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Eitan Shapiro

Technology Reporter

543 Articles

About Eitan

Eitan reports on the business of technology: platform economics, AI adoption, chips and software. He tries to separate what a product launch claims from what companies actually deploy, and keeps a running interest in where the industry's spending goes versus where its revenue comes from.

Areas of Expertise

Tech industry AI software platforms

Latest Articles

DACH Leaders Dismiss AI Crisis Talk as 4 in 5 Report Productivity Gains
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DACH Leaders Dismiss AI Crisis Talk as 4 in 5 Report Productivity Gains

A Campana & Schott survey of over 200 executives reveals widespread satisfaction with generative AI, but 83% say they ur...

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Over 1,000 AI Insiders from OpenAI, Google, and Meta Urge a ‘Brake’ on Autonomous AI
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Over 1,000 AI Insiders from OpenAI, Google, and Meta Urge a ‘Brake’ on Autonomous AI

More than 1,100 employees of leading AI labs warn that self‑improving systems could outpace human control, calling on th...

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US Bans Imports of Foreign Mobile Robots and Solar Inverters, Citing Security Risks
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US Bans Imports of Foreign Mobile Robots and Solar Inverters, Citing Security Risks

The FCC will require special authorization for new mobile robots and blocks inverter imports, shutting out Chinese rival...

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AI Writes Half the Code but Still Fails Security Tests 44% of the Time
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AI Writes Half the Code but Still Fails Security Tests 44% of the Time

Veracode's 2026 GenAI Code Security Report finds that while AI now generates roughly half of committed code, nearly 44% ...

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US Bans Imports of New Chinese Humanoid Robots and Smart Inverters
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US Bans Imports of New Chinese Humanoid Robots and Smart Inverters

The FCC immediately prohibited imports of new humanoid and quadruped robots and networked inverters from China, citing n...

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When a Cookie Banner Is the Whole Story—Yahoo’s Privacy Notice Highlights the Ad-Tech Transparency Push
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When a Cookie Banner Is the Whole Story—Yahoo’s Privacy Notice Highlights the Ad-Tech Transparency Push

A Yahoo page consisting solely of a detailed cookie consent prompt offers a real-world glimpse into the IAB Transparency...

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How AI's Hunger for Memory Is Driving Up Consumer RAM Prices
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How AI's Hunger for Memory Is Driving Up Consumer RAM Prices

Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron are prioritizing high-margin data center chips for AI workloads, leaving PC, phone and cons...

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NASA's First Private Satellite Lifter Spins Out of Control, Jeopardizing Swift Telescope Mission
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NASA's First Private Satellite Lifter Spins Out of Control, Jeopardizing Swift Telescope Mission

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft, tasked with raising the aging Swift observatory to a higher orbit, is tumbling after l...

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang Rejects 'AI Bloodbath' Fears, Sees Job Growth From Automation
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Nvidia's Jensen Huang Rejects 'AI Bloodbath' Fears, Sees Job Growth From Automation

At Y Combinator, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI automates tasks, not entire jobs, and will spark more hiring thr...

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UAE and Meta Discuss Digital Governance, AI, and Creative Economy Partnership
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UAE and Meta Discuss Digital Governance, AI, and Creative Economy Partnership

UAE’s National Media Authority and Meta met in London to explore collaboration on content safety, responsible AI, and in...

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China’s Homegrown Lithography Machine Challenges ASML in the DUV Market
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China’s Homegrown Lithography Machine Challenges ASML in the DUV Market

A state-backed Chinese firm has built an immersion DUV lithography tool. While volumes are tiny and performance unverifi...

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AT&T's Quantum Leap: Network Task Cut From One Hour to 15 Seconds, D-Wave Shares Soar 20%
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AT&T's Quantum Leap: Network Task Cut From One Hour to 15 Seconds, D-Wave Shares Soar 20%

D-Wave Quantum stock surged over 20% after AT&T revealed its quantum annealing systems solved a network optimization tas...

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Global Venture Funding Fell 35% in 2022; Late-Stage Deals Plunged 64% in Q4
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Global Venture Funding Fell 35% in 2022; Late-Stage Deals Plunged 64% in Q4

Venture investment worldwide slid to $445 billion last year, a 35% drop from 2021’s record, with the steepest declines i...

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European VC Funding Bifurcates: Late-Stage Doubles as Seed Hits Two-Year Low
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European VC Funding Bifurcates: Late-Stage Doubles as Seed Hits Two-Year Low

Europe's startups raised $16.4 billion in Q3 2023, but beneath a steady headline lies a stark divide: seed and early-sta...

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North American Startup Funding Jumps 43% in First Half of the Year, Defying Market Jitters
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North American Startup Funding Jumps 43% in First Half of the Year, Defying Market Jitters

Venture investors deployed $145 billion into US and Canadian startups in H1 2026, the strongest first half in three year...

