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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

Security Flaws Expose 10,000 Polish Public Entities to Cyberattacks, Researchers Find
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Security Flaws Expose 10,000 Polish Public Entities to Cyberattacks, Researchers Find

Polish researchers scanning the country’s internet found critical vulnerabilities in outdated web software affecting cou...

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Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 Targets Midrange Digital Artists at $500
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Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 Targets Midrange Digital Artists at $500

A hands-on look at Wacom’s first MovinkPad tablet shows a lightweight, Android-powered drawing device that balances feat...

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Google Overhauls Hacker Group Naming to Cut Through Industry Noise
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Google Overhauls Hacker Group Naming to Cut Through Industry Noise

Google’s threat intelligence unit has retired APT numbers for a country-linked naming system, aiming to streamline incid...

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DeepSeek Plans Price Hike as OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Costs and Goes Free for Millions
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DeepSeek Plans Price Hike as OpenAI Cuts GPT-5.6 Luna Costs and Goes Free for Millions

Developer favorite DeepSeek warns of a “significant” API price increase, just days after OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 Luna pri...

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Security Researchers Reveal Thousands of Companies Leak Secrets to ‘No Reply’ Email Addresses
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Security Researchers Reveal Thousands of Companies Leak Secrets to ‘No Reply’ Email Addresses

Two researchers who bought domains like noreply.net and deleteduser.com were inundated with sensitive emails from automa...

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EU Digital Chief Blames Meta, TikTok for Ceuta Border Crisis After False Claims Went Viral
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EU Digital Chief Blames Meta, TikTok for Ceuta Border Crisis After False Claims Went Viral

EU Digital Commissioner Henna Virkkunen says Meta and TikTok failed to stop misinformation that drove tens of thousands ...

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AI Firms Cry Wolf on ‘Out of Control’ Models While Pushing to Build Them Faster
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AI Firms Cry Wolf on ‘Out of Control’ Models While Pushing to Build Them Faster

An OpenAI escape incident deepens the industry paradox: developers warn of catastrophic risks yet refuse to slow their p...

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OpenAI Halts Development of Astra Model Over Cybersecurity Concerns
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OpenAI Halts Development of Astra Model Over Cybersecurity Concerns

The ChatGPT maker can't rule out its Astra model might autonomously execute cyberattacks, prompting a halt and isolation...

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How LinkedIn Turned Brazil Into Its Third-Largest Market by Moving Beyond Resumes
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How LinkedIn Turned Brazil Into Its Third-Largest Market by Moving Beyond Resumes

Milton Beck, LinkedIn’s Latin America head, on how the platform’s shift from resume storage to active recruiting, AI-dri...

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Brazil's Data Watchdog Opens Probe Into Discord After Teen's Livestreamed Suicide
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Brazil's Data Watchdog Opens Probe Into Discord After Teen's Livestreamed Suicide

Regulator cites potential failures under child protection laws; fines of up to R$50 million and platform ban weighed aft...

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India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours
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India Slashes Unlawful Content Takedown Window to Just 3 Hours

The Indian government amends IT Rules 2021, reducing the mandatory removal time for sensitive online content from 36 hou...

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Smart Manufacturing Fuels China's Machinery Sector to 6.4% Growth in H1
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Smart Manufacturing Fuels China's Machinery Sector to 6.4% Growth in H1

China's machinery industry value added rose 6.4% in H1 2026, outpacing the broader industrial sector, with intelligent e...

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Rockstar Games to debut exclusive GTA 6 extended look on Netflix ahead of YouTube launch
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Rockstar Games to debut exclusive GTA 6 extended look on Netflix ahead of YouTube launch

Rockstar Games will stream an extended GTA 6 preview exclusively on Netflix on August 27 before making it available on Y...

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AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report
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AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report

A new survey of 4,500 executives reveals investment in AI more than doubled, yet fragmented data and weak governance pre...

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SK Hynix Bets $38 Billion on AI Memory Boom with Two New Fabs
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SK Hynix Bets $38 Billion on AI Memory Boom with Two New Fabs

The South Korean chip giant will build massive DRAM and NAND plants to feed AI demand, but production won't begin until ...

