Steve Kovach

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Broadway to Star Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell

Well I must see this

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/t...

Put Clippy in every game

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer retires, replaced by ex-Instacart exec Asha Sharma Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after joining the software company 38 years ago, and will be replaced by Instacart's former COO.

Microsoft Gaming isn’t growing, even after the $69 billion Activision deal

Huge leadership shakeup in the House of Xbox to turn things around

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/m...

Back of the envelope: a 10% global tariffs could mean a large increase in total tariff revenues compared with IEEPA. Would raise $433b if applied to all imports. $343b if only applied to goods. IEEPA tariffs brought in $175b in '25, though that might not have been a full year. Could be exemptions.

The best kind of day

Still waiting for my tariff check

A truly business-friendly admin. would NEVER have imposed these tariffs. The amount of uncertainty it has created and will continue to create is paralyzing to businesses. As I said back when the IEEPA tariffs were imposed, admin should have gone to Congress providing certainty.

Something something Biden’s fault

I think we deserve another season of The Crown now

Tariff study fallout: Are Americans footing the bill? Critical comments by NEC Director Kevin Hassett on Squawk Box yesterday about some New York Fed researchers have stirred up controversy. CNBC's Steve Liesman reports on the details.

Hassett under fire for calling for ny fed researchers to be “disciplined.”

www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...

Apple sued by West Virginia for alleged failure to stop child sexual abuse material on iCloud, iOS devices The lawsuit accuses Apple of prioritizing privacy branding and its own business interests over child safety.

Remember in 2022 when Apple killed its plan to detect CSAM stored in iCloud accounts? (There was a huge uproar from privacy advocates.)

Now West Virginia is suing Apple over the decision.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/a...

I think we deserve another season of The Crown now

Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up

We aren't ready for what's next

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/m...

no idea who wants to buy it! Gonna be a fun one to watch

Paul Allen

$MSFT

an elon musk tweet comparing answers to the question "is the US on stolen land"

three answers suggesting you might want to think about the question a little bit and one releasing you from ever thinking about anything again

Happy Kevin wants economists to be disciplined by their bosses for contradicting the regime's understanding of The Truth.

‘60 Minutes’ story shelved by Bari Weiss streamed in Canada — and instantly spread across the web | CNN Business CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

Previously: www.cnn.com/2025/12/22/m...

Funny how the CBS censorship machine just brings MORE attention to the thing they're trying to censor

a man in a tuxedo is sitting at a desk talking on a telephone .. ALT: a man in a tuxedo is sitting at a desk talking on a telephone ..

RIP

Now.

Something Big Is Happening A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

Matt "Something Big Is Happening" Shumer will be on CNBC at 2:15pm ET 👀👀👀

shumer.dev/something-bi...

But the Dow's at $49,000!

That's not me being snarky or glib. That's literally the plan.

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Facebook is going to add facial recognition to its AI glasses because it thinks you're too distracted by politics to notice

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

I love the internet

Even if this is true, the government can't do a thing about it and is wasting its time trying to scare Apple into submission.

Apple is allowed to make Apple News go full woke. Just like Elon Musk is allowed to make Twitter go full whatever it is now.