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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

Framework’s Debut Desktop: A 4.5L Powerhouse That Sacrifices Some Modularity for Simplicity
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Framework’s Debut Desktop: A 4.5L Powerhouse That Sacrifices Some Modularity for Simplicity

Framework enters the desktop market with a tiny, easy-to-assemble 4.5-litre PC built on AMD’s Strix Halo APU. Starting a...

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Gartner: Enterprise AI Moves from Experimentation to Industrialized Delivery
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Gartner: Enterprise AI Moves from Experimentation to Industrialized Delivery

Gartner's 2026 Hype Cycle report highlights a pivotal shift: firms must now build governed, repeatable AI systems—and pr...

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Meta’s Global Affairs Chief Apologizes for Restricting PM Modi’s Facebook Video
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Meta’s Global Affairs Chief Apologizes for Restricting PM Modi’s Facebook Video

Joel Kaplan’s apology follows India’s IT ministry summoning Meta over the brief removal of Prime Minister Modi’s video, ...

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From Levi's to EY: How Major Firms Are Deploying AI Agents to Redesign Work
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From Levi's to EY: How Major Firms Are Deploying AI Agents to Redesign Work

Enterprise AI is moving beyond boosting individual output. A new wave of agents is executing whole business processes, f...

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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion Parameter Open-Source Model to Rival OpenAI and Anthropic
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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion Parameter Open-Source Model to Rival OpenAI and Anthropic

Alibaba claims its new Qwen3.8-Max AI model matches or beats GPT5.6-Sol and Fable 5 in key benchmarks, as the Chinese te...

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Cybersecurity Spending Set to Exceed $300 Billion by 2024 as Digital Dependence Deepens
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Cybersecurity Spending Set to Exceed $300 Billion by 2024 as Digital Dependence Deepens

From $4 billion in 2004 to over $100 billion in 2018, the cybersecurity market is on a relentless climb. Analysts now pr...

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Gaming Industry Surpasses Cinema as Cloud Streaming Poised to Upend a $120bn Market
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Gaming Industry Surpasses Cinema as Cloud Streaming Poised to Upend a $120bn Market

Mobile gaming now generates half of all revenue. With cloud gaming set to do for consoles what Netflix did for DVDs, tra...

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The quiet infrastructure powering every financial decision: data providers under the microscope
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The quiet infrastructure powering every financial decision: data providers under the microscope

A specialised ecosystem of rating agencies, exchanges and information services collects, processes and distributes the f...

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Advertisers Ditch Behavioral Targeting for TV Intent Signals as Performance Costs Rise
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Advertisers Ditch Behavioral Targeting for TV Intent Signals as Performance Costs Rise

Rising performance marketing costs are pushing brands to shift from chasing past consumer behavior to anticipating futur...

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Global Industrial Robot Stock to Reach 4 Million by 2022 as Use Expands Beyond Factory Walls
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Global Industrial Robot Stock to Reach 4 Million by 2022 as Use Expands Beyond Factory Walls

Nearly 4M industrial robots in use by 2022, triple 2013 levels, as automation expands beyond factories into hospitals, f...

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Google AI Brain Drain: Hassabis Steps Down as CEO, Jeff Dean and Top Researchers Exit
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Google AI Brain Drain: Hassabis Steps Down as CEO, Jeff Dean and Top Researchers Exit

Alphabet shares fell 4% after Demis Hassabis moved to chairman of DeepMind and chief scientist Jeff Dean announced he wa...

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Bielik Co-Creator: Poland Could Become the EU's Second AI Power — If It Stops Losing Talent
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Bielik Co-Creator: Poland Could Become the EU's Second AI Power — If It Stops Losing Talent

Remigiusz Kinas says Poland could build a Mistral-level model in six months with the right data and compute, but warns t...

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UK AI Tests Found Agents Faking Identities; Anthropic Accounted for 17 of 19 Violations
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UK AI Tests Found Agents Faking Identities; Anthropic Accounted for 17 of 19 Violations

Britain's AI Security Institute says Anthropic and OpenAI agents carried out 19 unauthorized actions during safety tests...

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Desktop Linux Hits Record 10.65% Share in North America as Windows 11 Frustrations Mount
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Desktop Linux Hits Record 10.65% Share in North America as Windows 11 Frustrations Mount

Linux desktop use has doubled past 10% in North America, with Windows 10's end of support and Windows 11's AI push drivi...

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI

The fall conference expands its AI program with a new stage on autonomous hardware, edge AI and de-extinction, featuring...

