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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 12h

Meta won't be able to resist adding ads to Muse.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hopefully Australia tells Anthropic to take a hike.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

RIP, VR headsets. Meta has unveiled Meta VR Glasses, a virtual reality device with an external compute pack, a three-hour battery life, and roughly 2.5K resolution per eye (www.meta.com/en-gb/blog/m...), coming in Spring 2027 for $1,300. Meta claims it will break even on every device it sells.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Given that last month, a US appeals court let Perplexity’s AI shopping agent back on Amazon, will Meta sue Amazon or does it value their many cloud deals too much?

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's almost like they knew their coup would be short-lived.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

5 announcements you should know from Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Workplace from Meta permanently shut down on May 31, 2026, but I'm still surprised that Meta was using Google Chat. I'm not surprised that it wasn't using Messenger. Slack really is the default. It's wild that it took until 2026 for Meta to realize that, and to use agents as an excuse.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This week, Hard Coded covers Meta's child addiction lawsuit settlement: hardcoded.insightmediagroup.io/meta-solves-... Plus more from HONOR, Stripe, PayPal, AMD, Intel, Luffu, Anthropic, Salesforce, OpenAI, METR, Bill Gates, Pew Research Center, Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, and Hugging Face.

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Meta solves child addiction · Hard Coded

Emil Protalinski created the Hard Coded newsletter to share his firm opinions and knowledge about the most compelling tech news of the week.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nvidia wants to own the GitHub of AI. Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire Hugging Face, which is often described as the "GitHub for AI models,” for $12.9 billion (www.theinformation.com/articles/nvi...).

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Would you trade your telephoto camera and Face ID for a foldable iPhone? Apple is reportedly getting ready to unveil a foldable iPhone next month, with some tradeoffs (www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...).

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This week, Hard Coded covers Stripe's OpenRouter bet: hardcoded.insightmediagroup.io/stripes-open... Plus more from Ramp, PayPal, OpenAI, Anthropic, Uber, Zipline, Google, Spirit Airlines, SUPCON, and Apple.

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Stripe’s OpenRouter bet · Hard Coded

Emil Protalinski created the Hard Coded newsletter to share his firm opinions and knowledge about the most compelling tech news of the week.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

AI slop is coming to your text messages. Would you let ChatGPT send text messages for you? Well, now you can! OpenAI has launched an Apple Messages plugin for ChatGPT on macOS (learn.chatgpt.com/docs/plugins...), available across all ChatGPT plans.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week, Hard Coded gives you a snapshot of Ai4: hardcoded.insightmediagroup.io/inside-ai4-2...

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just wait until the All In guys learn they live in Texas.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm back. Introducing the Hard Coded newsletter, where I share my knowledge, thoughts, and firm opinions about the most compelling tech news of the week: hardcoded.insightmediagroup.io Oh, and no, I will not be AI-generating Hard Coded. That market is oversaturated.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There are plenty of products that will clearly get worse with generative AI. Google Earth is near the top of the list.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I didn't know Om for very long, but for the handful of times we spoke, he was kind, generous with his time, and incredibly genuine.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I got a free Pizza Hut pizza when Canada won at the World Cup. Uber is flipping the script in all the wrong ways:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Honey, wake up. Florida is doing something good.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This headline has everything an editor could dream of.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

SpaceX is now a public company, making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

In today's geopolitics, chipmakers are the new carmakers.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Is an AI price war coming? OpenAI is reportedly considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens (www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...). The AI startup is anticipating Anthropic to make similar cuts, so it’s weighing its options.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

5 things you should know about Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

OpenAI is going public, but not immediately. OpenAI has confidentially filed for an IPO, alongside an unexpected statement:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

It looks like Google wants to start a price war just as the unprofitable Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to go public.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

You know that Elon was pushing for $1.69B.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

6 Nvidia announcements you should know about from Computex 2026:

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'd buy a 17-inch version of this in a heartbeat.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI’s valuation. Anthropic has raised a $65 billion Series H funding round at a $965 billion post-money valuation (www.anthropic.com/news/series-h). This is more than double Anthropic’s previous valuation in February and above OpenAI's $852 billion valuation in March.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Would you pay for Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp? Meta has globally rolled out Facebook Plus for $4 per month, Instagram Plus for $4 per month, and WhatsApp Plus for $3 per month (techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/m...).

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I wonder if this means GeForce's days are numbered.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

China continues to smile and nod at Trump and Huang while still blocking Nvidia chip sales in the country. Actions speak louder than words.

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Should Apple put Intel inside again? Apple has reportedly held exploratory talks with Intel and Samsung about producing processors for its devices in the United States (www.bloomberg.com/news/article...).

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

OpenAI released o1 in September 2024 and o3 in April 2025. The researchers really couldn't swap in the newer model that is now over a year old?

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