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Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to security gives it the right to aggressively promote its activities and even challenge the U.S. government (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Why 80% of Fortune 100 Companies Choose Qualtrics | Ryan Smith Grit explores what it takes to…

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A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and electric vehicle ecosystem, as the company recently committed approximately $8.8 billion in AI investments over the next three years (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem,…

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AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50 million Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85 million after raising a $25 million Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Why we are at the start of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex-OpenAI, Meta,…

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Agentic inference will be different from current inference and will change the computational infrastructure because speed will not matter when humans are not involved (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 11, 2026

Ben Thompson / Strategy: Agentic inference will be different from current inference and will change the computational infrastructure because speed…

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A profile of BlackBerry’s QNX division, whose operating system controls the security features of 275 million cars and accounts for half of BlackBerry’s revenue (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 3, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Missed User Growth, Musk vs. Altman, Prediction Market Ban The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Tim Cook has had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better position than ever as AI becomes its next big test (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 21, 2026

Ben Thompson / Strategy: Tim Cook has had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in…

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Lux Optics CEO Ben Sandofsky is suing his co-founder Sebastiaan de With, now part of Apple’s design team, alleging improper use of funds and theft of intellectual property (Aaron Tilley/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Live from Nvidia’s Nerd Super Bowl, poker takes over technology and the future of banking AI A…

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PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 17, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 5, 2026

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based…

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Lenovo’s Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to pre-install GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The design process is dead. Here’s what replaces it. | Jenny Wen (design manager at Claude)…

Survivors of Myanmar landmine blasts struggle with severed limbs and shattered lives – The Diplomat

Satellite images suggest North Korea is upgrading its ports to accommodate new, larger destroyers – Radio Free Asia

The KMT chair returns from its tour of the United States – The Diplomat

It’s time to revive a forgotten partnership – The Diplomat

Japan eyes homegrown FMS as defense exports become strategic tool – The Diplomat

Target, Walmart and Amazon Lose LGBTQ+ Consumer Spending

Fox agrees to buy Roku. Here’s what investors are missing

Rivian lays off hundreds of workers as R2 launches

General Motors announces new defense partnership with Lockheed Martin

AI could affect real estate prices

Trump made worst deal in US history in leaking text of Iran MOU

House Democrats dismantle Kash Patel’s illegal MAGA FBI slush fund

Support for Trump has collapsed in rural America

Trump refuses to release text of Iran deal and brief Congress because it doesn’t exist

Trump attacks Weather Channel as storm threatens to wipe out his UFC event at White House

A look at the chaos inside Anthropic after Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were deactivated with less than 90 minutes’ notice, as some staffers wonder if Trump is bullying them (New York Times)

OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon told staff the company had “firmly” told the US government that building AI “requires top talent from around the world” (The Information)

Global model startup Odyssey has raised $310 million from Amazon and others at a valuation of $1.45 billion and will use AWS as its preferred cloud partner, deploying Trainium chips (Financial Times)

Sources: A new AI lab founded by Junyang Lin, former head of Alibaba’s Qwen models, has raised several hundred million dollars at a post-money valuation of around $2 billion (The Information)

Sources: Meta decided to support KOSA after it was packed with language anticipating state AI laws and a bill requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (Politico)

Browsing: Ben

Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to security gives it the right to aggressively promote its activities and even challenge the U.S. government (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and electric vehicle ecosystem, as the company recently committed approximately $8.8 billion in AI investments over the next three years (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50 million Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85 million after raising a $25 million Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

Agentic inference will be different from current inference and will change the computational infrastructure because speed will not matter when humans are not involved (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

A profile of BlackBerry’s QNX division, whose operating system controls the security features of 275 million cars and accounts for half of BlackBerry’s revenue (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

Tim Cook has had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better position than ever as AI becomes its next big test (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Lux Optics CEO Ben Sandofsky is suing his co-founder Sebastiaan de With, now part of Apple’s design team, alleging improper use of funds and theft of intellectual property (Aaron Tilley/The Information)

PayPal is expanding access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Lenovo’s Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to pre-install GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)