Every year, around May or so, I write up my wish list for the upcoming WWDC. Been doing it for a few years. Used to tweet them out, but as…
#Bitcoin (and crypto) is still too hard to understand for most people. Even top economists can’t explain why it is worth 1.3 trillion.
https://finbold.com/us-economist-explains-why-bitcoin-is-a-failure/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fcryptocurrency Peter Schiff’s point about “$128 and it takes a half hour to process” is just silly. How much does it cost to mine gold and how long does it…
#AI R&D costs are far too high for startups. Discuss.
https://qz.com/google-spend-100-billion-ai-development-deepmind-ceo-1851412787 Google, Microsoft and others are spending big money on AI. Can startups still compete? Or are they better off waiting for the big boys to train these models and…
#Tesla can’t even be the first to sell cars with “level 3” autonomous driving. #Elon deserves to have $56B pay package?
https://fortune.com/2024/04/18/mercedes-self-driving-autonomous-cars-california-nevada-level-3-drive-pilot $56B is a lot of money. But current market cap of Tesla is 469B. And it can still get much lower if you use traditional P/E ratio of the…
#AppleVisionPro is good, but will take years to build up the ecosystem.
Found time to play with Apple Vision Pro in the office yesterday. Is it too hyped up? Expected too much? How did it compare with my Pico4 Pro? Very well…
Microsoft is having fun with #AI. #ElonMusk only picking on smaller #OpenAI, but won’t (not yet) dare to bad mouth Mag7.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/19/24105900/google-deepmind-microsoft-mustafa-suleyman-ai-ceo https://www.tradingview.com/news/benzinga:89dd680ed094b:0-elon-musk-draws-attention-to-satya-nadella-s-words-in-lawsuit-if-openai-disappeared-tomorrow-we-have-all-the-ip-rights-and-all-the-capability/
Banning #Tiktok now is a great idea? Does it solve any real issues?
https://time.com/6952889/tiktok-ban-freedom-of-speech-essay/ https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/03/37763876/forced-sale-or-ban-on-tiktok-will-impact-apple-tesla-operations-in-china-says-top-analyst-gene-munst It’s not actually hard to imagine US banning Tiktok. They have been trying it for a few years and they are likely to get it done eventually. It’s…
#Nvidia market value surges to $2 trillion, solidifying their position as a global leader in #AI chip technology. For now.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/global-markets-marketcap-pix-2024-02-23/ Nvidia is certainly doing well. Reaching 2 trillion market cap, and pushing towards top 3 largest company in the world by valuation. AI is certainly the hot topic, particularly…
It’s funny how some people still think that language translation is exclusively a human task. #AI can do it better.
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/10245574/money-rage-duolingo-fans-cancel-app-greed-ai/ In the future, we will learn foreign languages with AI generated text, add to the pool of data which AI will learn from, and the cycle continues. Will it…
#EU bringing Android App Store mess to iPhone. Let’s hope #Apple can still keep the platform free from malware and spyware.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68096730 It’s funny how the democratic world no longer allows successful closed business models. Ignoring the buyers who actively choose to pay more money to be in a closed system….
#Epic picked a fight with #Apple and lost. Will see what kind of begging they have to do to get #fortnite back on iOS
https://www.engadget.com/supreme-court-declines-appeals-from-apple-and-epic-games-in-app-store-case-192755323.html