At one point, I thought about officially hanging the coat on this newsletter because… well, I just didn’t have as much interest in writing about tech as I did almost a decade ago!

But I thought, what a waste, as I still love writing in general.

So here it is — my attempt to keep my thoughts alive, and this time, to write what I want instead of what my newsletter wants.

I’ve renamed it from CornerTech and Marketing to Richard’s Corner!

Yes, I’m keeping the corner, but this newsletter will be about, well, my thoughts!

Mainly around lifestyle, travel and occasionally tech and marketing still.

So hopefully you stick around to hear me ramble about the everyday life around me :)

My new video about China

Having flown back to China a fair few times now (including this year!), one of my pet peeves was not having an English version of a Google Maps.

So this video is about the best English Android Maps alternative!

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If you’re travelling overseas, one thing I’ve been using lately is YouTrip — a multi-currency travel card that makes spending overseas a little easier.

If you’re interested in giving it a go, you can use my code LIU10 for $10 off when you sign up.

Consider this my little travel recommendation for you :)

Hi all,

The podcast is BACK this week as we dive deeper into the Intel-Trump deal, layoffs, and the Pixel 10 reveal. As usual, links are below the podcast if you want to dive deeper into some of the topics.

But listen to my podcast below 👇

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Ep 20: Trump’s 10% Intel Tariff & Coinbase CEO’s Harsh Words for Engineers

This week we dive into Trump’s proposal for a 10% tariff on semiconductors and what it means for Intel and the wider chip industry. We also go through layoff news as well as Coinbase CEO’s unorthodox layoff method…

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Here are some of the article links for more in-depth views:

• Intel 10% tariff: Trump’s proposed 10% chip tariff puts pressure on Intel and the wider semiconductor industry. Read here

  Coinbase CEO: Brian Armstrong sparks backlash for firing engineers who failed to adopt AI tools. Read here

  Pixel 10 review: Differences between the ‘old’ 9 and 10 here. Read here

Also my latest article on Medium about wake-up time!

My article around wake up times!

What time do you wake up?

Did you know your wake up time can be determined by how you are as a human?

I take a look below.

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Hi all,

It’s been a while since I last published, but it seems like AI is taking over everything on the tech news front.

But yes, GPT-5 just got released, and you might be asking what’s new with it? Well, let’s dig right into it.

GPT-5 Is Released—Here’s a summary

OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5, now available to both free and paid ChatGPT users. CEO Sam Altman described it as “clearly a model that is generally intelligent,” though not quite at the level of AGI. Key improvements include greater speed, accuracy, and reduced hallucinations—GPT‑5 reportedly has a 26% lower hallucination rate than the O3 Baseline.

Beyond this, this new version can handle new forms of information, including text, images, audio, and even video. I actually love this feature as I’ve personally used the audio feature recently to help identify something.

The biggest thing, however, is that OpenAI is trying to make GPT-5 feel like you’re talking to an expert versus a chatbot.

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I also started publishing on Medium again—check out my articles for this week!

It’s been a while, but I decided to get back into writing on Medium. Writing burned me out a few years back, but now I definitely feel like a passion rising in me to start writing again so here’s what I published this week!

• I made money as a ‘TikToker’ without posting on my own social media. Read here

• I do a lot of surveys (for fun and for money). Here’s what I learned from a user design perspective. Read Here

Finally, some interesting tech articles this week!

Beyond GPT-5 here are some interesting articles to check out this week

• Another big raise for an AI startup with Clay valued at 3.1 Billion .Just a few months ago this startup was valued at 1.5 Billion. Are venture funds investing too much into AI startups? Read here

• Trump and Tariffs—name a more iconic combo. This week he threatens a 100% tariff on computer chips. Read here

• Remember the promise of self driving? Well Musk shuts down Dojo, the AI training supercomputer that Musk said would be key to full self-driving. Read here

Hope you all have a great weekend ahead :)

Richard

Hi peeps

So Google’s annual dev conference (I/O) has recently happened, so I took some of the most interesting updates for this week’s podcast.

But for a summary, they’re pushing a lot of AI stuff, including ‘Flow’, a new AI video editor and a $250 USD AI plan (yes insane money).

In other news, I go over some tariff things - yes, Trump is forcing more tariffs on different businesses again.

