(Preview) Meta’s New Restrictions for Teens, Nvidia’s Open Source Investments, Q&A on Netflix, Druckenmiller, Parameters and Performance
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-08-28
(Preview) Five US-China (and Russia) Questions; Cabbage with Formaldehyde; The Continuing Tax Crackdown; Unitree Stock Down 45%
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-08-27
Klay Thompson signs with Heat + talking Blazers, Jazz, Wizards, Raptors & Mavericks with Andrew Sharp
The Kevin O'Connor Show
2026-08-24
(Preview) The App Store in the Shadow of AI, Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity, Q&A on Financial Planning, AI Writing, American Sports
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-08-21
Wang Yi Visits South Korea; Remembering Zhu Rongji; US-China Ahead of Xi’s Visit; How China Monitors Foreigners
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-08-20
(Preview) Nvidia’s Answer to Capital Constraints, Google’s Attrition and Direction, Q&A on AI Writing, Vision Pro, Vibe Coding
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-08-14
(Preview) Microsoft’s Plan for Platform Survival, Meta and the Market’s Permission, A Lack of Situational Awareness
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-08-06
(Preview) A Memory-Maker Makes History; New Robot Rules; The Open Weights Debate Rages; End of July News and Notes
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-07-30
(Preview) An OpenAI Model Escapes Sandboxing, Intelligence Will Be a Commodity Market, The Chinese Model Conundrum
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-07-23
(Preview) Kimi Madness; Xi’s AI Vision and US Questions; Trump’s Election Data Claims; The Connected Vehicle Security Act
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-07-21
(Preview) The Continuing Adventures of OpenAI, Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit, Q&A on Mainframes, Meta, Daylight Savings Time
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-07-17
(Preview) K-Shaped Economic Data And Its Implications; Ma Xingrui News; Closing Window for Open Source AI?; The SCS and International Law
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-07-16
(Preview) Meta and Its Messaging Problem, The XBOX Reset, Q&A on Token Costs, American Soccer, Starlink in Nature
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-07-10
A Missile Test and New PLA Generals; The CITIC Plane Crash; America’s Taiwan Interests; Guo Wengui Jailed and Ezra Jin Released
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-07-09
(Preview) A Summer Break Mailbag: Memory Mania, Vibe Coding, Mafia PR, Caffeine Intake, Garages, and How to Fix Soccer
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-06-26
(Preview) Party Building and Xi’s Dominance; Memory Chips and ASML Accusations; Germany’s Puzzling Push for Plaza Accords
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-06-24
(Preview) The Anthropic Saga Continues, Fox and the Future of Streaming, Q&A on ChatGPT, Agentic Shopping, Autonomous Driving
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-06-19
(Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-06-12
Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-06-11
Seizing The Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-06-04
(Preview) SpaceX Hype and the Elon Bargain, Nvidia and the Neoclouds, Q&A on Dropbox, Google, Ferrari Luce Backlash
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-05-29
(Preview) Social Mobility and Hukou Reform; US Halts Taiwan Arms Sales?; Ongoing Pressure on Japan; An American Xinhua Journalist Arrested
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-05-28
(Preview) Constructing US-China Stability; Trump’s Taiwan Comments and More Summit Takeaways; Putin in China
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-05-21
(Preview) Inference in the Agentic Future, xAI Is Two Companies in One, Q&A on Elon’s Lawsuit, Intel, Apple
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-05-15
10 Questions and Modest Expectations With Trump in China to Meet Xi Jinping
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-05-13
(Preview) AWS History and Trainium’s AI Future, OpenAI Makes a Deal With Microsoft, Meta and the Future of Wearable Devices
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-05-01
(Preview) Beijing Kills Meta’s Manus Deal; April Politburo Takeaways; Foreign Forces Afflicting the Youth; US Countermeasures Mounting
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-04-30
(Preview) Xi Wants the Strait of Hormuz Re-Opened; Cakes and An E-Commerce Crackdown; The Next Stage of Decoupling; The MATCH Act in Congress
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-04-23
(Preview) Six Questions on Frontier AI Labs, Messaging AI to a Skeptical Public, Amazon (and Apple?) Ramps Up Competition with Elon
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-04-17
Mythos and Project Glasswing, The Year of Anthropic Continues Apace, Q&A on the NYT, Altman, De-globalization
