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The $80 Billion Retreat: Why Meta is Finally Giving Up on VR

News spread quickly this week that Meta was finally calling time on its namesake: the Metaverse. In reality, they were just pullin…

March 2026

Analysis

Meta’s Moltbook Acquisition Rating: The Mask

The tech world is obsessed with Meta’s March 2026 acquisition of Moltbook, the viral Reddit-style forum where AI agents pass the t…

March 2026

Analysis

Can Governments Handle a Generation Displaced by AI?

The news is packed with layoff fervour. But what about those that can’t get a first job to be laid off from? Recent stats have pus…

March 2026

Analysis

Too Big to Fail by 2027: OpenAI’s $200M Gamble for Survival

Following the analysis from our latest podcast, where we broke down Anthropic’s pivot away from the public sector and OpenAI’s agg…

March 2026

Analysis

The hidden paradox of AI layoffs

Data released earlier this month from New York, a state that requires companies to reveal their reasons for layoffs, raised eyebro…

February 2026

Analysis

Agentic AI’s Moltbot Security Crisis: Bad Architecture or Bad Engineering?

Clawdbot. Moltbot. The same agentic AI assistant, wearing different names after Anthropic raised reasonable objections to the orig…

January 2026

Analysis

From AGI to adverts: A new money-making scheme

To say OpenAI’s latest foray into revenue generation is underwhelming might sound glib, but it marks a staggering retreat from the…

January 2026

Analysis

If OpenAI Sneezes, the World Catches a Cold

As we enter 2026, it’s important to acknowledge the game has changed. We’re three years into a stifling AI summer, and still the g…

January 2026

Analysis

November Technology Review: Bubbles and outages

Sentiment is sliding everywhere, with bubble anxieties continuing to weigh on builders, even as public perception of most technolo…

December 2025

Analysis

Ads in OpenAI: Can they plug the financial gap?

There’s a prevailing and entirely understandable scepticism about OpenAI’s prospects. In a recent interview, Sam Altman brushed of…

December 2025

Analysis

October Technology Review: AI Layoffs dominate

In October, news coverage focused extensively on the impact of artificial intelligence on workforce reductions. Sam Altman contrib…

November 2025

Analysis

Robots doing the laundry: A multi-billion dollar market

Morgan Stanley reckons humanoid robots will form a $5trillion market by 2050. The bulk will be chained to the factory floor. But a…

October 2025

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