A newsletter about big tech and society by independent journalist Alex Kantrowitz.
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Elon Musk Sold Investors The Future. Now SpaceX Has To Build It.
On its first full day of trading, SpaceX is building on its massive IPO’s momentum. The company is up more than 14% on Monday, hitting a market cap above $2.4 trillion, which places it firmly within the ten largest companies in the world....
SpaceX’s Valuation Is Crazy. Maybe That's A Feature?
Investors are throwing money at long term promises that may never materialize. But if some do, maybe that's enough.
When you dig into the numbers, SpaceX, in truth, is a connectivity company with an unprofitable rocket arm and an AI questi...
Apple's WWDC Reality: Scaled Down AI Ambitions As The iPhone Remains Dominant
When Tim Cook takes the stage at Apple’s developer conference in Cupertino today, he’ll be leading Apple through yet another moment of transition.
It will be Cook’s last WWDC as CEO as he makes way for incoming leader John Ternus. And it’...
Nobel Prize Winner Geoffrey Hinton on AI: “They’re Beings Like Us”
Hinton says AI is already conscious and humanity will have to accept that we’re not the only intelligent things around.
AI pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton believes that today’s AI models have become self-aware.
The Token Reckoning is Here and It’s Not What You Think
Token waste in service of productive use, not waste for the sake of waste, could be the biggest problem in AI right now.
In June 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote that “Intelligence too cheap to meter is well within grasp,” predicting that...
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I write Big Technology and host Big Technology Podcast
I'm a journalist covering tech/marketing/policy for NYT, Fast Company, Inc., Big Technology, Transformer, & more. (Previously was on staff at Digiday, Forbes, Adweek, and the AP.) Born in MN, I’m now in NYC with my wife Emily & our dog, Willoughby.
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