There’s a moment in any technology cycle when the expensive thing becomes the everyday thing. When the mainframe becomes the PC. When the PC becomes the phone. When the phone becomes the agent that does your work while you sleep. That moment happened again this week. Quietly. The way the important ones usually do. Anthropic … Read more
I’ve been thinking a lot about the invisible dance happening in sports these days—the one between tradition and innovation, between the purity of athletic competition and our insatiable appetite for enhanced experiences. Have you noticed how technology keeps creeping closer to the action? It’s fascinating, really. VAR (Video Assistant Referee) has transformed football from a … Read more
Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve been into numbers. Now, I wasn’t a stats nerd. I just kept the stats for the Philadelphia Wings, not to the level of Harvey Pollack, affectionately known as “Superstat,” but I kept the game stats. Who scored the goals? Who got the assist? Who was in the … Read more
By now, it should surprise no one that Meta is methodically weaving AI deeper into its communications stack. The recent announcement of Manus Minutes — an AI-powered way to capture, summarize, and extract meaning from conversations — feels like one of those features that doesn’t stay standalone for long. Here’s my prediction: Meta will integrate … Read more
I’ve been watching the tech industry’s latest obsession with a mix of fascination and skepticism. The narrative that AI agents will completely replace our beloved apps has been gaining momentum. You’ve probably seen those dramatic headlines declaring “The End of Apps” or “AI Agents Are Coming for Your Home Screen.” But as with most technological … Read more
Just when you think your phone is “yours,” think again. This week, two stories, one out of India, the other from China, highlight a power shift that should have every smartphone user, OEM, and carrier paying attention. Control over your device isn’t in your hands anymore, it’s moving upstream to governments and platforms. India: Security … Read more
I’ve been watching the corporate world grapple with technological shifts for decades, but nothing, and I mean nothing, has created the kind of existential boardroom anxiety that AI is triggering right now. The speed and scale of this transformation became crystal clear to me while reading about the recent WSJ Leadership Institute’s Board of Directors … Read more
WhatsApp: The Silent Front Door to AI Over the last two decades, we’ve watched communications shift, from desktop dialers and browser-based apps to mobile-first, message-driven interactions. We’ve seen the rise (and often the fall) of platform plays. But now, as AI becomes the next wave, the real story isn’t in new apps. It’s in existing … Read more
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with my inbox. It’s simultaneously the central nervous system of my work life and the biggest time vampire in my digital existence. So when I heard about Perplexity’s new Email Assistant, I couldn’t help but feel that familiar mix of tech optimism and “but will it actually work?” skepticism … Read more
The AI sector right now mirrors the late 1990s internet boom almost to the letter. Back then, startups raised absurd amounts of capital on little more than a domain name and a pitch deck. Companies with no revenue—and in some cases no real product—were suddenly valued in the billions. The bubble burst hard in 2000–2001, … Read more
