Apple TV Dethrones HBO
Well, in Emmy wins at least. And Netflix too!
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30 of 95AI's "No Fate" Future
Is AI about to end humanity? No one knows – most notably those proclaiming such things...
Apple Unveils the CEO Handoff
The first John Ternus keynote was a success, and there's a clear path for them to get even better...
The Apple Event Smelled of a Rich Mahogany
Some thoughts on the iPhone Duo event...
Let There Be 'iPhone Duo'
A few last-minute details about Apple's first foldable...
AI's Mixed Messages • Siri AI's Potential Developer Problem
Do you feel like every other headline and talking point coming out of the companies at the AI frontier contradict each other? You're not alone there. The future is so bright... because of the nuclear blast that the rogue AI agents will trigger. By accident or…
You Cannot Unsee 'You Can See Everything'
What did I just watch?
Who is Holding the App Store Line?
And is that line about to shift – in a good or bad way?
Inklings #025 📧
App Store Succession • Cybercab Launch • Azure Reporting • No Google Breakup • Snap's Specs Situation
OpenAI's AGI Eras Tour
With 'GPT-6 Astra', AGI is here! Congrats, everyone!
Back to the Frontier AI Races • Netflix Out-YouTubes YouTube
The caution flags have been lifted. We're back off to the frontier model races this week! While the Netflix and YouTube race continues unabated. Read on for thoughts on...
Can Someone Finally Architect Personal Assistant AI?
The always promised product that always fails to deliver...
OpenAI's Comeback • Hollywood's Ticket Disaster
An OpenAI cover story gets thrown for a loop when their models hack a partner (one which NVIDIA may or may not be buying). And throwing some ice cold water on the blockbuster movie year for Hollywood. Read on for thoughts on...
Inklings #024 📧
NVIDIA's Profit Crown • NVIDIA's Hugging Face Deal • Hugging Face's Duck Robot • Meta's 'OpenClaw for Normies'
Meta’s Complicated AI Context
Meta is back in the AI discussion, but are they actually at the table?
Meta's Poke on the Wrist
Why Meta is quitting their legal fight...
Bill Gates, Doomer • The Mac Mini Morphs
Uh, Bill Gates sounds a lot like... Dario Amodei in writing up his thoughts on where he thinks the world is headed with regard to AI. It's a good essay, worth the read, but it's certainly not going to help the AI perception problems! (And it&
Begun, the Bundle Wars Have
The battle to control streaming has shifted...
NVIDIA & Perplexity • Fable’s Stalled Growth
Why might NVIDIA want to buy – sorry, "hackquire" – part of Perplexity? And why might Fable's growth be stalling for Anthropic? Read on for thoughts on...
So Much For the 'PervPods'
Apple may aim to combat any 'surveillance tech' backlash with comically low AirPod AI camera resolutions...
Inklings #023 📧
Newfangled 'Hackquisitions' • Epic v. Apple • Meta v. States • OpenAI v. Apple • 'Stripe of AI' • Vision Pro Pickle
By the Power of Streaming
He-Man finds his Sword of Power on Amazon Prime Video...
YouTube and Netflix Head to War
The battle has been brewing, forcing creators to pick a side escalates...
Pushing or Pacing or Pulling Back From the AI Frontier?
Is this a breather in AI development, or something more?
Apple's EU App Store Armistice
Might it point to a path forward for the US App Store too?...
Apple Versus the Glassholes
Leveraging AirPods as their first true AI wearable should help ease Apple into a tricky market...
You Gotta Fight For Your Write
By pissing on their product, Anthropic pisses off everyone...
The Pixel 'HiLight' is a LowLight
What was Google thinking here?
The Write Stuff
Using AI to write is not quite so black and white...
Google (Again) Brings a Comedian to a Tech Keynote
The 'Made by Google' event clearly isn't for me. But is it for anyone?