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Seven Predictions for Tech in 2025

This past year in tech could be strangely described as a year of calm, sustained progress. After a wild 2023 that featured OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ousting and return, NVIDIA’s ascent, and FTX’s downfall, the story of 2024 was much steadier. This year, AI models and applications advanced meaningfully, adding deeper memories, longer context windows, […]
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Tech’s Winners and Losers From Trump’s Election

The 2024 election was one for the gamblers. Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi played a significant role in a U.S. presidential contest for the first time, correctly forecasting the outcome. Silicon Valley’s VCs loudly backed Trump, betting he’d win and deliver a return. And Elon Musk turned X into a megaphone for his Trump […]
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4 Truths About OpenAI’s Wild Financial Position

As OpenAI raised the multibillion-dollar funding round it closed earlier this month, it sent its financial projections to various interested parties. Last week, The Information published a good chunk of that presentation, illuminating the company’s balance sheet and future plans. OpenAI’s finances are as bizarre as you might expect. It’s paying hundreds of millions to […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Amazon Invests in 3 Nuclear Projects to Expand Renewable Energy Portfolio

Amazon has anchored a Series C-1 financing round of approximately $500 million in X-Energy Reactor Company, which manufactures advanced small nuclear reactors (SMRs). The companies are collaborating to bring more than five gigawatts of new power projects online by 2039; additionally, Amazon has signed deals for building SMRs with Washington State’s Energy Northwest and Virginia’s […]
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Charted: The Speed at Which New Technologies Go Mainstream

See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Use This Visualization Charted: The Speed at Which New Technologies Go Mainstream This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Innovation cycles tend to build upon each […]
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Where’s The Generative AI ROI? Start With The Supply Chain.

The way our supply chain communicates is a mess. To find out what’s going where, shippers today use faxes, paper contracts, and lots of unstructured documents. Errors, delays, and lengthy wait times can ensue. If you’ve ever lost an item en route to your home, there’s a good chance this is why. Now, generative AI […]
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  1. Data & Insights

A How-To Guide for Navigating the Fragmentation of the Retail Media Landscape

The retail media landscape has rapidly transformed from a niche digital advertising avenue to a significant force, challenging even the dominance of platforms like Amazon and Walmart and allowing brands to open up an entirely new revenue stream. According to eMarketer, “worldwide retail media ad spending is on track to increase by nearly $100 billion […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Meta’s Quiet Election

Four years ago, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Meta was in a different place. Its name was Facebook. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, was donating hundreds of millions of dollars to election integrity efforts. Its outsized role in the 2016 U.S. presidential loomed ahead of another moment in the spotlight. And within months, it […]
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Hands On With Meta’s New Orion Augmented Reality Glasses

Wearing the glasses during a demo at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters this week. This week, I became one of the few people outside Meta to try its new ‘Orion’ augmented reality glasses. The product is a technological marvel, layering computing on top of the real world in a lightweight wearable device. It’s so good — […]
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Small Business, Big Ideas: 3 Companies Leveraging Amazon to be a ‘Force for Good’

This story is part of Retail TouchPoints’ ongoing “Small Business, Big Ideas” series, focusing on smaller retail brands that have found big success and have even bigger ambitions. Amazon took a breather from the veritable onslaught of tech updates at its Accelerate conference Thursday to shine the spotlight on three specific companies. Like the thousands […]
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Big Technology and You: 2024 Edition

Thank you for reading Big Technology! Today, I’d like to ask for your feedback via a (very) brief survey about what you like about this publication and what it could do better. Your responses are key to Big Technology’s future. I read every response, and would love to hear how I can better serve you. […]
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The Juice is loose on Roblox! RTIH rolls out the biggest retail technology news stories of the week

It’s Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful week for the retail systems space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from the past five days, including B&Q, DPD, Walmart, Sainsbury’s, Instacart, Aldi, Asos, Microsoft, Lush, Ocado Retail, and Saks Off 5th. 1. DIY retailer […]
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The Podcast Beginner’s Fast Start Guide — Big Technology Edition

You’ve decided to start a podcast. Great, you’re in the right place! I’m a longtime journalist and the host of Big Technology Podcast, a show that does 1 million+ downloads annually. So let me tell you everything you need to know to get going. Recording Riverside recording studio To begin with, you’re going to need […]
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Big Technology Fullfillment Policy

What we sell Weekly articles with original reporting, related links, numbers and quotes of the week, plus added paid features including the Big Tech War Stories Podcast and contributor columns Purchase currency We accept USD, though Substack has some currency conversions built into the system Customer service contact info For issues, feel free to write […]
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The AI Revolution Is Meeting Reality

Nearly two years after ChatGPT’s debut, AI hype is giving way to reality. Companies are eager to build with generative AI, but they’re learning that doing so is hard. They’ve found that AI models are expensive, data conundrums abound, and change management isn’t so simple. To that end, only 21% of companies surveyed by Gartner […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

