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Tue. 07/15 – Nvidia Back In Business In China?

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has the US government suddenly allowed Nvidia back in business in China? A segment wherein I make the case the GW’s are the new metric that matters ...

Mon. 07/14 – Google Snatches Windsurf From OpenAI

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google snatched the Windsurf acquisition out from under OpenAI in a big new acquihire. SpaceX is investing in xAI. ChromeOS and Android to merge, but ...

Mega Omnibus Episode

12 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 07/11 – Grok: Let Me See What Elon Thinks

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So, it sure looks like Grok tries to align some of its answers with the views of its maker, Elon Musk, but the question is why… Does AI have to alig...

Thu. 07/10 – Grok 4

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Grok 4 is out, plus Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a bunch more. Ok we know Zuck wants to catch up on AI, but an insider explains why they think Meta fell...

Wed. 07/09 – Samsung Unpacked

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the of the headlines from the Galaxy Unpacked event that was mostly about really thin foldable phones. Big changing of the guard at Apple. What ha...

Tue. 07/08 – Zuck Poaches AI Talent From Apple

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How much further behind can Apple get in AI now that Zuck is poaching from them as well? OpenAI has been forced to batten down the hatches, quite lite...

Mon. 07/07 – What Did I Miss?

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Catching you up on the great Zuckerberg AI recruitment drive. Clueing you in to the great datacenter buildout goldrush that is, again, all about AI. T...

Wed. 07/02 – In Meta v. OpenAI, Who’s Desperate And Who’s Scared?

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More layoffs make me more concerned the AI jobpocalypse is coming to tech this summer. In the big Meta v. OpenAI talent battle, who is desperate and w...

Tue. 07/01 – Superhuman Finds A Home

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta Superintelligence Labs is official. Cloudflare’s tool to help websites fend off AI bots is official. Will Apple throw in the towel and just buy...

Mon. 06/30 – Nintendo And Amazon Fight

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Weird beef between Nintendo and Amazon. Is Apple going to make a cheap Macbook with an iPhone chip inside? OpenAI claps back at Meta. The AI avatar st...

Fri. 06/27 – The Death Of The Blue Screen Of Death

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Zuckerberg’s big AI plan seems still to be such a work in progress, he’s even considering abandoning Llama. Apple attempts to comply with the...

Thu. 06/26 – Conflicting AI Legal Rulings

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The legal rulings on AI are finally coming in. The problem is, they’re contradictory, so we’re not getting any legal clarity yet. Creative Commons...

Wed. 06/25 – Never Wear A Suit In Tech

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is transforming job search on both sides of the equation. A first court ruling on using copyrighted books to train AI. New AI releases from Google ...

Tue. 06/24 – Is Microsoft Struggling To Sell Copilot?

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new Xbox branded Meta Quest. Amazon is expanding same day delivery even more. What does it mean for the AI race if ChatGPT seems to be outcompeting ...

Mon. 06/23 – Tesla Launches Its Robotaxi

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tesla launches its robotaxi service in Austin. Apple is negotiating desperately to avoid an EU fine coming as soon as this week. Also, why doesn’t A...

Fri. 06/20 – A Shenzhen-like Production City In The US?

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta has some new smartglasses. How long can the TikTok groundhog day go on? Masa Son wants to create a Shenzhen-like production city here in the US. ...

Thu. 06/19 – What Would AGI Actually Look Like?

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we about to see a summer of layoffs in Silicon Valley? Midjourney’s new video model. Meta continues its acqu-hire spree with some folks we know....

Wed. 06/18 – Oh Yeah. What About TikTok?

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Remember how that TikTok ban or sale thing has never been resolved? Yeah. Sam Altman describes the money he says Meta is throwing at AI researchers. I...

Tue. 06/17 – Open AI Still Needs To Placate Microsoft

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Among the many snags to OpenAI shifting to for-profit, the Microsoft snag is still the biggest issue. More Intel job cuts coming. Would you believe a ...

Mon. 06/16 – What Happens When Search Abandons The Web?

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ads finally come to WhatsApp. Are we about to get a literal Trump phone? More ads on your TV. All ads are about to become AI. And at the end of the sh...

Omnibus 06/09

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 06/13 – Stablecoins Everywhere

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do people know when they’re using the MetaAI app, it’s public? Chime had a successful IPO so let me tell you about my IPO-meter. The financials be...

Thu. 06/12 – Meta’s Big AI Acqui-hire

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I explain how and why exactly this big Meta investment in Scale AI came about. Hollywood sues AI in a big way for the first time. A look at how stable...

Wed. 06/11 – o3-pro

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI rolls out an o3-pro model. Android one-ups iOS with a quick release. So far so good for the launch of the Switch 2. What is Google doing with i...

