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Thu. 03/09 – Silvergate’s Collapse Makes The Crypto Winter Even Colder
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Silvergate Capital is shutting down, so the crypto winter just got colder. Microsoft says the new Bing has crossed 100 million daily active users. Why...
Wed. 03/08 – The “Cambrian Explosion” Moment For AI
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, you might have heard about the latest Elon controversy where he criticized an employee, and then walked it all back. We’ll get into that. Duc...
Tue. 03/07 – A TikTok Paywall
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok launches a paywall, but it’s all about the creators. Salesforce has its own generative AI product. More layoffs coming for Meta. Another auto...
Mon. 03/06 – AI And The Golden Age Of Scamming
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Microsoft begins to integrate AI into its core enterprise and productivity products, are we ready for the scamming that AI is going to be able to p...
(Bonus) State Of The Job Market With Grupa
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Checking in on the state of the tech job market with Grupa.io. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri. 03/03 – AI Summarizers And Glamour Filters
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone in crypto stops doing business with Silvergate. Brave search launches an AI summarizer. A look at TikTok's AI Bold Glamour filter. Maybe the ...
Thu. 03/02 – And Right On Schedule, Here Come The APIs
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A ChatGPT API for business is here. Microsoft gives Bing those nobs and dials that I’ve been talking about. What are multimodal LLMs? New turmoil in...
Wed. 03/01 – Bluesky Launches
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Decentralized social network Bluesky launches in the iOS App Store. TikTok adds wellbeing feature for families and kids. You know about eSIMs but say ...
Tue. 02/28 – Elon Wants To Compete With OpenAI
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI-powered Bing is now integrated into Windows. Elon wants to compete with OpenAI, a company he co-founded. Major financial institutions continue to b...
Mon. 02/27 – Here Come The Prompt Engineers
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Snap wants to go the route of the movie Her, with a personified chatbot inside of Snapchat. Interesting layoffs at Twitter. Yes. More. Inside Apple's ...
(Portfolio Profile) Nanome.ai
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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Fri. 02/24 – Record Scratch On The Adobe/Figma Deal
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is the DOJ about to sue to stop of Adobe’s acquisition of Figma? Confirmation of the lower end mixed reality headset from Apple due next year. A rep...
Thu. 02/23 – Coinbase Wants To Seed Web 3
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Coinbase wants to let a thousand Web3 flowers bloom by launching its own Layer 2 network. The new iPhone specs have leaked. Apple might have made a br...
Wed. 02/22 – ChatGPT Hits A Chinese Wall
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This chatbot AI revolution has hit a major roadblock in China. What does it mean if science fiction publications are up in arms about AI generated con...
Tue. 02/21 – Microsoft Swears To Play Nice With Call Of Duty
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft tries again to convince people it won’t hoard Call of Duty as an Xbox exclusive. Linux now plays nice with Apple Silicon. Chrome swears it...
Fri. 02/17 - Susan Wojcicki Rides Off Into The Sunset
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The US is suing Terraform Labs and Do Kwon. The UK is investigating rumors that Google paid Apple NOT to spin up its own search engine. Susan Wojcicki...
Thu. 02/16 – Microsoft Reflects On The New Bing
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft is revealing what it’s learned from us poking around on the new Bing. It seems that once developers begin using generative AI to code, the...
Wed. 02/15 – The New Bing Is Questioning Its Own Existence
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More signs the chat bots are maybe a little undercooked, and whooo doggy. Wait until you hear what I mean. Some datapoints suggesting the faddish natu...
Tue. 02/14 – Elon, If You Want It Or Not
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People are saying Elon is showing you his tweets whether you asked to see them or not. More fodder for the charge that these chat bots are being rolle...
Mon. 02/13 – Are Stablecoins Dead?
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Binance’s stablecoin seems to be dead, but with regulatory questions swirling around Paxos, I’m wondering if all stablecoins might about to see a ...
Fri. 02/10 – A Record Year For Bots (The Other Kind Of Bots)
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More job cuts at Microsoft make me wonder if the HoloLens is still a thing. But also, we have data to explain why Apple hasn’t done layoffs yet. Mor...
