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Natural Born Bloggers

Natural Born Bloggers

The Market Shifts Apple

The Market Shifts Apple

Amazon Meddles

About Those "Hackquisitions"...

About Those "Hackquisitions"...

Can 'Specs' Snap Snap's Losing Streak?

Can 'Specs' Snap Snap's Losing Streak?

Regulation for Thee, Not for Me

Regulation for Thee, Not for Me

Anthropic's Heel Turn

Anthropic's Heel Turn

The AI Overkill Era

The AI Overkill Era

The Resuscitation of Xbox

The Resuscitation of Xbox

Apple Wins Consumer AI By Default

Apple Wins Consumer AI By Default

Dreams of a Siri That Doesn't Suck

Dreams of a Siri That Doesn't Suck

"Chat is dead."

"Chat is dead."

They're Building AI PCs, Will Users Come?

They're Building AI PCs, Will Users Come?

The Summer of 'Super Apps'

The Summer of 'Super Apps'

YouTube Beats AI to Disrupting Hollywood

YouTube Beats AI to Disrupting Hollywood

Microsoft Seeks a Surface RT & Copilot+ PC Do-Over with NVIDIA

Microsoft Seeks a Surface RT & Copilot+ PC Do-Over with NVIDIA

Meta's Premium Branding Mess

Meta's Premium Branding Mess

Let There Be Luce

Let There Be Luce

The Great AI IPO Race

The Great AI IPO Race

NVIDIA's Profit Crown

NVIDIA's Profit Crown

Google 'I' Hold the 'O'

Google 'I' Hold the 'O'

Lessons from the Luddites

Lessons from the Luddites

OpenAI Picks An Apple Fight

OpenAI Picks An Apple Fight

An Actual AI PC

An Actual AI PC

Amazon Phones Home

Amazon Phones Home

Take Me Down to the "Amateur City"

Take Me Down to the "Amateur City"

EyePods

The Case for Apple + Disney

The Case for Apple + Disney

Anthropic Boosts SpaceX into the Neocloud Orbit

Anthropic Boosts SpaceX into the Neocloud Orbit

The iPhone's BlackBerry Moment

The iPhone's BlackBerry Moment

The Age of the “Super App” — Again and Again and Again

The Age of the “Super App” — Again and Again and Again

Apple's Binary Bet

Apple's Binary Bet

Stargate Powers Some Gaslights

Stargate Powers Some Gaslights

John Ternus' Magic Show

John Ternus' Magic Show

Microsoft Claws Away 'The Clause' as OpenAI Claws Back Some Independence

Microsoft Claws Away 'The Clause' as OpenAI Claws Back Some Independence

AI in the Sky

A Cook's Tour

Meta’s Recurring Apple Nightmare

Meta’s Recurring Apple Nightmare

'Project Hail Mary' as a Sign of the Times

'Project Hail Mary' as a Sign of the Times

BYOAI

The Casual Catastrophe of AI

The Casual Catastrophe of AI

A Conversion to Apple

A Conversion to Apple

OpenAI's Soft Power Play

OpenAI's Soft Power Play

The NFL Will Bleed Cable Dry Before Tech Takes Over TV

The NFL Will Bleed Cable Dry Before Tech Takes Over TV

The 70 Year Old iPhone

The 70 Year Old iPhone

Big Techbacco

So Long, Sora

Apple Realizes There Should Be An App For That

Apple Realizes There Should Be An App For That

Before MacBook Neo, There Was iBook

Before MacBook Neo, There Was iBook

Meta Keeps Missing

Meta Keeps Missing

Microsoft Got Sloppy with Windows

Microsoft Got Sloppy with Windows

OpenAI's Odyssey

OpenAI's Odyssey

Actually, MacBook Neo Is For Me

Actually, MacBook Neo Is For Me

Microsoft Adds More Copilots to Help Copilot Copilot

Microsoft Adds More Copilots to Help Copilot Copilot

Jensen in the Arena

Jensen in the Arena

Maybe You Can't Just Throw Money at AI

Maybe You Can't Just Throw Money at AI

'iPhone Fold' as 'iPad Mini' Folded

'iPhone Fold' as 'iPad Mini' Folded

Fixing the Windows in a Broken Home

Fixing the Windows in a Broken Home

Microsoft Steals a Stargate

Microsoft Steals a Stargate

Apple's Hail Mary, Anthropic's Savior

Apple's Hail Mary, Anthropic's Savior

Apple is Writing Product Checks That Siri Can't Cash

Apple is Writing Product Checks That Siri Can't Cash

The Lobster

When Knees Buckle, then Bend, then Break

When Knees Buckle, then Bend, then Break

The Death of the 30% Cut

The Death of the 30% Cut

MacBook Neo: Whoa

MacBook Neo: Whoa

There Are Signs...

