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The Weekly Byte January 22-28, 2026
Tesla drops $2B on xAI, Amazon cuts 16K jobs, Apple taxes Patreon creators 30%, and I hired an AI employee. Here's what happened this week in tech.
Life Hacking
Reflecting on 2025: travel, loss, and deep AI learning. I share my personal highlights and 2026 predictions on Google's AI dominance, crypto stagnation, and the rising threat of AI-driven fraud.
Productivity
Zero-Clickgeddon is here. Learn why traditional SEO is dead, how Google's AI Overviews steal traffic, and what steps leaders must take to master Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) to secure Position Zero.
Business
Stop calculating ROI only on software licenses. Learn the hidden cost of "free" legacy tools (like spreadsheets and outdated systems) and discover how they secretly destroy team velocity and cripple enterprise efficiency.
Stop confusing Google. Design your SEO Topic Cluster Architecture in 3 steps to unify content, signal deep expertise, and maximize internal linking authority for higher rankings.
Build your own Human OS: cut context switching, connect all your tools with AI + MCP servers, and unlock focus, performance, and productivity in work, fitness, and life.
Discover how I saved $1,900 per year by migrating my online course from Kajabi to a custom-built learning platform using Replit. Full guide on the process, challenges, and key benefits.
Discover how Playables on YouTube, Netflix, LinkedIn, and NYT are driving disruption. Learn about their benefits, impact, and future developments.
Interested to learn how to write better online? I found the ultimate book to give you all the secrets written by someone with over 500m+ page views, six books, and three businesses, and is clever as hell.
All things AI and Tech in under 2 Minutes.
Stop confusing Google. Design your SEO Topic Cluster Architecture in 3 steps to unify content, signal deep expertise, and maximize internal linking authority for higher rankings.
Discover key lessons from Will Guidara's Unreasonable Hospitality book. See how to apply the 95/5 rule and the core philosophy of Eleven Madison Park to dramatically improve your digital customer experience and business strategy.
It's Black Friday and it's time to talk tech. Benioff Dumps ChatGPT. Google's Secret Weapon. Who's Running That X Account?
Excel is both your biggest asset and worst nightmare. Discover why it’s the most loved and hated tool in business and what to use instead.
Stop punishing mistakes. Learn why appointing a Chief Failure Officer (CFO) is essential for building a powerful innovation culture and accelerating your team’s learning velocity to ensure you fail forward.
Learn how adopting the windshield mindset helps you focus on future growth instead of past mistakes. Build what's next, not what was.
Cookies might finally crumble, NVIDIA makes faces talk, Hugging Face redefines testing, Google opens the data firehose, and Claude tries to out-analyze the Fed. The internet’s getting less annoying, AI’s getting more powerful, and Wall Street just got a new chatbot rival.
Discover Ikigai—the Japanese secret to purpose, flow, and longevity. Learn how small daily habits can create a happier, more meaningful life.
Tech is showing up in places it has no business being. A vape turned webserver, Chrome sneaking in AI, Torvalds dropping F-bombs on bad code, and over 1,000 Ollama endpoints left naked on the internet. This week’s stories prove: just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
This week is a buffet of the bizarre and brilliant: scientists bent ice into electricity, Redditors built a hypnotic infinite LEGO domino loop, Kevin Kelly’s 1,000 true fans resurfaced, Google sounded the alarm on the open web, and Claude learned how to save files.
From Siri’s stalled glow-up to the UK Gov’s underwhelming AI trial — plus Derek Sivers drops the only rule you’ll ever need: Hell Yeah or No.
Build your own Human OS: cut context switching, connect all your tools with AI + MCP servers, and unlock focus, performance, and productivity in work, fitness, and life.