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Episodes
Episode 40 - AI spy bots, Reddit's data lawsuit, Musk's ban, and the new handheld Xbox.
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI company Anthropic has released a custom chatbot for classified spy work and is also being sued by Reddit for allegedly using posts to train its Cla...
Episode 39 - Special episode: Windows & Xbox on Handhelds
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCshttps://www.theverge.com/news/682011/microsoft-windows-xbox-pc-combination-feature...
Chapter 38 - Special episode: The Biggest iOS 26 Changes
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 26 | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/news/683738/apple-iphone-ios-26-changes-liquid-glass-wwdc-20...
Episode 37 - Special episode: Biggest WWDC 2025 News
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple WWDC 2025: the 13 biggest announcements https://www.theverge.com/news/682769/apple-wwdc-2025-biggest-announcements-ios-26
Episode 36 - Special episode: iOS 26: Liquid Glass
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple targets “more personal and expressive” iOS 26 with new Liquid Glass design - Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/apple-aims-...
Chapter 35 - Special episode: Cracking the Horse-Racing Code
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code. Bill Benter did the impossiblehttps://pastebin.com/uZsZX72p
Episode 34 - Special episode: Cyc – Yuxi on the Wired
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyc – Yuxi on the Wiredhttps://yuxi-liu-wired.github.io/essays/posts/cyc
Episode 33 - Special episode: Dev Skills in Agentic Coding
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The role of developer skills in agentic codinghttps://martinfowler.com/articles/exploring-gen-ai/13-role-of-developer-skills.html
Episode 32 - Special episode: The Best Programmers I Know
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endlerhttps://endler.dev/2025/best-programmers
Episode 31 - Special episode: Google's Search Nightmare
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web - Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/google/2025/06/googles-nightmare-how-a-search-sp...
Chapter 30 - Gemini's new brain, AI's legal future, Nvidia's mid-range woes & Israeli tech headlines.
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Qualcomm is acquiring Autotalks for hundreds of millions of dollars, a year after a previous deal was canceled. In AI developments, Google released it...
Chapter 29 - Layoffs, Cyber Funding & Acquisitions, AI Ads, WASM, and Security Risks.
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ree, an automotive company, is laying off 100 employees, which is half of its workforce. Cybersecurity startup MIND has raised $30 million to prevent ...
Chapter 28 - Special episode: Dev Beliefs Evolved.
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry - Blogomatanohttps://chriskiehl.com/article/thoughts-after-10-years
Chapter 27 - Special episode: The Copilot Delusion AI overconfidence & reliance
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Copilot Delusionhttps://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion
Chapter 26 - Special episode: Cline & Indexing. Cline's indexing decision explained.
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why Cline Doesn't Index Your Codebase (And Why That's a Good Thing) - Cline Bloghttps://cline.bot/blog/why-cline-doesnt-index-your-codebase-and-why-th...
Chapter 25 - Special Episode: Coding LLM Struggles
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ask HN: Is anyone finding it difficult to get useful results from coding LLMs? | Hacker Newshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44095189
Chapter 24 - AI Overload: $3K Robots, Gmail Summaries, Piracy Fires & Big Tech's Wild Ride.
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hugging Face is planning to release a $3,000 humanoid robot. Google's Gmail app will automatically generate AI summaries. Amazon Fire Sticks are facil...
Chapter 23 - AI Apocalypse? Google's Gemini, Israeli Startup, & Revolutionizing Industries.
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is reportedly planning to shift to year-based version numbers, potentially jumping straight to iOS 26. AI video technology has made significant ...
Chapter 22 - AI vs Violence, Apple's Billions Lost, & Israel's Tech Scene: News Roundup
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple blocked $2 billion in fraudulent App Store transactions in 2024. eBay is closing its operations in Israel, laying off over 200 employees. WhatsA...
Chapter 21 - Special episode: War story: The hardest bug I ever debugged
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
War story: the hardest bug I ever debuggedhttps://www.clientserver.dev/p/war-story-the-hardest-bug-i-ever
Chapter 20 - Special Episode: LLM Minds. LLM thought process examined.
