Recently, the internet has been very vocal against a new startup called Friend - a Canadian company selling an AI pendant that listens constantly and chimes in with.. debate ably meaningful inputs, aiming to imitate a real friend. While a lot of their marketing, and arguably even their product, is…
This last few years, the browser market has become quite a saturated space and hot topic. Everyone wants a slice of that market share, and the wealth of data that comes with it. And of course, the best way to do that is to capitalise on a trend. But even…
I didn't really plan to write about Zero at all - it didn't seem like much of anything to me. Until I learned that they had raised 2 million dollars and wanted me to chat with them. They quickly rescinded that offer to talk, but I…
Ever since GPT-5 launched last month, I've been testing it extensively, fascinated to find out how much higher the ceiling was for OpenAI, especially in such a hostile, fast moving market. I tried, I observed, I iterated. But I also noticed something. No matter how hard I tried,…
Today, Google released a statement on the Android developers blog explaining that they will now require all developers to verify their info with Google if they make apps, no matter how they choose to distribute them. The changes will roll out gradually over the next two years, and will apply…
Alright, I have a confession to make. I actually love Perplexity. Even though I used to be their biggest hater. But.. I'm not sure I can say the same about the company, or anything they stand for. Let's dive in, aspect by aspect. Perplexity as a…
About two weeks ago, Cursor - the AI developer tool - made a VERY bold move in a bid to secure market share among their competitors. People were amazed. It was already hard to believe cursor was profitable, even more so now that you could access top tier inference for…
Today, we are gathered to smoke this engineer: Despite being an engineer at Amazon, he's decided to ship his own product - Cliply. On the surface it's a harmless, easy video downloader. But.. let's talk about it. It's misleading. Let's…