Alistair Barr

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Akin Oyedele |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

As my daughter can attest, it's a tough job market out there. She's a mechanical engineer, which seems steady demand-wise. But many of her college friends are struggling to find that crucial entry-level job or internship. Some are wondering if computer science and similar courses were the right decision, with AI automating software tasks at companies. Just look at what's happening at Amazon.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Akin Oyedele |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

I write a newsletter for Business Insider called Tech Memo. There's a section called AI Playground where I use a new generative AI tool every week. My latest experiment took me and my daughter deep into the world of AI coding tools. We got started on a Sunday on the couch in early June. My daughter Tessa was back home from Wake Forest for part of the summer. She has a soap business called Scrub Club and wanted a website to promote and sell her products.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Alistair Barr |Ashley Stewart |Henry Blodget

Microsoft has a long history of being criticized for coming up with clunky product names, and for changing them so often it's hard for customers to keep up. The company's own employees once joked in a viral video that the iPod would have been called the "Microsoft I-pod Pro 2005 XP Human Ear Professional Edition with Subscription" had it been created by Microsoft. The latest gripe among some employees and customers: The company's tendency to slap "Copilot" on everything AI.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Akin Oyedele |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

This is the space where I usually try an AI tool. This week, though, I'm featuring an experience shared by a Tech Memo reader who got in touch after last week's installment about AI coding services such as Replit, Cursor, and Bolt.new. This person worked at Google for more than two decades, so they know their software! They recently tried out Replit, following Google CEO Sundar Pichai saying he's been messing around with this tool.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Akin Oyedele |Alistair Barr |Henry Blodget

WWDC was a bit of a bust. Apple's Liquid Glass design overhaul was criticized on social media because it makes some iPhone notifications hard to read. A few jokers on X even shared a screenshot of YouTube's play button obstructing the "Gl" in a thumbnail for an Apple Liquid Glass promo. Need I say more? The more serious question hanging over this year's WWDC was not answered. When will Siri get the AI upgrade it desperately needs?