ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from the world's techiest e-bike to Apple vs OpenAI drama
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Roundups like this are a reminder that consumer attention is fragmenting across hardware, AI, and platform drama—your launch is competing with all of it. Treat earned attention as a scarce resource and anchor announcements to concrete user or revenue outcomes, not just feature parity.
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