Ben Thompson
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Memory Chips and China, Microsoft and Chinese Models
The big three memory makers may come to regret opening up the door to Chinese memory makers; Microsoft, meanwhile, is very incentivized to use Chinese models.
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Apple Price Increases, Apple Intelligence and the E.U.
Apple is (finally) raising prices, but they’re not shipping Siri AI to the E.U.
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The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor
The administration is very likely wrong about Fable, but that is ultimately Anthropic’s responsibility.
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Fox Buys Roku, The Problem With Fox’s Smart Strategy, Streaming That Works
The market hates Fox’s acquisition of Roku, but the company is trading extraction from rights holders for leverage as a renter.
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Anthropic’s Safety Superpower
Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.
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2026.24: Hey Siri, Tell Me a Fable
The best Stratechery content from the week of June 8, 2026, including Apple finally shipping Intelligence, Anthropic’s fable, and the future of European industry.
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An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute
An interview with Ben Bajarin about WWDC and the status of the AI compute industry.
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Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers
Fable 5 is the public version of Mythos, and while it is very capable it sets some troubling new precedents.
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The iPhone’s Last Stand
Siri isn’t state of the art, but as long as it works — and it appears it does — it’s good enough for the consumer market.