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Analysis of how AI and technology reshape company strategy, organizations, markets, and capital.
2026
Smartphones and Birth Rates: What Teen Data Actually Shows
I unpack a new hypothesis linking smartphones to falling birth rates, and why teen pregnancy data doesn't equal adult fertility trends.
BusinessWhy Uber Capped AI Coding Tools at $1,500 a Month
Uber caps AI coding tool spend at $1,500 per employee monthly, spotlighting how firms must weigh cost against value as usage grows.
BusinessCan You Tell AI Search Not to Use Your Content?
The UK's CMA now forces Google to let publishers block AI search from using their content—how does that compare to Korea's copyright rules?
BusinessSamsung Pay Deal Passes, but Unions Split 80.6% vs 21.1%
Samsung's wage deal passed overall, but its two unions split sharply—raising bigger questions about dividing AI-boom profits.
BusinessChina Orders Meta to Unwind Its Manus Acquisition
Four months after the deal was announced, Beijing's regulator stepped in—and the founders still can't leave the country.
BusinessAnthropic's $320K Copywriter Job Posting
Anthropic is offering $255K–$320K for an enterprise copy lead—here's what the job actually asks for.
BusinessWhy Starbucks Pulled Its AI Inventory Counter After 9 Months
Starbucks pulled its AI inventory tool after nine months, citing recognition errors staff had to fix by hand.
BusinessWhy Search Interest Isn't the Same as Usage for OpenClaw
A falling Google Trends chart doesn't prove users left—I checked OpenRouter's data and tried the tool myself to find out.
BusinessGPT-4 Citation Found in Kim Il Sung University's Journal
A North Korean university journal cited GPT-4 and REALM papers, prompting a look at what reading public research actually reveals about AI capability.
BusinessA Company Claims '500% Growth'—From What to What?
Growth percentages only mean something once you know the baseline number and how it was measured.
BusinessMusk Admits xAI Distilled OpenAI Models in Court
Under oath, Musk said Grok's training partly relied on OpenAI's models, raising questions about what standard should apply.
BusinessMeta's New 2-5% Ad Fee: Who Pays the Digital Tax?
Meta will add extra fees to ads in six countries — but that cost isn't the same as a price hike for consumers.
BusinessSteve Blank on the Startup Whose Market Moved While It Built Tech
A six-year-old portfolio bet shows how autonomy tech, customers, and competitors can all shift before a product ships.
BusinessHow Meta and Block Are Splitting Up Management Work
Both companies are cutting management layers while redistributing reporting, prioritization, and talent development to new roles.
BusinessWhy Bloomberg Terminals Still Dominate Finance
A Bloomberg command in an Iranian official's post got me asking why traders still pay for the pricey terminal.
BusinessWhat Apple Store Staff Faced Launching Vision Pro
Apple flew hundreds of staff to Cupertino for secret training, but Vision Pro sales still fell short.
BusinessHormuz Tolls and a 428-Year Maritime History
Reports of Iranian tolls in Hormuz recall Denmark's centuries-old Sound Dues and the legal regimes governing global straits and canals.
BusinessLegal AI Startup Harvey Hits $11 Billion Valuation
As law firms adopt AI that cuts document-review time, how will they split the savings with clients under hourly billing?
BusinessFrom Wuxia's Ming Cult to Persian Fire Religion and Oil
A wuxia fan's curiosity about the Ming Cult leads to Manichaeism, Persian fire worship, and Iran's oil history.
BusinessJury Verdict Holds Meta, Google Liable for App Design
A $6 million verdict against Meta and Google raises real questions about design liability, but it doesn't rewrite the rules for every platform.
BusinessWhat Your Favorite Books Reveal About Personality
A study linking 60,000+ personality surveys to book preferences shows both promise and limits for recommendation engines.
BusinessDelve Faces Fraud Claims Over Compliance Audits
Allegations of fabricated audit evidence and unlicensed open-source use have put this compliance automation startup under scrutiny.
BusinessBYD's 5-Minute Charge: Why EV Drivers Should Care
I compared BYD's new 5-minute EV charging claim with my own waits in a Tesla Model Y and an Ioniq 5.
BusinessApple at 50: How Devices and Services Grew Together
I've used Apple products since the iPhone 3GS, and for its 50th anniversary I dug into revenue, active devices, and how ecosystem ties shape customer choice.
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