Elad Gil, Consigliere at Empire Builders – How to Spot Billionaire Companies Before Anyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beats Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and More (#863)

Elad Gil, Consigliere at Empire Builders – How to Spot Billionaire Companies Before Anyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beats Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and More (#863)

Elad Gil (@eladgil) is the CEO of Gil & Co, a multi-segment investment firm, holding company, and the world’s leading technology operating company. Elad is an entrepreneur, CEO, and investor or advisor to private companies, including AirBnB, Anduril, Coinbase, Figma, Instacart, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Stripe. He was previously VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter and … Read more

Motorola Razr Fold vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: How Book-Style Phones Compare

Motorola Razr Fold vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: How Book-Style Phones Compare

Motorola’s first book-style foldable, the Razr Fold, is expected to be launched soon, positioning itself as a strong opponent to phones like the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. Although the devices share some design similarities, there are also notable differences across cameras, displays and batteries. US orders for the Razr Fold will begin on May … Read more

Motorola announces 2026 Folds: Razr and Fold release dates, prices, specs revealed

Motorola announces 2026 Folds: Razr and Fold release dates, prices, specs revealed

Motorola has a number of foldables for you to consider, but their specs may not attract as much attention as their prices. Per Motorola, the next generation of its foldable phones will be available for pre-order on May 14 and on shelves on May 21. The 2026 lineup includes the entry-level Razr, Razr+, and Razr … Read more

For ‘Da Vine’: Divine, The Free AI Video App and Vine Archive, Is Out Now

For ‘Da Vine’: Divine, The Free AI Video App and Vine Archive, Is Out Now

It started as an experiment, Divine founder Evan Henshaw-Plath told me. He wanted to see if he could build an app that effectively filtered out AI slop. The idea was to create a different kind of social media experience, one without AI-generated videos or super photos, which prioritizes authenticity over engagement. That’s what led him … Read more

Google Pays Android Phone Owners $135 Million. Learn why and who is eligible

Google Pays Android Phone Owners 5 Million. Learn why and who is eligible

The class-action lawsuit that “Google caused Android mobile devices to transmit various information to Google without users’ consent, consuming users’ mobile data,” is about to end. Two sides in Taylor v. Google LLC (PDF) have agreed to a settlement and have begun to settle. For years, Google has been accused of harvesting data from Android … Read more

‘Stranger Things: Tales from ’85’: Concluding Commentary

‘Stranger Things: Tales from ’85’: Concluding Commentary

After several painful encounters with “snow sharks” and “Jerk-O-Lanterns,” Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 it ends with a decisive victory over the monsters of the Upside Down – or so Hawkins’ team thinks. It is because Legends from ’85 leaves the door open for more tales, which would take place before the start of Stranger … Read more

Compression of LSTM models for Retail Edge deployments

Compression of LSTM models for Retail Edge deployments

There can be practical issues when it comes to deploying AI models in retail environments. Retail environments can include store-level systems, edge devices, and budget-conscious setups, especially for small to mid-sized retail companies. One such major use case is demand forecasting for inventory management or shelf optimization. It requires the model used to be small, … Read more