And by going deeper with Google, do they risk stepping on NVIDIA's and Amazon's toes?| Spyglass
Stranger Things. Frankenstein. KPop. Narnia. AMC. Oh my...| Spyglass
OpenAI's web browser enters the AI Browser Battle...| Spyglass
'The Hunt for Ben Solo' starring Adam Driver with um, Steven Soderbergh directing and Disney said "no"?!| Spyglass
Forget a "Bubble", OpenAI has made this all a very binary bet...| Spyglass
Apple & F1 • Karpathy on Dwarkesh Pod • Xitter Rethinks Links • Meta's Private Capital AI Play • iPhone Air Sales • Cue's Streaming Content Critique| Spyglass
And all Apple TV subscribers will benefit!| Spyglass
Touchscreen MacBook Pros • Oracle's Margins • Hollywood Has No Idea What To Do About AI • Fracking Data Centers • Apple TV + Peacock • $1 Steve Jobs Coin| Spyglass
Meta keeps poaching Apple's AI talent and that's a real problem...| Spyglass
Spotify & Netflix Gun for YouTube • Eddy Cue on Apple's Hollywood Goals • Stolen iPhones • ChatGPT Is Bringing Sexy Back • Apple's Robotic Updates • Stargate Competitor Buys Big Data Center Company • A Tim Cook Labubu!| Spyglass
The video podcast partnership may portend a bundle...| Spyglass
OpenAI/Broadcom Deal • TBPN's Rise • Is Xbox Imploding? • RIP TiVo • Meta's Ray-Ban Display Review • AI's Use in Comics| Spyglass
A simple solution to confuse more people...| Spyglass
Apple's Pivot from 'Vision Air' • M5 Devices • 'Tron 3' Bombs at Box Office • Meta Poaches Thinking Machines Co-Founder • Warner Bros Rebuffs Paramount Offer • OpenAI's Constantly Evolving Cap Table| Spyglass
Apple's NBA Vision • Making Intel Great Again • The Race to Build 'Colossus 2' • Meta's Oddly Aggressive AI PR Approach • Apple's Watch Re-Org • Amazon Shoves Ads In Your Face| Spyglass
Perhaps not that mysterious, maybe more circular...| Spyglass
A trip to the Scottish Highlands with a very orange iPhone 17 Pro Max (and Apple Watch Ultra 3 and AirPods Pro 3)...| Spyglass
Meta's Media AI Play • Kimmel Tick-Tock • Apple Injecting Talent into OpenAI • Google Injecting Gemini into Chrome • Prime Video Adding 'The Masters' • Optimus vs. the Global Economy| Spyglass
An important step – but one of many – as they clearly try to race towards PBC conversion...| Spyglass
KPop, Sony, & Netflix • iPhone Strap • AI Resumes • Amazon's AR Glasses • Meta's AI Unit Sparks Tensions • Rise of Small Language Models • Crypto Holding Firms Struggle • 'Good Will Hunting' with Guns| Spyglass
Antitrust Victory Laps • OpenAI/Statsig • French Studio/Theater Deal • Anthropic's Round • Tesla's New 'Master Plan' • Gemini's Home Plan • More Apple AI Defections • Super Massive AI Data Centers| Spyglass
Standing Ovations • A Streaming Aggregator • Quantum Computer Race • The Atlantic Envy • Doing Things Early • Rising AI Costs • Sam Altman Speaks • YouTube Sportscasters • Walmart Streaming Options • Cracker Barrel Logo!| Spyglass
Netflix just had the number one movie at the box office – yes, Netflix.| Spyglass
Just a few of the ways Bill Atkinson changed computing at Apple...| Spyglass
The open weight model is important but also a bit subversive...| Spyglass
The anthropomorphized Copilot is interesting – in ways good and bad.| Spyglass
...and that's great news for xAI, Meta, and maybe Apple!| Spyglass
7 from OpenAI, 2 from Google, 1 from Anthropic, 1 from Sesame... But just as interesting, what's *not* mentioned.| Spyglass
The writing isn't just on the wall for Llama, it's on the new paychecks...| Spyglass
Exaggeration, conflation, a game of Telephone, directional accuracy, brinksmanship, or all of the above?| Spyglass
Elon Musk backing out of Oracle's project opened the datacenter door to OpenAI...| Spyglass
OpenAI, Microsoft, SoftBank, Oracle, Trump, MGX, ARM, and NVIDIA all get double-dip wins in the announcement| Spyglass
OpenAI's shift to a for-profit is messy, complicated, conflicted, and yet necessary| Spyglass
Epic says Apple will reinstate developer account, clearing path for Epic Games Store on iPhone - 9to5MacAfter a whirlwind of events, Epic Games says Apple has reinstated their App Store developer account. The move clears the…9to5MacZac Hall Well, someone got to Apple. Either it was the EU or, perhaps| Spyglass
The EU Commission Fines Apple €1.8B for Stifling Music Competition iPhone maker hit by first-ever Brussels fine as competition watchdogs step up scrutiny of Big Tech Techmeme Various Another day, another EU v. Apple situation. This fine, while more than triple what was expected, is not what matters here.| Spyglass
Apple Ponders Whether to Develop Smart Glasses, Fitness RingApple has explored the idea of developing new wearable devices — including a fitness ring, smart glasses and even AirPods with cameras — to broaden one of its most important business areas. Also: Hear the latest on a HomePod with a screen, Apple’s| Spyglass
Over Half of Vision Pro-Only Apps are Paid Downloads Some promising early data from the Vision Pro App Store.... TechCrunch Sarah Perez Well this is sort of interesting: Apple’s Vision Pro offers consumers a new way to interact with apps via spatial computing, but it also offers app developers| Spyglass
The Apple Vision Pro Reviews Techmeme's collection of the reviews... Techmeme Roundup Okay, I've read most of the initial wave of Vision Pro reviews now – and watched a number of them on YouTube! I feel like I have a good sense of the takeaways. And I feel like those are| Spyglass
Happy Vision Pro Week to those who celebrate. The device ships on Friday.1 But we can expect the first official reviews to drop tomorrow. Those will be an interesting read for sure. Normally, reviews of Apple products are entirely predictable. This is not a knock on anyone who does| Spyglass
Apple’s Proposed Changes Reject the Goals of the DMA For almost five years – 1,782 days – we have been asking the European Commission to take action against Apple... Spotify For the Record Last week, immediately after Apple published their proposed changes to iOS and the App Store ahead of| Spyglass
Earlier today, I laid out why I thought Apple might end up taunting the EU with any changes they implement to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) laws set to take effect in March. And after a roughly 30 minute honeymoon period when folks thought Apple may actually be| Spyglass