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Wed. 03/05 – Digg Is Back!

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon can’t stop OpenAI, but the case will go on. Trump wants to stop the Chips Act immediately. Apple released more new Macs today. If you can belie...

Tue. 03/04 – The First IPO Of The AI Era

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have our first official IPO of the AI Era coming. Anthropic has a big new round. New iPads from Apple. New phones from Nothing. Waymo rolls out in ...

Mon. 03/03 – A National Crypto Reserve?

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe we really will be getting that national crypto reserve after all. TSMC doubles down on manufacturing in the US. Return to the office is one thin...

Fri. 10/28 – GPT-4.5

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has launched GPT-4.5, but they want you to know, this is not a frontier model, it’s a stepping stone. Skype enters the Deadpool. Memecoins ar...

Thu. 02/27 – Nvidia Earnings

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia’s first earnings are out after the whole DeepSeek thing. Do they seem nervous or no? A pretty big price cut for the PlayStation VR2. Huge out...

Wed. 02/26 – Alexa+

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon finally updated Alexa with generative AI. It’s called Alexa+ and it can do plenty of neat things, but unless you’re a Prime subscriber, it’...

Tue. 02/25 – Claude 3.7 Sonnet

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropic releases its latest cutting-edge model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Would you tolerate ads inside your Excel spreadsheet if you could use Excel for f...

Mon. 02/24 – Apple’s $500B Investment In The US

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple makes a huge investment in US manufacturing and hiring. Are SMS messages as 2-factor authentication on the way out? The biggest crypto theft of ...

The 2,000th Episode Spectacular

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well, kinda... But we do talk about how the show started, get a bit into the process of what I do every day. But mostly we get deep into where AI is g...

Thu. 02/20 – Microsoft’s Quantum Breakthrough

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft is claiming a historical quantum breakthrough with its first quantum processor, the Majorana 1. Google is going all in on the Gemini brand. ...

Wed. 02/19 – The iPhone 16e

19 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple has announced the new iPhone 16e. I’ve got all the details for you. The Humane AI Pin is definitively dead, and HP is acquiring the ashes. Yet...

Tue. 02/18 – Grok-3

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

xAI and Elon Musk have launched Grok-3, their cutting-edge AI model. Is it really a step forward? It’s really the cutting-edge? Andrej Karpathy is g...

Mon. 02/17 – Folks Are Circling Intel

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The vultures are circling Intel, if that’s not too aggressive an analogy. OpenAI’s board officially rejects Elon’s bid. Zelle is quietly the big...

Fri. 02/14 – Arm Upends The Entire Semiconductor Industry

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

TikTok is back in the app stores. But the biggest news is that Arm is going to make its own chips, thereby upending how the entire semiconductor indus...

Thu. 02/13 – Do We Maybe Have A Roadmap For GPT-5?

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We maybe have a roadmap for GPT-5, but also, is it not really GPT-5 just a renaming of what they already have in the pipeline? It’s kind of weird. E...

Wed. 02/12 – The First Big AI Legal Ruling

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first big AI legal ruling has come down, and it might not be good news for AI startups. Apple launches its biggest health study yet. This one weir...

Tue. 02/11 – Elon Wants To Buy OpenAI

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon makes an unsolicited bid to buy OpenAI, or at least the non-profit that controls it, and maybe he doesn’t really want to own it, it’s complic...

Mon. 02/10 – How Sam Altman Outflanked Elon Musk?

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

According to the Super Bowl ad I saw last night, anyone can use Starlink on their phone soon, not just T-Mobile users. Was this the Super Bowl of cryp...

(Omnibus) Week Of 02/03/2025

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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Fri. 02/07 – UK Backdoor Into iPhones?

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the UK government about to force Apple to put backdoors into all of our iPhones? Tallying up the Tech Earnings week of CAPEX announcements. We migh...

Thu. 02/06 – A $50 (!!) AI Model?