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tracing the thoughts of a large language model \ Anthropichttps://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model
Chapter 19 - Special episode: AI Age Dev Skills
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age: Leveraging Experience for Better Resultshttps://manuel.kiessling.net/2025/03/31/how-seasoned-developers-can-ach...
Chapter 18 - Special Episode: Unicorns Aren't Everything. Focus on Sustainable Growth.
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your Startup Doesn't Need to Be a Unicornhttps://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a
Chapter 17 - Special episode: The Machine Stops Dystopian sci-fi short story analysis
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Machine Stops — Steph Angohttps://stephango.com/the-machine-stops
Chapter 16 - Special Episode: AI & Creative Writing
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'd rather read the prompthttps://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt
Chapter 15 - Cyber Unicorns, AI Hackers, and China's Space Computer Race!
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Israeli company Ludeo may change the entire video industry. Elon Musk's xAI accuses an employee of planting political content in the Grok chatbot....
Chapter 14 - AI, Quantum & Cyber Deals: Israeli Tech's Billion-Dollar Week & Supercomputer Boost
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to b...
Chapter 13 - AI Speaks, Visuals Secure: Chatbots, Bugs, and Startup Millions Unveiled
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The man behind Claude predicts that AI will help us understand animal language. Bria, a startup, raised $40 million to create protected visual content...
Chapter 11 - Special episode: Google I/O 2025 Keynote
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google I/O 2025: live updates from the keynote | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/google/670250/google-io-news-announcements-gemini-ai-android-xr
Chapter 9 - AI Confessions: Security Risks, GitHub Notes & the Butlerian Jihad, plus Anthropic & Future Crimes
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Duolingo's CEO is attempting to retract previous statements about prioritizing AI, but is not succeeding. A blog post discusses using GitHub issues fo...
Chapter 12 - AI Secrets, Musk Power, Apple Design & Tech's Wild Ride: China, Google, and More!
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TabNine, an AI code completion system, is laying off 15 employees. A security researcher warns that Waze exposes critical information to hostile entit...
Chapter 10 - AI Is Like A Crappy Consultant, The Future of AI, AI Revolution, AI Tools.
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Kanies compares AI to a substandard consultant.https://lukekanies.com/writing/ai-is-like-a-crappy-consultant
Chapter 8 - Special Episode: Claude 4 System Prompt
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompthttps://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt
Chapter 6 - Special episode: Memory vs. Time
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time | Quanta Magazinehttps://www.quantamagazine.org/for-algorithms-a-little-memory-outweighs-a-lot...
Chapter 7 - AI Abstraction: Infinite Thought Orchestration; Ghibli Hype & Curation.
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The titles discuss various topics including the realism of an AI 2027 scenario, the next abstraction, infinite tool use, thoughts on thinking, finding...
Chapter 5 - Special Episode: Google I/O 2025: AI for the Win. Summary: A review of the artificial intelligence innovations presented at the Google I/O 2025 conference.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everything we learned from Google I/O 2025: AI, AI, and more AIhttps://mashable.com/article/google-io-2025-everything-you-need-to-know
Chapter 4 - Special Episode: Microsoft Build 2025 Summary: Reporting on announcements and news from Microsoft's developer conference.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft Build 2025: News and Announcements from the Developer Conferencehttps://www.theverge.com/news/669382/microsoft-build-2025-news-ai-agents
Chapter 3 - Encryption, AI and Design: Microsoft is attacked, Google is serious and Apple chooses a direction.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago Sun-Times Summer Reading List is Full of Fake Books, People are Self-Hosting, Windows 11 Aims to Secure the World in the Post-Quantum Era, Goo...
Chapter 2 - From Calculator to Gemini: Artificial Intelligence, Malware, and a Canceled Biometric Database.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google Aims to Avoid Past Mistakes as It Brings Gemini to Wearable Devices. Authorities Carry Out Global Takedown of Infostealer Used by Cybercriminal...
Chapter 1 - High-Tech, AI, and Chatbots: Fortinet Acquires, Rhino Raises Funds, Google Upgrades, and Engineering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber Giant Fortinet Acquires Israeli Suridata. Rhino FCP Company Raised Money to Develop Data Privacy Technology. Google Transitions to Using Chatbot...