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Ep19: The Latest from Google I/O Annual Conference and more from Trump

Google’s I/O (Annual Dev Conference) revealed some very interesting updates so we’re going to cover it in this week’s podcast! Also more about Trump, tariffs, advertising spend and more…

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‘Sponsored’ Segment

As I don’t have a direct sponsor for this newsletter this week, I wanted to share my partnership with Klook. If you have travel coming up, Klook has great packages so take a look!

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Richard’s Thoughts This Week: My thoughts on AI in general

So I’ve been talking a lot about AI in the last few editions, and I’ve been talking about it a lot with friends, many with engineering backgrounds.

From what I can hear in the market, it seems like many are trying to work alongside it instead of pushing it away.

Just a few years ago, many were skeptical, whilst now, many of my engineering friends are really embracing it and are really seeing that it will be the reality of the future. With how fast it’s progressing, one of my engineering friends (who is quite senior) believes it will replace junior programmers completely.

I’ve also seen it impact other areas outside of engineering. I’ve seen a colleague in marketing automation being replaced by AI recently as well at a fairly well-known tech brand.

My opinion - future-proof yourself. Get AI ready and learn to work alongside it. What do you think?

Leave a comment :)

Thanks again,

Richard

Howdy everyone!

This week we’re taking a look at some interesting news from Bezos (controversial, maybe?).

In 2018, the death of Jamal Khashoggi (who worked at Washington Post owned by Bezos) sparked some controversy with Saudi Arabai and the United States, with Bezos showing some support for Khashoggi (somewhat reluctantly).

However, Bezos recently has openly supported some new AI / Tech inititaitives from the Saudi Arabian government, prompting some to question the ethics of this. What do you think?

We explore it a bit in our recent podcast below (give it a listen!)

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Ep 19: Bezos makes an interesting decision and Open AI reveals GPT 4.1

In this week’s episode - we take a look at more AI developments as well as Bezos’s involvement in this latest venture…

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We also take a look at GPT 4.1

In this week’s podcast we also take a look at the new developments. To summarise, the focus will be on memory capabilities (context) + the AI being able to handle more complex coding challenges.

With that - hope to see you in the next one!

Thanks

ChatGPT made waves a few years ago and now we’re seeing its true impact as more companies make changes to their workforce based on AI

So what will happen in the next 5 years?

What do you think? Let me know in the comments :)

This and more tech giant news for this week’s podcast.

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Ep17: Crowdstrike cuts jobs due to 'AI'

After Shopify’s Tobias Lütke announced that no jobs would be safe that could be replaced by AI, Crowdstrike has cut 500 jobs (5%) of its workforce citing AI as the reason. What do you think about these new wave of changes…

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Tech / Travelling in China

Oh man, China has changed a lot.

Although I may look Chinese on the outside, I am terrible with the local languages which makes travelling ironically harder as people speak to me in Mandarin wherever I go.

I remember going around 5 years ago and China is probably one of the most unfriendly countries to travel to as a tourist. However my recent travel has changed this a lot.

Apps have adjusted a lot and tourists can now get around without as much trouble compared to a few years back.

Either way, if you’re visiting China, I made a video about it so check it out below

When May 5th hits, users will no longer have access to Skype and all your contacts and friends will now exist in Teams. The functionality of what Skype was used for will all and soon disappear.

It’s no secret that Microsoft has been chasing market share in the business collaboration space since Team’s inception in 2017 so there this move does make sense on paper.

So why do I think it’s a mistake?

Simple - Skype should pivot to fully focus on international calling, a market that is still growing.

I go over it in this week’s podcast and other news!

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Ep16: Skype Is Shutting Down - A Silly Mistake?

In this podcast, we'll closely review Microsoft’s announcement on Skype as well as news around ChatGPT and more…

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I usually like to post this at the end of the week however this is big news to me. Skype has been an integral part of my childhood so seeing it go deserves its own newsletter.

Have you had fond memories of Skype?

Let me know in the comments :)

For the last few months, I’ve been taking a proper career break, being with the family and traveling. I am excited to swing back into things but to ease things, I made a decision to combine my podcast (which I’ve been doing on and off) officially into my newsletter.

I will be releasing these every week / second week depending on if there’s anything interesting to talk about. This week I discuss Grok (Elon Musk’s AI project), iPhone 16e and more!

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Ep15: Is Grok actually better than ChatGPT?