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Now researchers say they have trained a cutting edge AI model for… checks notes… $50. Not $50 million dollars. $50. Dollars. Get ready for the sup...

Wed. 02/05 – Shein And Temu In Deep Trouble

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Temu And Shein got a reprieve from the USPS, but they are still in deep, deep trouble. I’ll explain why. Alphabet earnings disappoint their investor...

Tue. 02/04 – Uncle Sam As A VC?

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the US government about to get into, or at least, heavily impact the VC investing business? Apparently, the trade war with China is still on. The r...

Mon. 02/03 – OpenAI Deep Research

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI unveils Deep Research, an AI agent just for that. I’ll explain. Are Shein and Temu first up to feel the brunt of the new Trump tariffs? Apple...

(BNS) Terra Trust And How To Build In Uncertain Times

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If the entire world shifts after you launch your startup, what do you do? Terra Trust founder Mike DiPetrillo tells you how to do it. What was our o...

Fri. 01/31 – Zuck’s Complaints About Leaks… Leaks

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple’s earnings are decidedly mixed. Mark Zuckerberg’s complaints about everything he says leaking… leaked, and there are a lot of interesting ...

Thu. 01/30 – Everyone Reports Earnings But Wall Street Only Wants Capex Answers.

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta and Microsoft reported earnings, but all Wall Street cared about was getting Capex updates. Meta settles with… the President. Waymo’s expansi...

Wed. 01/29 – OpenAI Says: No Copying!

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Essentially, OpenAI suspects that DeekSeek might have copied them. I’ll explain the term, “distillation.” Could you soon be able to connect to S...

Tue. 01/28 – Day 2 Of The DeepSeek Era

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More fallout from the DeepSeek realignment of everybody’s thinking about AI. Could this be a signal that the large model business model is over and ...

Mon. 01/27 – Why DeepSeek Has Stunned Silicon Valley (And Wall Street)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s one of those days where there’s only one story. Maybe you saw that tech stocks got obliterated today. I’m here to tell you why. It’s sole...

Fri. 01/24 – Operator AI

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI releases its agentic bot that can do things on your behalf on your computer. Has the Stargate controversy driven a rift between Musk and Trump?...

Thu. 01/23 – “Humanity’s Last Exam”

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ok, that whole AI datacenter joint venture thing seems to have gotten messy. A ByteDance board member thinks TikTok might have a way out without selli...

Wed. 01/22 – The Galaxy S25 Lineup

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the headlines from today’s Samsung event, including the S25 lineup. The Silk Road creator gets a pardon. A huge joint venture for a new AI datac...

Tue. 01/21 – TikTok Lives?

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alright, I’ll sum up everything that happened this weekend with TikTik, but also get to all of the changes the new Trump administration has made, wh...

(BNS) Senator Ron Wyden On TikTok, AI, Regulation And His New Book

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I speak to Senator Ron Wyden about the TikTok ban, AI and regulation, tech regulation in general, and his new book: It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fe...

Fri. 01/17 – TikTok Loses In The Supreme Court

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Supreme Court rules against TikTok, but at this point, I think this is all kabuki theater. Somehow TikTok is going to survive. Bumble’s founder ...

Thu. 01/16 – Nintendo Switch 2

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nintendo finally takes the wraps off the Switch 2. Everybody seems to want to give TikTok more time, but can they find a way to do it? A big new AI re...

Wed. 01/15 – SEC Sues Elon Musk

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The SEC is suing Elon Musk. Big AI insertions in Microsoft Copilot, Google Workspace and even LinkedIn. How TikTok plans to handle the immediate after...

Tue. 01/14 – Could Elon Buy TikTok?

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Break out your 2025 headline bingo cards. Did you have Elon Musk maybe buying TikTok on there? You’re a better bingo player than I am. Is the EU goi...

Mon. 01/13 – Nvidia Isn’t Happy With New Chip Rules

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Biden administration unveils its long planned new chip export rules, and Nvidia isn’t happy. That whole botched Sonos app debacle has cost the C...