Tue. 06/10 – Zuck’s Big AI Ambitions

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Zuckerberg’s big ambitions for AI seem to be coming into focus. OpenAI is actively starting to play the field when it comes to compute. More signs A...

Mon. 06/09 – WWDC 2025

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the headlines from WWDC. Microsoft unveils the first iteration of that handheld gaming strategy. Meta is considering its largest external AI inves...

Fri. 06/06 – IPO’s Back On The Menu?

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Circle had such a successful IPO, I’m wondering if IPO’s might finally be back on the menu. Turns out Anthropic cut off Windsurf for the most obvi...

Thu. 06/05 – Some In Hollywood (Quietly) LOVE AI

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reddit goes after Anthropic. Meta seems to be reading a much cheaper Vision Pro killer, while still moving forward with their ambitious smartglasses p...

Wed. 06/04 – State Of The AI Coding Landgrab

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Windsurf accuses Anthropic of blocking it from AI models in a sign that competition in the AI coding space is fierce. But will the real battle happen ...

Tue. 06/03 – Framing The AI Debate

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk is suddenly fundraising everywhere. An attempt to solve the nomenclature problem around hacking groups. Is the solution to more energy for d...

Mon. 06/02 – How DoorDash Has Quietly Been Killing It

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We know WWDC might be underwhelming this year, but to what degree? Is Samsung about to pick Perplexity as its horse in the AI race? AI based acquisiti...

Fri. 05/30 – Big Meta/Anduril Deal Is A Big Deal

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why Meta’s big deal with Anduril is a big deal for the entire tech industry. Microsoft is kinda not joining, but also kind of all in on the handheld...

Thu. 05/29 – Somebody Knows Victoria’s Secrets

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia had solid earnings, though they’re quite concerned about being boxed out of China. The apparent hack of Victoria’s Secret gave me a dad-jok...

Wed. 05/28 – Apple Playing Games Again

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is making noises in the gaming space once again, but I feel like we’ve heard this all before. Getty is still deadly serious about suing AI com...

Tue. 05/27 – The “Holy Grail” Of AI Models

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Salesforce is back in the acquisition swing. Circle is going for an IPO. Is Netflix about to lose the streaming service crown? The Holy Grail of AI Mo...

(Bonus) Calmwave Profile

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Find out more about Calmwave at Calmwave.ai. The case study we mention is here: https://catalyst.wellstar.org/casestudies/calmwave/ Learn mo...

Fri. 05/23 – Tim Apple’s Very Bad Week

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tariff fun is back and this time there’s only one tech company in the crosshairs: Apple. Anthropic releases flagship new Claude models, and they see...

Thu. 05/22 – OpenAI Acquihires Jony Ive!

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is this is biggest acquihire of all time? Jony Ive is joining OpenAI to the tune of $6.5 billion dollars. And what is he going to do there? Create har...

Wed. 05/21 – Everything Google Everywhere And All At Once

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Google day. Everything Google, everywhere, all at once. All the headlines from IO and there were a ton. What even is Google search in the age o...

Tue. 05/20 – Microsoft Build 2025

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He noted the firm has the OVX computer that is meant to do simulation and graphic simulation physics engine, and it is used to synthesize and generate...

Mon. 05/19 – How Apple Lost AI

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The big, long saga of how Apple lost the AI race. Nvidia wants you to bring your own gear. 23andMe’s assets are acquired. Why are Apple and Epic sti...

(Bonus) World Cup Of Entrepreneurs Part 2

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who wins? Jobs? Gates? Musk? Bezos? Collison, even? The grand finale of our #WorldCupOfEntreprenurs. (Originally aired October of 2021) Learn...

Fri. 05/16 – Bribing Is The Oldest Form Of Hacking

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Epic Games and Apple are still having beef over app store rejections. Coinbase got hacked with the oldest attack vector there is: bribery. Meta’s ha...

(Bonus) World Cup Of Entrepreneurs Part 1

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Who is THE entrepreneur of the Internet Era? In this episode, we cover the round of 16 matchups as voted on by YOU. (Originally posted November 2021) ...

Wed. 05/14 – Airbnb’s Midlife Transformation

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The US still has it out for Huawei. Sony takes a hit from tariffs. TikTok is turning to AI and also messaging. And then, how Airbnb is either going th...

Tue. 05/13 – The Thin-Phone Era Is Here

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The new thin phone era is definitively here with the Galaxy S25 Edge. Apple is working on a way to control your iPhone with your brain. For the first ...

Mon. 05/12 – Saudi Arabia Enters The AI Race

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Looks like China tariffs are back off, question mark? But not soon enough for some deals. OpenAI and Microsoft are trying to work out how to get to an...

Fri. 05/09 – Apple’s Coming For The Meta Ray-Bans

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More signs that Apple is diversifying its smart headgear ambitions. Meta wants back in on the stablecoin game it arguably bailed on too early. The Cel...

