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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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

Cable Temperature Check and a Bundle Experiment

Cable Temperature Check and a Bundle Experiment Why it may make sense to sell Netflix, Apple TV, Paramount Plus and other streamers as one product, why cable may (or may not) be the intermediary brokering the sale, questions for the future of live sports rights. Then, an answer to listeners who have questions about the new era of Stratechery. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Cable’s Last Laugh — Stratechery NESN 360, NESN and vMVPDs, Cable and the User Experience — Stratechery Update An Int...

Oct 04, 202259 min

Mailbag: Apple Privacy Counterpoint, Covid and Content Moderation, Phoenix Suns Sale, Justice for Gamers

User agency within Apple's ATT landscape, what Covid can teach us about the risks of regulating content moderation, whether AI fears spawned by The Terminator are reasonable, interrogating Andrew's gamer logic. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Data and Definitions — Stratechery At last, an AI existential risk policy idea — Slow Boring How Aristotle Created the Computer — The Atlantic AI Could Defeat All Of Us Combined — Cold Takes A Celtics Scandal, the Suns Sale, the Sleeper Niners, and We...

Sep 29, 20221 hr

Nvidia Backlash and the China Conundrum

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Nvidia in the Valley – Stratechery An Interview With Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About Building the Omniverse Cloud – Stratechery Interviews Ada Lovelace GPUs Shows How Desperate Nvidia Is – SemiAnalysis Thread of reactions from Tae Kim – Twitter AI Chips and China, Geopolitical Considerations, Nvidia Consideration – Stratechery Daily Update Nvidia’s Earnings, The Data Center and AI, Nvidia and the Enterprise — Stratechery Daily Update Nvidia Warning, Nvidia vs....

Sep 27, 20221 hr 1 min

Mailbag: Adobe and Antitrust, Engagement Quality vs. Quantity, The Cult of Musk, Porcupine Lore

Mailbag: Adobe and Antitrust, Engagement Quality vs. Quantity, The Cult of Musk, Porcupine Lore Adobe-Figma antitrust questions, the pluses and minuses of ignoring user complaints, how Twitter hype led to real infrastructure at Tesla, a word about porcupines. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Adobe Tumbles After Deal to Buy Figma for About $20 Billion — Bloomberg Adobe Acquires Figma, Figma’s Disruption, The Figma OS — Stratechery Update Launch Follow-Up, Figma Feedback, More on Antitrust an...

Sep 22, 202211 min

Introducing Sharp Tech

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. The Greatest of All Talk, an NBA podcast — GOAT 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....

Sep 20, 202220 min

What AI Is Today and What It Might Be Tomorrow

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. The AI Unbundling — Stratechery AI Bundling Follow-Up, iPhone Follow-Up — Stratechery Update ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators — The Verge DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content — Stratechery Op...

Sep 13, 202259 min

Google-as-Government and Netflix vs. HBO Max

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. — The New York Times Google, Machine Learning, and CSAM; Takeaways and Tradeoffs; Apple’s CSAM Controversy — Stratechery Update Rights, Laws, and ...

Aug 24, 20221 hr 4 min

Apple's Privacy Power Play and TikTok Concerns

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. Apple and Facebook’s Pre-ATT Negotiations, Timing and Documentation, ATT’s Impact — Stratechery Update Data and Definitions — Stratechery The TikTok War — Stratechery On TikTok, Election Misinformation Thrives Ahead of Midterms — The N...

Aug 17, 20221 hr 4 min

Meta’s Murky Future and the Transformed New York Times

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. Further reading: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends — Stratechery Three Trends Follow-Up, The Question of “Cool”, TikTok and the Sinicization of the Internet — Stratechery Update Adam Mosseri explains Instagram's changes — Twitter...

Aug 11, 20221 hr 3 min

CHIPS History and Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm Subscribe to Sharp Tech and receive public episodes a day early and an extra episode each week. Subscribe to Stratechery Plus and receive every Sharp Tech episode, Dithering, the Stratechery Update, and Stratechery Interviews. Political Chips — Stratechery Political Chips Follow-Up, Intel Earnings, SMIC at 7nm — Stratechery Update CHIPS Act; America, China, and Intel; Micron and TSMC — Stratechery Update AI Chips and China, Geopolitical Considerations, Nvidi...

Aug 04, 20221 hr 1 min
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