(BNS) Simon Willison And SWYX Tell Us Where AI Is In 2025

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The great Simon Willison joins SWYX and I to talk about everything we learned about LLMs in 2024, and what the state of AI is generally, as we go into...

Fri. 01/10 – The Controversies Continue

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All the controversies continue. I’ll update you on the Meta moderation controversy. The latest twist in the WordPress brouhaha. The TikTok thing is ...

Thu. 01/09 – The Wildfire App Everyone In LA Has Been Using

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Big new zero day to tell you about. Apple says Siri is safe, honest. Google rolls out an AI Daily Listen audio feature. Looking at the next wave of we...

Wed. 01/08 – Fallout From Meta’s Content Moderation Changes

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tons and tons of controversy and fallout from Meta’s announced content moderation changes yesterday. I’ve got I think a fair, comprehensive rundow...

Tue. 01/07 – Nvidia Still Takes CES Seriously

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta is completely revamping its fact-checking program, going instead with a version of Community Notes. A new Tesla recall, but for a different reaso...

Mon. 01/06 – Sam Altman Is Already Moving Past AGI

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Altman says AGI isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Superintelligence. Why is nobody using Meta’s AI profiles? Keep an eye on Zuck, is my advi...

Fri. 01/03 – Turns Out, Siri WAS Listening To You!

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple pays a fine cause Siri was listening in on what you said. Strava does a tie-in with Apple Fitness+. Net Neutrality is dead again, and it looks l...

(BNS) The Golden Girls - With Christina Warren

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Among other things, learn how Miami Vice inspired the Golden Girls, how the Golden Girls helped finance the making of the movie Reservoir Dogs, whethe...

Mon. 12/30 – Welcome To A USB-C Life

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AT&T and Verizon say they’ve rooted out Salt Typhoon. Trump asks the Supreme Court to intervene in the TikTok situation. All the banks want to be li...

Fri. 12/27 – A New “Definition” Of AGI

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly having problems deciding how make this whole, reclassifying as for-profit thing work. Oh, also, they secretly deci...

(BNS) Calvin And Hobbes - With Daniel Kibblesmith

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Was Calvin And Hobbes the greatest comic strip ever? Or maybe a great work of art of the 20th Century? Why did Bill Watterson disappear? Was Calvin "g...

Mon. 12/23 – The Revenge Of Google Glass?

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How about a Ring Doorbell, but from Apple? How about Meta Ray Ban’s but crossed with Google Glass? How everybody is combining forces to bid for defe...

Fri. 12/20 – Gemini Flash Thinking

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gemini Flash Thinking a model making a serious run at “reasoning.” The FAA has had to ban drones in New Jersey cause of all those weird drone sigh...

Thu. 12/19 – 1800CHATGPT

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple says Meta is getting annoying. You can now call 1800CHATGPT to, you know, talk to ChatGPT. Apple scraps plans for a hardware subscription packag...

Wed. 12/18 – Is Your Home Internet Router About To Be Banned?

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is your home internet router about to be banned? The US has a new Chinese tech target. An AI dev kit from Nvidia. Who actually buys the most chips fro...

Tue. 12/17 – TikTok CEO Dines With Trump

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the same day that ByteDance asks the US Supreme Court to intervene, the TikTok CEO meets with Donald Trump. DeepMind’s big new competitor to Sora...

Mon. 12/16 – The Coming Battle Of Elon v. Sam

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I break down the coming battle of the titans that is going to likely play out in 2025 between Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Mark Gurman says Apple is fina...

(BNS) Top 10 Tech Stories Of 2024 (On The Newsworthy Podcast)

14 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brian on The Newsworthy podcast with Erica Mandy. Find out more about the show here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

Fri. 12/13 – Gemini As The New Android/OS?

