Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

By Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp with Ben Thompson.... more

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June 27, 2024 (Preview) Perplexity and the Media, Burning Furniture at the Structural Nadir, The EU and the Costs of Ambiguity
Perplexity and the choices facing publishers in the AI era, revisiting the decisions and structural forces that led to media struggles in the online economy, and an emailer from the EU who wonders about the costs of the expansive language in the digital markets act. At the end: Ice cream, and a few interview recs for the break.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Perplexity and Robots.txt, Perplexity’s Defense, Google and Competition — Stratechery Update
European Commission Charges Apple, Apple Delays New Features for E.U. — Stratechery Update
An Interview with Benedict Evans About Regulation and AI — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About AI’s iPhone Moment — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Michael Nathanson About a Tumultuous Year in Media — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce Winners and Losers — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Om Malik About Tech’s History and Future — Stratechery Interview
An Interview With The New York Times Company CEO Meredith Kopit Levien — Stratechery Interview
An Interview with Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) About Being a YouTube Star — Stratechery Interview
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19min
June 20, 2024 The FTC Sues Adobe, Keynote Season and Progress, A Few More Apple Questions
Lessons from the FTC's lawsuit alleging that Adobe has violated consumer protection laws in its cloud services business, a question about the vibes at WWDC and other tentpole keynotes across big tech, and a few more notes on Apple, including Facebook's data calculus, the DRI model, and stress-testing the developer concerns with respect to the Vision Pro.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
FTC Sues Adobe, The Legal Question, The Value of Doing Right — Stratechery Update
Adobe’s Subscription Model & Why Platform Owners Should Care — Stratechery
MLS on Vision Pro, The Vision Pro’s Missing Content, The Vision Pro’s DRI — Stratechery Update
The Uncanny Valley of a Functional Organization — Stratechery
Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
Divine Discontent: Disruption’s Antidote — Stratechery
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1h 9min
June 18, 2024 (Preview) Your WWDC Emails: GenAI for Work Email, Developer Questions, Strategy for OpenAI, Implications for Nvidia, and More
Answering listener questions in the wake of WWDC, including thoughts on AI for Outlook, whether Apple competitors will allow data access to Apple Intelligence, cloud questions, chip questions, and more.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery
WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregates AI — Stratechery Update
How Apple Intelligence Works, Apple’s AI Bear Case, The Talk Show Live — Stratechery Update
An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman About Apple and AI — Stratechery Interview
The Apple-OpenAI “Deal”, Japan and the App Store, Apple’s AI Developer Risk — Stratechery Update
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12min
June 12, 2024 Apple Gets Intelligence, Unpacking the Partnership with OpenAI, What WWDC Can Tell Us About AI Adoption
Reviewing all things WWDC in 2024, including the introduction of Apple Intelligence, why Apple's vision for mainstream AI was compelling, the Apple partnership with OpenAI, questions about Private Cloud Compute, and lots more.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Intelligence AI, iOS 18 and the biggest announcements at WWDC 2024 — Engadget
Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery
WWDC, Apple Intelligence, Apple Aggregates AI — Stratechery Update
How Apple Intelligence Works, Apple’s AI Bear Case, The Talk Show Live — Stratechery Update
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1h 8min
June 10, 2024 (Preview) Microsoft’s Recall Mess, The Future of Streaming and Advertising, Follow-Up on Dark GPU Theory
A look at Microsoft Recall and the implications of the security changes that were announced this weekend, follow-up questions on what Netflix may build in its advertising business, and a few countervailing notes on the possibility of a dark GPU sequel to the dark fiber story after the dot com bubble.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Intelligence is Right On Time — Stratechery
Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. — DoublePulsar
Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in — The Verge
