Episodes

Oct. 9, 2024

Wed. 10/09 – Big Podcast Announcement

The government says it does, in fact, want to break up Google. The Nobel Prize sure does love AI this year. Could Substack win by becoming the default way for creators to monetize? And listen to the end of the show today for…
Oct. 8, 2024

Tue. 10/08 – Epic’s Win V. Google

Crack… at least for the Google Play store. Two AI scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics?! Samsung is in a similar boat to Intel, just not quite as severely. And an unfortunate reminder that government mandated back…
Oct. 7, 2024

Mon. 10/07 – Apple Intelligence Gets A Date

We finally have a date for Apple Intelligence. Meta has a new text to video AI model. Google could soon drop under 50% in the search ads market. More hope for level three automated driving. And how AI bots could revolutioniz…
Oct. 4, 2024

Fri. 10/04 – AI Slop Comes To Podcasting

Google has updated Lens and is taking a page out of Perplexity’s book. OpenAI’s new canvas workspace. Why an upcoming iPhone SE might have some interesting internals. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Oct. 3, 2024

Thu. 10/03 – The Monster OpenAI Raise

OpenAI raised their round, and it basically broke all the records. The whole Wordpress mess has gotten so crazy that WPEngine is suing. Using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to dox people in real time. And you’ll never guess the …
Oct. 2, 2024

Wed. 10/02 – A Tech Angle To The Hurricane

Catching you up on a bunch of other Microsoft announcements we missed yesterday. Is Nvidia trying to break open the black box of AI? It’s absolutely wild that there’s still no viable YouTube app for the Vision Pro. And we we…
Oct. 1, 2024

Tue. 10/01 – Running This Pod Through NotebookLM

Do we have the first IPO of the AI era? Do we have the first AI model beyond the transformer architecture? Microsoft has a bunch of new AI tools inside Windows. We try to explain that whole controversy around PearAI. And wha…
Sept. 30, 2024

Mon. 09/30 – Controversial AI Bill Vetoed

That controversial AI bill in California has been vetoed by Governor Newsom. Is even Apple now thinking that its Vision Pro strategy might need a rethink? What really is OpenAI’s situation right now, and this time I’m talkin…
Sept. 27, 2024

Fri. 09/27 – Sam Altman Declines To Go “Founder Mode”

Founder Mode? Not for me, says Sam Altman, but we will see. A few new gadgets from Samsung. Maybe ARM should buy Intel. Are AI startups hitting revenue traction faster than SaaS startups did? And, of course, the Weekend Long…
Sept. 26, 2024

Thu. 09/26 – The Orion Smartglasses

There’s only two stories really. If you can believe it, more executive departures at OpenAI, as it looks like they’re serious about going for profit. And yes, Meta announced a new Quest headset, but the real headlines are th…
Sept. 25, 2024

Wed. 09/25 – Caroline Ellison Sentenced

Caroline Ellison benefits from being cooperative. Has your company unknowingly hired remote workers from North Korea? What is going on with this WordPress back and forth? Why OpenAI has to let people look at their training d…
Sept. 24, 2024

Tue. 09/24 – Sam Altman’s Few Thousand Days

Sam Altman has a manifesto. Kinda. Telegram is beginning to walk things back a bit. Cloudflare wants to help you block the AI bots. New streaming device from Roku. And I guess TikTok can’t win at everything.
Sept. 23, 2024

Mon. 09/23 – Qualcomm To Buy Intel?

Qualcomm as a white knight to save Intel? A huge bitcoin heist gets busted for the usual reasons. What if the US bans imports of all cars from China? And why can’t US car makers keep up when it comes, simply, to software?
Sept. 20, 2024

Fri. 09/20 – MacOS 15 Sequoia Is Breaking Things

You might want to hold off on updating to macOS 15 Sequoia. What, exactly, is Europe trying to get Apple to do? The AI energy crunch means they’re turning Three Mile Island back on. Could AI usage mean we use up all our 5G c…
Sept. 19, 2024

Thu. 09/19 – Pokémon: No!

Looks like they finally got around to suing that Palworld game. Google volunteered to break up some of its businesses but the EU said no. AI is coming to YouTube in a big way. A new social media platform that is ENTIRELY AI.…
Sept. 18, 2024

Wed. 09/18 – New Messages, New Headsets

Messages between Android and iOS are about to be encrypted. A new XR headset from HTC and new Spectacles from Snap. A big movie studio has signed up to use AI. Neuralink has implants for blindness. And why I’m kinda NOT gonn…
Sept. 17, 2024

Tue. 09/17 – Intel Has A Plan

Intel announces a bunch of ways its hoping to turn its business around sooner rather than later. Is OpenAI about to have its chat bots query you? The whole TikTok divestment case is coming to a head right now. And speaking o…
Sept. 16, 2024

Mon. 09/16 – A Bunch Of Apple Stories

A bunch of Apple stories today. FDA approval for sleep apnea detection for the watch. Signs of poor pre-order sales for the phone. And a quick review of the new Airpods. Also, how did Intel lose out on making the chips for t…
Sept. 13, 2024

Fri. 09/13 – The First Strawberry is o1

The first of the Strawberry models is here. YC plans to have four cohorts a year, but each one is getting smaller. Waymo is already ready to expand to more pretty big markets. And in the long reads, a deep dive look into the…
Sept. 12, 2024

Thu. 09/12 – OpenAI’s Big New Raise

As expected, OpenAI is in talks for a new capital raise at a $150B valuation. More layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division. More holes poked in our creaking internet infrastructure. The tiny SpaceX competitor who’s stock has …
Sept. 11, 2024

Wed. 09/11 – Mistral Goes Multimodel; And An AI Model Mystery

Mistral goes multimodal for the first time. Meta admits to scraping the data of every adult Australian. The details on the new PS5 Pro. Wouldn’t it be wild if, through stablecoins, crypto BECOMES the banking system instead o…
Sept. 10, 2024

Tue. 09/10 – Strawberries In 2 Weeks?

Apple loses its longest standing regulatory battle in the EU. Some drips and drabs from yesterday’s iPhone event. Would a phone you can fold three times be more enticing than a phone that folds two times? And are we about to…
Sept. 9, 2024

Mon. 09/09 – The iPhone 16 Event

All the headlines from today’s iPhone event. It IS interesting the degree to which Elon’s various businesses have potential synergy. The Times digs into the content on Telegram and says, it ain’t pretty. And e-bikes seem to …
Sept. 6, 2024

Fri. 09/06 – Telegram Blinks.

Pavel Durov speaks, and Telegram blinks, both for the first time since the French arrest. Are XR glasses tethered to smartphones the next big product category? What if your smartphone could cure your vision problems? And in …