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Fri. 06/07 – It’s Backlash Day

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we prep for WWDC on Monday, word of a completely new Passwords app from Apple. Also, it’s a day of backlashes. The backlash against Adobe’s ter...

Thu. 06/06 – Regulators Stirring On AI

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia hits $3T. US regulators aren’t sleeping on the AI market, including Nvidia itself. Humane tells users of the AI Pin to stop using the chargin...

Wed. 06/05 – An Open Letter To OpenAI

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As I said on that bonus episode with Alex Kantrowitz, the research side of OpenAI isn’t happy, and they’re starting to speak out. More details on ...

Tue. 06/04 – Wait. Why More Layoffs?

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More headlines from Computex. More layoffs at Microsoft, but why? Instagram is copying YouTube’s unskippable ads. Why Samsung is pre-emptively suing...

Mon. 06/03 – An AI To Game With

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Computex brings a slew of announcements from AMD and Nvidia, including an AI bot to help you with your gaming. Another price hike from Spotify. Perple...

(BNS) Big Technology Crossover OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI

01 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI, Loneliness in Remote Work Era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fri. 05/31 – Why Not Just Kill Siri?

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has a new “affordable” version of ChatGPT for universities and schools. They also are planning to get back into robotics in a big way. Behi...

Thu. 05/30 – Biggest Botnet Ever?

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Global authorities take down what they say is the biggest botnet of all time. More big AI deals for big media. More on the delicate dance between Open...

Wed. 05/29 – Did The Secret Sauce Of Google Search Just Leak?

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A big leak at Google might be the tech equivalent of the secret formula for Coca-Cola being revealed for the first time. The ex-OpenAI board members a...

Tue. 05/28 – GPT5 Still A Year Out?

28 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a rough timeline of when we can expect GPT5 and it looks like it won’t be this summer. xAI has a big raise. Another in-depth look at Apple’...

Fri. 05/24 – Now ETH Gets An ETF

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Out of nowhere, the SEC has approved spot ETFs for ether. Spotify is killing its Car Thing. Google’s AI Overview is giving crazy answers all over th...

Thu. 05/23 – Nvidia: Still Killing It

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia’s earnings are still historic, but what could upset their apple cart? A few things, actually. I think we know the truth or at least the timel...

Wed. 05/22 – Humane Already To The Deadpool?

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All the AI announcements from Microsoft Build. I know it’s only been a minute, but is Humane already circling the Deadpool? They’re supposedly sho...

Tue. 05/21 – Now You’ve Pissed Off Scar-Jo

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are only 2 stories today, but they’re big ones. First, at an event yesterday, Microsoft showed off what they want the PC to look like in the A...

Mon. 05/20 – That GPT Voice Is NOT Scar-Jo

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

No, that ChatGPT voice is not Scarlett Johansson, stop asking. In fact, that voice is going away. What does it mean if OpenAI’s entire superalignmen...

Fri. 05/17 – Reddit Embraces Its AI Role

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer b...

Thu. 05/16 – Instagram Founder To Anthropic

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some AI companies want to go after web search. But by hiring an Instagram founder, is Anthropic going in a social or app direction? Will AI kill the c...

Wed. 05/15 – Google’s I/O Announces.

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All the announces from Google’s massive I/O event yesterday, including, yes, generative AI summaries are fully coming to Google Search. Plus, the ca...

Tue. 05/14 – GPT-4o

14 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o which makes Siri look like the technical cul-de-sac it very much is. But what does it mean that this was NOT GPT-5? What does it...

Mon. 05/13 – The Solar Storm Is Real (Ask Farmers)

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well, looks like my worries about solar weather being a threat to technology wasn’t just in my head. Ask farmers. Squarespace to go private. Raspber...

Fri. 05/10 – Apple Apologizes For The “Crush” Ad

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well that was fast. Apple apologized for the “Crush” Ad, saying they missed the mark on that one. Microsoft is launching a mobile game app store. ...