Microsoft Build, Copilot Platforms, A Note on Recall — Stratechery Update
Netflix and the NFL, Netflix Internalizes Ads, Comcast’s Bundle — Stratechery Update
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13min
June 06, 2024 (Preview) What Walmart Could Offer to Advertisers, Walmart's Momentum in E-Commerce, AI Skepticism and the Logic of a Bubble
A look at Walmart’s challenges and opportunities as it builds an ad business, how Walmart became a differentiated competitor to Amazon, and a question about AI skepticism spawns extended discussion of life in the middle of a bubble. At the end: Picks for the NBA Finals.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
An Interview with Walmart CEO Doug McMillon About Omnichannel Retail — Stratechery Interview
Walmart Earnings, Walmart Connect and Closing the Loop, Walmart Acquires Vizio — Stratechery Update
The AI Revolution Is Already Losing Steam — Wall Street Journal
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13min
June 03, 2024 Generative AI and Hardware Upgrades, Google History and the Dark GPU Theory, Amazon’s Logistics Long Play
A question about generative AI and the hardware powering voice assistants, projecting the GPU future with the dot com bubble as context, and thoughts on Amazon’s capital expenditures and the state of AWS and Amazon Supply Chain. At the end: An Elon hater reviews the Cybertruck.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Plans AI-Based Siri Overhaul to Control Individual App Functions — Bloomberg
An Interview with Craig Moffett About Charter vs. Disney and the Path Dependency of the Communications Industry — Stratechery Interview
Computex 2024, Is AWS Modular or Integrated? — Stratechery Update
The AWS IPO — Stratechery
The Amazon Tax — Stratechery
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1h 11min
May 30, 2024 (Preview) Big Questions About an AI Future, The State of LLMs 18 Months After ChatGPT, AI and Google/Apple/Microsoft
A question about the spectrum between LLMs and AGI spawns a conversation about where and how AI might introduce upheaval in the workplace, what TSMC can teach us about probabilistic LLMs, whether AI will be a feature for all big companies or a differentiating product for one winner, and frustrations at the barriers to entry that have thus far allowed big tech to retain control of AI's mainstream applications. Also: An important note about Scarlett Johannson.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
AI Integration and Modularization — Stratechery
Microsoft PAINT can turn your crappy sketch into whatever you imagined it to be! — TikTok: @trevorlong
Apple Bets That Its Giant User Base Will Help It Win in AI — Bloomberg
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13min
May 23, 2024 (Preview) Can Microsoft Make PCs Cool Again?, What Windows is Offering Developers, Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI
The Microsoft Build conference and the introduction of Copilot+ PCs, the potential for Windows as an AI platform that gives developers more certainty, and reactions to Scarlett Johansson's statement about her negotiations with Sam Altman and the launch of GPT-4o.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Windows Returns — Stratechery
Microsoft Build, Copilot Platforms, A Note on Recall — Stratechery Update
Interviews with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott About the AI Platform Shift — Stratechery Interview
The End of the Beginning — Stratechery
Scarlett Johansson Says She Was ‘Shocked’ and ‘Angered’ Over OpenAI’s Use of a Voice That Was ‘Eerily Similar to Mine’ — Variety
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12min
May 20, 2024 Netflix Gets the NFL for Christmas, The Streaming Wars Become the Bundle Wars, Leagues and Studios and Internet Realities
A variety of notable Netflix developments over the past few weeks, Hollywood's continued move to a (kinda) rebundled future, and what sports leagues are learning as internet realities take hold across entertainment. At the end: Andrew finally watches "Her" and shares his review.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Netflix and the NFL, Netflix Internalizes Ads, Comcast’s Bundle — Stratechery Update
Netflix to Show NFL’s Two Christmas Day Games in 2024 — Wall Street Journal
The NFL-Netflix Broken Hearts Club — Puck
The Coming Comp War at Netflix — Puck
Netflix Says Ad Tier Has 40M Users, Plans to Bring Ad Tech In-House in Shift From Microsoft — The Hollywood Reporter
Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch Disney+, Hulu, Max Streaming Bundle — Variety
Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ Bundle at a ‘Vastly Reduced Price’ — Variety
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1h 6min

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