Data centers are coming for rural America
…At some point, people need to ask more critical questions about this.” As Hicks points out, rural America is being sold the same bill of goods it has been sold for 50…
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The AI code wars are heating up
…Both OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly planning to go public this year, which means both companies will need something to show for the billions they’ve raised in capital, and the billions…
Cryptocurrency
…Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong came out against the latest version of the bill one day before the scheduled vote. A Crypto Revolt Against a Crypto Bill [ The New York Times ] Former NYC…
Ad-free streaming is a luxury now
…In January, Netflix said its advertising business earned $1.5 billion in 2025, making up just a fraction of the company’s $45.2 billion total revenue. But Netflix’s ads tier…
Snap’s Specs look good on nobody
…After that, the hosts dig into Fox’s acquisition of Roku, and what it says about the state of entertainment that a content company would spend $22 billion on a smart TV…
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build…
Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy
…There are only billions of dollars at stake. And so naturally, there’s a lot of internal tech gossip coming to light. Questions about Elon’s “rhino ket” use won’t make…
Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down
…There are still plenty of big questions over how her strategy will be different from the previous Xbox leadership, particularly when it comes to a renewed console focus and questions around game…
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
…I think around the time he bought the company he was around $300 billion. His net worth now fluctuates anywhere from $600 to $800 billion these days. And a SpaceX IPO will…
Privacy advocates want Google to stop handing consumer data over to ICE
…their data to law enforcement agencies like ICE. “For nearly a decade, Google has promised billions of users that it will notify them before disclosing their personal data to law enforcement,” the…