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-04-10
(Preview) Five Questions on Apple at 50 Years Old, The Axios Hack and AI Security, Q&A on Starlink, AI IPOs, AirPods
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-04-03
The U.S., China and Iran; A PRC-Pakistan Peace Plan; KMT Chair Set to Visit China; Huawei, Manus and ZXMOTO
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-04-02
(Preview) A Spring Break Mailbag: RIP Sora, Ads and Surplus, F1 Going in Reverse, Elon Inc., Smartphone Parenting, and More
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-03-27
(Preview) A Giant Mess with Super Micro; Completely Correct Xiong’an Progress; The PRC’s Balancing Act on Iran; Manus, Apple and Router News
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-03-25
(Preview) The War in Iran and the Visit to Beijing; New DNI Assessments on Taiwan; Military Scientists Disappearing From Public View
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-03-20
(Preview) OpenAI’s Enterprise Pivot, The Rise of Agents and Bubble Counterpoints, Nvidia Changes Its Inference Story
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-03-19
(Preview) Nerding Out with the Neo, Claude and the Integration Question, The End of Coding Language History
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-03-13
(Preview) The ‘Raising a Lobster’ Frenzy; Iran and US-China as Trump’s Visit Looms; Two Sessions Takeaways
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-03-12
Trae Young's Debut, Julian Reese's Rebounds, and NBA Contender/Pretender Watch with Andrew Sharp
Capital Hoop Caucus
2026-03-07
(Preview) The Anthropic Mess Continues, Frontier AI and the Uncertain Future of Law, Q&A on Netflix, Dating Apps, F1
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-03-06
All Eyes on Iran; Two Sessions Questions; Alibaba, DeepSeek and Distillation; Another UK Spying Scandal
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-03-05
(Preview) The Roots of a Global Memory Shortage, Thick, Thin and Apple, Shopify is Fine, Actually
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-02-20
(Preview) Spotify Spreads Its Wings, CapEx Explosions and Distinctions, Q&A on Viral AI Tweets, Anthropic, Giannis
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-02-13
(Preview) SaaSmageddon and the Future, Microsoft After a Market Correction, Anthropic’s Super Bowl Lies
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-02-06
The PLA Purges One Week Later; World Leaders Flock to Beijing; A Trump-Xi Phone Call; Panama Canal Resolution?
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-02-05
(Preview) Meta’s Plans to Spend $135 Billion, The ‘AI Bubble’ Bubble?, Why Hyperscalers Should NOT Invest in TSMC
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-01-30
(Preview) A Call to Action for TSMC’s AI Customers, Wall Street’s Netflix Anxiety, Q&A on Tech’s Cignetti, OpenAI, Starbucks
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-01-23
(Preview) Apple And Its Lack of Vision, The Transformation of United Airlines, Q&A on Grok, Meta, and Streaming Economics
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-01-16
(Preview) What’s at Stake for China in Iran; Canada’s PM in Beijing; Notes on Chips, Apps, and Drones
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-01-15
Point guard musical chairs & the NBA’s 10 most underrated players with Andrew Sharp + Draft Class with Mohamed Farah
The Kevin O'Connor Show
2026-01-12
(Preview) The Economy in the 22nd Century, Amoral Tech and Silicon Valley Micro-Culture, What Nvidia Is Getting From Groq
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2026-01-09
China’s Venezuela Calculations; Japan’s Rare Earth Access; A Reported Pause on Nvidia Purchases; The Meta-Manus Deal Under Review
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2026-01-08
(Preview) An OpenAI Reminder, Netflix’s Expanding Appetite, Q&A on Remote Work, Taco Bell, and Data Centers in Space
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2025-12-19
(Preview) Xi Jinping Thought on Domestic Demand; Political Economy vs. the Actual Economy; The Stories of the Year and Questions for 2026
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2025-12-17
(Preview) Netflix Opportunities and Anxieties, Merger Hurdles to Come, Hollywood’s Endgame and What Comes Next
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2025-12-12
(Preview) Trump’s Plan to Sell Advanced Chips to China; U.S. Concessions Piling Up Amid a Push for ‘Stability’; Macron and the EU Conundrum
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2025-12-10
Trump, Takaichi and a Game of Telephone; Japan Jawboning Continues; An Internet Governance Study Session; China Making Trade ‘Impossible’
Sharp China with Bill Bishop
2025-12-03
(Preview) How Tech is Transforming the Suburbs, Q&A on Gemini, LLM Use Cases, Working With Your In-Laws, UAPs, and More
Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson
2025-11-26