Thu. 05/09 – The Weird Apple Ad Backlash

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

AlphaFold 3 is a new AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, the better to cure diseases and create medicine with. More cuts in M...

Wed. 05/08 – Bethesda Bloodbath

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Multiple Bethesda studios are being shut down by Xbox and gamers are worried. The new Pixel phone announcement yesterday that probably nobody heard ab...

Tue. 05/07 – The Spring Apple Event

07 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All the headlines from today’s Spring Apple event. New iPads? M4 chip? I don’t actually know cause I’m recording this bit beforehand. I can tell...

Mon. 05/06 – AI Generated Books, Music Videos And… Fighter Pilots?

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Dorsey abandoned Twitter and now he’s abandoned Bluesky as well. YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead. Threads launches post quote controls. More than ...

Fri. 05/03 – Apple Earnings Underline Their Predicament

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple earnings are out and revenue was down almost everywhere. Boy, AI can’t come fast enough for them. Did you know you can send Bluetooth signals ...

Thu. 05/02 – TikTok Can Jam Again

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The music is back on TikTok with a new deal struck. Maybe a third of Americans were affected by that Change Healthcare hack. Why are companies suddenl...

Wed. 05/01 – An Elon Catchup

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Binance founder CZ looks like he’s heading to jail too, but for way less time than SBF. Is the Rabbit R1 just a fancy device for a glorified Android...

Tue. 04/30 – Underbaked Hardware Releases

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The FCC has fined all the major telecom companies. You’ll never guess why. Why the DMA actions from the EU might be a constant thing. Devs, how abou...

Mon. 04/29 – AI Strategies

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple continues discussions with folks to partner for AI product. Will the upcoming iPad event kick off Apple’s AI strategy? Why does spending on AI...

Fri. 04/26 – Net Neutrality Is Back

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Net Neutrality has been voted back into existence. Earnings from Microsoft and Google, but it’s the YouTube numbers that continue to impress me. Byt...

Thu. 04/25 – Zuck Is Disappointing Wall Street Again

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meta’s earnings were fine, but it’s what Zuck warned about spending that has Wall Street nervous. Sub 2nm chips are on their way. An AI startup ha...

Wed. 04/24 – What Now For TikTok?

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The TikTok divestment bill has probably already been signed into law. What happens now? What are the legal arguments that this thing can stick? What a...

Tue. 04/23 – Microsoft’s Own LLMs and Perplexity’s Big Raise

23 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft has launched new lightweight AI models. Perplexity has a big new raise. Meta wants other people to build Quest headsets. Another reason Appl...

Mon. 04/22 – TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I know we’ve said this before, but TikTok really seems on the brink this time. What the heck is going on with Tesla? Tinder wants you to share your ...

Fri. 04/19 – All The News About Llama 3

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meta released Llama 3 yesterday, and some of the moves they made have made be consider if Zuck could win these first AI wars. Is Zuck also getting agg...

Thu. 04/18 – Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Google has fired 28 employees for political protests yesterday. A well-known coding school has been fined by the CFPB. Game emulators come to the iPho...

Wed. 04/17 – Copilots Or The Biggest Model Wins? The Competing AI Visions.

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

T-Mobile and Verizon employees are being offered bribes for SIM swaps. How much coding copilots have taken over. How much would you value Mistral or C...

Tue. 04/16 – What Should An AI Wearable Be: AI Pin Or Limitless Pendant?

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft continues to spread its AI bets. Disney wants to bring back tv channels. YouTube is not gonna let you block ads. What did Humane get wrong w...

Mon. 04/15 – Onshoring And Halving

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Really looks like high-end re-shoring of chip tech is happening, and happening soon. What if satellite telephony becomes a table-stakes smartphone fea...

Fri. 04/12 – OpenAI Is The Biggest Drama Startup Since Twitter

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now a big business intelligence company has been breached. Do you get the sense that people are laying the groundwork for something? Google discontinu...

