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(Preview) The Continuing Adventures of OpenAI, Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit, Q&A on Mainframes, Meta, Daylight Savings Time
Ben Thompson and Andrew Sharp focus on OpenAI’s reported consumer hardware plans, arguing the battery-powered, screenless device is best understood as a portable home companion rather than a phone replacement. They then widen out to strategic fights over AI distribution and consumer touchpoints, with side trips to the Apple-OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit, mainframes, Meta recruiting, software UX, and daylight saving time.
