Browsing: Current

Technology

Last.fm announces it is an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS; he plans to keep his current team and continue service as normal (Marella Moon/Engadget)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Last.fm announces it is an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS; he…

Technology

Analysis based on the current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests that approximately $370 billion in philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are close to becoming liquid (Nan Ransohoff/Nan’s Substack)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Training data: Rebuilding computing from the ground up for the AI era: Serval’s Jake Stauch Sequoia Capital partners…

Technology

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…

Asia

Japan-US relations, from the war on terror to the current Iranian conflict – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 11, 2026

Once upon a time, there was a US president with a unilateral streak who intervened in the Middle East to…

Technology

A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, who paused expansion of some data centers last year, a move that some say led to the current supply crisis and growth bottleneck (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “Apple at 50”, with John Syracuse The director’s commentary track for Daring…

Technology

Current and former senior employees say AWS is undergoing a strategic shakeup as it fears losing ground to rivals in winning enterprise AI contracts (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: Current and former senior employees say AWS is undergoing a strategic shakeup as it fears…

Technology

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company "absolutely" be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round, although the investment will be "nothing like that" $100 billion (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 31, 2026

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company would “absolutely” be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round,…

Technology

Five FaZe Clan influencers step down after contract negotiations with new management fail; Matt Kalish, who invested $10 million, calls FaZe’s current structure ‘unsustainable’ (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 26, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Alex and Ranjan’s Outlook for 2026: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple’s Big Year, AI…

Technology

Connor Hayes, Head of Threads at Meta, says fediverse compatibility is not a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something it “maintains” (Alex Heath/Sources)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Sam Altman: How OpenAI wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026? The Big Technology Podcast…

Technology

Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of rising DRAM costs; Lenovo says current listings will expire in January 2026 (TrendForce)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

Trend Strength: Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of…

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Eco-brutalist resistance in Central Asia – The Diplomate

Uzbekistan’s new migration destination? America. – The diplomat

Trump’s new AI order raises the stakes in Sino-US tech competition – The Diplomat

Family offices are investing in sports, from pickleball to smart soccer balls

Lululemon (LULU) first quarter 2026 results

Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ presents ‘double taxation’ trap, lawyers say

Institutional investors are returning “in a big way” to retail

Soaring stocks created 2 million new millionaires last year

Trump is erased as Kennedy Center begins removing his name

Scott Bessent collapses in front of Congress as he tries to defend Trump for not caring about Americans

Shocked Trump Loses Iran War Powers, Ballroom and Arms Fund on Same Day

Marco Rubio lied to Congress about Trump sleeping during meetings

Democrats will force vote to kill Trump’s slush fund and immunity program

US officials discussed taking government stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman floated the idea; Altman met with Bernie Sanders on Wednesday (Wall Street Journal)

India-based Innefu Labs, which develops AI-based software for national defense and enterprise security infrastructure, has raised a $30 million Series B round led by Panthera (The Economic Times)

Starlink says it has more than 12 million "active customers" in more than 160 countries, territories and other markets, up from 9 million in December 2025 (@starlink)

Elon Musk asked the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter’s use of data, saying Twitter no longer exists since X merged with xAI and then SpaceX (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

Denver-based Scotch, which makes AI-powered payment tools for alcohol retailers, raised a $20 million Series A from VMG Partners, following a $10 million seed in 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Browsing: Current

Last.fm announces it is an independent company again, 19 years after being acquired by CBS; he plans to keep his current team and continue service as normal (Marella Moon/Engadget)

Analysis based on the current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests that approximately $370 billion in philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are close to becoming liquid (Nan Ransohoff/Nan’s Substack)

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)

Japan-US relations, from the war on terror to the current Iranian conflict – The Diplomat

A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, who paused expansion of some data centers last year, a move that some say led to the current supply crisis and growth bottleneck (Bloomberg)

Current and former senior employees say AWS is undergoing a strategic shakeup as it fears losing ground to rivals in winning enterprise AI contracts (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company "absolutely" be involved in OpenAI’s current funding round, although the investment will be "nothing like that" $100 billion (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

Five FaZe Clan influencers step down after contract negotiations with new management fail; Matt Kalish, who invested $10 million, calls FaZe’s current structure ‘unsustainable’ (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Connor Hayes, Head of Threads at Meta, says fediverse compatibility is not a priority for its current roadmap, but it is something it “maintains” (Alex Heath/Sources)

Sources: Dell alerts its customers of a 15 to 20% price increase from mid-December in a context of rising DRAM costs; Lenovo says current listings will expire in January 2026 (TrendForce)