People don’t see the tech industry as they once did. And it almost cost the sector a rescue. — This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Check it out here and sign up to receive it each Thursday. In the early 2010s, hundreds of technologists would pack NYU’s Skirball Center for the monthly New York Tech Meetup. At the event, local developers would…

🎧 Tune in for news, analysis, and newsmaker interviews on tech’s most pressing stories. — It’s a typical nutty Thursday here at Big Technology headquarters. As usual, we have a major, breaking news story developing as we barrel toward the weekend. This time, it’s the “run” — or something like that — on Silicon Valley Bank, tech’s financial institution of choice. The company’s stock dropped…

Monthly fees for Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are not for ordinary users. They’re for the professionals who’ve taken over the feeds. — This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Sign up to receive it each Thursday. Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat all released paid subscriptions within the past year. And I think most ‘experts’ are missing the underlying shift behind the moves.

The magical demos displayed the capability. Now the platform wars begin. This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Check it out here and sign up to recieve it each Thursday. Snapchat is building a bot into its app, called “My AI,” that will look…

I spoke with the bot for hours and its ability to search the web, ingest all manner of information, and share incisive analysis left me stunned. — This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Check it out here and sign up to recieve it each Thursday. Hi everyone, I still can’t quite believe what we saw from Bing last week. Microsoft turned its search engine into a chatbot (in a limited…

For AI to mirror human intelligence, it must perceive the world like we do. — This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Check it out here and sign up to recieve it each Thursday. AI chatbots are getting so good people are starting to see them as human. Several users have recently called the bots their best friends, others…

We’re seeing the truth about one of the most-hyped sectors of the past decade. — This is an excerpt from my weekly newsletter, Big Technology, published on Substack. Check it out here and sign up to recieve it each Thursday. After years of hype, the Creator Economy is slamming into reality. Influencer programs are shuttering. Investment is drying up. And worsening economic conditions are threatening…

New year, new platform. — Hi everyone, thanks so much for reading my posts here on Medium. I’ve been thrilled to write here regularly for the last 2.5 years and I’m now directing more of my attention to my own properties. To that end, I invite you to join me on Substack where I have…

Instead of mass firings, Amazon assigned workers whose tasks it automated to inventive new roles. — Last week, I published an excerpt from my book, Always Day One, about how Amazon automated work in its corporate offices. This week, let’s look at what happened to the employees whose tasks it automated. Thank you so much to those who picked up Always Day One last week. If…