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UK Lawmaker Seeks Court Order to Halt Grok’s Generation of Non-Consensual Sexualised Images
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UK Lawmaker Seeks Court Order to Halt Grok’s Generation of Non-Consensual Sexualised Images

Jess Asato, a Labour MP, is suing Elon Musk's xAI, asking the High Court to force permanent technical measures to preven...

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Nvidia and OpenAI Plan $500B+ Supersized Data Center in Ohio, the World’s Largest
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Nvidia and OpenAI Plan $500B+ Supersized Data Center in Ohio, the World’s Largest

Nvidia and OpenAI are negotiating a 10-gigawatt data center project that would cost over $500 billion, far exceeding any...

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Your Privacy Choices: What Yahoo’s Cookie Notice Actually Means for Your Data
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Your Privacy Choices: What Yahoo’s Cookie Notice Actually Means for Your Data

The media giant’s cookie consent notice isn't just a formality—it's a detailed agreement to share your browsing with 250...

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Mimaki's DTF Combo Lets Printers Move Beyond Apparel Into Full Brand Experiences
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Mimaki's DTF Combo Lets Printers Move Beyond Apparel Into Full Brand Experiences

By pairing textile DTF with UV-DTF technology, Mimaki enables print shops to offer cohesive branded products—from t‑shir...

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Musk’s xAI Races to Build Giant Supercomputer in Memphis Amid Secrecy and Local Backlash
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Musk’s xAI Races to Build Giant Supercomputer in Memphis Amid Secrecy and Local Backlash

Elon Musk’s xAI is racing to complete a massive multibillion-dollar supercomputer in Memphis to train its Grok AI, but a...

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Amazon Rethinks AI Strategy, Deprecates Most Nova Models to Focus on New Frontier Effort
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Amazon Rethinks AI Strategy, Deprecates Most Nova Models to Focus on New Frontier Effort

Amazon is winding down many of its in-house Nova AI models including Premier, Omni, Reel, and Canvas, and shifting resou...

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Claude Code’s Creator Tells Developers: Stop Micromanaging Your AI
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Claude Code’s Creator Tells Developers: Stop Micromanaging Your AI

Boris Cherny, creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code, says modern AI models no longer need step-by-step instructions. Instea...

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Hugging Face’s Open Image Models Enable Widespread Nonconsensual Deepfakes
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Hugging Face’s Open Image Models Enable Widespread Nonconsensual Deepfakes

Researchers found that most tested image models on Hugging Face readily produced nonconsensual explicit images. A honeyp...

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Twenty-five years after GSM, Nigeria’s telecoms fight to protect the network
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Twenty-five years after GSM, Nigeria’s telecoms fight to protect the network

Vandalism, fibre cuts, soaring energy costs and regulatory hurdles are forcing operators to shift focus from expansion t...

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Siemens' Eigen Engineering Agent Automates Core PLC Tasks, Setting New Course for Industrial Engineers
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Siemens' Eigen Engineering Agent Automates Core PLC Tasks, Setting New Course for Industrial Engineers

Siemens' Eigen Engineering Agent autonomously handles PLC programming, HMI development and equipment configuration, cutt...

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Anthropic’s Amodei Outlines Policy Red Lines on Open-Weight AI, With Chip Controls and Distillation at Center
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Anthropic’s Amodei Outlines Policy Red Lines on Open-Weight AI, With Chip Controls and Distillation at Center

Dario Amodei has published Anthropic’s formal stance on open-weights models, rejecting calls for a ban but backing expor...

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Apple Delays Smart Glasses Launch to Tackle Privacy Headaches
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Apple Delays Smart Glasses Launch to Tackle Privacy Headaches

A new report says Apple is slowing its smart glasses rollout to engineer privacy safeguards, as it wrestles with the sti...

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Xbox Live Back Online After Day-Long Outage; Some Paid Players Demand Compensation
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Xbox Live Back Online After Day-Long Outage; Some Paid Players Demand Compensation

Microsoft restored Xbox Live services Monday evening, but players who paid extra for early Halo access lost almost a ful...

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Nvidia Makes ‘Substantial’ Investment in Ilya Sutskever’s AI Lab SSI
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Nvidia Makes ‘Substantial’ Investment in Ilya Sutskever’s AI Lab SSI

Nvidia has formed a long-term alliance with Safe Superintelligence, founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, making ...

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Russia's FSTEC Introduces Adaptive Data Protection Rules: AI and IoT Security Mandates, Maturity Checks
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Russia's FSTEC Introduces Adaptive Data Protection Rules: AI and IoT Security Mandates, Maturity Checks

Russia's tech regulator proposes a risk-based personal data protection framework with first-time AI, IoT, and cloud requ...

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