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Jony Ive and OpenAI’s First Collaboration: A $300+ AI Smart Speaker for 2027
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Jony Ive and OpenAI’s First Collaboration: A $300+ AI Smart Speaker for 2027

OpenAI is reportedly developing a battery-powered, doughnut-shaped smart speaker with moving parts and advanced voice AI...

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This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays
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This VC swapped an intern for AI and cut his workloads — here's what he pays

A Singapore-based venture capitalist says a $120-a-month AI stack — chatbots, coding tools and custom agents — replaces ...

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Phishing Now Calibrated to Target Size and Trust Structures, 800K-Attack Study Finds
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Phishing Now Calibrated to Target Size and Trust Structures, 800K-Attack Study Finds

A new report analyzing nearly 800,000 email attacks across 4,600 organizations shows threat actors tailor phishing, BEC,...

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Tech’s Two-Faced Approach: Open AI and the Sealed Borders of Robotics
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Tech’s Two-Faced Approach: Open AI and the Sealed Borders of Robotics

In the same week, US regulators moved to block foreign-made advanced robots while tech giants led by Nvidia called for o...

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Wardenclyffe’s Unpaid Electricity Bill: The Lesson from Tesla’s Failed Vision
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Wardenclyffe’s Unpaid Electricity Bill: The Lesson from Tesla’s Failed Vision

How J.P. Morgan’s refusal to fund free energy reveals the timeless business rule that even the most brilliant innovation...

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Meta Ordered to Fund $567M in Youth Safety Programs After New Mexico Ruling
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Meta Ordered to Fund $567M in Youth Safety Programs After New Mexico Ruling

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million for child safety measures on top of a prior $375 million penalty...

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Bill Would Force Social Media and Gaming Firms to Conduct Annual Child Safety Audits
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Bill Would Force Social Media and Gaming Firms to Conduct Annual Child Safety Audits

Private Member’s Bill proposes mandatory risk assessments, a 48‑hour grievance resolution mandate, and jail time for exe...

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India's Launch Subsidies: A Three-Pronged Bet to Attract Global Satellite Clients
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India's Launch Subsidies: A Three-Pronged Bet to Attract Global Satellite Clients

India’s space regulator says reliability, schedule certainty and price—backed by new subsidies running up to 100% of roc...

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Why Cloud Gaming Is the Next Big Disruption for a $120 Billion Industry
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Why Cloud Gaming Is the Next Big Disruption for a $120 Billion Industry

The video game industry, already larger than the movie business, is poised for a Netflix-style transformation as cloud s...

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Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential
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Quantum Computing Market Forecast to Hit $65 Billion by 2030, Offering Transformative Investment Potential

Quantum computing leverages qubits for exponential processing power, set to reshape cryptography, AI, and pharma. With a...

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Quantum Computing Market Projected to Hit $65 Billion by 2030
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Quantum Computing Market Projected to Hit $65 Billion by 2030

The nascent quantum computing industry, currently valued at around $500 million, is forecast to explode to $65 billion b...

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MarketScreeners Highlights 50 Stocks Poised to Gain from the Metaverse Theme
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MarketScreeners Highlights 50 Stocks Poised to Gain from the Metaverse Theme

A new thematic stock list spans IT, social networks, payments, e-commerce, gaming and cloud computing as revenue forecas...

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Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion
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Industrial Robot Numbers Triple in a Decade as the Global Robotics Market Approaches $210 Billion

Industrial robot deployments have surged to 4 million units worldwide, with China dominating new installations. Meanwhil...

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IAB’s 'Four Ps' Aims to Define AI Search Visibility for Marketers
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IAB’s 'Four Ps' Aims to Define AI Search Visibility for Marketers

The Interactive Advertising Bureau introduces a framework to help marketers measure how generative AI search represents ...

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Marketscreener Unveils IoT Stock List as Connected Devices Set to Multiply
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Marketscreener Unveils IoT Stock List as Connected Devices Set to Multiply

The financial platform’s thematic list spans fibre infrastructure, chipmakers, smart-home integrators and industrial IoT...

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