Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

(Preview) Why Google Wants Wiz for $32 Billion, Xbox One and Bygone Streaming Hardware Dreams, Immortality and Daylight Saving Time

Montag, 24. März 2025 · 14 min

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A look at the logic of Google's plans to purchase an Israeli cybersecurity firm for $32 billion, more tension between Apple, Google and the EU, and an email about Xbox One and Microsoft's checkered history of consumer tech ambitions. At the end: Moana 2 and what led to the decision to abandon windowing, Bryan Johnson's pursuit of immortality, and a few follow-ups on Daylight Saving Time.

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Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion — The Verge

Brussels takes action against Google and Apple despite Trump threat — Financial Times

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It’s Time to Kill Surface — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2014/time-kill-surface)

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