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  • TSMC Earnings, The TSMC Brake, Intel Earnings

    Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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    TSMC’s earnings reinforce the possibility that TSMC’s willingness to invest is real governor on the AI bubble. Intel needs to provide some competition.


  • An Interview with Asana Founder Dustin Moskovitz about AI, SaaS, and Safety

    Monday, October 20, 2025

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    An interview with Asana founder and Chairman Dustin Moskovitz about Asana, AI’s impact on SaaS, and the debate about AI Safety


  • An Interview with Gracelin Baskaran About Rare Earths

    Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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    An interview with Dr. Gracelin Baskaran about rare earths: how did the U.S. become dependent on China, and how do we fix the problem going forward?


  • OpenAI and Broadcom, ChatGPT and XPUs, AMD and Nvidia

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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    OpenAI’s deal with Broadcom makes perfect sense, because OpenAI already knows exactly what workloads it needs to optimize.


  • China and Rare Earth Metals, Chips and Rare Earths, The U.S.’s Self-Inflicted Challenge

    Monday, October 13, 2025

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    China is instituting controls on rare earths, which are essential for technology, that look like chip controls; we can fix the problem by building, but we might not be able to.


  • The OpenAI Hype Cycle, Microsoft’s Game Pass Failure, Verizon’s Satellites

    Thursday, October 9, 2025

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    OpenAI’s DevDay evolution mirrors the hype cycle; Microsoft’s Game Pass price raise is an admission of failure; and Verizon decides it doesn’t want to be under the thumb of SpaceX.


  • An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About DevDay and the AI Buildout

    Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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    An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the infrastructure buildout, expanding ChatGPT, and the vision that unites it all.


  • OpenAI’s Windows Play

    Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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    OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI: the all-encompassing platform that controls both hardware supplier and software developers.


  • Sora, AI Bicycles, and Meta Disruption

    Monday, October 6, 2025

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    Sora is going viral, suggesting there is a big opportunity in unlocking creativity. If that’s true, that’s good for humanity — and bad for Meta.


  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About AI Infrastructure

    Thursday, October 2, 2025

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    An Interview with Ben Bajarin about AI infrastructure, Nvidia, and Intel.


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  • The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor

    Wednesday, June 17, 2026
  • Fox Buys Roku, The Problem With Fox’s Smart Strategy, Streaming That Works

    Tuesday, June 16, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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  • Prices and Specs

    Dithering | Jun 19
    Prices and Specs
  • (Preview) The Anthropic Saga Continues, Fox and the Future of Streaming, Q&A on ChatGPT, Agentic Shopping, Autonomous Driving

    Sharp Tech | Jun 19
    (Preview) The Anthropic Saga Continues, Fox and the Future of Streaming, Q&A on ChatGPT, Agentic Shopping, Autonomous Driving
  • The Knicks Are NBA Champions, The Most Enjoyable Title Winners Since 2010, Wemby Crashes Back to Earth

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jun 16
    The Knicks Are NBA Champions, The Most Enjoyable Title Winners Since 2010, Wemby Crashes Back to Earth

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
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  • Aura and the Lack Thereof
    Friday, June 19, 2026
  • Europe’s Final Warning
    Friday, June 12, 2026
  • Steph Curry Turns to China
    Friday, June 5, 2026
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  • The State of Fable, The Jailbreak Problem, SpaceX Acquires Cursor

    Wednesday, June 17, 2026
  • Fox Buys Roku, The Problem With Fox’s Smart Strategy, Streaming That Works

    Tuesday, June 16, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
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  • Prices and Specs

    Dithering | Jun 19
    Prices and Specs
  • (Preview) The Anthropic Saga Continues, Fox and the Future of Streaming, Q&A on ChatGPT, Agentic Shopping, Autonomous Driving

    Sharptech | Jun 19
    (Preview) The Anthropic Saga Continues, Fox and the Future of Streaming, Q&A on ChatGPT, Agentic Shopping, Autonomous Driving
  • The Knicks Are NBA Champions, The Most Enjoyable Title Winners Since 2010, Wemby Crashes Back to Earth

    Greatest Of All Talk | Jun 16
    The Knicks Are NBA Champions, The Most Enjoyable Title Winners Since 2010, Wemby Crashes Back to Earth

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
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