Thu. 04/11 – Humane AI Pin Reviews

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple is notifying people their iPhones may have been compromised. Spotify wants you to mix up your music. Adobe is paying handsomely for videos. And ...

Wed. 04/10 – A Bunch Of Datapoints

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More AI announces from Google. More hints on how Apple will bring AI to iPhones. And a bunch of interesting datapoints: how much Apple has moved away ...

Tue. 04/09 – Google’s New AI Chips

09 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Google has a ton of AI announces, including new Arm-based AI chips, utilizing Google search in Gemini, and more. They also released their own Find My ...

(Bonus) David Marcus And Lightspark

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David Marcus comes on the pod to discuss what he's been working on since leaving Meta. Specificially: Lightspark, and efforts to expand the Lighting N...

Fri. 04/05 – Apple Layoffs!

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple joins the tech layoff club. Microsoft warns China is planning to disrupt elections using AI. Disney+ is joining Netflix in cracking down on pass...

Thu. 04/04 – How About A TRUE iRobot?

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is Apple pivoting to home robotics now that the Apple Car project is dead? Is Google about to pivot to subscription based search? Why is X handing bac...

Wed. 04/03 – Quantum Computing Breakthrough?

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have we just had a major breakthrough in Quantum Computing? The earthquake in Taiwan might lead to some chip issues. We don’t quite know yet. Amazon...

Tue. 04/02 – Amazon To Enter The AI Group Chat

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Big trove of AT&T customer data dumped online. Microsoft is unbundling Teams. Amazon is readying its own big LLM. We should probably assume Section 23...

(Bonus) Nat Friedman Interview

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What prolific AI investor Nat Friedman expects from GPT-5, Microsoft's general strategy in AI, how he invests in startups, and his background an philo...

Fri. 03/29 – SBF To The Hoosegow

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SBF gets 25 years. X is maybe about to NSFW. Apple’s new OLED iPads should be coming in May. I can’t cram another acronym in here to tell you abou...

Thu. 03/28 – Claude 3 Opus Surpasses GPT-4 For The First Time

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a new king of the AI hill as Anthropic bests OpenAI for the first time. Amazon invests more in Anthropic and is investing a TON more in data...

Wed. 03/27 – Hulu Comes To Disney+; WWDC Gets A Date

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Disney launches Hulu on Disney+. Apple schedules WWDC. Some Apple users report being victims of MFA bombing attacks. What it will mean to be certified...

Tue. 03/26 – Musical Chairs As Microsoft Reorganizes Itself Around AI

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Executive shuffling indicates that Microsoft is serious about reorganizing itself around AI. The US and UK move against those alleged Chinese infrastr...

Mon. 03/25 – The Wheels Of DMA Justice Move Fast

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

They said this law would be one that was capable of moving fast. The EU has already opened formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google. Stability ...

Fri. 03/22 – Apple Antitrust Suit Fallout

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone is analyzing the DOJ’s case against Apple. An unpatchable vulnerability in Apple Silicon has been uncovered. Threads joins the Fediverse. H...

Thu. 03/21 – The DOJ Sues Apple

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The DOJ opened a lawsuit against Apple. Reddit’s IPO should be happening today. An Epic Games Store on iOS should be coming later this year. Carvana...

Wed. 03/20 – Microsoft Hires DeepMind Co-Founder And Rocks The AI Community

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft hiring DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to run their new AI division might sound like boring c-suite musical chairs, but it’s actually...

Tue. 03/19 – Nvidia Developer Event

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia announced… well, a ton of things. Two new AI tools show that video is having an AI moment. An update on how TikTok is faring in the Senate. A...

Mon. 03/18 – Apple To Partner With Google For AI On iOS?

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I did NOT have on my bingo card Apple turning to Google to power its first big foray into modern AI on its hardware. Even while a new Apple AI model m...

(Bonus) Aravind Srinivas Of Perplexity AI

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas tell Chris and I to expect more partnerships like the recent one with Yelp; how Perplexity thinks of search differentl...

