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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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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Will Search Engine Traffic Really Drop 25% by 2026, As Gartner Predicts?

Late last month, Gartner made a stunning prediction, forecasting an imminent and dramatic decline in search engine traffic. “By 2026, traditional search engine volume will drop 25%,” the research firm said. “with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents.” The prediction seemed aggressive, especially given that Microsoft Bing — with its […]
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How Google Blew Up Its Open Culture and Compromised Its Product

Today at Big Technology, we’re debuting a new Big Tech Insider columnist, adding to our series where experts with unique insights about the tech giants— and experience within them — tell the story behind the headlines. David Kiferbaum held various roles within Google from 2015 – 2023. And today, he writes of its open culture’s […]
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TikTok launches data portability API ahead of Europe’s DMA regulatory deadline

TikTok is introducing a data portability API to help it comply with new European regulations designed to rein in Big Tech’s market dominance through various obligations and restrictions. The European Union (EU) assigned “gatekeeper” status to six tech companies last September, with TikTok parent Bytedance placed in the regulatory firing line alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, […]
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Inside the Crisis at Google

It’s not like artificial intelligence caught Sundar Pichai off guard. I remember sitting in the audience in January 2018 when the Google CEO said it was as profound as electricity and fire. His proclamation stunned the San Francisco audience that day, so bullish it still seems a bit absurd, and it underscores how bizarre it […]
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The Panel Reacts: Is the Vision Pro for Everyone, or Just Enthusiasts?

I put on Apple’s Vision Pro headset for the first time this weekend. The technology was even better than I expected. The device’s mixed reality passthrough was near-perfect, blending the physical and digital worlds seamlessly. And it wasn’t too heavy either. If I hadn’t found the $3,500 price tag impossible to justify, I might’ve just […]
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Amazon’s Changing Leadership Team Reflects a Company Heading In a New Direction

Today at Big Technology, we’re continuing our series where Amazon veteran Kristi Coulter examines the company’s strategy and trajectory after working there for twelve years. This week, Coulter looks at the company’s shifting leadership team, and what it indicates about its direction. As you’ll see below, the S-Team has grown meaningfully after Jeff Bezos left, […]
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