๐ŸŒถ๏ธ Hot Fudge Sunday for 2025-08-24

Last week

I was fortunate to contribute a few comments for NexusTek, in an article on CNBC regarding recent Microsoft licensing changes. We also published more details on NexusTek Insights.

https://www.nexustek.com/insights/microsofts-licensing-evolution-and-what-it-means-for-customers

Also, Jason Pullo of ESP, a NexusTek company shared his thoughts on how technology is making dining experiences smarter than ever before.

https://www.nexustek.com/insights/ai-cloud-technology-modern-restaurants

Finally, Jason Thatcher of NexusTek joined NexusTek Winners Circle to share perspectives on why managed detection and response (MDR) gives back time to busy security teams.

https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/20887/650826

This week

No travel! Iโ€™m looking forward to refinements on automation.


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๐Ÿ“ˆ Markets Monday for 2025-08-18

Another week of iteration on my screener shows progress.

Of course. Here is the enriched markdown table with clickable Google Finance links for each symbol.

SymbolCompany Name% Change
APLDApplied Digital Corp13.77%
DUOLDuolingo Inc11.45%
RIOTRiot Platforms Inc8.04%
BTDRBitdeer Technologies Group6.75%
LQDALiquidia Corp6.39%
TEMTempus AI Inc5.95%
TTDTrade Desk Inc5.15%
UUUUEnergy Fuels Inc5.14%

Comparisonโ€ฆ

Yahoo Screener

๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot Takes Tuesday for 2025-08-19

๐Ÿ’ฐ + ๐Ÿค– Funding for AI-anything companies continues

๐Ÿคช Wacky Wednesday for 2025-08-20

And the random video of the week goes toโ€ฆ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpCO6CUH8Zc

๐Ÿ”™ Throwback Thursday for 2025-08-21

A look back at a decade of Apple App Store vs. Epic Games

2025

https://www.techmeme.com/250821/p35#a250821p35

2020

https://www.techmeme.com/200821/p17#a200821p17

2015

https://www.techmeme.com/200813/p22#a200813p22

โœ… Final Thoughts Friday for 2025-08-22

The biggest story of the week is Intel and the U.S. government.

https://www.techmeme.com/250822/p20#a250822p20

The second biggest story is the market reaction.

INTC was up 5%

๐Ÿ”ฎ Sneak Peak Saturday for 2025-08-23

In case you missed this one in the Friday news dump:

https://www.techmeme.com/250822/p28#a250822p28

Balkanization of Internet has been a recurring dystopian theme since at least as far back as the 1990s. A โ€œ403 Forbiddenโ€ due to political power is still possible in the United States even in the year 205.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet

OpenToWork Weekly

I participated in a #NeverSearchAlone #JSC after rebooting Cuthrell Consulting and joining NexusTek.

I added those #OpenToWork from my LinkedIn network to this newsletter. Over time, weโ€™ve grown an Alumni ๐ŸŽ‰ section for those that transitioned to their next career adventure.

Alumni ๐ŸŽ‰

Those in my network that are #OpenToWork:


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