Aggregator’s AI Risk – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.—Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”, Essays: First Series, 1841 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.—John 1:1, King James Version A recurring theme on Stratechery is that the only technology […]

Millie Bobby-Brown fights a dragon in Damsel

Here we are with another week and, as usual, Netflix is adding a few new shows and movies between March 8th and 14th. You can also check out what’s leaving Netflix and Netflix Canada in March if you want to binge those first. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes NOTE: Titles without a 🇺🇸 or 🇨🇦 […]

Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Matthew Ball wrote a fun essay earlier this month entitled On Spatial Computing, Metaverse, the Terms Left Behind and Ideas Renewed, tracing the various terms that have been used to describe, well, that’s what the essay is about: virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, Metaverse, are words that have been floating around for decades now, […]

Headaches while gaming? Advil has some tips!

If you’re a gamer, you’ve likely been there. Partway through an intense gaming session and you get hit with a headache. Advil Head Settings is a series of genre-based guidelines that empower gamers of all levels to fine-tune their in-game PC settings, effectively reducing the onscreen stimulation that can lead to headaches. Estimated reading time: […]

Analysis of the January 21 2024 Azure ARM outage – AMIS Technology Blog | Oracle

Home » Cloud Lucas Jellema February 9, 2024 Cloud As reported by Microsoft: “Starting at 01:57 UTC on [Sunday] 21 January 2024, customers using Azure Resource Manager might experience errors when trying to access the Azure Portal, Azure Key Vault and other Microsoft services.“ My initial reaction was: well, that is unfortunate. But the main […]

The Apple Vision Pro – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. — CmdrTaco, Slashdot My one small comfort in the cold Wisconsin winters, walking up and down Bascom Hill in the snow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was listening to music on my Diamond Rio. That Rio served me well all through college; Apple shipped the first iPod […]

Taming the IoT Spaghetti: Unraveling the Complexity of IoT Architecture with Pasta Metaphors – AMIS Technology Blog | Oracle

In the ever-expanding realm of the Internet of Things (IoT), organizations are increasingly embracing interconnected devices to gather and exchange data. These systems often start with one use case and one type of sensor. Adding more sensors, protocols, and use cases the IoT systems gradually evolve towards a more complicated system adding a new string […]