TWiT 1090: Flock of SQLs - Apple & Microsoft Grapple With Soaring Hardware Prices

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Sponsor Reads: SimplyCX, Box, Meter

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The episode's mid-section sponsor block covers three enterprise-focused products. SimplyCX is a Microsoft-hosted podcast exploring practical AI deployment in organisations, including an episode on photoreal digital twins. Box is presented as an intelligent content layer that gives AI agents access to company-specific institutional knowledge, with Leo quoting a stat that 96% of organisations say agents need access to company content but only 36% have connected them to trusted sources. Meter is positioned as a full-stack networking infrastructure company that owns the entire hardware and software stack, highlighted via a testimonial from the Webb School of Knoxville about streaming 20+ sports events without a hitch after a network redesign.

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This is happening to them, not with them. They haven't seen any benefits and all they hear is, oh my God, these models are so strong, they're going to completely undermine everybody's jobs.

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What we've really done is build Adobe Creative Cloud. It can replace some tasks and make them a little more efficient, but it's not going to cure cancer, at least not yet.

Dan Patterson

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That's the biggest problem with government and technology. They're always 2 years behind what's actually happening. So it's impossible really for government to regulate it.

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