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A collection of 92 issues
Presenting a Tapas Menu of Recent Tech News
Each week, we’re swamped by events and information. It’s hard to keep up. We do our best to remain apprised of what matters to us, but relevant developments can evade the notice of even the most diligent observer.
What follows are news items that caught my attention but
Treading Carefully on Oracle's AI-Inspired Growth Narrative
More than AI Recalibration Behind Layoffs at Google and Microsoft
I promised yesterday that I would deliver this post today. That's one promise kept. If somebody let you down today, it wasn't me.
Back in the sepia-toned days of my early career – when I wore a zoot suit, a skinny tie, and a gangsterish fedora on
Retirement: Don’t Believe the Stereotype
At the end of June, I will have been nominally retired for exactly one year. I’ve used the word nominally with considerable care, though I just as easily and accurately might have invoked the word ostensibly.
What do I mean when I introduce these qualifiers? Well, people ask me
Cisco Touts Brighter Future Amid Current Travails
AI is Okay, but Can People Be Trusted with It?
I covered Arista’s latest quarterly financial results earlier this week, and I’ll probably comment on Cisco’s pending quarterly results, due at close of trade tomorrow, later this week. Today, though, I’m going in a different direction.
When I launched this digital shanty last August, those who
Despite Challenges and Executive Departures, Arista Reassures Market with Results and Guidance
Market Frenzy Pressures AI Engineers to Burnout and Despair
You may have heard that we’re in the midst of an AI market frenzy. You might choose to call it an AI gold rush, or, if you’re less favorably disposed, an AI mania. Whatever you choose to call what’s happening today, I think we can all agree
AI’s Runaway Capex Raises Questions, Signifies Big Changes Ahead
Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, and Meta were among the companies posting quarterly financial results this week. (Amazon will report next week.) The market responded enthusiastically to results from Google and Microsoft, but Meta’s results aroused ambivalence followed by deep concern.
Beyond the respective revenues and earnings of the technology behemoths