Thu. 05/08 – Is AI Eating Into Google Search?

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has hired Instacart’s CEO to be a kind of CEO. Apple reveals the degree to which AI might be eating into Google Search. Why aren’t people s...

Wed. 05/07 – The New Netflix

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta wins a case against that NSO Group in spyware allegations. Netflix is completely revamping its design for the first time in years. Amazon has a n...

Tue. 05/06 – OpenAI Backtracks

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI backtracks in a major way, saying its nonprofit entity will remain in control of business operations. Huge consolidation happening all at once ...

Mon. 05/05 – Why Clone A Messaging App?

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The whole Telegram use by government officials story gets weirder as a Telegram clone has been hacked. Apple is thinking about REALLY shaking up its i...

Omnibus Week Of 04/28

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 05/02 – GTA 6 Delayed To 2026

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The big cultural event of maybe the decade is going to take a little while longer to get here. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. More signs of the impen...

Thu. 05/01 – Judge Refers Apple For A Criminal Investigation

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple basically got held in contempt of court in the Epic case. Rumors about Elon staying at Tesla. Meta and Microsoft earnings. Xbox price increases....

Wed. 04/30 – ChatGPT Just Wants To Please

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta has launched a standalone competitor to ChatGPT. But is ChatGPT bending too far backwards in an attempt to please you? Even OpenAI thinks so. Way...

Tue. 04/29 – OpenAI Shopping?

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Amazon about to start showing tariff prices in listings? Armageddon has finally come for Temu and Shein. Is OpenAI getting into the shopping game b...

Mon. 04/28 – The Prompt Engineer That Never Was…

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is Apple’s 20th Anniversary iPhone the reason they can’t quit China just yet? That Chinese AI Manus just raised a big round. Is Prompt Engineer th...

Fri. 04/25 – Zuck Trying To Make Fetch Happen

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alphabet earnings. Intel earnings. Apple is making moves to make sure all iPhones heading to the US are no longer manufactured in China. Zuck seems bo...

Thu. 04/24 – The AI Coding Wars Are Upon Us

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More fallout from those EU fines yesterday. A whole slew of self driving car news. The AI Coding Wars have officially begun. The back to the office wa...

Wed. 04/23 – Meta And Apple Fined By The EU

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

That delayed action from the European Commission finally came down on Apple and Meta. Would OpenAI be a logical home for the Chrome web browser? Massi...

Tue. 04/22 – FTC As Today’s Main Character

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the US v. Google remedy trial begins, the FTC also sues Uber and makes Airbnb disclose all fees. Looks like tech regulation is still very much a th...

Mon. 04/21 – Trump Helps Zuck Get A Reprieve In Europe

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta and Apple were about to go to the woodshed in Europe, but it looks like Trump’s tariffs have run interference for them. Everyone wants in on st...

Fri. 04/18 – The Google Antitrust Snowball

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google is ruled an illegal monopoly. Again. But for a different reason this time. Switch 2 pre-orders are back on. Americans are flocking to Temu and ...

Thu. 04/17 – Mooooaaar Models!

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has a new reasoning model, and more lower cost models as well. Is OpenAI about to acquire a coding startup? Is Perplexity turning to Samsung fo...

Wed. 04/16 – Why Does OpenAI Want A Social Network?

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well, it looks like DOGE has finally come for cybersecurity. It sounds like the tariff stuff is already biting Nvidia to the tune of $5 billion. Why i...

Tue. 04/15 – Why Is OpenAI Going Backwards (Name-Wise)?

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI releases its latest next gen models but you wouldn’t know it by the nomenclature because the numbers are going backwards. What’s up with th...

Mon. 04/14 – Tariff Groundhog Day

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You know that meme of Ebenezer Scrooge shouting out the window? “Hey boy, what tariff regime is it today?” Sam Altman again implies ChatGPT usage ...

Fri. 04/11 – Why COULDN’T Apple Make An iPhone In The US?

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Europe says it could tax social media ads if the tariff wars get really nasty. Why COULDN’T Apple make an iPhone in the US as President Trump wants?...

Thu. 04/10 – JK, JK, JK

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the time of this writing, the tariffs are back off, but who know what will happen by the time you hear this. OpenAI sues back. Google wants a frame...

Wed. 04/09 – Instagram iPad App But For REAL This Time?

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google unveils its new TPU’s, this time with inference! Temu and Shein officially get nuked from orbit. More signs of pullback in AI datacenter buil...

Tue. 04/08 – It’s Already Starting…

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Uh oh, it looks like the tech price hikes are already starting! People are accusing Meta of doing some weird things with those latest AI models. Shopi...

