Blake Montgomery

New York

US Tech Editor at The Guardian

Tech editor @GuardianUS, science fiction writer, and a tale told by an idiot. Contact: [email protected], DMs

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Apple’s triple threat: tariffs, AI troubles and a Fortnite fail

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech: Apple struggles on multiple fronts, OpenAI grows increasingly ambitious, and Trump helps some of his fans lose money on cryptocurrency. Apple finds itself in three binds – tariffs, AI, and FortniteLong dominant and unassailable, Apple is showing signs of weakness.
Trump the AI salesman makes deals in the Gulf - and rich men benefit

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week in tech: Donald Trump the AI salesman visits the Middle East; 23andMe gets bought, mostly for its data; and Elon Musk’s bot hallucinates an offensively incorrect historical record – twice. How Donald Trump’s ‘historic’ Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful menOn his tour of the Middle East this week, Donald Trump announced a slew of multi-billion-dollar tech deals with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
How Donald Trump’s ‘historic’ Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful men

2 weeks ago | qatarnewsapp.com | Blake Montgomery

On his tour of the Middle East this week, Donald Trump announced a slew of multibillion-dollar tech deals with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. With the sale of the US’s most advanced technology, he also sold the American model of the industry that made it: enormous amounts of power concentrated in the hands of a few men.
How Donald Trump’s ‘historic’ Gulf state deals benefit a handful of powerful men

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery

On his tour of the Middle East this week, Donald Trump announced a slew of multibillion-dollar tech deals with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. With the sale of the US’s most advanced technology, he also sold the American model of the industry that made it: enormous amounts of power concentrated in the hands of a few men.
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3 weeks ago | substack.com | Blake Montgomery

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Trump strikes a blow for AI - by firing the US copyright supremo

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Sometimes it helps me to write by thinking about how a radio broadcaster or television presenter would deliver the information, so I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. Today in tech news: questions hover over the automation of labor in the worker-strapped US healthcare system; and drones proliferate in a new conflict: India v Pakistan, both armed with nuclear weapons. But first, how fights over AI and copyright take very different shapes in the UK and US.
Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery |Johana Bhuiyan

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, and this week in tech news: Trump’s tariffs hit tech companies that move physical goods more than their digital-only counterparts. Two stories about AI’s effect on the labor market paint a murky picture. Meta released a standalone AI app, a product it claims already has a billion users through enforced omnipresence. OpenAI dialed back an obsequious version of ChatGPT. And we look back at Elon Musk’s first term.
Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector

1 month ago | aol.co.uk | Blake Montgomery |Johana Bhuiyan

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, and this week in tech news: Trump’s tariffs hit tech companies that move physical goods more than their digital-only counterparts. Two stories about AI’s effect on the labor market paint a murky picture. Meta released a standalone AI app, a product it claims already has a billion users through enforced omnipresence. OpenAI dialed back an obsequious version of ChatGPT. And we look back at Elon Musk’s first term.
White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs

1 month ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Blake Montgomery |Callum Jones

The White House accused Amazon of committing a “hostile and political act” after a report said the e-commerce company was planning to inform customers how much Donald Trump’s tariffs would cost them as they shopped.
White House calls Amazon ‘hostile’ for reportedly planning to list tariff costs

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Blake Montgomery

The White House accused Amazon of committing a “hostile and political act” after a report said the e-commerce company was planning to inform customers how much Donald Trump’s tariffs would cost them as they shopped.