Emil Protalinski

Will Tesla really pay Elon Musk $1 trillion?

Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk’s record-setting package, divided into 12 tranches of stock tied to company milestones, with over 75% voting in favor.

The pay package is supposed to motivate the world’s richest man with additional stock.

How much should Apple pay Google to fix Siri?

The two companies are reportedly finalizing a deal for Apple to pay Google about $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini model.

The current model that powers Apple Intelligence has 150 billion parameters.

Good luck with that.

Amazon has sued Perplexity, accusing Perplexity of computer fraud by failing to disclose when its Comet browser is shopping for a real person.

Amazon’s lawsuit follows its cease-and-desist letter demanding that Perplexity stop its Comet browser from making purchases on users' behalf.

this would benefit more than just Bluesky, like maybe the whole US

Would you buy a Mac with an iPhone chip?

Apple reportedly plans to launch a low-cost laptop featuring an iPhone chip and a lower-end LCD screen in H1 2026.

The device is supposed to rival Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs, meaning it’s aimed at students, businesses, and casual users.

Amazon has won OpenAI's business.

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a seven-year deal in which OpenAI will pay AWS $38 billion for AI compute, including training its models and processing ChatGPT queries using Amazon's data centers and using Amazon’s CPUs to power agentic AI.

Disney-owned channels have disappeared from YouTube TV.

After Disney and Google failed to reach a new carriage deal, about 10 million YouTube TV subscribers lost access to over 20 channels overnight, including ABC, ESPN, and FX.

That means no college and pro sports nor sitcoms and dramas.

Oh, come on, Jassy. Your own memo said it was due to AI.

AI has come for YouTube’s employees.

You wouldn’t be able to tell from Alphabet’s Q3 2025 earnings report yesterday, which noted revenue up 16% YoY, Cloud revenue up 34% YoY, and net income up 33% YoY: www.linkedin.com/posts/emilpr...

5 things you need to know from Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025:

Microsoft has survived OpenAI’s restructuring.

OpenAI says it has “completed our recapitalization”, which means that the nonprofit entity continues to control and now holds equity in the for-profit corporation currently valued at approximately $130 billion: openai.com/index/built-...

Amazon’s AI layoffs have begun.

Amazon plans to eliminate approximately 14,000 jobs: www.aboutamazon.com/news/company...

As of June 30, Amazon employed about 1.55 million people globally, but only about 350,000 are corporate employees, meaning that the 14,000 represents 4% of that headcount.

AI is now helping fake expenses.

Employees are increasingly using generative AI to create fake receipts and claim reimbursement for nonexistent expenses: www.ft.com/content/0849...

It seems like some employees have taken their companies’ “AI-first” messaging a little too literally.

Anthropic is doubling down on Google Cloud.

Anthropic and Google have announced an expanded cloud partnership worth tens of billions of dollars, giving Anthropic access to up to 1 million TPUs for over 1 gigawatt of AI compute capacity.

Those aren't quite OpenAI-scale numbers, but they’re big.

A writing one, I hope?

Reddit has sued Perplexity.

This is after Reddit set a trap for Perplexity, and Perplexity fell for it.

Reddit created a post that could only be crawled by Google, and “within hours,” Perplexity allegedly “produced the contents” of that post.

The nondeterministic browser

Robots are going to steal Amazon jobs.

According to internal Amazon documents, however, the company’s automation team believes Amazon can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the US it would otherwise need by 2027 and more than 600,000 people by 2033.

Would you use a browser from OpenAI?

The world’s biggest startup has launched ChatGPT Atlas, its web browser available now for macOS and “coming soon” for Windows, iOS, and Android.

Atlas has an opt-in browser memories feature that lets ChatGPT remember key details from webpages you browse.

Would you buy a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen?

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a slimmer MacBook Pro with an M6 chip and an OLED touch display in late 2026 or early 2027.

This is the second time we're hearing about this OLED MacBook Pro with a touchscreen.

Would you listen to AI-generated music on Spotify?

Well, buckle up, because it’s coming.

Spotify has partnered with Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group to develop “responsible” AI products.

The company is even building a state-of-the-art generative AI research lab.

Think of all the crypto companies that do this but don't fess up, or don't even think it's an issue.

Would you trust Apple with your home security?

Apple wants to release at least three new types of devices, including a home security camera for the end of 2026, a home hub display with a 7-inch screen for $350 that has been delayed to spring 2026, and a tabletop robot with a 9-inch screen for 2027.

OpenAI wants to build its own chips.

OpenAI and Broadcom have agreed to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips to run OpenAI's models over four years.

The AI boom has turned Broadcom into a $1 trillion company.

For OpenAI, this is more than just getting access to more chips.

Should Apple kill the Vision Pro?

Apple is reportedly planning on unveiling M5 versions of the iPad Pro, the MacBook Pro, and the Vision Pro this week: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

In addition to the faster chip, the Vision Pro will get an improved strap, but that’s about it.

After the long weekend, it will be Tuesday. And then, TACO time!

Would you watch Instagram on your TV?

Meta is exploring building a dedicated Instagram app for TVs as part of a deeper push into video, but Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says he isn't interested in licensing live sports or Hollywood content.

In other words, Instagram wants to take on YouTube.

That's one way to get off the US entity list: get an American to acquire your company.

The US government and some US companies already use NSO Group's spyware, but now its TAM isn't limited by US laws!

Would you play Netflix games on your TV?

Netflix is making multiplayer video games available on smart TVs and streaming devices for the first time.

Gamers will use their phones as controllers, but much of the play is on the big screen, meaning that Netflix is effectively going after Jackbox Games.