Mon. 04/07 – Will Tech Raise Prices Cause Of Tariffs?

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok lives! Again. Again. At least for another 75 days. Meta’s big new Llama models are out. AI coding assistant Cursor has become the big breako...

(BNS) The Legality Of The AI Stuff

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is what happened with the Studio Ghibli ChatGPT image generation stuff even legal? I spoke with AI lawyer Rob Rosenberg, former general counsel at Sho...

Fri. 04/04 – Has Intel Found A Way Out?

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Thu. 04/03 – How Tariffs Might Impact Tech

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well we gotta talk about this tariff thing because the early indications are this could impact almost every nook and cranny of the tech industry. Coul...

Wed. 04/02 – The Nintendo Switch 2

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers al...

Tue. 04/01 – OpenAI Closes The Biggest Private Tech Round Ever

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Masa Son came through for OpenAI, to the tune of a $40 billion dollar round at a $300 billion-dollar post-money valuation. Sam Altman says OpenAI is g...

Mon. 03/31 – xAI Acquires X

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the weekend Elon said that xAI has acquired X. Elon does love to blend his companies together. Tensions between SpaceX and Apple. Apple is workin...

Me On The Big Technology Podcast Talking This Week In Tech

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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(Essay) Silicon Valley's "Sovereign Tech Stack" Problem

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 03/28 – CoreWeave’s Weak IPO

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Move big moves in the gaming space. But we need to talk about that CoreWeave IPO. It. Didn’t. Go. Well. Facebook has a shocking idea: what if you co...

Thu. 03/27 – AI Studio Ghibli

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is using that new ChatGPT image generator to make Miyazaki memes. Google is taking Android development private. Are we seeing signs of an AI ...

Wed. 03/26 – The Day Of AI Announces

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s all AI today basically. New Gemini “thinking” models. New “deep reasoning” agents for Copilot. But the really big news is the new image...

Tue. 03/25 – Napster Lives! Again!

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Looks like the EU is bringing down the hammer on Meta. Waymo’s next city is Washington DC. Napster continues to live! And it has a new owner! Maybe ...

Mon. 03/24 – 23andMe Enters The Deadpool

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Are mergers and acquisitions officially back on the menu of Silicon Valley? Are cameras coming to the Apple W...

Fri. 03/21 – A Look At LibGen

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

That whole thing with Meta allegedly scraping all the world’s books using LibGen is back in the news. Cloudflare is fighting AI scraping with AI slo...

Thu. 03/20 – Is Apple In Its “Vista” Era?

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SoftBank acquires a chip making startup. Nvidia says it hasn’t been approached to help save Intel. OpenAI announces another expensive AI tier. Apple...

Wed. 03/19 – Nvidia Wants To Change All Of Computing

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The EU Commission has brought the hammer down on Apple and Google at the same time. All the big news from Nvidia’s big event yesterday. More details...

Tue. 03/18 – The Big M&A Test I Was Waiting For

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We get that first big test of M&A I was looking for as Alphabet acquires Wiz. Is Roku going to force us to watch ads just to turn on our TVs? The AI c...

Mon. 03/17 – Europe Wants To Ween Itself Off Silicon Valley

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Europe wants to ween itself off of foreign big tech. Could this be the sign of a future rift with Silicon Valley? The weird case of Rippling versus De...

Fri. 03/14 – E2EE For All!

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The new RCS messaging standard makes encryption universal, and even Apple is getting on the bandwagon. OpenAI calls for a US ban of DeepSeek. Is Apple...

Thu. 03/13 – Intel’s New Boss

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Intel has a new boss and they seem to want to double down on the Foundry strategy. Meta is testing community notes. Sonos is abandoning its big stream...

Wed. 03/12 – Roomba Might Not Be Able To Clean Up This Mess

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Niantic officially sells to that Saudi-owned game developer. iRobot says it might not be alive in about 12 months time. Sam Altman believes he has an ...

Tue. 03/11 – Biggest Changes To iOS Since 2013

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we about to get the biggest overhaul of iOS since 2013? Is inference the way that everybody is going to eat Nvidia’s lunch? Exactly how much to ...

Mon. 03/10 – Is Manus “DeepSeek” 2.0?

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well, do we have another DeepSeek moment on our hands? I tell you about Manus, which had some people losing their minds over the weekend. Now do we ha...

(Omnibus) Week Of 03/03/2025

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 03/07 – “AI Wrappers” No Longer A Pejorative

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Will Apple have to allow side loading in Brazil? The US Strategic Crypto Reserve becomes a reality. Larry Page has a new startup. The concept of a sta...

Thu. 03/06 – Tech IPO Spring?

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More signs the tech IPO logjam is breaking. Another cheap new AI model from China. Would you pay 20 THOUSAND dollars a month to use an OpenAI agent? T...