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A look at why Dotcom Bubble comparisons to the AI boom are wrong, vertical SaaS up +3% in the last 12 months vs. horizontal SaaS down 35%, and other thoughts on AI (Logan Bartlett/@loganbartlett)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Why OpenAI killed Sora, did Apple just save Siri?, Meta’s big loss The Big Technology…

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Thoughts on the MacBook Neo as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via "Ultra" products; sources: Apple wants to use 3D printing in aluminum for watches and iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Thoughts on the MacBook Neo, as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via “Ultra” products; sources:…

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A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 3, 2026

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Thoughts on AI advances and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview in which AI models will continue to perform poorly in terms of generalization and field learning (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: Thoughts on advances in AI and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview…

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Neuralink plans a clinical trial in the United Kingdom to test the way in which their chips allow patients with severe paralysis control devices with thoughts, marking his entry into the country (Christy Santhosh / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 1, 2025

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Analysis of the new XChat of X shows that X can probably decipher user messages, because it holds the private keys of users on its servers (Matthew Green / some thoughts …)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 10, 2025

Matthew Green / Some reflections on cryptographic engineering:: Analysis of the new XChat of X shows that X can probably…

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Iran war could revive cooperation between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Vietnam protests China’s development of controversial reef in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Potential and limits – The diplomat

After 29 years, RFA is on hiatus – Radio Free Asia

Pokémon Card Value Rises Amid Logan Paul Pikachu Auction

Expensive plane tickets and airport chaos put travelers to the test

The list of Paramount-Warner Bros. films. needs animation to compete with Disney and Universal

The war in Iran wipes out $100 billion in luxury goods

American Airlines plans to reintroduce seatback screens

Bernie Sanders destroys Trump’s lies about the Iran war

Huge crowd of more than 200,000 people show up for anti-Kings protest in Minnesota

Mike Johnson’s self-destruction means Republicans now own the airport chaos crisis

Republican cavern on TSA funding is a massive victory for Democrats

Trump’s attack on Gavin Newsom backfires and confirms his cognitive decline

An AI-generated TikTok parody of the reality TV series Love Island, called Fruit Love Island, averaged more than 10 million views across its first 21 episodes after debuting last week (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Q&A with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on the platform’s dominance, its impact on children, the suspension and reinstatement of Trump’s YouTube account, AI slop, and more (Lulu Garcia-Navarro/New York Times)

while social media rewards sensationalism and inflammatory content, LLMs guide people away from extreme positions and toward positions aligned with experts (John Burn-Murdoch/Financial Times)

A look at why Dotcom Bubble comparisons to the AI boom are wrong, vertical SaaS up +3% in the last 12 months vs. horizontal SaaS down 35%, and other thoughts on AI (Logan Bartlett/@loganbartlett)

A profile of Mark Lanier, a Texas lawyer and part-time pastor who beat Meta and Google in the Los Angeles social media case and said Zuckerberg was “shaken” on the stand (Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: thoughts

A look at why Dotcom Bubble comparisons to the AI boom are wrong, vertical SaaS up +3% in the last 12 months vs. horizontal SaaS down 35%, and other thoughts on AI (Logan Bartlett/@loganbartlett)

Thoughts on the MacBook Neo as Apple also expands its superpremium tier via "Ultra" products; sources: Apple wants to use 3D printing in aluminum for watches and iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A look at WhatsApp’s E2E encryption and whether it protects against metadata and chat backup leaks, after a lawsuit alleges Meta can read users’ private data (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts…)

Thoughts on AI advances and why the actions of AI labs suggest a worldview in which AI models will continue to perform poorly in terms of generalization and field learning (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)

Neuralink plans a clinical trial in the United Kingdom to test the way in which their chips allow patients with severe paralysis control devices with thoughts, marking his entry into the country (Christy Santhosh / Reuters)

Analysis of the new XChat of X shows that X can probably decipher user messages, because it holds the private keys of users on its servers (Matthew Green / some thoughts …)