Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson
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Jun 26, 2023 • 0sec

(Preview) The Case for Supersonic Travel, End of June Mail on TSMC/Google/Reddit, Touching Grass in Madison

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Reddit Revolt, Apollo and Reddit’s Changes, Complement Complaints — Stratechery Update An Interview with The Air Current’s Jon Ostrower about Southwest’s Meltdown and Independent Publishing — Stratechery Interview An Interview with Boom Founder Blake Scholl About Building a Supersonic Airliner — Stratechery Interview Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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5 snips
Jun 22, 2023 • 0sec

Spotify’s Royal Mess, Ford and GM Partner with Tesla, HBO Weighs Selling Content to Netflix

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm It’s a Tesla — Stratechery An Interview with The Ringer Founder and CEO Bill Simmons — Stratechery Interviews Podcast Grifting; Aggregator Lessons; Ostroff, Simmons, and Harry — Stratechery Update EV Charging Standards, Tesla’s Strategy, Tesla’s Reward — Stratechery Update Streaming Shocker: Warner Bros. Discovery In Talks To License HBO Original Series To Netflix — Deadline Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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Jun 15, 2023 • 10min

(Preview) Reddit as a Business, APIs and Interest Rates and Angry Moderators, The Athletic Rethinks Its Coverage Approach

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Reddit Revolt, Apollo and Reddit’s Changes, Complement Complaints — Stratechery Update Reddit Rage, The Tadpole Shrimp of the Internet, Judge Pauses Microsoft-Activision Deal — Stratechery Update An Interview with Zeynep Tufekci About Masks, Media, and Information Ecology — Stratechery Interviews Your Distraught Season Ending Voicemails — RTRS The Athletic announces layoffs and new approach to its sports coverage — Washington Post Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision Pro — The Verge Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 8min

An All Things Apple Mailbag: AI and the Vision Pro, Gaming Ambivalence, Immersive Memories, VR Sports Rights

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Apple Vision — Stratechery The End of the Beginning — Stratechery Quest vs. Vision, Vision and the Mac, Apple Acquires Mira — Stratechery Tech’s Two Philosophies — Stratechery Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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Jun 7, 2023 • 8min

(Preview) Vision Pro at First Sight: How It Works, Why It Costs $3,500, and What It Might Mean for the Future of Computing

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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10 snips
Jun 4, 2023 • 1h 5min

A Few Questions Before Apple Embraces Virtual Reality, Meta Tries to Crash Headset Week, Nvidia and the Omniverse

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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Jun 1, 2023 • 10min

(Preview) An Impromptu Nvidia Symposium, A Brief History of Solaris and Sun Microsystems, The Future of AI Energy Consumption

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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May 25, 2023 • 12min

(Preview) Windows and the AI Platform Shift, OpenAI Enters the App Store, Follow-Up on Sports Streaming and Cable Hindsight

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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May 22, 2023 • 59min

ESPN as Cable’s Grim Reaper, How the Cable Bundle Crumbled, What Taylor Swift Can Teach Content Companies

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.
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May 17, 2023 • 12min

(Preview) What Google Wants to Do with AI, The Tensions Inherent to AI Regulation, Can an Apple Headset Revive VR?

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.

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