Fri. 03/15 – Apple’s Quiet AI Acquisition

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Remember that Apple has quietly made more AI acquisitions than anyone else? They quietly made another one. The FCC has a new definition for broadband....

Thu. 03/14 – Who Wants TikTok?

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If this TikTok bill is actually going to become law, who would actually be in the running to take it over? A bunch of announcements from Microsoft. Ha...

Wed. 03/13 – TikTok On The Brink?

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The TikTok legislation has passed the House, but it’s path through the Senate is uncertain to say the least. The first real AI regulation has passed...

Tue. 03/12 – Is TikTok Coming For Instagram?

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More App Store changes from Apple will allow developers to offer apps via their website. In Europe only, of course. Some of you can file your taxes on...

Mon. 03/11 – Your Car Is Spying On You, Example 212

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Epic got Apple to blink! Sam Altman got back on OpenAI’s board of directors. Reddit finally gets to IPO. Elon Musk says X.ai is going open source. A...

(Bonus) Guy Kawasaki On His New Book And Learning From Steve Jobs

09 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Guy Kawasaki shares key insights on how to have a successful career, found in his new book: Think Remarkable. Also, some fun Apple and Steve Jobs stor...

Fri. 03/08 – TikTok In Peril?

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did TikTok overplay its hand yesterday? The potential legislation against them is suddenly moving quickly. How Temu might be single handedly responsib...

Thu. 03/07 – The Epic/Apple Fight Gets Gnarly

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the first day of the DMA regime, the whole battle between Apple and Epic Games has gotten hella weird. Rumors of the US government going after TikT...

Wed. 03/06 – OpenAI Claps Back At Elon’s Lawsuit

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Apple shows how it is complying with the DMA. We’ve got a Microsoft hardware event coming up. I wonder if they’ll mention AI? Has BlackCat been de...

Tue. 03/05 – The Linux Phoenix?

05 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The big DMA deadline is mere hours away. A big Twitter related lawsuit has arrived that I kind of can’t believe took this long. Nothing releases a p...

Mon. 03/04 – EU Brings The Hammer Down On Apple

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The EU Commission has fined Apple for stifling music streaming competition. New Macbook Airs with the M3 chip. Why the Apple Car was doomed from day o...

Fri. 03/01 – Elon Sues Sam Altman And OpenAI

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elon is suing Sam Altman and OpenAI. Meta continues to get out of the news business, especially when it’s being pushed. A new AI deepfake supertool....

Thu. 02/29 – What If The Vision Pro Is Selling Better Than We Think?

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The SEC has subpoenaed OpenAI. What if the Vision Pro is selling better than even Apple thought? Beware of the repo attack affecting GitHub. Beware of...

Wed. 02/28 – The Apple Car Project Is Dead

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Apple car project is dead. Really, this time. We think. Google is working to fix Gemini. If you’re using Tumblr, your posts might soon be traini...

Tue. 02/27 – Gaming Continues To Be A Bloodbath

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you can believe it, MOAR layoffs in gaming. Big layoffs at Sony. We might see Meta’s first AR glasses later this year. The big hack affecting US ...

Mon. 02/26 – Mobile World Congress Is All About AI This Year (Corrected)

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mobile World Congress kicks off this week, and I bet you can guess what the big theme this year is. All the hardware that is being announced to allow ...

(Bonus) Ed Zitron On The Social Landscape

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Catching you up on the great Substack controversy and who is winning the race to be the new Twitter? Ed's new podcast is called Better Offline, which...

Fri. 02/23 – Reddit To IPO And Nvidia To The Moon

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have all the details of the Reddit IPO. And Sam Altman of all people makes an appearance in the S1! What that big cell phone outage yesterday was a...

Thu. 02/22 – Nvidia’s Earnings Are Epic

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The most important tech company in the world right now reported earnings yesterday, and they were historic. Stability AI is previewing Stable Diffusio...

Wed. 02/21 – Apple Has Quantum Encrypted iMessage

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Signal finally rolls out usernames, but Apple goes one better security-wise, by quantum encrypting iMessage. Weirdly, Apple also launched a standalone...