Thu. 02/09 – Twitter Blue Breaks The Character Barrier
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Feel free to tweet your manifestos now as Twitter Blue subscribers can tweet up to 4,000 characters. Is the Fediverse failing or doing just fine, than...
Wed. 02/08 – AI’s Big Week Continues
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft unveils a new Bing search that basically moves the yardsticks down the field in terms of what chat can do. But Google continues to drip-feed...
Tue. 02/07 – AI’s Big Debut Week Is NOW!
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bored of phone and gadget launches, well prepare yourself for AI product launches, cause we’re getting a bunch of them starting now, this week. Meta...
Mon. 02/06 – iPhone Ultra?
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Apple considering launching an “Ultra” version of the iPhone as soon as this year? Have the good Twitter bots gotten a reprieve from Elon Musk?...
Fri. 02/03 – The Startup Planning To De-Extinct The Dodo
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earnings wrapups from Alphabet: investors just want to know when the AI is coming. From Apple: they’re still not planning any layoffs. From Amazon: ...
Thu. 02/02 – Meta Whistles Past The Metaverse
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meta singlehandedly bucks the narrative that it’s the sick man of Silicon Valley. Twitter is cutting off free access to its API. ChatGPT launches a ...
Wed. 02/01 – The Memory Chip Rout (Again)
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You think things are bad in your corner of the tech sector? Wait until I tell you about the memory chip industry. OpenAI releases a tool to let you ch...
Tue. 01/31 – Weird Gaming News
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today, some weird headlines from the world of gaming. Is VR gaming a big nothingburger for gamers themselves? Is E3 dead as a gaming industry event? S...
Mon 01/30 – Every Platform Is Hustling To Unveil An AI Play
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Après ChatGPT, prepare yourself for the generative AI deluge. Amazon says the free lunch for grocery delivery is over. More speculation about foldabl...
Fri. 01/27 – More Buzzfeed News, If You Can Believe It
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can make Buzzfeed hit our headlines two days in a row? How about jumping on the ChatGPT bandwagon? Amazon is apparently launching a major NFT pro...
Thu. 01/26 – Where Is The Line Going For Tech Right Now?
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I get all metaphysical about where the tech industry is going right now with a record slowdown in smartphone shipments, Masa Son seemingly misplacing ...
Wed. 01/25 – Is This Latest Suit The Biggest Threat To Google
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I’m gonna tell you why I think the latest antitrust suit against Google might be the most important one in terms of the overall tech ecosystem. And ...
Tue 01/24 – ALL The Details On Apple’s Headset
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alright. It’s on. Mark Gurman has literally all the details on Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset. The DOJ might already have sued Google b...
Mon. 01/23 – Moar Tech Layoffs (And Moar To Come?)
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More tech layoffs, and why I’m suggesting we might only be in the early innings of this tech retrenchment. Big Wall Street banks are coming for PayP...
Fri. 01/20 – Alphabet’s Monster Layoffs
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Now Alphabet has monster layoffs to announce. How much of it is about getting Google ready to battle OpenAI? More Twitter bans, but this time, the ban...
Thu. 01/19 – Instagram Wants You To Take A Break
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Genesis finally on the verge of bankruptcy? Instagram wants you to take a break… from Instagram… and they’re even giving you tools to do so. ...
Wed. 01/18 – The HomePod Is Back
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The original HomePod is basically back, even though it’s not the original cause it’s been updated. Apple’s AR/VR plans continue to be maddeningl...
Tue. 01/17 – New Mac Tuesday
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New Macs and New M2 chips from Santa Tim this morning. Microsoft has made its Azure OpenAI Service generally available. But will lawsuits slow down th...
(TWTR SPC) The Big AI Discussion
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our big AI discussion with @ReamBraden and @swyx. Shawn just posted this new essay drawing on what we discussed here: Every Google vs OpenAI Argume...
Fri. 01/13 – Is The Government Crackdown On Crypto Starting?
