N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 23
In today's thrilling episode of "Let's Blame the Tech" 😱, we've spent $30B on laptops only to discover they magically transform kids into less brainy versions of their parents. Who knew pixels couldn't replace neurons? 💻➡️🧠❌
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-spent-30-billion-ditch-110200869.html #BlameTheTech #TechSpending #LaptopLearning #EducationFailure #DigitalDistraction #HackerNews #ngated
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures...

Yahoo News
Hacker NewsJan 22

Goldman Sachs Global Macro Research: Gen AI: too much spend, too little benefit [pdf]

https://www.goldmansachs.com/static-libs/pdf-redirect/prod/index.html?path=/images/migrated/insights/pages/gs-research/gen-ai--too-much-spend,-too-little-benefit-/TOM_AI%202.0_ForRedaction.pdf&originalQuery=&referrer=

#HackerNews #GenAI #GoldmanSachs #MacroResearch #AIInsights #TechSpending

Hacker NewsJul 3, 2025

Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent

https://allenpike.com/2025/coding-agents

#HackerNews #SpendingTooMuchMoney #CodingAgent #TechSpending #SoftwareDevelopment #FinancialManagement

Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent

On making use of large thinking models.

Allen Pike
Global ThreadsFeb 5, 2025

📢 AI
🔴 Alphabet Boosts AI Spending to $75B Amid DeepSeek Disruption

🪧 Google bets on cheaper AI driving demand, not undercutting business.

🪧 CEO Sundar Pichai praises China’s DeepSeek but insists Gemini models compete.

🪧 Meta also pledging “hundreds of billions” on AI, fueling Big Tech’s spending race.

#AI #Alphabet #DeepSeek #TechSpending #Google #Gemini

Beth PariseauJan 24, 2023

As the tech industry suffers layoffs and slowing growth, IT organizations such as #Boeing are handing some of their IT vendors pink slips of their own.

Elsewhere, the time is also ripe for M&A consolidation among #DevOps vendors such as @harnessio, which rolled out a new module for its #CICD platform this week based on its acquisition of Propelo.

#tech #growth #strategy #marketresearch #recession #ITbudgets #ITspending #techspending

https://bit.ly/3XAx1Eq

IT budgets under pressure spur tool consolidation

As the tech industry suffers layoffs and slowing growth, IT organizations such as Boeing are handing some of their IT vendors pink slips of their own.

TechTarget
Melinda MarksDec 7, 2022
The annual Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) 2023 Tech Spending Intentions report is out! Lots of good stuff here. Contact me or the team for a readout or to learn more https://www.prweb.com/releases/enterprise_strategy_group_research_finds_ongoing_digital_transformation_investments_will_mitigate_the_impact_of_technology_spending_caution_in_2023/prweb19061381.htm
#cloudsecurity #techtrends #techspending #cybersecurity #AI #devops #cloudcomputing #networking