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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...

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

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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. ...