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The SEC just officially labeled two crypto lending programs as unregistered securities? Is the regulatory tsunami beginning? Did Tim Cook actually ask...
Thu. 01/12 – Touchscreen Macs?
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Apple finally ready to bring touchscreens to Macs? Sam Bankman Fried has a Substack. Apple Maps courts businesses. Is Twitter going to auction off ...
Wed. 01/11 – Maybe Software Needs To Eat The Airline Industry
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another software snafu with the airlines this morning. Apple’s about to do its own screens, its own modems, what is left? Twitter makes a change...
Tue. 01/10 – Now We Have VALL-E To Take Over My Podcast Voice
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, now there’s VALL-E, a text to speech technology that could fully replace me as this podcast narrator. It looks like Microsoft wants to do ever...
Mon. 01/09 – Gurman Tells Us When Apple’s “Reality Pro” Will Be Announced.
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Gurman tells us when Apple’s “Reality Pro” headset will be announced, made available to developers, and made available to consumers. Valve’...
Fri. 01/06 – CES Wrapup Part 2
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI is raising more money. Apple’s headset launch might be delayed to the summer. But no worries, cause HTC unveiled their 099 Vive XR Elite head...
Thu. 01/05 – CES Roundup Part 1
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon’s layoffs are bigger than we thought. Meta’s new fines in Europe could be a way, way bigger deal than you might think. Apple is brining AI ...
Wed. 01/04 – ChatGPT Coming To Bing?
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is Microsoft gonna steal one on Google by bring ChatGPT to Bing search? What is Bonk, the new crypto coin posting monster gains this week? Is Apple br...
Tue. 01/03 – Eventually, CES Comes For All Of Us
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CES kicks off with Intel detailing it’s new 13th gen chips for laptops. A big PyTorch warning. Why that whole Southwest Airlines mess happened. Layo...
Thu. 12/29 – Someone Tell Zuck About This ABBA Avatar Concert
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wait, why are Alameda-linked wallets coming back to life all of the sudden? If you do things with a DAO that are technically allowed by the DAO, can t...
Tue. 12/27 – Is The Sun Setting On SOL?
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not an exchange blowing up, but is one of the biggest crypto projects in recent years losing developers and maybe entering a death spiral? More supply...
Thu. 12/22 – Caroline Drops A Dime
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SBF is in the US just in time to see two of his lieutenants have flipped on him to the Feds. Twitter rolls out Cashtags that are actually useful. Chat...
Wed. 12/21 – YouTube Sunday Ticket?
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new prediction for 2023, the sports streaming wars. What’s with all the weirdness going on with Anker’s security cameras? Is Apple going to canc...
Tue. 12/20 – An Old Crypto Mystery Resurfaces
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon settles two EU antitrust cases. An old crypto mystery resurfaces and dormant wallets spring back to life. TikTok will tell you why they recomme...
Mon. 12/19 – Elon’s Voted Himself Off The Twitter Island?
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I dunno. Is Elon not the head of Twitter anymore? He posted a poll, people voted for him to step down. Who knows? I’ll give you the tick tock of wha...
(Bonus) Is This The Moment For Twitter Alternatives With @gabor and @BigTechnology
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emergency bonus episode! Is this the moment for Twitter alternatives? T2.social is one of them and the founder of that project, @gabor, joins us to ki...
Fri. 12/16 – I Lied. More Twitter News Today.
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has once again proven that the flesh is weak because there’s a new Twitter controversy and I can’t help but tell you about it. Is it a g...
Thu. 12/15 – This Again?
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’ll get into the whole Twitter banning private jet tracking accounts thing, but use that to explain how and even if we’re going to cover this who...
Wed. 12/14 – Apple To Allow Third-Party App Stores
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is going to allow third-party app stores, but only in Europe for now. Your Tesla is now a full-fledged gaming rig. Instagram is testing a full-f...
Tue. 12/13 – SBF Arrested And Charged
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
SBF is under arrest. The Feds have charged him. The SEC has charged him. The CFTC has charged him. CZ continues to try to reassure Binance users over ...
