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Why AI Disrupts Software First
A few days ago, when decoding Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to his company about layoffs and artificial intelligence, I said that “this is not just about Microsoft, but pretty...
The Why of Substack
Not for the first time, the newsletter platform Substack is coming under criticism for hosting and now (accidentally) promoting Nazi content. Today, John Gruber of Daring Fireball is leading this...
Meta’s Favorite Product Isn’t AI. It’s the Copy Button.
An hour after I posted my piece about Meta’s Super Intelligence memo, a friend pinged me and pointed out that once again, Mark Zuckerberg has subsumed someone’s idea and phrase...
Decoding Zuck’s Superintelligence Memo
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta (aka the company formerly known as Facebook), has published a memorandum about “superintelligence” and what it will mean not only for his company ...
The Satya of Satya’s Layoff Memo
To paraphrase Sigmund Freud, sometimes a memo is not just a memo. That’s why we have to read between the lines of Satya Nadella’s 1,150-word memo. Microsoft’s chairman and CEO, ...
Exit Stage Colbert
I have a dark cloud over my head about the news that CBS canceled Stephen Colbert for “financial reasons,” an explanation no one is buying.Well, unless those financial reasons were...
Et. Tu FT?
A month ago, I reported that Apple was in the final stages of acquiring the rights for F1 streaming following the success of its movie about the sport. Almost a...
07.19.2025: The Weekend Edition
There are certain sweet-smelling, sugarcoated lies current in the world which all politic men have apparently tacitly conspired together to support and perpetuate. One of these is that there is...
Uber’s Robotaxi Is No Quick Delivery
Uber plans to make “multi-hundred-million dollar investments” in both Nuro and Lucid as part of a massive new robotaxi deal that was just announced. The three companies are linking up...
An Immigrant Story
Today, I met a nurse from Millbrae. She helped me with a few medical things. She is very good at what she does. However, that’s not why I am sharing...
What Founders Can Learn From Topaz Labs
I recently interviewed Eric Yang, the chief executive officer of Dallas, Texas-based visual AI company Topaz Labs, for my newsletter, CrazyStupidTech. His father, Albert, started the business. The company stands...
Mac Finder Redesign? Snooze
The Mac old timers have been up in arms about the beta one of macOS Tahoe switching up the colors of the “Finder” icon. Dark blue on the right side....
Here comes the Internet of “tolls”
The decades-old doctrine of “Web traffic in exchange for permission to crawl” is over, writes Fred Vogelstein in his latest feature for our newsletter, Crazy StupidTech, and as a result,...
My Big Beta Weekend
This weekend I decided to bite the bullet and embrace the “betas” released by Apple at the recent WWDC. I wanted to try out all the new features that Apple...
Back after a break
If you think it has been quiet around these ramparts, then it is intentional. I decided to take a break from everything,including writing and social media. Instead, I picked up...
Will Apple Stream Live F1 (Racing)?
Tim Cook and Apple are all about Formula 1 these days. As a lead-in to the WWDC keynote, Apple played a short clip of its leading software executive, Craig Federighi, ...
The Material Review Chats with Me
Michael Williams, a friend for a long time and a fellow aficionado of things made well, has a new publication, The Material Review. He recently invited me to chat about...
George Dyson on AI
My good friend Chris Michel recently photographed George Dyson, thinker, historian, and writer. The topic of “AI” came up, and I found this worth noting. He’s less concerned about the...
What’s Half of Nothing?
Camera reviews are not only pointless, but are also kind of rigged. And there is no better testimonial for this camera hype machine than the “review” of Fuji X half...
OpenAI, Jony Ive & the Art of the Deal
My phone has been pinging non-stop since yesterday. Everyone wants to know the backstory of the biggest acquihire in Silicon Valley history: Sam Altman’s OpenAI buying Jony Ive’s io Products...