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June 2025

Big Technology Turns Five: Here’s What I’ve Learned
A half-decade in, Big Technology is alive and kicking. Journalism leads, it takes a village, and YouTube and ChatGPT are surprising new sources of…
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Why Apple Must Buy Perplexity
A bonafide AI partner in a moment of need. It's time for Tim Cook to make Apple's biggest acquisition in history.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Apple’s $20 Billion Ticking Time Bomb
If Google’s payments go away, Apple’s services business could take a massive hit.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Apple, Design, and the Future of the Device
In a world where screens fade away and AI steps forward, where is Apple's place?
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Alex Kantrowitz
Elon and Trump Break Up In Spectacular Fashion. What’s Next?
Coming up for Musk’s businesses: Hurdles for Tesla, SpaceX, and more after Musk and Trump’s nuclear fallout.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Owen Lavine
Siri Co-Founder: We Built Siri as a 'Do Engine.'
On our Big Tech War Stories podcast, Siri co-founder Norman Winarsky shares the inside story of Siri’s founding and some thoughts on what’s happened…
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Alex Kantrowitz
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Norman Winarsky
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May 2025

Ads Are Coming to AI and None of Us Are Ready
Search advertising is perhaps the greatest business model ever created. The potential for generative AI advertising is even greater but comes with far…
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Joe Marchese
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How Anthropic Builds Claude’s Personality
AI research house Anthropic wants its chatbot to behave like a “well-liked traveler," says researcher Amanda Askell. Here’s how it programs its values.
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Alex Kantrowitz
10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here's the view from the ground.
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Alex Kantrowitz
Demis Hassabis and Sergey Brin on AI Scaling, AGI Timeline, Robotics, Simulation Theory
Google co-founder Brin says “anybody who's a computer scientist should not be retired right now. They should be working on AI.”
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Alex Kantrowitz
Klarna CEO: We’re Giving AI More Customer Service Work, Not Less
Headlines announcing Klarna’s AI pullback were wrong, its CEO says. Instead of retreating, it’s handing more tasks to the bots.
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Alex Kantrowitz
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