Tue. 04/22 – FTC As Today’s Main Character
As the US v. Google remedy trial begins, the FTC also sues Uber and makes Airbnb disclose all fees. Looks like tech regulation is still very much a thing. Bluesky begins rolling out verification. Meta...
22 Huhti 202517min
Mon. 04/21 – Trump Helps Zuck Get A Reprieve In Europe
Meta and Apple were about to go to the woodshed in Europe, but it looks like Trump’s tariffs have run interference for them. Everyone wants in on stablecoins, example number 23. Beware of phishing ema...
21 Huhti 202517min
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 Shein alternatives. And in the Weekend Longreads S...
18 Huhti 202518min
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 for distribution and branding? A Neuralink rival get...
17 Huhti 202517min
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 is OpenAI building a social network? The government...
16 Huhti 202519min
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? Apple is tying itself in a pretzel to train on use...
15 Huhti 202519min
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 exploded. If you’re coding with AI, a big new vuln...
14 Huhti 202517min
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? Is OpenAI cutting corners on safety in order to sta...
11 Huhti 202518min