Mon. 12/12 – The New Xiaomi 13 Flagships
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Xiaomi has released its newest flagship smartphones. A bunch of worrying headlines surrounding Binance. Twitter Blue is back. Have scientists finally ...
(TWTR SPC) 2022 Year End Review And Look Ahead To 2023
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What were the biggest stories of 2022? What will be the biggest tech stories of 2023? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Fri. 10/09 – FTC Sues To Block The Microsoft/Activision Deal
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is going to make the situation in the gaming industry downright chaotic. The FTC has sued to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisiti...
Thu. 12/08 – Explaining Those Lensa Magic Avatars
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is going back all in on privacy in a big way with Advanced Data Protection. I’ll explain. Did Sam Bankman-Fried also kill Terra and Luna? A lo...
Wed. 12/07 – SBF Tried To Give Taylor Swift $100M? (She Said No)
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In an attempt to keep their acquisition of Activision… active, Microsoft wants to bring Call of Duty to the Nintendo Switch. That time SBF tried to ...
Tue. 12/06 – Is Elon’s Neuralink Cruel To Animals?
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the government investigating Neuralink for animal cruelty? Why is Microsoft increasing prices for Xbox games? How much does it cost every time you ...
Mon. 12/05 – Stack Overflow Bans ChatGPT
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe put the breaks on an early release of that Apple AR/VR headset. And maybe pump the breaks on the AI excitement as Stack Overflow temporarily ban...
Fri. 12/02 – Will 2023 Be The Year Of The Headset Wars?
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Gurman has details on Apple ramping up development of its mixed-reality headset, targeting a launch next year. Elon has had to block his friend Y...
Thu. 12/01 – Elon And Apple Bury The Hatchet?
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A summary of last night’s Sam Bankman Fried show. Elon visits Tim Cook and maybe they buried the hatchet? Now OpenAI has released a chat bot. Neural...
Wed. 11/30 – Am I On Your Spotify Wrapped This Year?
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Covid lockdown at that Foxconn factory has lifted. The surprising strength of the smartwatch sector. The surprising failure of the Kindle Scribe. ...
Tue. 11/29 – Is Elon Going To War With Apple?
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elon says he’s willing to go to war with Apple. Why now? Is Apple really threatening Twitter’s status in the App Store, as he claims? Where, exact...
Mon. 11/28 – The China Protests
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All of the protests erupting in China have, not only a definite tech angle, but might have been triggered by those lockdowns at that Foxconn factory. ...
(Bonus) Internet From Space! With The Internet Society
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Check out the extensive paper on LEO satellites and Internet from space at InternetSociety.org/techmeme Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Wed. 11/23 – Foxconn Riots?
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Actual rioting happening at the major Foxconn factory that produces iPhones. Microsoft fully embraces Linux. Advertisers continue to flee from Twitter...
Tue. 11/22 – The Alexa Deathwatch Is Real
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The contagion in crypto continues to teeter on a knife’s edge. Why were Sam Bankman Fried’s parents allegedly buying property in the Bahamas? Elon...
Mon. 11/21 – More Crypto Trouble?
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ruh roh. Storm clouds gathering in crypto land again. This time it’s DCG and Genesis. The shocking CEO revolving door over at Disney. The surprising...
(Bonus) Vibe Shift (?) Twitter (Also ?) With @anildash
20 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The great Anil Dash joined us to talk about... well, what do you think we talked about? But also, a broader discussion about the crazy year that the t...
Fri. 11/18 – Twitter: Not Dead At The Time Of This Posting
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I’m here with you all as we wait for the end of Twitter together. Unless it doesn’t die. In which case, I dunno. Masa Son is actually personally i...
Thu. 11/17 – A Deepfake Detector
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guy who handled the Enron bankruptcy says FTX is the worst he’s ever seen. Xbox gets full Discord integration. Apple’s plans for Major League ...
Wed. 11/16 – The Tesla Of Home Appliances
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip. DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking blocker but for Android, the latest headlines from the two stories you know we have to h...
