GM bets $2B in subscription revenue can override 80% of car buyers who demand CarPlay. The calculation is simple: market dominance lets you force inferior software when margins matter more than preference signals. Tests whether Detroit can monetize captive dashboards or creates competitive opening for Ford.
Artificial Intelligence Giants Drive U.S. Stock Market Growth Amid Economic Challenges
According to Deutsche Bank, the U.S. economy is being kept afloat primarily by a bubble driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The analysis focuses on the S&P 500 index, which tracks the performance of 500 major companies listed in New York. A significant one-third of this index's value comes from ... [More info]
OpenAI Eyes Google Chrome Amid Antitrust Trial
In the midst of Googleβs ongoing antitrust trial, OpenAIβs CEO Nick Turley revealed that the AI startup would be interested in acquiring Google Chrome if offered, estimating its value at over $15 billion.
#OpenAI #GoogleChrome #Antitrust #AI #TechMonopolies #ChatGPT #Innovation
Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/openai-interest-google-chrome-antitrust-trial/
Turkey Prepares Big Tech Crackdown, Mirroring EU-Style Regulations of Digital Markets Act
#Turkey #TechRegulation #BigTech #DigitalMarketsAct #EURegulations #TechMonopolies #CompetitionLaw #TechPolicy
Oh my god, #youtube continues to #enshitify the internet!
Friendly reminder, if you post video, even embeds, #google now forces viewers to login to their service ... which means many, like myself, won't!
If you have the ability, please embed these videos directly in your own site, or consider using a service like #peertube ... there are many free instances out there, but also managed hosting options.
These dragons won't slay themselves!
#gafam #meta #alphabet #techmonopolies
*works w/o VPN
Tracking the revolution wheel. From Versailles to the guillotine....
Im prompted to remember the articles written *by the very wealthy* predicted revolution at least a decade ago. And other media spotlights have commented on those articles. We know what's coming. But we keep on keeping on.
#ultrarich #techmonopolies #billionaires #socialcontract #revolution
- 2014 - Nick Hanauer - https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/06/27/One-percenter-businessman-warns-The-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats/9051403902849/
- 2019 - Ray Dalio - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/ray-dalio-capitalism-revolution
- Another about Ray Dalio - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/feb/09/ray-dalio-billionaire-hedge-fund-capitalism
- 2023 - Revisiting the idea of revolution - https://donnallong.com/2023/02/11/pitchforks-revolution-are-we-getting-close/
- 2019 - Its begun already - https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2019/04/30/the-attack-against-the-rich-has-begun-wealth-author-warns/
- 2019 - Nobel laureates beg for higher taxes on the ultrarich - https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/cross-check/revolt-against-the-rich/
- 2017 - "The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe" - https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/scheidel-great-leveler-inequality-violence/517164/
Theres more like this. I may update the post later...