Research Archive

October 21, 2025 / Max Weinbach

M5 Apple Silicon: It’s All About the Cache And Tensors

Today is a big day, M5 Day! I say this because I believe M5 is a bigger deal than the products it’s in. That’s not to say these products are bad, quite the opposite: they are so good and have been so good for so many years that it’s hard to think of anything meaningful…

October 7, 2025 / Ben Bajarin

AI Is Our Electricity Moment: Why Productivity Follows Process

Ariticle Summary/Thesis Every transformative technology arrives twice. First as hardware and headlines—motors, wires, GPUs, data centers—then, years later, as redesigned work that finally shows up in the productivity numbers. Electricity followed that arc. The earliest adopters simply swapped steam engines for electric motors and wondered why little changed. The real step-up came only after managers…

September 14, 2025 / Ben Bajarin

The Consumerization of Agentic AI

The Race to the Super-Agent: From Managing AI to Collaborating With It What is an agent? I open a lot of conversations with that question, especially with executives who are trying to bring agentic AI to real users. My working definition: AI agents are intelligent digital assistants that observe, reason, and act on their own,…

September 10, 2025 / Max Weinbach

Pro Optional: The Year the iPhone Was About Feel

Yesterday was the iPhone launch, and it was actually a refreshing one. It was one of the first years that I think I had decently low expectations going in, but was incredibly surprised (and delighted) coming out. This is partly because for the first time in years, quite a few of the leaks, rumors, and…

August 11, 2025 / Max Weinbach

What’s up with ChatGPT & GPT-5?

OpenAI finally released GPT-5 last week, and there has been quite a lot of discourse on the internet about its quality. Some users have a great impression, others not so much. Some are mourning the loss of a friend, others are just happy to have a more intelligent model with free access. There is a…

July 14, 2025 / Max Weinbach

Unpacked 2025: Samsung’s foldables are so back

Last week was Samsung Unpacked, specifically Unpacked focusing on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Galaxy Watch 8 series. These launches mark a pivotal moment for the broader smartphone market, signaling Samsung’s drive to make foldables mainstream by marrying a familiar phone feel with flagship‑grade capabilities. The Fold 7 is probably the…

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