In this week’s episode, we’ll be reviewing Grok, Musk’s AI project set to compete against ChatGPT. But is it actually worth of competing? I test it out with some prompts to compare. I also talk about some upcoming news with Apple and Google…

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Traveling Back to China after 20 years

Wow I have not gone back to China in many many years but had some extensive travel there especially with my family.

The amount the main cities have grown is incredible and China is cleaner than I thought (at least in the main hubs).

If you’re visiting China or have any interest visiting - I made a video on things you need to know so check it out!

That’s all for this week, see you in the next edition :)

In this week’s newsletter, we talk about Google once again but this time some more positive news with their latest Quantum chip breakthrough.

Before we get to it - once again I wanted to call out Stockpress (and this is not a paid collaboration).

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Tech Articles To Check Out

Google Quantum Chip Breakthrough: Google unveils their new Quantum Chip Willow which has over 105 qubits (which is enough to challenge some of the world’s strongest super computers). However the reality is - unless you can maintain the qubits in a matter for them to be useful, is it that relevant? This is what many experts have been quoting - if the qubits can’t be entangled or coherent, what use are they. Either way here’s the article link

Epic Games Sales Includes 16 FREE Games. Alright for the gamers in my newsletter, we all know Epic Games and their consistent FREE games (I feel like I go on the Epic Games launcher JUST to claim my free games and then I never touch them again lol). But for the holiday season, Epic Games has announced free games will be available but not exactly which ones. Read more here

Once again, thanks for reading my newsletter this year.

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I hope everyone has been doing well! We’ve got some news around the Google vs US case happening right now but before we get to it, I'm excited to announce my collaboration with Stockpress.

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Tech Articles To Check Out

Google vs DOJ: Alright, this week we will look at a few interesting tech articles I’ve been reading. More recently has been the case with Google vs DOJ, a battle in which DOJ has claimed Google is a monopoly. An interesting case with some details from Verge: Read the article here

Black Friday Is Coming!: Linking some articles I’ve found around some awesome Black Friday deals:

• Mashable Under $50: Check out here

• PC Gamer (PC deals): Check out here

Cybertruck News: Cybertruck with the recalls puts it worse than 91% of cars in all of 2024. What do you think of the Cybertruck? Read the article here

Finally - I’m excited to announce that I’m a Klook Ambassador.

If you’re looking to book your travel this holiday season, get up to 10% off with my code RICHARDLIUKLOOK

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First up - great product. Second up - questionable setups internally.

There’s a lot I can say, but I won’t bore you with too much detail. The main problems lie with how teams are structured and how you’re expected to work in a silo. Before joining Shopify, I remember looking at their Glassdoor rating.

I fully believe that before you join any company, Glassdoor ratings do matter, so you definitely need to find that culture fit. So do yourself a favour…read those Glassdoor ratings and reviews and trust them.

Question: Have you experienced a job that you wanted to leave / you ended up leaving? Leave a comment on your own experiences.

This leads me to my next point.

I’m open to freelancing / consulting!

I’ve decided to take a bit more time off before looking for my next role.

In the meantime, if you’re interested in working together on any activity, I can help.

For more detail, check out my portfolio website below and give me a buzz! I have of course technology marketing experience from Fortune 500 to startups but also content creation experience.

Come say hello!

Say hi here

Next newsletter will be back to normal scheduling!

Thanks again for tuning in :)

Cheers,

Richard

Sneak peek at two of the articles below:

• 3D-Printed Glass Bricks Could Revolutionize Construction. Read here

• Microsoft Announces Outlook Security Changes. Read here

It’s definitely interesting to see what type of articles ChatGPT chooses, so go listen to the full episode below!

Check it out below:

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Ep14: ChatGPT's Take on the Week’s Tech Biggest Stories

In this week’s episode, we’re getting ChatGPT to handpick its 5 most intriguing tech articles. From space exploration breakthroughs and cybersecurity innovations to exciting developments in consumer tech, we’ll take a look and see what’s up in this week’s tech ecosystem…

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Working From Home or Working From Holiday

Have you heard of the term working from holiday?

Well, I made it up, but I did some sleuthing around and found many people who work while on holiday as well.

Do you do it? Let me know.

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New video on Youtube - My FULL Cost of my 1 Month Trip In Japan

I recently did a FULL cost breakdown of my trip to Japan. It fun to see how much I had spent, so hopefully fun for you too.

Check it out below 👇

Thanks again for tuning in :)

Cheers,

Richard