Tom Giles
@tomgiles.bsky.social
I oversee global tech coverage for Bloomberg and teach business journalism at Cal. I'm also a board member at American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley. Opinions mine.
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NEW: Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Details on the plan here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Readies a Low-Cost Laptop to Rival Chromebooks and Windows PCs
Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Details on the plan here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our look at why Intel's new(ish) CEO is under fire from US President Trump and a Congressional committee:
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Intel CEO Dogged by Decades of China Chip Investing, Board Work
For more than three decades, Lip-Bu Tan invested in the Chinese economic boom, placing the kind of no-brainer bets that enriched venture capitalists and fund managers around the world and across the U...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our look at why Intel's new(ish) CEO is under fire from US President Trump and a Congressional committee:
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Hey NYT Connections writers: MUSCLE NICKNAMES PLUS “S” is a trash category
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hey NYT Connections writers: MUSCLE NICKNAMES PLUS “S” is a trash category
Anthropic raising as much as $5 billion at a $170 billion valuation, with Iconiq leading the round. Scoop with new details by @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @kateclark.bsky.social; more news to come:
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Anthropic Nears Deal to Raise Funding at $170 Billion Valuation
Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in a new round of funding that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $170 billion, according to a person familiar with the matte...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Anthropic raising as much as $5 billion at a $170 billion valuation, with Iconiq leading the round. Scoop with new details by @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @kateclark.bsky.social; more news to come:
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July 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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The words of the prophets were written on … a library wall. Washington, DC.
July 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The words of the prophets were written on … a library wall. Washington, DC.
Perplexity, challenging Google with a tool that summarizes search results and helps users refine queries to get the best responses, has been in the crosshairs of Meta and Apple. Busy day for Bloomberg Tech. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity
Apple Inc. executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology.
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June 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Perplexity, challenging Google with a tool that summarizes search results and helps users refine queries to get the best responses, has been in the crosshairs of Meta and Apple. Busy day for Bloomberg Tech. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Watching broadcast news is a study in the present progressive, like reading Brett Easton Ellis.
June 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Watching broadcast news is a study in the present progressive, like reading Brett Easton Ellis.
Spotter was a vital source of funding to content creators. But, CEO Aaron DeBevoise says, "The world has changed." Last year, Spotter missed financial goals and cut 40% of staff. @aishacounts.bsky.social explains how it went down:
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SoftBank-Backed Startup Misses Financial Goals, Slashes Staff
Just a couple years ago, Spotter Inc. was one of the most valuable startups in the booming business of YouTube celebrity. The company, which boasted a new way for social media stars to fund their oper...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Spotter was a vital source of funding to content creators. But, CEO Aaron DeBevoise says, "The world has changed." Last year, Spotter missed financial goals and cut 40% of staff. @aishacounts.bsky.social explains how it went down:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
OpenAI CEO @samasama.bsky.social said Meta offered his staffers $100 million signing bonuses. "So far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Altman said on a podcast with his brother @jaltma.bsky.social
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Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said Meta Platforms Inc. has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to buil...
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June 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
OpenAI CEO @samasama.bsky.social said Meta offered his staffers $100 million signing bonuses. "So far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Altman said on a podcast with his brother @jaltma.bsky.social
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Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is so good at networking that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once publicly busted his chops over it. @ellenhuet.bsky.social digs into his `high beta' background.
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Scale AI’s Wang Brings to Meta Knowledge of What Everyone Else is Doing
Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is so good at networking that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once publicly busted his chops over it. @ellenhuet.bsky.social digs into his `high beta' background.
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Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta
Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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Wanna know more about what Apple just announced at WWDC? Join Mark Gurman for a Live Q&A here:
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Live Q&A: Ask Mark Gurman Anything About Apple’s WWDC 2025
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Edward Ludlow answer your questions about Apple’s annual WWDC conference
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June 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Wanna know more about what Apple just announced at WWDC? Join Mark Gurman for a Live Q&A here:
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SF Mayor Daniel Lurie onstage at #bloombergtech with @bradstone.bsky.social talking up SF as a place that’s open for business and how to ensure the city doesn’t become overly dependent on a single boom-bust industry.
June 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie onstage at #bloombergtech with @bradstone.bsky.social talking up SF as a place that’s open for business and how to ensure the city doesn’t become overly dependent on a single boom-bust industry.
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My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.
🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨
What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump?
I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump?
I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?
Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.
www.bloomberg.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.
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The "Tech Madman" founder threatening US dominance in the AI race
The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek
The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down
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The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek
The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down
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May 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The "Tech Madman" founder threatening US dominance in the AI race
The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek
The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down
@bloomberg.com
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek
The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down
@bloomberg.com
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Cool piece on Ditto AI, the `Black Mirror' of dating apps, by one of my Cal students, Jessica Blough
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The 'Black Mirror' of dating apps takes California colleges by storm
Ditto, a Berkeley-born dating app, aims to use AI to solve some of the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge.
www.sfgate.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Cool piece on Ditto AI, the `Black Mirror' of dating apps, by one of my Cal students, Jessica Blough
. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Amazon shares are lower in after-hours trading. The ecommerce giant just issued a forecast for operating income that fell short of estimates. Amazon said its predictions are "subject to substantial uncertainty." ... Mentioned factors such as tariff and trade policies, inflation, interest rates.
May 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Amazon shares are lower in after-hours trading. The ecommerce giant just issued a forecast for operating income that fell short of estimates. Amazon said its predictions are "subject to substantial uncertainty." ... Mentioned factors such as tariff and trade policies, inflation, interest rates.
Jimmy Buckets! @warriorsofficial.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jimmy Buckets! @warriorsofficial.bsky.social
OH at a bar in Baltimore
Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.
Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.
April 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
OH at a bar in Baltimore
Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.
Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.
Bloomberg first reported in January, days into Trump’s presidency, that the administration was considering these tighter restrictions.
April 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Bloomberg first reported in January, days into Trump’s presidency, that the administration was considering these tighter restrictions.
Headline crossing the Bloomberg Terminal just now:
Trump Tariffs Wipe Out $2.5 Trillion From US Stock Market
Trump Tariffs Wipe Out $2.5 Trillion From US Stock Market
April 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Headline crossing the Bloomberg Terminal just now:
Trump Tariffs Wipe Out $2.5 Trillion From US Stock Market
Trump Tariffs Wipe Out $2.5 Trillion From US Stock Market
Seen in a certain business news place of work. #monetization
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Seen in a certain business news place of work. #monetization
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