AI Employees Should Have a “Right To Warn” About Looming Trouble

By now, we’re starting to understand why so many OpenAI safety employees left in recent months. It’s not due to some secret, unsafe breakthrough (so we can put “what did Ilya see?” to rest). Rather, it’s process oriented, stemming from an unease that the company, as it operates today, might overlook future dangers. After a […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Reaches Historic $2 Trillion Market Cap Milestone

Amazon has achieved a significant milestone by surpassing a $2 trillion market capitalization for the first time in its history. This momentous event occurred during intraday trading on Wednesday, propelling Amazon into an elite group of tech giants that have crossed this formidable threshold. The company’s stock closed up 3.9% at $193.61, marking a significant […]
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Apple Expands Apple Pay Features

Apple has long been seen as a disruptive force in the banking sector, but the relationship between technology giants and traditional financial institutions is evolving into a more symbiotic one. This week, Apple made several significant announcements at its Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, showcasing enhancements to its digital wallet, Apple Pay. These updates […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Apple + OpenAI Math: Notebook From a Week in Silicon Valley

The scene at Apple’s WWDC this week was, in a way, emblematic of the times. The tech giant’s AI announcements were massively hyped ahead of the show. The products themselves were interesting, but not the “next iPhone” some expected. Still, the market loved it, adding hundreds of billions to Apple’s market cap in just a […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

How Walt Mossberg Built Relationships With Jobs, Gates, and Bezos

Nobody covered big moments in technology quite like Walt Mossberg, a storied tech journalist who built deep relationships with the founders and CEOs of the world’s largest technology companies, including Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos.  On today’s Big Tech War Stories Podcast, Mossberg discusses how he formed his relationships with these leaders, what […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Google’s Antitrust Trial Teeters On

Google’s landmark antitrust case against the Justice Department has reached its final stage, sparking concern across Silicon Valley. Prosecutors argue that Google’s dominance in online search and search advertising markets is illegal, while Google maintains its superiority. The outcome, to be decided by US District Judge Amit Mehta, could have significant implications not only for […]
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Big Technology Live In NYC: With Box CEO Aaron Levie

We’re doing an event, and hopefully the first of many! On Wednesday May 15, at 6 p.m., Box CEO Aaron Levie is going to join us for a live conversation in New York City about the direction of AI, the next breakthroughs, and how the technology is already changing the business world. The event will […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Amazon Pay Isn’t What It Used to Be. Will Its Top Employees Stick Around?

Today at Big Technology, we’re continuing our series where Amazon veteran examines the company’s strategy and trajectory after working there for twelve years. This week, Coulter looks looks at the company’s stock-heavy pay strategy, and how it might influence its ability to retain top talent. Amazon Pay Isn’t What It Used To Be. Will Its […]
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Are LLMs About To Hit A Wall?

Each new generation of large language model consumes a staggering amount of resources.  Meta, for instance, trained its new Llama 3 models with about 10 times more data and 100 times more compute than Llama 2. Amid a chip shortage, it used two 24,000 GPU clusters, with each chip running around the price of a […]
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Beware of The Fake Podcast Invite Scam

Two weeks ago, a podcast with a “top 1%” audience, whose listener net worth averaged $2.5 million, asked me to join as a guest. The host was familiar with my work, citing a recent CNBC appearance, and seemed ready to hold an engaging conversation. It seemed worthwhile, except the podcast was fake.  With a bit […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

EZ Newswire Selected as a Winner of The MBA Fund’s Sixth Annual Pitch Competition

NEW YORK, NY — EZ Newswire, an AI-enabled platform that makes it easy for businesses to create and publish their news, today announced that it was selected as a winner in The MBA Fund’s sixth annual pitch competition for pre-seed and seed startups. In addition to the investment from The MBA Fund, Contour Ventures committed […]
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis’s Q&A With Big Technology on AI and Google’s Future

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis / Source: Google Last week, I profiled Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, the Google executive driving the company’s AI strategy. Hassabis is an AI research maverick now tasked with helping Google improve its core products with his groundbreaking models. In our conversation, he shared some facinating thoughts about how to […]
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Shoppers believe best holiday deals are after holidays

A good number of consumers, over 77%, believe there are better deals available after the holidays, and nearly 51% plan to take advantage by making a large purchase in late December and January. Those are top findings from a Holiday Green survey, from CouponCabin, regarding consumer habits in the post-holiday time frame. When it comes to post-holiday […]
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2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth

IAB’s 2025 Outlook: A Snapshot into Ad Spend, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth offering an early glimpse into ad spending trends for the coming year. The report is a must-read to gain and understanding of brand and agency buyers’ growth strategies and the challenges they foresee. The report covers: 2025 projections for the market overall […]
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AI at the retail edge: What’s possible now

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI) and how these technologies are going to revolutionize retail. But the retail revolution can’t be accomplished with sweeping generalizations about putting more technology into stores. Successful retail outcomes are built using technology to solve specific challenges, expanding on wins and […]
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Some retailers would benefit from a TikTok ban in 2025

TikTok Shop took the market by storm in just two years. The social media platform sold more merchandise than Sephora [LVMUY] in late 2024 according to Earnest credit card data. TikTok Shop also handily outperformed during the 2024 holiday season. But a potential ban could result in brands losing access to a vital marketing and […]
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