Aaron Pressman
@ampressman.bsky.social
Boston Globe tech reporter, lifelong Celtics fan, suburban dad complete with convertible and golden retriever. Current areas of interest include EVs, AI, climate tech, gadgets, cycling, and sci-fi. On Signal ampressman.76
1/2. Pat Gelsinger (and he witnessed it first hand): “Essentially, Sam Altman is doing to Microsoft what Bill Gates did to IBM,” Gelsinger says. Gates owned the intellectual property, and made IBM his distribution partner. on.ft.com/44hjXtl
Former Intel chief Pat Gelsinger: ‘I’ve been called here for a purpose’
The executive on the ‘hideous’ implementation of the 2022 Chips Act, his new role heading up a Christian AI platform — and why quantum could upend computing
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
1/2. Pat Gelsinger (and he witnessed it first hand): “Essentially, Sam Altman is doing to Microsoft what Bill Gates did to IBM,” Gelsinger says. Gates owned the intellectual property, and made IBM his distribution partner. on.ft.com/44hjXtl
Ooo: Amazon Leo satellite internet system promises download speeds up to 1 Gbps and upload speeds up to 400 Mbps
Ohhh: Amazon is positioning Leo squarely against it in the enterprise market.
phandroid.com/2025/11/26/a...
Ohhh: Amazon is positioning Leo squarely against it in the enterprise market.
phandroid.com/2025/11/26/a...
Amazon Leo Satellite Antenna Takes Aim at Starlink with 1 Gbps Speeds - Phandroid
Amazon Leo satellite antenna promises 1 Gbps speeds with AWS integration to challenge Starlink in the enterprise market.
phandroid.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ooo: Amazon Leo satellite internet system promises download speeds up to 1 Gbps and upload speeds up to 400 Mbps
Ohhh: Amazon is positioning Leo squarely against it in the enterprise market.
phandroid.com/2025/11/26/a...
Ohhh: Amazon is positioning Leo squarely against it in the enterprise market.
phandroid.com/2025/11/26/a...
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How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails. They reveal “a power elite practiced at disregarding pain” who have “learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering” to protect their network of power. [nytimes.com]
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
This power elite was already used to ignoring the powerless. Redeeming a disgraced sex offender was a logical next step.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails. They reveal “a power elite practiced at disregarding pain” who have “learned to look away from so much other abuse and suffering” to protect their network of power. [nytimes.com]
Ohhhh…and my annual subscription renews next month. As a paying customer since about 2009, I definitely can’t fit on the starter plan. That means either 100% price increase or finally make the move. Ugh
Evernote seems to have taken this rate increase from T-Mobile's playbook: replace a plan that met most individual-user needs with one that offers far more features/capacity than most people need and which costs a lot more.
Discontinuing Evernote Personal & Professional / Introducing Starter & Advanced — FAQ
To better serve our customers and support Evernote’s ongoing evolution, we’ve introduced two new individual plans—Starter and Advanced—to replace the current Personal and Professional subscriptions...
help.evernote.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Ohhhh…and my annual subscription renews next month. As a paying customer since about 2009, I definitely can’t fit on the starter plan. That means either 100% price increase or finally make the move. Ugh
It’s a radical act of cinematic restraint in an era saturated in spectacle—a refusal that feels louder than any detonation. In that silence, A House of Dynamite confronts the same question that has shadowed … What does it mean to imagine the unimaginable?” thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-ra...
A radical act of cinematic restraint: How to understand the ending of ‘A House of Dynamite’
Why the most devastating moment in A House of Dynamite is the one we never see.
thebulletin.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s a radical act of cinematic restraint in an era saturated in spectacle—a refusal that feels louder than any detonation. In that silence, A House of Dynamite confronts the same question that has shadowed … What does it mean to imagine the unimaginable?” thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-ra...
Echoes of the housing bubble:
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk. www.ft.com/content/c042...
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk. www.ft.com/content/c042...
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Echoes of the housing bubble:
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk. www.ft.com/content/c042...
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk. www.ft.com/content/c042...
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It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
billmckibben.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Brilliant bit from @wired.com writer @stevenlevy.bsky.social about the solution to the CIA’s coded sculpture:
October 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brilliant bit from @wired.com writer @stevenlevy.bsky.social about the solution to the CIA’s coded sculpture:
Clippy for 2025?
Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE-koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that would embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant. www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...
Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE-koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that would embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant. www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...
Clippy 2.0? Microsoft unveils Mico, an AI character for Copilot users
Copilot users on laptops and smartphones can speak to Mico, available in the US.
www.scmp.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Clippy for 2025?
Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE-koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that would embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant. www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...
Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character called Mico (pronounced MEE-koh) on Thursday, a floating cartoon face shaped like a blob or flame that would embody the software giant’s Copilot virtual assistant. www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...
Kind of crazy how backwards-looking the JPMorgan CEO comes across:
The fortress, visible from Brooklyn, Queens and even lower Manhattan, if you look just right, will remain long after he retires.
“We move paper, that’s what we do,” Dimon said. “We move paper around. This is a permanent thing.”
The fortress, visible from Brooklyn, Queens and even lower Manhattan, if you look just right, will remain long after he retires.
“We move paper, that’s what we do,” Dimon said. “We move paper around. This is a permanent thing.”
Jamie Dimon Wants Everyone in the Office. Is a $3 Billion Building the Answer?
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase spent six years putting his stamp on a shiny new headquarters, a skyscraper that he hopes will revive the glory of the office.
www.wsj.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Kind of crazy how backwards-looking the JPMorgan CEO comes across:
The fortress, visible from Brooklyn, Queens and even lower Manhattan, if you look just right, will remain long after he retires.
“We move paper, that’s what we do,” Dimon said. “We move paper around. This is a permanent thing.”
The fortress, visible from Brooklyn, Queens and even lower Manhattan, if you look just right, will remain long after he retires.
“We move paper, that’s what we do,” Dimon said. “We move paper around. This is a permanent thing.”
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The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Is Considering a Sale
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The New York Times writes 21 paragraphs about the Warner Brothers sale without a single mention of the fact that this company has a 25 year history of disastrous mergers (AOL, AT&T, Time Warner, Discovery) resulting in endless layoffs and price hikes and shittier product
Cal Newport on Sora 2:
OpenAI "creating what they hoped would be the most consequential invention in modern history, only to finally realize that what they wrought, although very cool and powerful, isn’t powerful enough on its own to deliver a new world all at once." calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
OpenAI "creating what they hoped would be the most consequential invention in modern history, only to finally realize that what they wrought, although very cool and powerful, isn’t powerful enough on its own to deliver a new world all at once." calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
Is Sora the Beginning of the End for OpenAI? - Cal Newport
On my podcast this week, I took a closer look at OpenAI’s new video generation model, Sora 2, which can turn simple text descriptions into ... Read more
calnewport.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Cal Newport on Sora 2:
OpenAI "creating what they hoped would be the most consequential invention in modern history, only to finally realize that what they wrought, although very cool and powerful, isn’t powerful enough on its own to deliver a new world all at once." calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
OpenAI "creating what they hoped would be the most consequential invention in modern history, only to finally realize that what they wrought, although very cool and powerful, isn’t powerful enough on its own to deliver a new world all at once." calnewport.com/is-sora-the-...
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Huge thanks to @theverge.com for this entire series. Tech reporting continues to run circles around the rest of the media in our present moment.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The future of being trans on the internet
The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?
www.theverge.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Huge thanks to @theverge.com for this entire series. Tech reporting continues to run circles around the rest of the media in our present moment.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
We reluctantly disconnected our awesome Tivo DVR when we left cable world a few years ago for the siren song of cheaper Youtube TV. RIP Tivo. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Exiting the Hardware Business After 26 Years
TiVo officially stopped selling its DVR boxes on October 1 as it gets out of the hardware business after 26 years.
variety.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We reluctantly disconnected our awesome Tivo DVR when we left cable world a few years ago for the siren song of cheaper Youtube TV. RIP Tivo. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
What's that saying, history doesn't repeat but it rhymes?
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What's that saying, history doesn't repeat but it rhymes?
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Unreal. Tesla spent more than a year promoting "more affordable models" and didn't even get the price of the new bare-bones Model 3 below the $35,000 sticker price that the company never truly delivered on.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/t...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/t...
Tesla reveals slightly cheaper 'standard' versions of the Model 3 and Model Y | TechCrunch
The long-awaited cheaper Model 3 and Model Y are finally here, but they start at $36,990 and $39,990, respectively -- just a few thousand dollars less than Tesla's current offerings.
techcrunch.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Unreal. Tesla spent more than a year promoting "more affordable models" and didn't even get the price of the new bare-bones Model 3 below the $35,000 sticker price that the company never truly delivered on.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/t...
techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/t...
