Jordan Novet
@jordannovet.bsky.social
Technology reporter @cnbc.com in San Francisco. [email protected]
"Born to a poor Polish-Jewish family in Toronto on Feb. 28, 1929, Frank Goldberg showed an aptitude from an early age for what would become his life’s craft. ... He adopted the new surname Gehry in an effort to avoid the antisemitism of postwar Los Angeles" www.wsj.com/style/design...
Frank Gehry, Architect Whose Eccentric Exteriors Earned Acclaim, Dies at 96
Postmodernist was hailed for designs of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Born to a poor Polish-Jewish family in Toronto on Feb. 28, 1929, Frank Goldberg showed an aptitude from an early age for what would become his life’s craft. ... He adopted the new surname Gehry in an effort to avoid the antisemitism of postwar Los Angeles" www.wsj.com/style/design...
something new in Salesforce earnings. the company hasn't renamed itself, but it did rename its subscription and support revenue categories
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
something new in Salesforce earnings. the company hasn't renamed itself, but it did rename its subscription and support revenue categories
honestly every AWS service needs a mascot
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
honestly every AWS service needs a mascot
leg day before going to Vegas for a conference? what was i thinking
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
leg day before going to Vegas for a conference? what was i thinking
"He has 708 tech investments, including at least 449 stakes in companies with ties to artificial intelligence that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis of his financial disclosures." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
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November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"He has 708 tech investments, including at least 449 stakes in companies with ties to artificial intelligence that could be aided directly or indirectly by his policies, according to a New York Times analysis of his financial disclosures." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
loved going to Tekserve
David Lerner, a true mensch, dies at 72. One of the founders of Tekserve, Manhattan Repair/Sales for Macs.
Reading thru the comments, what an incredible soul. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
Reading thru the comments, what an incredible soul. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
David Lerner, a Mr. Fix-it of Apple Computers, Dies at 72
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November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
loved going to Tekserve
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
new: people across Wisconsin are increasingly standing up to AI data centers. at the old Foxconn site, citizens are thankful for Microsoft, but they said no to a new Microsoft data center 20 miles away. worries range from a loss of open land to meager tax payments www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/m...
Why rural Wisconsin is blocking the AI data center boom: 'Horses are skittish'
Tech giants are increasingly facing community backlash as they select places to build mammoth AI data centers.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
new: people across Wisconsin are increasingly standing up to AI data centers. at the old Foxconn site, citizens are thankful for Microsoft, but they said no to a new Microsoft data center 20 miles away. worries range from a loss of open land to meager tax payments www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/m...
"The Times has uncovered nearly 50 cases of people having mental health crises during conversations with ChatGPT. Nine were hospitalized; three died." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
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November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The Times has uncovered nearly 50 cases of people having mental health crises during conversations with ChatGPT. Nine were hospitalized; three died." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...
"Epic Games shifted a $10 million Fortnite project to Google Cloud after AWS failed to provide enough quota for Bedrock, according to the document." www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-ca...
Amazon's AI capacity crunch and performance issues pushed customers to rivals including Google
Amazon is seeing huge demand for AI cloud services. Keeping up with this demand has been a challenge, though.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Epic Games shifted a $10 million Fortnite project to Google Cloud after AWS failed to provide enough quota for Bedrock, according to the document." www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-ca...
tens of billions in capex but they still keep showing you ads for products you've already purchased
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
tens of billions in capex but they still keep showing you ads for products you've already purchased
this website has got a way to go in the US www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this website has got a way to go in the US www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
transfer of risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
transfer of risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Microsoft hearts Anthropic now
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Microsoft hearts Anthropic now
how long will it take for Anthropic to spend $30 billion on Azure
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
how long will it take for Anthropic to spend $30 billion on Azure
has anyone asked Jay Powell for comment apnews.com/article/us-m...
US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
has anyone asked Jay Powell for comment apnews.com/article/us-m...
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Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.
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Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.
www.wired.com/story/google...
www.wired.com/story/google...
yeah that's one way to cut costs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
yeah that's one way to cut costs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Jerome Bouyer, vice president of retail operations for Save A Lot, a discount-grocery chain with hundreds of stores, said consumers in recent weeks shifted away from fresh meat and produce to more-processed items like hot dogs, deli meats, ramen and pasta" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
Low-Income Shoppers Cut Spending and Businesses Worry
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Jerome Bouyer, vice president of retail operations for Save A Lot, a discount-grocery chain with hundreds of stores, said consumers in recent weeks shifted away from fresh meat and produce to more-processed items like hot dogs, deli meats, ramen and pasta" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
Warren Buffett, at 95, says he's in the office five days a week www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/w...
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Warren Buffett, at 95, says he's in the office five days a week www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/w...
wonder if we'll break past 2001 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
wonder if we'll break past 2001 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"clanker" is clearly the much better choice, not least because it's actually a single word www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Vibe coding’ beats ‘clanker’ to be Collins dictionary’s word of the year
AI-inspired word joins ‘biohacking’, ‘Henry’ and ‘broligarchy’ on tech-heavy 2025 list
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November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"clanker" is clearly the much better choice, not least because it's actually a single word www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
11/10 would slather
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
11/10 would slather
among today's headlines:
Job openings in October slumped to the lowest level since February 2021, Indeed measure shows
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/j...
First-time homebuyers are older than ever
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
Job openings in October slumped to the lowest level since February 2021, Indeed measure shows
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/j...
First-time homebuyers are older than ever
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
among today's headlines:
Job openings in October slumped to the lowest level since February 2021, Indeed measure shows
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/j...
First-time homebuyers are older than ever
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...
Job openings in October slumped to the lowest level since February 2021, Indeed measure shows
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/j...
First-time homebuyers are older than ever
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/h...