Episodes

Dec. 31, 2023

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part II

Ok, part 2 of the Stephan Paternot mega-episode right now. This is where we get into the meat of it, the good stuff, the whole crazy roller coaster ride of being the hottest startup of the dotcom era. And I was going to make…
Dec. 30, 2023

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part I

The story of the quintessential dotcom company. Also, if you squint, you can see the birth of social media. I said in the book, I think TheGlobe.com was the quintessential dot-com company. We spoke to one of the cofounders p…
Dec. 29, 2023

Fri. 12/29 – The Media Industry’s Delicate Dance With AI

OpenAI has been talking to everybody in media, it turns out. But how would a partnership turn out for media? Google settles another big lawsuit. The first of the gadget announces for CES season have begun. Can Xiaomi do with…
Dec. 28, 2023

Thu. 12/28 – Will 2024 Be The Year Apple Gets Serious About Gaming On Macs?

Researchers have found a gnarly zero-click, zero-day iMessage hack that has been exploited. Apple can sell watches again! What was the best performing tech stock of 2023? Will 2024 be the climax of the streaming wars? And wi…
Dec. 27, 2023

Wed. 12/27 – NYT Sues OpenAI

The NYT has broken the seal and sued OpenAI and Microsoft. Ads are coming to Prime Video in mere days. More rumors about Jony Ive founding an AI hardware startup with Sam Altman. Anthropic seems to be provide OpenAI isn’t th…
Dec. 26, 2023

Tue. 12/26 – Apple’s AI Strategy Comes Into View

Apple’s whole AI strategy has been coming into focus these last couple of weeks. Two stories on this, including Apple’s first announced LLM. OpenAI is fundraising again. Hackers are targeting gaming studios again. And as Pre…
Dec. 25, 2023

(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 2

This time we talk about the AOL/Time Warner Merger
Dec. 24, 2023

(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 1

The first time I went on the Acquired Podcast, back in March of 2017. We talked about Yahoo's acquisition of Overture. I know you probably haven't heard of either of those names, but in a roundabout way, this is the story of…
Dec. 23, 2023

(Bonus) Brian On The Newsworthy Podcast

Me on The Newsworthy Podcast talking the tech trends of 2023.
Dec. 22, 2023

Fri. 12/22 – The Hyperloop Is Dead

The hyperloop dream is dead. The attempt to bridge the iMessage divide is dead. China’s gaming industry isn’t dead, but it’s pretty wounded. The crazy story of that teenage hacker who leaked the GTA VI stuff. The weekend lon…
Dec. 21, 2023

Thu. 12/21 – Big Galaxy S24 Spec Leaks; And What Is “Galaxy AI?”

The Galaxy S24 lineup had a big spec leak. So what do the new phones have and what is Galaxy AI? Get ready cause the Apple Vision Pro hype tsunami is about to wash over us. A big merger might happen soon to confirm the conso…
Dec. 20, 2023

Wed. 12/20 – Sony Has Sold 50 Million PS5s

Rite Aid was apparently doing some crazy stuff with facial recognition software. Sony says the PS5 is killing it. ByteDance is definitely killing it. Microsoft CoPilot can now compose songs. And maybe the real reason OpenAI …
Dec. 19, 2023

Tue. 12/19 – Google Might Owe You Some Money

Google has settled lawsuits from the states, has agreed to offer new billing tools, and may owe YOU some money as they’ve agreed to pay $700 million dollars in restitution. What happens to adobe and Figma now that they’ve go…
Dec. 18, 2023

Mon. 12/18 – Adobe And Figma Call Off Their Merger

Big news Monday. Adobe and Figma have called off their wedding. Apple might stop selling its top-of-the-line Apple Watches, in the US, this week. I’ll tell you why. The EU has formally opened an investigation into X. And why…
Dec. 16, 2023

(Portfolio Profile) AdHawk Microsystems

You can learn more about AdHawk Microsystems. But especially learn more about the MindLink Air. And the link to the YouTube version of this interview is here if you want to watch the demo.
Dec. 15, 2023

Fri. 12/15 – Did Google Just Kill Geofence Warrants?

Did Google just kill geofence warrants? Intel wants you to know it’s in the AI game. Could we get a foldable iPad before we get a foldable iPhone? Soon, maybe your tv really will be spying on you to deliver ads. The AI stuff…
Dec. 14, 2023

Thu. 12/14 – Threads Is Shipping Some Stuff!

The gates have been opened for Europeans on Threads, and it looks like Meta’s serious about tying Threads into to Fediverse. I argue that the release of a new charging case for the AirPods Pro is kinda a big deal. Wait until…
Dec. 13, 2023

Wed. 12/13 – Big Tesla Recall

Apple has a new tool to help you if your iPhone gets stolen. There’s a huge Tesla recall related to Autopilot. More AI tools from Google. How is X doing, you know, financially speaking? And Netflix’s first ever What We Watch…
Dec. 12, 2023

Tue. 12/12 – Epic Win!

Epic Games has won its case against Google’s app store, but why was this case different than the one they lost to Apple? The sort of big changes to Apple TV. BeReal is still around and still… being real. But E3 is not. It’s …
Dec. 11, 2023

Mon. 12/11 – Here Come The New Open-Source AI Startups

I told you the open-source AI startups were coming, and a big one is making waves today. Apple’s iPad lineup is hella confusing, but Mark Gurman says Apple is working to streamline that in the coming year. And let me give yo…
Dec. 8, 2023

Fri. 12/08 – Did Google Fake The Gemini Demo?

People across the Internet are accusing Google of faking that Gemini AI video demo that everyone was wowed by. Apple seems to be diversifying out of China for manufacturing at pace now. Might the UK’s CMA have an issue with …
Dec. 7, 2023

Thu. 12/07 – Zuck Keeps A Promise

Meta has kept a longstanding promise to encrypt Messenger by default. Apple is coming clean about the notifications spying thing. AMD’s answer to Nvidia. We know when the next major version of Windows is coming and, surprise…
Dec. 7, 2023

Wed. 12/06 – Google’s OpenAI Competitor Announced

Say hello to Gemini, Google’s new AI model designed to go head to head with OpenAI. Governments have been spying on your phone’s notifications, but Apple couldn’t tell you about that until now. Why is Twitch shutting down se…
Dec. 6, 2023

Wed. 12/06 – Google’s OpenAI Competitor Announced!

Say hello to Gemini, Google’s new AI model designed to go head to head with OpenAI. Governments have been spying on your phone’s notifications, but Apple couldn’t tell you about that until now. Why is Twitch shutting down se…