Ashish Nadkarni

Padma Lakshmi calls out influencers who said South Indian restaurant didn’t deserve its Michelin star “Semma isn’t made for you ... It’s made for us,” says the former “Top Chef” host.

Reviews of Indian restaurants are best left to Indians!

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May be they were adopted by someone in western mass :)

Someone I know has an Alpaca farm in Western Mass…he sends their “wool” to Peru to get them stitched into sweaters, gloves etc.

I don’t know why but today feels like “listening to Radiohead” day!

Power bank warning for passengers after fire on aircraft bound for Hong Kong Power banks should be in good condition and from reputable brands, experts say.

Guess where all the cheap power banks come from?

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Was #Deepseek meant to be a play on #Deepshit?

I hope they don’t call it Copilot or AI PC park.

Agreed. I am trying to find a correlation with another demographic…can’t seem to pinpoint it 😉

Trump Names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as ‘Special Ambassadors’ to ‘Troubled’ Hollywood: They’ll Bring ‘Lost Business’ Back Donald Trump names Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Jon Voight as Hollywood ambassadors.

Joke of the year #hollywood

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Why Mark Zuckerberg's Apple comments from the Rogan podcast are laughably wrong Mark Zuckerberg, on the Joe Rogan podcast, said that Apple hasn't innovated since Steve Jobs and the iPhone. Here's why he's wrong.

For those pundits who says there is no innovation at/from Apple. These folks hold Apple to entirely different standard than Meta, Google, Microsoft and others.

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I had told you to stay away from weirdos :)

Define “toxic” :)

I think it already is (and Apple’s roadmap is taking it further). Apple Silicon now enables them to accelerate this roadmap.

All those folks calling NY and MA drives dangerous…

Oh and I should add that they are all based off the same OS foundation…case in point, the ability to run iOS or iPadOS apps on macOS.

Please do share the stats of how durable these devices are over average lifecycle.

You don’t need any further than the Google’s debacle with Android, ChromeOS. Or Microsoft’s Windows attempts. How has that gone for these vendors? Need I get started about Tizen, Fucia, WebOS etc. etc.? I think a single OS across all devices is a UX/CX nightmare.

Relative to? Which other voice assistant is better?

How successful have vendors been with folding screens? I think Apple would have to compromise durability to introduce folding screens. Same with super large screens and battery/practicality. I am sure they’re looking into it for future releases. I don’t think that makes them any less innovative.

Ah, so this is where we’d agree to disagree. I am focusing on what they accomplished via the software stack (e.g., Rosetta2). As an example, I have been running Windows on Arm ever since M1 MBA, and it is still WIP after 4+ years. Meanwhile, interoperability on the Mac has long been forgotten.

3/3. I agree that Apple has traded innovation for stability, and their xOS products are now more stable than cutting edge. I think that is what happens when you have a billion+ devices running out there. The company somehow becomes responsible for UX/CX more so than considered as cutting edge.

2/3. What is the reference for innovation on the mobile side? Android, Windows? Samsung? Google Pixel?

1/3 Hmmm. I don’t disagree, though I’d be curious which of their competitors has dramatically changed laptop design. The fact that the M-series processor inside has put AMD and Intel on notice, isn’t that innovative? MacOS today is more stable and integrated with the iOS ecosystem.

Which part? Apple has not innovated (enough) or that they don’t enable access to their walled garden?

Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple in Joe Rogan interview: ‘They haven’t invented anything great in a while’ - 9to5Mac Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today for a wide-ranging interview on content moderation, the Trump...

The hypocrisy of Zuck…

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Dow tumbles more than 750 points following blowout jobs report | CNN Business US stocks fell Friday after the December jobs report showed another month of strong employment, complicating the Federal Reserve’s rate-cutting campaign.

We live in a strange world.

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Blackstone invests $300M in DDN to boost AI storage business – Blocks and Files Private equity firm Blackstone is investing $300 million in privately held DDN, valuing the company at $5 billion.

Blackstone invests in DDN

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Microsoft is using Bing to trick people into thinking they’re on Google It’s the latest attempt to get people to use Bing instead of Google.

Microsoft is still up to its old tricks

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New year and a flurry of emails on “updates to terms and conditions”. Looks like all the vendors wait for the holidays to be over. It’s their way of saying “Happy new year”…I guess.

Not a good start to Trending Topics…