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Feb. 5, 2026
Is Software Eating The World Being Eaten By AI?
Alphabet earnings. Claude goes to the Superbowl. Why AI brand loyalty isn’t even remotely a thing yet. And is the whole Marc Andreessen theory of software eating the world in the process of being eaten by AI? Wall Street is w...
Feb. 4, 2026
(BNS) Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff
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Feb. 3, 2026
SpaceX Acquires xAI
As SpaceX acquires xAI, all of Elon’s companies under one umbrella is pretty much an inevitability isn’t it? What is with this weird game of chicken that Nvidia and OpenAI and now Oracle are all engaging in all of the sudden....
Feb. 2, 2026
Is Jensen Worried About OpenAI?
Is Nvidia going through with their massive OpenAI investment or not? Does Apple have what it takes to win in the AI era or not? Is Elon the only one who can make datacenters in space happen or not? And a roundup of the contin...
Jan. 30, 2026
Elon Might Just Merge All His Companies Into One
Apple does a big acquisition. OpenAI is racing to IPO. Elon
might just merge all his companies into one. Google’s Project Genie is the
latest thing that will make you say, gee, AI can do that?! And, of course, the Weekend Lon...
Jan. 29, 2026
Clawdbot Is Now Moltbot
Meta earnings good. The street like the AI spending. Microsoft earnings bad. Why is growth in their cloud business not as robust all of the sudden? Elon is following through on taking Tesla all in on robots and AI. The AI ins...
Jan. 28, 2026
The Amazon Layoffs
The Amazon layoffs showed up on schedule. Is Tether behind the rise in the price of gold? A new type of privacy screen tech from Samsung. Elon wants to IPO on his birthday. Anthropic raises more ahead of its IPO. And AI is fi...
Jan. 27, 2026
Is TikTok’s Algo Changing?
I think we have to gird ourselves for a slew of Chinese AI releases in the coming weeks. Are AI inspired layoffs poised to sweep the tech industry? Meta goes with subscriptions. Uber wants to train AI for others. And Dario Am...
Jan. 26, 2026
Now We Have The Clawdbot
Did you even notice that new TikTok privacy policy over the weekend? AirTags finally have a second generation. Microsoft confirms it will give out your BitLocker recovery keys if you’re silly enough to store them with them. A...
Jan. 23, 2026
MAYBE TikTok Is A Done Deal (This Time?)
Ok, ok, maybe the whole TikTok thing is a done deal at long last? Amazon is planning another major round of layoffs. Are Epic Games and Google doing an end-run around the judge? Capital One acquires Brex. And, of course, The ...
Jan. 22, 2026
Apple’s Wearable AI Pin
Apple is developing their own AI wearable, the size of an AirTag. Anthropic overhauls Claude’s constitution. South Korea is the latest place to ride the AI rocket ship. And I think I know why your boss thinks AI is the soluti...
Jan. 21, 2026
Elon Says: IPO NOW!
Anthropic continues to project strength in the AI race. How OpenAI is rolling out ads on ChatGPT. Netflix wants to become TikTok faster than TikTok can become them. YouTube wants to have it both ways when it comes to AI. And ...
Jan. 20, 2026
The “Assistant Axis”
Netflix ups its bid with all cash. Sony is spinning off its legendary TV business with TCL. One of the biggest seed rounds I’ve ever heard of. Reels continues to win for Zuck. And let me introduce you to the “Assistant Axis” ...
Jan. 19, 2026
Ads Come To ChatGPT
Ads are finally coming to ChatGPT. Why everyone online can’t stop talking about going on Claude benders. Elon’s case against OpenAI moves forward again. The Thinking Machines saga roils on again. And the big movie about AI ev...
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