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Matthew McConaughey has obtained eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in recent months to protect his image and voice from unauthorized use of AI (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Can we build a better social network? The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin…

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Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Ben Thompson / Strategy: Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we…

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A Google support page in Hindi says the company plans to roll out an option allowing users to change their Gmail address while retaining all data and services (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 26, 2025

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: A Google support page in Hindi states that the company plans to roll out an option…

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A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system aimed at kids and projects more than $150 million in sales this year (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 13, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Priority 2026, Disney’s AI Play, Data Center Construction Issues The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Taiwan’s Interior Ministry announces one-year ban on access to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, citing more than 1,700 cases of fraud since 2024 (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Why LinkedIn is transforming PMs into AI-powered “full stack builders” | Tomer Cohen (CPO of LinkedIn)…

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In an informal survey of more than 300 Cerebral Valley AI conference attendees asking which billion-dollar-plus startup to short, Perplexity got the most votes, followed by OpenAI (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 17, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Synthetic data and the future of AI | Aidan Gomez, CEO of Cohere Grit explores what it…

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A look at Flighty, a flight tracking app that often outperforms airline updates; downloads increased 3x when FAA reduced air traffic during US government shutdown (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots and why the world’s models are next | Dr.…

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Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo,…

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Questions and answers with Sam Altman on the unifying vision of Openai, infrastructure agreements, the state of mind of investors, Chatgpt applications, Instant Checkout, Sora, copyright, comments and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 8, 2025

How to organize public assemblies that really connect – Public assemblies are more than routine updates, they constitute an opportunity…

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Foxconn brings in a turnover of the third quarter of ~ 67.71 billion dollars, up 11% in annual sliding, drawn by a high demand for IA products; The consumer electronic division of the company posted a slight decline (Ben Blanchard / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 5, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: How to find hidden growth opportunities in your product | Albert Cheng (Duolingo, Grammarly, Chess.com)…

PNG Prime Minister Marape strengthens economic partnerships with China – Radio Free Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi transferred to house arrest – Radio Free Asia

Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA board of directors – Radio Free Asia

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The growing GLP-1 market

Spirit Airlines is about to close its doors. What travelers need to know

Trump says he will raise EU auto tariffs to 25% without specifying how

Trump says government has presented ‘final’ bailout proposal for Spirit Airlines as liquidation nears

Why prediction platforms are missing

Trump’s Iran War Killed Spirit Airlines, So White House Blames Joe Biden

Trump brags about being tested for dementia, says his supporters couldn’t pass the test

Trump’s Iran War Is Officially a Disaster for the Republican Party

Trump flatly threatens Disney in his efforts for 86 Jimmy Kimmel

Trump walks around the White House sticking coins on the doors

Nintendo’s stock price has fallen about 45% since August 2025 as rising memory chip costs spark investor concerns about Switch 2 profit margins (David Keohane/Financial Times)

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)

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway technology to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at between $120 million and $140 million (The Economic Times)

Maryland becomes first US state to ban price monitoring at grocery stores, as other states including Colorado, California, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Jersey consider similar bills (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian)

After Trump’s World Liberty raised $550 million from investors, tokens worth hundreds of millions of dollars were sold privately in “white glove” transactions (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Browsing: Ben

Matthew McConaughey has obtained eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in recent months to protect his image and voice from unauthorized use of AI (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)

Even if AI could take over every job, humans would invent new jobs themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just the outcome (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

A Google support page in Hindi says the company plans to roll out an option allowing users to change their Gmail address while retaining all data and services (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system aimed at kids and projects more than $150 million in sales this year (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

Taiwan’s Interior Ministry announces one-year ban on access to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, citing more than 1,700 cases of fraud since 2024 (Ben Blanchard/Reuters)

In an informal survey of more than 300 Cerebral Valley AI conference attendees asking which billion-dollar-plus startup to short, Perplexity got the most votes, followed by OpenAI (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

A look at Flighty, a flight tracking app that often outperforms airline updates; downloads increased 3x when FAA reduced air traffic during US government shutdown (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

Commonware, which develops open source code for launching blockchains, has raised $25 million led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Questions and answers with Sam Altman on the unifying vision of Openai, infrastructure agreements, the state of mind of investors, Chatgpt applications, Instant Checkout, Sora, copyright, comments and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Foxconn brings in a turnover of the third quarter of ~ 67.71 billion dollars, up 11% in annual sliding, drawn by a high demand for IA products; The consumer electronic division of the company posted a slight decline (Ben Blanchard / Reuters)