There Are Signs...

AI Am Become Death

AI Am Become Death

Increasingly, Big Tech Owns Big AI

Increasingly, Big Tech Owns Big AI

TUDUMB

Apple is About to Have *Two* Toaster/Fridge Hybrids

Apple is About to Have Two Toaster/Fridge Hybrids

Tasty AI

Exbox

NVIDIA Inside

Can OpenAI Build Alexa Before Amazon Can Build ChatGPT?

Can OpenAI Build Alexa Before Amazon Can Build ChatGPT?

Apple's Next Big Thing: the iPhone

Apple's Next Big Thing: the iPhone

DeepSeek 2: The Movie

DeepSeek 2: The Movie

I Am the Great Glassholio!

I Am the Great Glassholio!

Apple Cannot Be Sirious

Apple Cannot Be Sirious

Love It If We Made It

Love It If We Made It

It's The Thought That Counts

It's The Thought That Counts

Sometimes It's Too Slow

Sometimes It's Too Slow

Wall Street Starts to Turn on AI

Wall Street Starts to Turn on AI

Alexa+ Plus ChatGPT?

Alexa+ Plus ChatGPT?

Space Twitter!

My 2026 iPhone Homescreen

My 2026 iPhone Homescreen

NVIDIA and the Case of the Missing $100B OpenAI Investment

NVIDIA and the Case of the Missing $100B OpenAI Investment

Where the Wild Bots Are

Where the Wild Bots Are

Meta Bets the Farm, Apple Milks the Cows

Meta Bets the Farm, Apple Milks the Cows

The Anyone-But-Google AI Alliance

The Anyone-But-Google AI Alliance

Apple's Dark Knight

Apple's Dark Knight

DeepSought

Aside From That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?

Aside From That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?

The Clock Starts for Star Wars: Episode X

The Clock Starts for Star Wars: Episode X

Apple's Twin Suns

Apple's Twin Suns

Pinning Hopes on New AI Hardware – Again – Even Apple

Pinning Hopes on New AI Hardware – Again – Even Apple

An Actual AiPhone

An Actual AiPhone

Make TVs Great Again

Make TVs Great Again

Hollywood Cuts Off Its Future to Spite Its Present

Hollywood Cuts Off Its Future to Spite Its Present

My Boy's Wicked Smart on AI

My Boy's Wicked Smart on AI

Will OpenAI Ads Click with Users?

Will OpenAI Ads Click with Users?

Oct

13

Meta Back at the AI Frontier • Sora as a Startup

Premium

#thoughts on

Oct

13

The Box Office Reckoning

#movie theaters

Oct

13

A Couple Elephants in the Character.AI Bankruptcy Room

#hackquisition

Oct

12

Apple's Long View on 'HomeView'

#apple

Oct

12

Twitter is Back. Shhh… Magic Dance!

#twitter

Oct

11

SIgh

#ai

Oct

09

AI as UI • The Datacenter NIMBY Problem

Premium

#thoughts on

Oct

08

Amazon Comes to Kill the iPad Again

#amazon

Oct

08

Microsoft Comes to Kill the MacBook Again

#microsoft

Oct

07

Apple's LG Home Partnership • HBO Max/Paramount+ Super App

Premium

#thoughts on

Oct

06

Tech CEOs: Thou Art a Villain

#from afar

Oct

05

Ode to the AirPods 5

#airpods

Oct

04

Warner Bros Digs One Final Box Office Crater

#film

Oct

01

Thoughts & Questions Around Apple's Would-Be 'HomePod Hub'

#homepod

Sep

30

OpenAI's Dots Dichotomy

#from afar

Sep

29

Anthropic's Apocalyptic S-1 • Meta Enterprise

Premium

#thoughts on

Sep

28

As the AI Communication Crisis Mounts, Here's Steve Jobs

#steve jobs

Sep

27

Star Wars: Episode Tentative

#star wars

Sep

26

Where is the 'Where I've Been' Service?

#location

Sep

24

Meta Unveils the Vision Pro Apple Should Have Shipped

#meta

Sep

24

The M-pire Strikes Back

#from afar

Sep

23

The Great AI Agent Race • A "Super" AI Rebrand Attempt

Premium

#thoughts on