Tue. 11/15 – “An Excel File Full Of The Howling Of Ghosts”
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you tell Elon he doesn’t know what he’s doing, you could get fired. Matt Levine looks into the abyss of the FTX balance sheet and finds the aby...
Mon. 11/14 – Paging Jonah Hill For The SBF Movie
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter still lives, at least at the time of this writing. But thousands more contractors have been laid off. CZ wants to start a fund to save crypto ...
Fri. 11/11 – A Summary Of This Crazy Week
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just two big stories, as it’s been all week, but instead of ONLY giving you the latest, I want to try to sum up where I think we’re at as this wee...
Thu. 11/10 – Binance Lets FTX Dangle
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More twists and turns in the FTX, SBF, CZ saga as the entire crypto sector continues to get rocked. I’d love to tell you what is going on with Twitt...
Wed. 11/09 – CZ & SBF Make FTX Go Boom?
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Meta layoffs are here and they’re brutal. But rumors are, TikTok is cutting back also. What even is the new Twitter subscription product at this...
Tue. 11/08 – FTX: You Ok, Bro?
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why has FTX appeared to have halted withdrawals? Innocent explanation, or could we have another big crypto blowup brewing? What if Elon just says, scr...
Mon. 11/07 – Meta Layoffs Incoming?
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Looks like those rumors of massive Meta layoffs might be coming true this week. Covid has led to brand new iPhone shortage worries. Is Apple about to ...
Fri. 11/04 – The Twitter Layoffs
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The layoffs have begun at Twitter. And while Twitter might shutter its Substack competitor, Substack has moved into Twitter’s turf by launching a so...
Thu. 11/03 – How About Some Non-Twitter News?
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is TikTok still in danger of running afoul of government bans? WhatsApp gets Groups. Gmail gets package tracking. Instagram gets NFT minting. Patreon ...
Wed. 11/02 – PlayStation VR2 Deets Revealed
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We know when the PlayStation VR2 is coming, when you can pre-order it, and how much it’s gonna cost. What do you know? A bunch of news in the whole ...
Tue. 11/01 – Twilight Of The Blue-Checks?
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will charging for blue checks actually help Twitter monetarily or… frankly, any way, at all? Amazon has expanded ad-free Music. YouTube is bundling ...
Mon. 10/31 – Would You Pay $20/Month For Twitter Blue?
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just, massive wholesale changes at Twitter, including possibly making folks pay up for features. Pitty the poor tech billionaires who have collectivel...
(Portfolio Profile) Readocracy
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Readocracy is restoring sanity to the world by making how you inform yourself count for something. Troll-free, bot-free, ad-free. Learn more ...
Fri. 10/28 – It Actually Happened
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Area man completes acquisition of social media platform. And now the fun begins? Amazon had bad earnings, but Apple mostly didn’t. YouTube is trying...
Thu. 10/27 – Meta (Insert Bomb Emoji Here)
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
(BOMB SOUND). That’s the sound of Meta’s disastrous earnings announcement yesterday. That’s the sort of insightful analysis you come to this pod...
Wed. 10/26 – Meta Calls Apple On Its "Rentier Capitalism"
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meta and Spotify both call Apple out on their recent App Store aggressiveness. Soft earnings from Microsoft and worrying earnings from Alphabet. Twitt...
Tue. 10/25 – “Extractive Rentier Capitalists”
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apple tries to wedge the App Store vig into another market. Prices are going up for your favorite Apple services. Shutterstock is partnering with Open...
Mon. 10/24 – Investing In Chinese Tech Means Investing One Man’s Whims?
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did investing in Chinese tech become a fool’s errand over the weekend? A deep dive on how TSMC is caught in the middle of all the things. Is Elon’...
(TWTR SPC) The AI Moment With @pt, @miguelisolano & @mignano
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Talking this week's big week for AI, with Parker Thompson (@pt) plus@miguelisolano&@mignano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Fri. 10/21 – What If Uncle Sam Let’s Elon Off The Hook?
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I said Elon’s name five times in front of a mirror and the whole Elon/Twitter headlines came flooding back into our lives. Forbes alleges that they’...