Abram Brown

New York

Weekend Magazine Editor at The Information

I edit @TheInformation’s Weekend section | [email protected].

Articles

Apple Watch May Get Cameras in AI Push

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Source: BloombergApple is experimenting with adding cameras and some AI features to the Apple Watch, a signal the company is accelerating its efforts to stay competitive in the shift toward artificial intelligence. The cameras would allow the watch to see the world around it and deliver information about the surroundings to its owner.
Heroes, Villains and a Startup Spy

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter: • The Big Read: Inside the Deel-Rippling spy drama • The Arena: Exclusive new database! Meet all the techies who own sports teams • The Top 5: The people who help Silicon Valley hone its taste in art • Politics and Policy: Why Section 230 may finally get changed • Biotech: The woolly mammoth gets ready for its close-up • Plus, our Recommendations: The emperor richer than Bezos; Robert De Niro, cyber crusader; and breaking bad in Montana When I first...
Why the Woolly Mammoth Startup Felt It Needed to Hire a Hollywood Director

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

A while back, Thomas Tull, billionaire Hollywood mogul turned venture capitalist, invited a group of friends to a rodeo in Dallas. One of those people was Ben Lamm, co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based startup backed by Tull that hopes to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
Vibe Coding Explained

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Amazon’s retail chief shifts from Bezos era• Artificial Intelligence: Scale AI’s billionaire CEO eyes a grander stage in politics• Plus, our Recommendations: Death at 28,000 feet; a VC tells all; and an unapologetically twisty apocalypse show“It was like strapping on an Iron Man suit and flying around,” said Jon Stokes, co-founder of Symbolic AI.
Altman’s Opportunism Should Worry Trump

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: We know how Project Stargate begins• The Top 5: The think tanks that matter to Trump and tech• Plus, our Recommendations: Anne Frank in America; how to make a millennial LOL; and when heart cancer warms the heart In Washington, time is a malleable concept. In some moments, it seems like nothing there can ever happen fast. And then—zip, zip, zzzzip.
Inside the Start of Project Stargate—and the Startup Powering It

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

On the barren outskirts of Abilene, Texas, traffic had snarled to a crawl: It was shift-change time at Project Stargate, and as several hundred workers drove off the 800-acre site that contains the debut Stargate data center, plumes of dust from the red clay dirt followed the caravan of pickup trucks out of sight. Even without the oxidized haze, no one would’ve had their windows open. On this early evening in February, the thermometer hovered around 90 degrees.
Anthropic's Secret Trick for Measuring Claude

1 month ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why Runway thinks it can outrun OpenAI and Google• Artificial Intelligence: AI.com is up for sale. Asking price?
Altman Gets the New York Treatment

2 months ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: How Apple and Qualcomm share tech’s rockiest marriage • Policy and Safety: New push for safety laws could lift parents fatigued by tech worries• The Top 5: Silicon Valley’s favorite snow toys • Shopping: Tech’s winter it item?
The AI Scene Awaiting JD Vance

2 months ago | theinformation.com | Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter: • The Big Read: The Thiel protégé set to dispense a dose of abrupt change to the U.S. Health Department • The Top 5: The best high-tech protective gear for skiers and snowboarders • Plus, our Recommendations: A tricky traitor in the Troubles; a deeply researched television set; and Michael Fassbender goes James Bond–ish Oh, bonjour, Monsieur le Vice-Président! Next week, JD Vance will bid adieu to the States and jet over to Paris for a major affair:...
The AI Scene Awaiting JD Vance

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Abram Brown

21 hours agoSnow Rodeo 2025The Snow Rodeo is back; bringing the double header action to Winsport Canada with a FIS Halfpipe World Cup on Friday, February 21st and the FIS Slopestyle World Cup on Saturday, February 22nd! Don’t forget your cowboy hat and saddle up for the big show as the world’s best throwdown at the fifth edition of the Snow Rodeo.