Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

203 Episodes

1. A Viking Funeral for Sydney the Chatbot, Meta’s Verified Experiment, Algorithms and Liability as Section 230 Takes Center Stage

   Published: 2/20/2023
2. (Preview) The Bing to Sydney Epiphany, Search as an AI Red Herring, Moving to a Cabin in an Undisclosed Location

   Published: 2/16/2023
3. (Preview) Google vs. Bing Begins, Bear Cases for AI, Apple's Lost Hardware Opportunity, The Implications of the Bally Sports Bankruptcy

   Published: 2/9/2023
4. Meta Comes Roaring Back, What the Market Missed Last Fall, The Compromises that Define the Modern Internet

   Published: 2/6/2023
5. (Preview) Cloudflare in 2023, Macro Conditions and Microsoft, Questions and Answers on the Tech Layoffs, Diving Deeper (literally) on MVNOs

   Published: 2/2/2023
6. Solving Online Groceries, Explaining Those Cheap New Cell Phone Plans, Autonomous Deliveries, Tech vs. Humans in Content Development

   Published: 1/30/2023
7. (Preview) How Google Conquered Ads, What the DOJ Wants to Do About It, Follow-Ups on Free Netflix, Checking in with Peloton

   Published: 1/26/2023
8. Encouraging Netflix Earnings, Continuing Questions, and How the Model Might Evolve

   Published: 1/23/2023
9. A Beginner's Guide to ARM, Amazon and Buy with Prime, Apple in the 90s, Who Wants to Own WWE?

   Published: 1/19/2023
10. What's Going on at Amazon? and AI Language Barriers

    Published: 1/16/2023
11. GPT in 2023: A Marriage with Microsoft, The Bull and Bear Case for Google, Compute Questions and More

    Published: 1/12/2023
12. Sharp Tech Holiday Hoopla: Gift Recs and YouTube TV, Microchips and Remote Work, Could ChatGPT Run a Basketball Team?

    Published: 12/22/2022
13. Another Weekend with Musk: More Chaos, Fewer Options, and an Object Lesson in the Importance of Principles

    Published: 12/19/2022
14. The Past/Present/Future of Tech Antitrust Arguments and More on TSMC in Arizona

    Published: 12/15/2022
15. Making Advanced Microchips in Arizona and Imagining a Remote Work Future

    Published: 12/13/2022
16. When AI Moves Faster than Products, Microsoft's Evil Genius, Australian Rules for America's Ad Market, Questions on YouTube/Twitter/Spotify

    Published: 12/8/2022
17. A Beginner’s Guide to ChatGPT: How It Works, Why Tech Twitter is Euphoric, and What the Next Challenges Look Like

    Published: 12/5/2022
18. Apple's Exposure in a Musk War, Alexa: Find 10 Billion Dollars, YouTube’s Rev Share Model, The Next Great Tech Movie

    Published: 12/1/2022
19. The Cult of Iger and the Future at Disney and ESPN

    Published: 11/28/2022
20. Mailbag: A Premature Twitter Eulogy, Netflix in Theaters, Buy or Sell: Strategy Consultants, The Six People You Meet in a Group Chat

    Published: 11/21/2022