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@davidpierce.xyz A 7 foot by 5 foot room that’s too small for a treadmill? Oh yeah tiny library time (but how good are you with wood working shop tools?) youtu.be/rwZLV5Kda3Q
I Built a Tiny Library on my Stairs
YouTube video by Morley Kert
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@davidpierce.xyz A 7 foot by 5 foot room that’s too small for a treadmill? Oh yeah tiny library time (but how good are you with wood working shop tools?) youtu.be/rwZLV5Kda3Q
2 Hours in Line for a Free Hat
How Claude turned a free hat + coffee into the best brand moment of the year, by Eda Akturk edatweets.substack.com/p/2-hours-in...
How Claude turned a free hat + coffee into the best brand moment of the year, by Eda Akturk edatweets.substack.com/p/2-hours-in...
2 Hours in Line for a Free Hat
How Claude turned a free hat + coffee into the best brand moment of the year
edatweets.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
2 Hours in Line for a Free Hat
How Claude turned a free hat + coffee into the best brand moment of the year, by Eda Akturk edatweets.substack.com/p/2-hours-in...
How Claude turned a free hat + coffee into the best brand moment of the year, by Eda Akturk edatweets.substack.com/p/2-hours-in...
“I like to tell people that if Waymo worked as well as ChatGPT, they’d be dead.” — Bryant Walker Smith, a self-driving-car expert at the University of South Carolina School of Law www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Move Fast and Break Nothing
Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“I like to tell people that if Waymo worked as well as ChatGPT, they’d be dead.” — Bryant Walker Smith, a self-driving-car expert at the University of South Carolina School of Law www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
In 2015, the FBI recovered an iPhone from one of the San Bernardino shooters. They demanded that Apple create a version of iOS with a backdoor to allow access. Apple refused and even went to court to defend its position. Does anyone think Tim Cook’s Apple in 2025 would resist, or be able to resist?
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In 2015, the FBI recovered an iPhone from one of the San Bernardino shooters. They demanded that Apple create a version of iOS with a backdoor to allow access. Apple refused and even went to court to defend its position. Does anyone think Tim Cook’s Apple in 2025 would resist, or be able to resist?
Contradictory data about the jobs impact of AI continues to flow in. Yale and Brookings researchers see no signs of labor market disruption. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/eva...
Evaluating the Impact of AI on the Labor Market: Current State of Affairs
budgetlab.yale.edu
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Contradictory data about the jobs impact of AI continues to flow in. Yale and Brookings researchers see no signs of labor market disruption. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/eva...
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so in otherwords she's stealing *her own* sunshine: www.wired.com/story/mariss...
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
so in otherwords she's stealing *her own* sunshine: www.wired.com/story/mariss...
Amazing
FOA calls itself the first entirely owner-controlled EV fleet in history. So far, 4,055 Ocean owners have signed up, paying $550 a year in dues that the group estimates will raise around $3 million annually, about 0.1 percent of Fisker’s peak valuation. www.theverge.com/transportati...
FOA calls itself the first entirely owner-controlled EV fleet in history. So far, 4,055 Ocean owners have signed up, paying $550 a year in dues that the group estimates will raise around $3 million annually, about 0.1 percent of Fisker’s peak valuation. www.theverge.com/transportati...
When this EV maker collapsed, its customers became the car company
Meet the Fisker Owners Association.
www.theverge.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Amazing
FOA calls itself the first entirely owner-controlled EV fleet in history. So far, 4,055 Ocean owners have signed up, paying $550 a year in dues that the group estimates will raise around $3 million annually, about 0.1 percent of Fisker’s peak valuation. www.theverge.com/transportati...
FOA calls itself the first entirely owner-controlled EV fleet in history. So far, 4,055 Ocean owners have signed up, paying $550 a year in dues that the group estimates will raise around $3 million annually, about 0.1 percent of Fisker’s peak valuation. www.theverge.com/transportati...
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The U.S. entities buying TikTok are getting it for less than 1/10th its actual value, estimates The Information
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
September 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The U.S. entities buying TikTok are getting it for less than 1/10th its actual value, estimates The Information
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...