Five Things Tech: Big Tech, Apple, Oura, Nuclear, Napster
Saturday is a great day to read up on all the tech stuff around us.
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Are you still excited about the latest releases by Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta, or do you think stuff is getting a bit boring and they should deliver on the stuff they promised months or even years ago? Well then do I have a treat for you! The first article will be very interesting for you. And while we’re on it: what’s going on at Apple? Read article number two! Will we all wear rings soon that collect data? Read all about the legal spat between Samsung and Oura in article number three. If you still think nuclear energy will save the world, read article number four and be very disappointed. Finally, let’s take a quick trip down memory lane and have a look back at the start of Napster just 25 years ago. Wow. So much has changed since then.
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Tech’s biggest businesses have stopped growing. AI can’t solve that for them.
“The tech industry can no longer rely on the idea that every year (or couple of years) somebody will find an idea that will create 200 more startups or trillions of dollars in market capitalization. It must reconfigure both VC investment and public tech companies to a more sustainable, profitable and useful model where — get this — existing products are made better and more profitable with the understanding that products cannot be built with the assumption that more and more users will always exist — we’re approaching Max Internet.” - in effect the author argues that Big Tech needs to leave new segments of teh open for new incumbents. This is not going to happen any time soon.
How Apple Fell Behind in the AI Arms Race
It’s interesting how the release of the Apple Vision Pro in February has already been forgotten as the tech world pretty much focuses on AI and currently couldn’t care less about XR. So what will happen with Apple and AI?
Samsung Sues Oura: A Closer Look at The Preemptive Smackdown
As Samsung announces the Galaxy Ring, Oura and Samsung started a battle around the tech and the patents involved. While I’m no expert regarding patents, I think that rings like the Oura will soon be commonplace. These rings are unobstrusive and if they are part of an app ecosystem, they can be really helpful in supplying the right data for its users. And yes, I’m a happy Oura user.
Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report
It still amazes me that smart people hope that nuclear energy would suddenly make sense. It stays too risky, it’s too slow to develop and it will be more expensive than planned. And we have not yet talked about nuclear waste that we cannot get rid of and have to put in some hole in the ground somewhere hoping that the nuclear waste will stay safe there. We can meet our energy requirements faster, safer and better by pushing wind and solar.
Napster Sparked a File-Sharing Revolution 25 Years Ago
Oh wow, now I feel old. I remember when Napster got started. It was amazing. All of a sudden there was so much music available. Sure, it was shady, but I was still at university and enjoyed having access to so many tunes.
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— Nico