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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)…

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Multiple responses from DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded its flagship AI model’s pop-up from 128,000 tokens to more than 1 million (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: No one has won the AI Bowl A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela…

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TSMC’s conservative approach to capital spending is leading to supply-demand imbalances and a revenue shortfall, and hyperscalers must make Samsung or Intel their rivals (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The Safest Dollar on the Internet | Jeremy Allaire, CEO of the Circle Grit explores what it…

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Coding startup Vibe Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, following a $23 million Series A in September 2025, and claims more than 5 million users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Ben Bergman / Business Insider: Coding startup Vibe Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank…

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A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering more than 285 million views on YouTube since November 2025 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Are Google’s Geminis winning?, Drama of thinking machines, The potential of Claude Cowork The Big…

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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)…

The “Tibet Aid” cadre system as a mechanism of political control in Tibet – The Diplomat

What will the end of the Iran-US war mean for Pakistan? – The diplomat

Beijing’s bullying of Taiwan threatens ocean ecology – The Diplomat

Late panic of Sar Sokha sanctions – The Diplomat

MSCI raises new transparency concerns over Indonesia as emerging markets verdict looms – The Diplomat

Bob Iger at Shanghai Disneyland who defies Chinese withdrawal

The winning NBA Europe entries will be named in the coming months: Mark Tatum

California IPO Tax Bonus: Factors Complicating the Equation

Hollister partners with Target to sell dorm bedding and clothing

CarMax (KMX) First Quarter Results

Italian Prime Minister humiliates pathetic Trump

Obama dishonors Trump by inaugurating his presidential center

JD Vance Tried to Defend Trump’s Surrender to Iran and It Was a Disaster

Republicans in total disarray as Trump pushes for SAVE America law that will never pass

Trump knows he failed in Iran and he showed it with a classic projection of Obama

An interview with Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki on his initial decision not to prioritize ad revenue, whether each mega-platform will become an all-purpose app, and more (Tyler Cowen/Conversations with Tyler)

Nothing will launch a new phone this year in its budget-focused CMF phone series due to RAM prices (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Sources: Abu Dhabi’s MGX plans to buy Singapore-based data center operator DayOne; Last month, sources said DayOne was planning a U.S. IPO at a valuation of $20 billion (Reuters)

Impressive slimming, live activity tracking and conversational AI, but not very durable, the LEDs are annoying and the app is confusing (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)

Amazon MGM Studios Releases Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Completed Sam Altman Film; Amazon reached a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50 billion investment (Variety)

Browsing: Ben

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)

Multiple responses from DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot confirm that the startup has expanded its flagship AI model’s pop-up from 128,000 tokens to more than 1 million (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

TSMC’s conservative approach to capital spending is leading to supply-demand imbalances and a revenue shortfall, and hyperscalers must make Samsung or Intel their rivals (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Coding startup Vibe Emergent raised a $70 million Series B led by Khosla and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, following a $23 million Series A in September 2025, and claims more than 5 million users (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)

A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering more than 285 million views on YouTube since November 2025 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

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)