(Preview) Mailbag: AI Hardware, NBA Newsbreakers as Aggregators, Reels vs. Shorts, The Best Approach to Age Verification

Andrew and Ben turn to the emailers and answer questions on Jony Ive's post-Apple adventures, structural parallels between tech and the rise of journalists Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski, Instagram's strategy for Reels, the information environment surrounding Neuralink, and the best approach to solving age verification for teenagers. To email the show: email@sharptech.fm @SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube @Stratechery Channel — YouTube Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI Device Startup in Funding Talks With Emerson, Thrive — The Information Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends — Stratechery Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows First Patient Using Its Brain Implant — Wall Street Journal What the NBA Can Learn From Formula 1 — Stratechery ESPN Financials, NBA Spin, Jon Stewart vs. Apple — Stratechery Update Get Sharp Tech Premium, Sharp China, Stratechery Update, Stratechery Interviews, Greatest of All Talk and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $12/month.