ChromeOS and Android to merge, but for real this time? Was there a new sort of DeepSeek moment over the weekend? And example number 74 of how YouTube is now the king of video entertainment.
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Google to Pay $2.4 Billion for Windsurf Staff, IP After Startup Ends OpenAI Talks (The Information)
Google Is Said to P...
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July 11, 2025 • 18 mins
So, it sure looks like Grok tries to align some of its answers with the views of its maker, Elon Musk, but the question is why… Does AI have to align with political views more generally? New, tangible data suggests you actually might NOT be coding faster due to AI. It might just be in your head. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Grok: searching X for “from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)” (...
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July 10, 2025 • 16 mins
Grok 4 is out, plus Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a bunch more. Ok we know Zuck wants to catch up on AI, but an insider explains why they think Meta fell behind in the first place. Are AI web browsers the next battlefield in the AI wars. And if your electricity bill goes up substantially, you’ll never guess what you can blame.
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Grok 4 is live — here’s what makes it Elon Musk’s most advanced AI yet (Tom's Guide)
Meta Poached ...
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July 9, 2025 • 16 mins
All the of the headlines from the Galaxy Unpacked event that was mostly about really thin foldable phones. Big changing of the guard at Apple. What happens when you make a bet on a betting market, think you’ve won, but are then told you’re not. And a useful new feature of Gmail.
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Galaxy Z Fold 7 goes official with drastically thinner design, but a $2,000 price tag (9to5Google)
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7 has a bigger batter...
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July 8, 2025 • 16 mins
How much further behind can Apple get in AI now that Zuck is poaching from them as well? OpenAI has been forced to batten down the hatches, quite literally. A fully licensed AI video model. And back to Apple. They heard your complaints. They’re pumping the brakes on Liquid Glass a bit.
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Apple Loses Top AI Models Executive to Meta’s Hiring Spree (Bloomberg)
OpenAI’s Stock Compensation Reflect Steep Co...
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July 7, 2025 • 16 mins
Catching you up on the great Zuckerberg AI recruitment drive. Clueing you in to the great datacenter buildout goldrush that is, again, all about AI. TikTok is about to force everybody to use a new version of their app. And are the unicorns coming back?
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Meta’s new hires offer a peek into superintelligence plans (Semafor)
Zuck's Eleven (Spyglass)
CoreWeave to Buy Core Scientific in $9 Billion Stock Deal (Bloomberg)
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