Nick Turner

Amazon Dethrones Walmart as World’s Biggest Company by Sales Amazon.com Inc. has officially dethroned Walmart Inc. as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since i...

Business reporters have been anticipating this for years, and it finally happened today.

Amazon is now larger than Walmart in total revenue, becoming the biggest company in the world by that measure. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple’s Latest Attempt to Launch the New Siri Runs Into Snags Apple Inc.’s long-planned upgrade to the Siri virtual assistant has run into snags during testing in recent weeks, potentially pushing back the release of several highly anticipated functions.

Waiting for the Siri upgrade is starting to feel like waiting for those final Game of Thrones books www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

Would have been amazing if he had said, “Actually guys, I’m going to perform some material from my new album. Hope you like it!”

This has to be the worst trap in the history of the NYT’s Connections game

Seems like a high-level joke that the Wordle is going to start repeating the same words *on Groundhog Day* www.tomsguide.com/gaming/wordl...

Samsung’s Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays Samsung Electronics Co. has once again sidelined Ballie, a long-anticipated robot that was first announced six years ago but never released.

Samsung’s Ballie robot, first announced six years ago (!), is unlikely to be released anytime soon www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In 2026, ten years after a deadly "Simian Flu" pandemic wiped out humanity, al humans are nearly extinct, with only about 1 in 500 (0.2%) genetically immune. Human civilization was destroyed after societal collapse among humans. The apes, all bestowed with genetically enhanced intelligence by the virus, establish a colony in the Muir Woods National Monument near San

As we start 2026, I’m grateful that we’re doing better than the Planet of the Apes timeline

How We’ll Eat in 2026: More Caution, More Crunch

I’m having second thoughts about 2026, guys…

“Chewy is on track to become the new crunchy.

Ingredient of the Year: Vinegar.

Celery will show up in desserts.

Cinnamon rolls will be everywhere.

And finally, the vegetable of the year: Cabbage!”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/d...

Apple’s $230 Cloth iPhone Pouch Is Already Sold Out — Here’s What It’s Like Early Friday, a crowd of people lined up outside Apple Inc.’s SoHo location in New York to be among the first to get their hands on a new, limited-edition product: an up to $230 iPhone pouch the compa...

Apple’s new iPhone pouch costs up to $230 and was “inspired by the concept of a piece of cloth” (?)...and it’s already sold out www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AP says the “too” comma is optional. I’ve stopped using it.

‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026 The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025

If you were hoping to play the long-delayed “Grand Theft Auto VI” before the 2026 midterm elections, I have some bad news www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Federal Agent Claims Sandwich ‘Exploded’ in Viral DC Incident Attorneys representing a former Justice Department employee accused of hurling a sandwich at a federal Customs and Border Protection officer questioned in court Tuesday whether the impact of the sub w...

This has to be the biggest Subway sandwich-based legal controversy since the genetically ambiguous tuna news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Just heard NPR describe Andrew as “the British royal formerly known as a prince,” and yes I’m old enough to get this reference.

Apple’s Planned Foldable iPad With 18-inch Screen Hits Development Snags Apple Inc.’s effort to reinvent the iPad by adding a giant foldable screen has hit development hurdles, potentially delaying the planned launch.

If you're waiting for Apple to sell a giant foldable iPad, you'll have to wait a little longer www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

Microsoft Is Turning to the Field of Microfluidics to Cool Down AI Chips Small amounts of fluid passed through channels etched on chips can save energy and boost AI systems.

Microsoft’s new fluid-cooling system for chips somehow looks extremely steampunk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Godspeed on that

Apple Starts Getting Customers Used to the Idea of $2,000 iPhones When Apple Inc. launched the iPhone X in 2017, the company did more than usher in facial recognition and a sleek edge-to-edge screen. It also helped establish a new category: the $1,000 smartphone.

Apple is basically soft-launching the idea of $2,000 iPhones www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

Ellison Tops Musk as World’s Richest Man After $101 Billion Gain Larry Ellison has become the world’s richest person for the first time, ending Elon Musk’s nearly year-long reign in the top spot.

The new world’s richest man is an up-and-coming fellow who’s been kicking around Silicon Valley for the past 50-odd years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Apple to Hold Sept. 9 Event to Introduce iPhone 17 Lineup The tagline for the event is “awe dropping,” according to an invitation posted online and sent to media.

Apple sets a Sept. 9 date for its big iPhone launch, which will have the tagline “awe dropping” www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

Sonos to Raise Its Hardware Prices This Year Due to Tariffs Sonos Inc. will raise prices on some products later this year, the company said Wednesday, a move that threatens to complicate its comeback attempt following a tumultuous 2024.

Sonos says it will have to hike prices due to tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Took me longer than I care to admit to get this one

I wish we could agree on what the generation names mean. Gen Zers are age 18-28??

Apple Readies First Upgrade to Its Struggling Vision Pro Headset Apple Inc. is planning to introduce its first upgrade to the $3,499 Vision Pro headset as early as this year, aiming to improve the performance and comfort of a device that has been slow to catch on w...

The next Vision Pro headset will probably be a similar size and shape, but Apple is working on a new strap that makes it more comfortable www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

We rewatched “Jaws” for the 50th anniversary, and it’s kind of amazing to realize that sharks weren’t a big part of popular culture before the 1970s.

But I suppose we’ve all lived through something like that more recently with narwhals (pretty damn obscure before the 2000s).

Kind of amazing. I’m listening to Nvidia’s shareholder meeting. The first guy presenting a shareholder proposal mispronounces Nvidia’s name (over and over). The second guy presenting a shareholder proposal does the same thing.

Guys, this is the most valuable company on Earth.

San Francisco: 59 degrees

New England: 108 degrees

Once again, a sequel/reboot beats out a movie with an original idea (despite the reviews) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Andreessen Horowitz is leading a $15 million funding round for an AI startup with the slogan “cheat on everything.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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.

Apple, which has never done an M&A deal over $3 billion, has discussed the idea of buying AI startup Perplexity (currently valued at $14 billion) www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social

Apple’s macOS Tahoe to Be Final Operating System to Work on Intel Macs Apple Inc.’s new macOS Tahoe 26 will be the final Mac operating system software that will work on Macs running Intel Corp. processors, the company said Monday following its developer conference.

A footnote to Apple's WWDC event: the Intel Mac era is finally nearing the end www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @markgurman.bsky.social