What I've Read This Week | Issue #5
Google's AI focus, product execution's power, Epic's post-lawsuit demands, Apple's cloudless AI, Airchat's voice-first social approach, Beeper's $125M acquisition, SpaceX and more
Here is what I’ve read this week starting with…
Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork Lie Exposed [video] (HackerNews)
Bitcoin ‘halving’ is coming — and there are reasons to be bullish (New York Post)
Google goes all in on Gen AI (TechCrunch)
The Unsung Power of Product Execution (Imran’s Podcast)
I Spent 8 Weeks Researching the 2024 Tech Job Market (TopTechNewsletter)
Here’s 16 pages of what Epic wants after winning its Google app store lawsuit (TheVerge)
Apple's first set of new AI features planned for iOS 18 will not rely on cloud servers at all, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (MacRumours)
Naval Ravikant’s Airchat is a social app built around talk, not text (TechCrunch)
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multiservice messaging app Beeper for $125M (TechCrunch)
SpaceX Launches Starlink Satellites on Record 20th Reflight of a Falcon 9 Rocket First Stage (Space)
Microsoft Says Windows 11 File Explorer Ads Were ‘Not Intended to be Published Externally’ (The Verge)
Surging inflation fears sent markets tumbling and Fed officials scrambling (CNBC)
How the Fed Keeps Getting Inflation Wrong (Prospect)
Interesting Coffee Content:
This week I can’t really say if I came across something interesting or that even caught my eye. It happens :)