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ok, what if AI models are really the new OS for… everything. But also: smartglasses and a Vision Pro competitor. I’ll explain. Could NotebookLM be...

Thu. 12/12 – The “Killer App” For Vision Pro?

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More fallout from the whole Cruise wind-down. What it’s like to use some of the new Gemini 2.0 features. Has Apple, quite belatedly, finally done a ...

Wed. 12/11 – Gemini 2.0

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

GM shocked everybody by shutting down the Cruise robotaxi business. ChatGPT is finally on your iPhone once you update it. Could all Apple watches some...

Tue. 12/10 – Amazon Autos

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You can now buy a car on Amazon. A new AI unicorn doing something with AI I hadn’t heard about before. New AI enhanced smartglasses. Microsoft says ...

Mon. 12/09 – OpenAI Releases Sora

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI’s Sora model is here! TikTok is still in trouble. China does more turnabouts is fair play, this time with Nvidia. I Apple, belatedly, getting...

Fri. 12/06 – Santa Sam Makes His First Delivery

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Santa Sam has made his first delivery of the promised 12 days of launches from OpenAI. David Sacks is named the AI and Crypto Czar. Samsung’s entire...

Thu. 12/05 – Bitcoin $100k!

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin crosses the big $100k mark for the first time. We now know who Trump wants to fill the roles Silicon Valley cares about the most. Is Amazon ab...

Wed. 12/04 – Spotify Wrapped 2024 Has NotebookLM Baked In

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Amid the Salt Typhoon hack, the US government wants you and me to go encrypted. Ubisoft shuts down XDefiant. Spotify Wrapped 2024 has NotebookLM baked...

Tue. 12/03 – Where Does Intel Go From Here?

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The search for a new Intel CEO has begun in earnest, but a change in leadership probably makes a wholesale transformation of the company more likely. ...

Mon. 12/02 – Gelsinger Out At Intel!

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Gelsinger is out at Intel. So where do they go from here? The first announces from the AWS re:Invent conference. More signs that crypto is in the ...

(BNS) The Challenger Disaster

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It is maybe the one moment of tragedy where most 80s kids remember where they were when it happened. Today, RAD! 80s90s History is looking at the Chal...

(BNS) The Answering Machine - With Toni Trucks!

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an ...

Wed. 11/27 – OpenAI Suspends Sora

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has suspended access to Sora after an activist stunt. Anyone can train AI on your Bluesky posts, but that is by design, in a way. Elon is ready...

Tue. 11/26 – Apple Going Too Thin Again?

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Intel does get its money. Threads continues to feel the heat from Bluesky, and responds by… giving people what they want. The new Mate 70 flagship s...

Mon. 11/25 – Return Of The Vita?

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is Sony about to get back into the mobile gaming hardware business? Is Bluesky in the dog house with the EU? Nvidia’s new AI model. Is Intel not goi...

(BNS) Brian's Appearance On Daily Detroit

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brian's appearance on Daily Detroit talking about creating new tech hubs around the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Fri. 11/22 – An LLM Siri But… Only The Year AFTER Next?

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Wait, how long is it going to take Apple to make Siri behave like ChatGPT already does today? Maybe that talk of OpenAI buying the Chrome browser isn’...

Thu. 11/21 – What The DOJ Wants Google To Do

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The DOJ has filed its “remedy” for Google but what would it mean for end users if their recommendations actually come to pass? Nvidia’s earnings...

Wed. 11/20 – AI To Read The Books

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now authors are being approached about training AI on their books, and some are not pleased. The new Android development cadence is here. More signs c...

Tue. 11/19 – Microsoft Ignite

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have an idea of how the DOJ wants to breakup Google, and it seems to hinge a lot on selling the Chrome web browser. Sony wants the Elden Ring franc...

Mon. 11/18 – More Smartglasses On The Horizon

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have the nomination for the next FCC chair. More hype around smartglasses. About that Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight on Netflix. Is YouTube now the kin...

