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The iPhone Needs to Go Back to Its Roots to Salvage AI

The iPhone Needs to Go Back to Its Roots to Salvage AI
22.03.2025 8

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A Digg-Reddit Slugfest Has Web 2.0 Vibes — With an AI Twist

06.03.2025 4

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Instagram Flooded Feeds With Gore. ‘Sorry’ Doesn’t Cut It.

28.02.2025 6

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DeepSeek Will Never Escape China’s Dubious Reputation

22.02.2025 20

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Nvidia Revival Aided by Musk Marks End of Great DeepSeek Panic

18.02.2025 7

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DeepSeek Fails to Deter $325 Billion Gamble of the Century

07.02.2025 10

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Meta Investors Need to Be Wary About Zuckerberg’s Swagger

06.02.2025 5

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Don’t Let Trump Turn X and TikTok Into State-Run Social Media

05.02.2025 6

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Apple’s ‘Best Quarter Ever’ Leaves Much to Be Desired

31.01.2025 5

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DeepSeek Calls for Deep Breaths From Big Tech Over Earnings

29.01.2025 10

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Netflix Can Wrestle Its Way to a Better Deal on Sports

Two things Netflix Inc. said it would never do are now the core pillars of its future growth: advertising and live sports. That lucrative combination...

23.01.2025 10

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TikTok Survives as an App Too Popular to Ban

It’s rare for a journalist to be the bearer of good news. But that’s how it felt on Sunday when I was the first to tell 23-year-old TikToker...

21.01.2025 20

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Zuckerberg and Meta Drop Their Misinformation Charade

Mark Zuckerberg’s video announcement on Tuesday that the company would abandon its fact-checking efforts and loosen moderation marks a stunning...

08.01.2025 10

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Apple’s AI Is Proving It’s Anything But Intelligent

A couple of days after the iPhone 5 was announced in 2012, I met with Apple Inc. for one of the off-the-record briefings the company likes to give...

08.01.2025 10

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What If Elon Musk Used His Power for Good in Washington

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a recap brought to you by Bloomberg Opinion’s hurriedly-formed and ill-defined Department of Opinion Efficiency....

05.01.2025 10

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AI, Musk and Trump Add Up to a Turbulent 2025 for Tech

You may have heard that the Oxford dictionary’s “word of the year” this year was “brain rot.” I found that interesting for two reasons. The...

02.01.2025 10

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Wall Street Needs to Prepare for an AI Winter

Surely one of the silliest things that happened in tech stocks in 2024 was the sudden tumble in Nvidia Corp. shares moments after its fiscal...

21.12.2024 3

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Don’t Be Surprised If Trump Flip-Flops on Saving TikTok (Again)

A federal appeals court ruling on Friday reaffirmed that a TikTok ban is more likely than not in the US. It should be a wake-up call to the app’s...

08.12.2024 4

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ChatGPT Isn't Essential Enough Yet to Have Ads

Let’s say you’re a tech startup with a cool new product that might one day have millions, even billions, of users. You get good traction and raise...

04.12.2024 8

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Kneecapping Google Would Be Bad For Tech Competition

We call them “Silicon Valley rivals,” but when you think about it, the big tech titans have mostly stayed in their respective lanes for the past 20...

27.11.2024 5

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Apple’s AI and Vision Pro Products Don’t Meet Its Standards

For decades, Apple’s defining characteristics as a hardware and software maker have been simplicity and quality. “It just works,” as Steve Jobs...

31.10.2024 10

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California’s ‘Surgical’ Approach to Regulating AI Is Working

This column is a part of Republic of Distrust , a series about the loss of trust in American institutions and what can be done to restore it. As...

16.10.2024 10

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Google Should Worry About Regulators’ Case Against Its AI Push

If investors in Alphabet Inc. weren’t all that worried at first about the possible consequences of Google losing its search antitrust case, they...

09.10.2024 3

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Meta Oversight Board’s Big Leap Will Make a Small Splash

Ever since its inception in 2020, Meta Platforms Inc.’s Oversight Board — dubbed its “Supreme Court” for content moderation decisions and...

08.10.2024 10

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OpenAI Is Nearly Free From Its Do-Gooder Shackles

26.09.2024 4

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Intel Doesn’t Need a Takeover. It Needs a Turnaround.

They say if there’s ever a Silicon Valley Mount Rushmore, the first face to be chiseled into the stone would be that of Gordon Moore. The Intel...

24.09.2024 3

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How Sonos Botched an App and Infuriated Its Customers

Earlier this summer, amid a crisis, the chief executive officer of Sonos Inc., Patrick Spence, turned to Eddie Lazarus, the company’s lead counsel,...

23.09.2024 4

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Taylor Swift’s Harris Endorsement Turns Tables on AI Abusers

Whoever said a lie could get around the world before the truth had its boots on clearly didn’t envision the force of a megastar like Taylor Swift,...

11.09.2024 10

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Google’s Ad Business Is Tailor-Made to Be Cut Apart

One problem that quickly became apparent when Google lost its blockbuster antitrust trial last month was the question of an appropriate remedy....

09.09.2024 2

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Nvidia Investors Must Remember — Hardware Is Hard

There’s an adage in Silicon Valley: Hardware is hard. And expensive. And time-consuming. That’s the case even when you’re a company that’s...

29.08.2024 4

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Zuckerberg’s Free-Speech ‘Mea Culpa’ Is a Sleight of Hand

Mark Zuckerberg has been attracting heat this week over what some saw as a capitulation, an attempt to appease Republicans ahead of a potential...

28.08.2024 1

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Sonos App Debacle Leaves Company Racing to Save Its Reputation

Sonos Inc. has a loyal user base for its high-end audio speakers. Unfortunately, a disastrous software launch has angered customers and jeopardized...

22.08.2024 10

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Tequila Tastings Can Save Airbnb — If It’s Good Tequila

“We’re going to have to do multiple new things,” Airbnb Inc.’s co-founder and chief executive officer, Brian Chesky, told dispirited investors on...

08.08.2024 1

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Google’s Antitrust Loss Is a Hollow Victory for Regulators

In a “blockbuster” ruling published Monday, US Judge Amit Mehta stated it clearly enough: “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to...

06.08.2024 2

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Can Kamala Harris Zoom Her Way to the White House?

Advancements in technology can play a defining role in how an election cycle plays out. Think of John F. Kennedy in 1960: Tanned and wearing...

02.08.2024 4

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Activists Don’t Get That Swiping Is Over for Tinder and Hinge

One study I came across recently while rabbit-holing my way around the internet concluded that the true secret of a happy, fulfilling relationship...

01.08.2024 1

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Will Investors Get Good AI News This Week? Don’t Bet on It

Those tuning in for NBC’s Olympics coverage couldn’t have missed the Google ads trumpeting possible uses of its Gemini artificial intelligence...

30.07.2024 20

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