Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson
A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp with Ben Thompson.
Episodes
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May 11, 2023 • 12min
(Preview) Google’s Lesson for Hardware Dreamers, How Facebook and Apple Can Help Each Other, A Case for Touching Parchment
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May 8, 2023 • 1h 7min
The Chip Ban Seven Months Later, China's Response, More on Intel and Tower Semiconductor
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May 4, 2023 • 10min
(Preview) Venture-Backed Businesses of the Past Decade, Why Streamers Want Sports Rights, The Suns Choose Reach over RSN Fees
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May 1, 2023 • 1h 6min
What’s the Deal with Micropayments?, Costs and Benefits and Twitter Blue, More Thoughts on Microsoft-Activision
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Apr 27, 2023 • 11min
(Preview) The UK Blocks Microsoft-Activision, Globalized Companies and Local Regulations, Antitrust and Innovation
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Apr 24, 2023 • 1h 4min
Netflix as a Sleeping Ad-Supported Giant, 'Max' and the Other Streamers, Whether Nvidia Shall Inherit the Earth
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Apr 20, 2023 • 8min
(Preview) Fair Use Follow-Up, LLMs in Litigation, Positives and Negatives for Zoom, The Ultimate Apple Mystery
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Apr 17, 2023 • 1h 3min
Generative AI and Copyright, When AI Hits the Music Business, The Social Media that Comes After Twitter
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Apr 10, 2023 • 1h 4min
Clown Car History Lessons, Both Sides of the Twitter-Substack Fight, Parenthood Tech Strategies
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Substack Notes, Twitter Blocks Substack, Substack Versus Writers — Stratechery Update
Substack CEO pushes back at Elon Musk, says Twitter situation is ‘very frustrating’ — The Verge
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Mar 30, 2023 • 10min
(Preview) A Twitter Temperature Check, Reactions to that AI Open Letter, The Technical Logistics of a TikTok Ban
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Replit and Google, The Google Perspective, Twitter’s Bad Idea — Stratechery Update
Tweet by Elon Musk — @elonmusk
Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model? — Stratechery
ChatGPT Gets a Computer — Stratechery
The Accidental Consumer Tech Company; ChatGPT, Meta, and Product-Market Fit; Aggregation and APIs — Stratechery Update
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter — Future of Life Institute
Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down — Time
Harry Potter by Balenciaga — YouTube
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