Author: Ken Roberts

  • Xbox Dev Direct—Gamers Rejoice, Indies Take Note

    Xbox dropped a Developer Direct and gave us a peek at some big 2025 releases. New action titles, narrative RPGs, and updates to existing franchises are on the docket—and fans are hyped. But if you’re running an indie studio or gaming-adjacent business? Pay attention to the gaps. Microsoft’s roadmap tells you what they aren’t focusing…

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  • Tech Stocks Slide—Too Much AI, Too Fast

    Nvidia and other AI-heavy stocks took a gut punch after DeepSeek-R1 launched. Market analysts are calling it saturation. I call it reckoning. We’ve been riding the AI hype cycle hard—venture funding, infrastructure spending, and everybody slapping “AI-powered” on their products whether it made sense or not. Now folks are realizing: you can’t just automate your…

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  • OpenAI Operator—Finally, a Useful Bot?

    OpenAI just rolled out “Operator,” a hands-free digital agent that can fill out forms, book your appointments, and generally run errands for you online. Think of it like an intern that doesn’t eat lunch or ask for PTO. For those of us juggling multiple hats (and maybe still cleaning up our own ticket queues), this…

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  • DeepSeek-R1 Is Open—And That’s Both a Gift and a Threat

    DeepSeek dropped its open-source large language model, DeepSeek-R1, and the internet lost its mind. It’s basically an OpenAI rival that doesn’t sit behind a paywall. Sounds great… until you realize that every bad actor from here to Kiev now has access to GPT-level tech. I love open source. Been riding that wave since kernel 2.0.…

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  • MWC 2025—Where Innovation Meets Overload

    This year’s Mobile World Congress dropped a tsunami of gadgets: AI-powered phones that clone your voice, folding game consoles, solar-powered laptops… and even a phone that lets you swap out your own camera lenses. Cool, right? But let’s keep it real, Brother—99% of this is marketing hype. What caught my eye? Lenovo’s Yoga Solar PC.…

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  • AI Layoffs Keep Coming—But the Human Cost Is Higher

    Wayfair, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Meta just dropped another round of layoffs. The excuse? “AI restructuring.” Translation: replace people with machines and dress it up like progress. Now I’ve been in tech long enough to know we’ve always automated. But when the axe falls this hard and fast, you’ve got to ask—what are we optimizing for?…

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