Tue. 02/20 – LockBit Ransomware Gang Taken Down

20 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps the biggest law enforcement action against a ransomware gang ever. Once again, you could view other people’s cameras on your Wyze camera. Ho...

(Bonus) BlueSky CEO Jay Graber

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about the future of social media. Sponsors: FactorMeals.com/ride50 and code ride50 for 50% off Lea...

Fri. 02/16 – Sora Brings Text To Video AI To Life

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Huge watershed reveal of OpenAI’s Sora, its first text-to-video model, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video. We used to have a Today In El...

Thu. 02/15 – We Already Have Gemini 1.5!

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Google’s moving fast. They’ve already launched Gemini 1.5. An EU court rules breaking encryption violates human rights. Why social media is floode...

Wed. 02/14 – Zuck Has His Own Social Media Post About The Vision Pro

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even Mark Zuckerberg is posting about the Apple Vision Pro. In short: he’s not impressed. Walmart might buy a smart TV maker for the ads. Y Combinat...

Tue. 02/13 – Why Microsoft’s Xbox Strategy Shift Is A Big Deal

13 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Threads gets “today’s topics.” iMessage and Bing dodge EU DMA regulation. Why Temu bought a bunch of SuperBowl ads. Nvidia’s Chat with RTX let...

Mon. 02/12 – Luddite Riots?

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is actual neo-ludditeism going to become a thing, as some people have predicted? Google reveals the strength of its subscription businesses. A review ...

Fri. 02/09 – Sam Altman Wants To Raise $5 Trillion Dollars. With a T.

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Altman wants to raise more money for his chip ambitions than the entire semiconductor industry. The Feds might put the breaks on Microsoft’s acq...

Thu. 02/08 – Google Releases Gemini Ultra 1.0

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Google has released Gemini Ultra 1.0, renamed Bard as Gemini and looks to be replacing Google Assistant with Gemini. Disney has invested in a big stak...

Wed. 02/07 – AI Watermarks And New Apple AI Models

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI is adding watermarks to Dall-E 3 images. A new AI model from Apple. A new open source model that is king of the LLM hill. More rumors of a fold...

Tue. 02/06 – Don’t Forget Your Vision Pro Password!

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t forget your Vision Pro password, or else you’re going to have to return it to the Apple Store to use it again. Why are the gaming platforms ...

Mon. 02/05 – The Most Shocking Deepfake Scam Of The AI Era

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Let me tell you the story of the most shocking AI deepfake scam we’ve heard yet, because it’s a warning to all of us going forward. An Apple Visio...

(Bonus) a16z's Chris Dixon On His New Book And Web3

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our friend Chris Dixon is back to talk about his new book: Read Write Own! How Web3 and the blockchain can save the web as we know it! Learn m...

Fri. 02/02 – Facebook’s Golden Age Is Now

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A run down of some interesting details from Tech’s big earnings day yesterday. Rufus is Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant. The Browser Compan...

Thu. 02/01 – A Tech Regulation Tipping Point?

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why I think yesterday’s Congressional hearings might actually be a tipping point for tech regulation. What would a Kids Online Safety Act actually m...

Wed. 01/31 – Tech Execs Back Before Congress

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The tech execs have been called before Congress once again. Universal Music Group pulls its songs from TikTok. Is 23andMe in danger of going out of bu...

Tue. 01/30 – The Vision Pro Reviews Are Here

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted its device into a human for the first time. You can search for Taylor Swift X again, but was a Microsoft tool to bl...

Mon. 01/29 – Is Arc Search The Future Of Search I Was Talking About?

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Amazon calls off its iRobot acquisition. Is Arc Search the future of search we were talking to Baratunde about this weekend? Why you can’t search fo...

(Bonus) Baratunde Thurston On The Apple Vision Pro

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The great Baratunde Thurston join Chris and Brian to talk about his hour-long in-person demo with the Apple Vision Pro. In the second half, we discuss...