Om Malik

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So, with Claude offering websearch, it seems “search” is becoming a feature and this is not good for Google unless they do something, quickly. New piece https://om.co/2025/03/20/has-search-become-just-a-feature/

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China's EV dominance isn't just about cars—it's about building an entirely new tech ecosystem. China is using EVs to create its own tech stack that could challenge US digital supremacy. The US Tech Stack has a real competitor. My latest for my newsletter, CrazyStupidTech https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/chinas-ev-boom-is-bad-for-ustech/

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No one seems to have developed an "AI" based app for "fantasy baseball." So many of the fantasy baseball websites are so bad. Search sucks, most importantly, the queries lead to bad answers. This seems to be an obvious opportunity!

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You don’t need a lot of light to look resplendent. I see this car on my daily walk. And a couple of days ago, the light was just right. And that inspired the capture and the edit. Made with my iPhone 16 Pro Max and edited with @lightroom

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I was terrible at using tags. And I am terrible at picking channels. What does that say about me? Only non-Ai answers please!

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Apple Intelligence: more show than substance? John Gruber's scathing critique of Apple's recent AI demos hits home. As someone who was initially enthusiastic, I have to admit - the results are disappointing. Apple's trapped by its own success, desperately trying to appear relevant in AI while forgetting what made it great: shipping real, working products. The "good enough" approach won't cut it anymore, especially when competitors' AI offerings, despite their flaws, are leaving Apple in the dust. https://om.co/2025/03/13/apple-intelligence-fud-dud-or-both/

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Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac “If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.” Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969)

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What Failure Taught Me Ten years ago, I had to shut down GigaOM, a company that carried my name and, for a long time, I thought was my legacy. Looking back now, I can see how that spectacular, public failure transformed me in ways I couldn't have imagined at the time. The first lesson? Time really is the greatest healer. A told me it would take at least three years to get over such a loss, and he was right. By year five, I had become a better person precisely because I had failed so publicly. Failure taught me the empathy I needed to become a better investor and mentor to other founders. After all, unless they're psychopaths, most founders are simply trying their best in imperfect situations to achieve perfect outcomes.

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I have had a love-and-lost-love affair with the MacBook Air. And yet, I own a MacBook Pro instead. However, when it is time to buy a new machine, the new M4 Air however presents a tempting alternative. The new "is it really blue color" is pretty cool too. Some quick early impressions. https://om.co/2025/03/11/the-new-m4-macbook-air/

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Every time I see an old telecom like deutschetelekom announce a deal with pretty hot young startup I am reminded of a great British comedy series, Men Behaving Badly. If you have not seen it, then you should. Also how did the deal with Brain.ai pan out team DT?

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Watching the events out of Oval Office it has become pretty obvious that: 1/ Everything is reality TV. 2/ Attention trumps everything. (No pun intended.) 3/ The attention virus because of social has transformed society more than the other virus. Not making any judgement, just some thoughts.

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So Microsoft is going to shut down Skype in May 2025. I am not surprised even a tiny bit. Skype has been dying a slow death for so long, as I explain in this blog post. Whatever it was Skype was story of my life. (pun intended.) om.co/2025/02/28/s...

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The real challenge of AI-first social network is that a large platform like Meta is going to turn it into an "ad" network. Present IG and FB are mostly AI, mostly ads (or ads-adjacent) and very little social "network." In other words, we will get a AI-first Social Media Platform, with faux-network dynamics.

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So it’s been a minute. Personal reasons, and other factors have led me to reduce my time on social from almost 60 minutes a day to less than 10 and that too for DMs and quick short broadcast. I read a book for the “gained” 45 minutes. But I have missed you all - and here to say hello. 🙏🏽

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I just posted some photos from a recent visit to Vietnam. Some of them were featured on Leica’s IG feed as well. https://om.co/category/reflections-on-photography/

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You weekly dose of calm. Hope you all have a fantastic day and an amazing week. (Made with Leica SL)

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AI's reshaping the internet's core. Edge computing, hyper-regionalization, and privacy concerns are forcing a complete rethink of network architecture. Cloudflare's betting on a "connectivity cloud" to bridge the gap. The future internet? It's local, fast, and regulated. Buckle up. My long interview with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/future-of-internet-in-the-age-of-ai/

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This channels idea is a great one. In a way sub-Reddit with some clarity and options for mods to monetize! Well done @dwr.eth @v

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Damn, while I was away, following a channel got replaced by “members” only sharing. I guess no more SF tips and photography contributions in those two channels. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Ocean Rescue! This is an image that perfectly showcases what you can do with iPhone 16 ProMax's camera + Halide + 5 minutes with Adobe LR. FWIW, I printed this at 16-inch on the short side and it looks perfect!

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