The video details how Dropbox transformed from the undisputed pioneer of cloud storage in the late 2000s into a company facing structural growth stagnation. While Dropbox initially solved file synchronization across platforms, tech giants like Google, Apple, and Microsoft entered the market by treating cloud storage as a loss leader bundled inside broader ecosystems (Google … Read more
View all our Gaza Verified people and please help them and their families if you can. بدك توثّق حسابك؟ انضم إلنا! The posts of Gaza Verified accounts are achived on the Gaza Verified Archive for posterity as first-hand witness testimony of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people. Our mission We exist to protect the … Read more
Logitech originated in Switzerland and Italy as a software venture (short for Logiciel Tech), but transitioned into hardware through OEM manufacturing contracts. By pivoting early to direct-to-consumer retail peripherals, Logitech insubordinated itself from declining PC sales by offering affordable upgrade options. The company subsequently took over the gaming and creator market through legendary products like … Read more
Key takeaways from the video: NVIDIA dominated AI GPUs (94% share in Q2 2025) thanks to its mature CUDA ecosystem, while AMD lagged at 6% with weaker software support. AMD invested heavily (Xilinx acquisition for $49B, Nod.AI) and released the MI300X, which outperformed NVIDIA’s H100 in memory bandwidth, latency, and cost-per-token at scale for large … Read more
For more than a year now, instead of Google search, I have been using DuckDuckGo and Perplexity AI. Key takeaways from the video: DuckDuckGo origins: Founded in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg in his living room with $10k after Google search quality declined due to spam; core promise is “we store nothing” — no IP logging, … Read more
Here are the key takeaways from the video: Meta’s open AI strategy, which looked like a competitive edge, became a liability as competitors and open models improved, and as transparency concerns around benchmarks and training data surfaced. This pushed Meta to pivot toward a more closed approach with Muse Spark. The release of Llama under … Read more
1. The Industry-Wide Dating App Fatigue Bumble’s massive 95% stock crash isn’t happening in isolation — the entire dating app ecosystem is shrinking. By 2023, global dating app downloads had fallen by 17% over three years [06:35]. The core issue is demographic burnout: Millennials who popularized these apps are aging out of them, while … Read more
Here are the key takeaways: Lorem ipsum is not original, coherent Latin filler created for typesetting; it’s a scrambled excerpt derived from Cicero’s De Finibus. The common belief that it was invented by an anonymous 1500s typesetter is widespread but likely inaccurate; the text’s lineage predates modern digital typesetting. The earliest identifiable trace of similar … Read more
Key takeaways: 1) Context and origin – The Amodei siblings, Dario and Daniela, co-founded Anthropic after their experiences at OpenAI and related research efforts. – The conversation centers on why Anthropic exists: to pursue powerful AI capabilities with a stronger emphasis on safety, governance, and alignment with human values. – The founders reflect on the … Read more
Key Insights by Merlin AI The Shift from Adobe to DaVinci Resolve Market Dominance and Subscription Model Adobe had long dominated video editing with products like Premiere Pro, relying on a subscription-only model costing $69/month. Users faced hefty cancellation fees, leading to dissatisfaction and prompting many to seek alternatives. DaVinci Resolve offers a one-time purchase … Read more
Celebrating Thirty Years of Internet Archive Founded in 1996, the Internet Archive is celebrating its 30th anniversary! This milestone comes alongside many pivotal websites & organizations founded in 1996. To commemorate this occasion, we’ve spent the month opening the internet’s yearbook to celebrate the sites, services & scrappy experiments that helped shape the web as we … Read more
I have been in Ljubljana to attend the COST GRADE project meeting. This project is one of the most focused and well-managed COST projects I have participated in. You can find the program at the link above. One of the project’s outputs is an exhibition at the Museum of Computer History here in Ljubljana, Slovenia. … Read more
Key Insights Merlin AI The Rise and Fall of Torrenting Origins of Torrenting Developed by Bram Cohen in 2001, BitTorrent allowed users to share files without relying on a single server, making downloads faster as more users participated. The Pirate Bay, launched in 2003, capitalized on this decentralized model, becoming a major hub for peer-to-peer … Read more
Last week, I was invited to a conversation by Ziya Taşkent, who organizes monthly talks on “culture.” The talk is in Turkish, but I present a summary of this talk in English: Digital Culture and Everyday Life Digital culture is deeply intertwined with popular culture; both are undergoing transformation in the realms of communication and … Read more
Key Insights by Merlin AI AI Implementation in Fast Food In 2023, Taco Bell deployed AI across over 500 locations in the U.S. with the goal of reducing order errors and speeding up service. Initial feedback revealed that AI sometimes exacerbated issues, as evidenced by a customer receiving incorrect drink prompts. McDonald’s also tested AI … Read more