Alex Kantrowitz is a WrapPRO contributor. He’s the founder of Big Technology, a free newsletter and podcast about Big Tech and society. He’s also the author of “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” and a contributor at CNBC.

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Apple Has New iPhones. Should We Care?
The annual iPhone release event was once the height of the tech calendar. In the age of generative AI, that’s no longer the case.
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Why Apple Must Buy Perplexity
A bonafide AI partner in a moment of need. It’s time for Tim Cook to make Apple’s biggest acquisition in history.
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Apple’s $20 Billion Ticking Time Bomb
If Google’s payments go away, Apple’s services business could take a massive hit.
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Apple, Design, and the Future of the Device
In a world where screens fade away and AI steps forward, where is Apple’s place?
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10 Takeaways From Tech’s Biggest News Week of the Year
Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft all made big headlines in a wild week of AI news. Here’s the view from the ground.
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Why AI Is the New Social Media
Companionship is now the No. 1 use case for generative AI, filling a void Facebook could not
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As AI Takes His Readers, This Leading History Publisher Wonders What’s Next
World History Encyclopedia CEO Jan van der Crabben saw his site show up in Google’s AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Then traffic dropped 25%
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Scale AI CTO: AI Isn’t Taking Your Job Anytime Soon
AI isn’t yet measuring up to benchmarks Scale set for human-level adeptness in fields like law, finance, and education
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Notes on DeepSeek: Generative AI is All About the Applications Now
Building with AI might cost 5% of what it did a week ago, so what gets built has never been more important.
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Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.
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7 Predictions for Tech in 2025: TikTok Stays, Bluesky Fades and AI Hits a Speed Bump
AI’s ups and downs, a potential C-suite shakeup and a TikTok surprise – what might be coming in the new year?
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What Is Sora For? | Commentary
OpenAI’s new video generator is high on cool factor but low on utility, at least for now.
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Enterprise AI is Moving Fast, and Other Takeaways From a Week With Amazon
We may not get an AI phone anytime soon, but generative AI is solving real business problems, a promising sign for the technology’s future.
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Universities Are Woefully Under-Resourced For AI Research. They’re Fighting To Change That. | Commentary
Stanford University has 300 GPUs. Microsoft will have 1.8 million. Here’s what’s needed to make academia relevant in AI research.
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Rough Times Ahead for News Business as Trump Bump Gives Way to Trump Dump | Commentary
Cancellations and disinterest hit news business hard as second Trump term approaches.
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