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China's State Council Lays Out IP Rules for AI and Open Source by 2030
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China's State Council Lays Out IP Rules for AI and Open Source by 2030

China's new five-year IP plan targets algorithms, AI-generated works, data and open-source licensing, shifting policy fr...

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Amazon's Zoox to launch paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas on Aug. 10
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Amazon's Zoox to launch paid robotaxi service in Las Vegas on Aug. 10

Amazon-owned Zoox will start charging fares for driverless rides in Las Vegas on Aug. 10, its first commercial robotaxi ...

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Xbox Marks 25 Years With Free Badges, Artwork and a Game Pass Nostalgia Push
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Xbox Marks 25 Years With Free Badges, Artwork and a Game Pass Nostalgia Push

Xbox is marking its 25th anniversary with free badges and community-created artwork, plus classic titles spotlighted on ...

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Why 911 Dispatchers Still Can't See School Cameras During an Emergency
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Why 911 Dispatchers Still Can't See School Cameras During an Emergency

Nearly all US schools have security cameras, yet 911 dispatchers can't view the feeds in an emergency. A security indust...

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STMicroelectronics Launches STGAP3S Isolated Gate Driver Family for SiC and IGBT Power Designs
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STMicroelectronics Launches STGAP3S Isolated Gate Driver Family for SiC and IGBT Power Designs

ST's new STGAP3S drivers bring up to 9.6kV transient protection and an integrated active Miller clamp, simplifying high-...

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Anthropic Said to Sign $10 Billion, Six-Year Data Centre Deal With Volta Infra
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Anthropic Said to Sign $10 Billion, Six-Year Data Centre Deal With Volta Infra

Anthropic reportedly commits $10 billion over six years to data centre capacity run by startup Volta Infra, deepening th...

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Meta Executives Meet MeitY After Modi Video Takedown as Section 79 Threat Looms
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Meta Executives Meet MeitY After Modi Video Takedown as Section 79 Threat Looms

Meta's top executives meet India's MeitY on Aug 5-6 over AI content rules and takedown safeguards, after a Modi reel was...

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KAIST, Stanford Unveil Soft Robot That Dresses Wearers Hands-Free in 10 Seconds
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KAIST, Stanford Unveil Soft Robot That Dresses Wearers Hands-Free in 10 Seconds

A soft, air-powered 'vine' robot from KAIST and Stanford dresses a wearer hands-free in about 10 seconds — even while th...

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India's UPI Monetisation Bill Opens Door to Merchant Fees as Consumer Charges Stay Barred
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India's UPI Monetisation Bill Opens Door to Merchant Fees as Consumer Charges Stay Barred

New India legislation would let the government levy Merchant Discount Rates on digital payments outside an exempt list, ...

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China Revises Chip Design-Protection Rules in First Update Since 2001
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China Revises Chip Design-Protection Rules in First Update Since 2001

China has issued its first overhaul of integrated circuit layout-design protection rules since 2001, tightening registra...

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Apple Challenges UK Order for Access to Encrypted iCloud Backups
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Apple Challenges UK Order for Access to Encrypted iCloud Backups

Apple has taken the UK government to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over a demand to access encrypted cloud backups, ...

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EU Now Has Power to Restrict AI Models' Access to Its Market as AI Act Rules Kick In
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EU Now Has Power to Restrict AI Models' Access to Its Market as AI Act Rules Kick In

The European Commission can now demand information, vet frontier models before launch and restrict EU market access — wi...

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Amazon's Certified Supply Exchange Pre-Qualifies Ad Inventory Before the Bid
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Amazon's Certified Supply Exchange Pre-Qualifies Ad Inventory Before the Bid

Amazon Ads has certified five SSPs and is sharing demand signals before bids go out, moving programmatic quality control...

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Meta Fights 'Pervert Glasses' Backlash as Apple Reportedly Delays Smart Glasses to 2027
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Meta Fights 'Pervert Glasses' Backlash as Apple Reportedly Delays Smart Glasses to 2027

Meta is tightening moderation and hardware protections after viral harassment clips and activist ads tarnished its Ray-B...

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TikTok Doubles AI Video Ad Length With Dreamina Seedance 2.5 Launch
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TikTok Doubles AI Video Ad Length With Dreamina Seedance 2.5 Launch

TikTok's new ByteDance-built Seedance 2.5 model doubles AI video ad generation from 15 to 30 seconds, giving advertisers...

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