(BNS) How To Know When To Kill Your Startup

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We talk to @cara_jacqueline about what its like when your startup dies. How do you know when it's over? What were the lessons she learned from her jou...

Fri. 11/15 – Crypto Ascendant

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eighteen states are suing the SEC over crypto regulation. The FTC might be going after Microsoft, but is this well timed or terribly timed? ChatGPT on...

Thu. 11/14 – The FBI (!) Investigating Polymarket

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Buckle up cause it’s going to be a regulation heavy day. Meta is served up its first big EU fine. The FBI is investigating Polymarket? The CFPB migh...

Wed. 11/13 – Amazon Haul

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The guessing game on who the new tech regulators will be for the new administration. What is Amazon Haul? Why has Bluesky suddenly seen a flurry of ac...

Tue. 11/12 – Apple Into The Smarthome

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Looks like Apple wants to get serious about smarthome tech. The EU gets Meta to change, but has another requested change from Apple. Signal has some n...

Mon. 11/11 – FTX Sues Everybody

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FTX is suing basically anybody you can think of. Why will your iPhone now reboot itself if you don’t log into it for several days? Is OpenAI’s nex...

(Portfolio Profile) Middle Mile

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Middle Mile is the next evolution of the gig economy. Make use of your spare garage/basement space to provide fullfillment for ecommerce brands. More ...

Fri. 11/08 – Share To TikTok

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some interesting moves over at Block. Share to TikTok could be something major for the music industry. Amazon’s offer to invest again in Anthropic c...

Thu. 11/07 – More Election Stuff

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More in depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley, and Elon Musk’s companies in particular. Canadian regulators going a...

Wed. 11/06 – The Tech Angle To Election Day

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The tech angle to the election news yesterday, and interestingly a lot of it is crypto related. The EU Commission looks like it will fine Apple and ha...

Tue 11/05 – Apple: Maybe Smartglasses Are The Way To Go

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Big hacking arrest in Canada. More evidence Apple is thinking: “You know, maybe smartglasses are the way to go…” More signs OpenAI is focusing o...

Mon. 11/04 – Apple Buying And Investing In Things

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is investing more in Satellite technology, and also acquires Pixelmator. What does this all mean for them? Is the high end Vision Pro getting ab...

Fri. 11/01 – ChatGPT Search

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI officially gets into the search game. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Why Google is switching up how it does Android. And in the longreads, Met...

Thu. 10/31 – Spooky… I Mean, Earnings Season

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve got that day where all the tech earnings have come at once, but this time I’m gonna mention Uber too cause did you know they’re making ban...

Wed. 10/30 – M4 MacBook Pros

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Apple release week continues with new MacBook pros. GitHub goes multi-model. Alphabet earnings were good, but Reddit earnings were massive. Why Sa...

Tue. 10/29 – A Whole Bunch Of New Macs

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A whole bunch of new Macs plus the first dribbles of Apple Intelligence. Apple is taking a big step in weening itself off of China reliance for manufa...

Mon. 10/28 – Betting On The Election

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As Robinhood rolls out smart contract derivatives around the election, a look at how smart markets have seemed to have their mainstream breakthrough t...

Fri. 10/25 – GPT-5 Coming By December?

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Verge says we could get GPT-5 by December, but it might be called Orion. The biggest health care data breach in US history. Turns out Americans ca...

Thu. 10/24 – Surge Pricing In The Grocery Store?

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Raspberry PI does AI now too. Apple is cutting iPhone production orders. Microsoft says China, Russia and Iran are still doing the dirt as the electio...

Wed. 10/23 – Strong ARM Tactics

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A huge dispute in the semiconductor space has gone nuclear with implications that are crazy. Anthropic’s new AI app can control your computer for yo...

Tue. 10/22 – The Next Gen Snapdragon

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Qualcomm has unveiled its big, next gen Snapdragon SoC which will someday be in all the phones. Except iPhones, of course. Is Netflix pulling back on ...