Episodes

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…
Dec. 5, 2023

Tue. 12/05 – 23andMe Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

The 23andMe hack just keeps getting worse. A new phone! The OnePlus 12. A new AI Alliance. New, upgraded spam filters. And all you need to know about the big Grand Theft Auto VI news.
Dec. 4, 2023

Mon. 12/04 – Monster Spotify Layoffs

I guess Spotify missed the memo about the tech turnaround cause they had monster layoffs today. Google has delayed its big OpenAI competitor. Why does AI have a tendency to do evil unless you really tell it not to? And the b…
Dec. 2, 2023

(Bonus) The Sam Altman Saga Timeline With Alex Konrad Of Forbes

Here is how it all went down with the Sam Altman saga, day by day, hour by hour. With @alexkonrad of Forbes. This is the story we talk about toward the end: A Secretive $10 Billion Firm Backed By WhatsApp Billionaire Jan K…
Dec. 1, 2023

Fri. 12/01 – iPhones To Go All-Action (Button)

The action button is coming to all the iPhones with increased functionality. Reconstituting the cable bundle example #972. Microsoft wants to create a mobile gaming app store sometime soon. And, of course, the Weekend Longre…
Nov. 30, 2023

Thu. 11/30 – The Prodigal Son Is Back

Sam Altman is officially back at work as OpenAI CEO. Meta is about to launch Threads in Europe, but their plan to offer ad free subscription tiers for their services has hit a speed bump. You can trick LLMs into revealing th…
Nov. 29, 2023

Wed. 11/29 – Apple And Goldman Part Ways

unstable, it might be looking to sell itself. GM is pumping the breaks on its Cruise rollout. All the headlines from the big AWS conference yesterday. And it’s that time of year: what won your Spotify Wrapped listening chart…
Nov. 28, 2023

Tue. 11/28 – NameDrop Is Safe, Despite What Police Say

AI foundation models are coming to more AWS products. Why are police departments scaremongering about that NameDrop feature on iPhones? Why is Google Drive losing peoples’ files? And Ikea’s new super cheap smart-home starter…
Nov. 27, 2023

Mon. 11/27 – ByteDance Retrenches

A thin client from AWS. More bad news for gaming as ByteDance pulls back from its gaming ambitions in a major way. Governments have more new joint guidelines for AI development. And Amazon now delivers more packages than eit…
Nov. 26, 2023

(IHP) The "First" Extremely Online Person, Justin Hall

A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the first, then spiritually, at least, the “first” blogger. Since early 1994, first as Justin’s Homepage and at various points, as Justin’s Links from the Undergro…
Nov. 25, 2023

(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 2

This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bill Gates the richest man…
Nov. 24, 2023

(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 1

This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bill Gates the richest man…