Episodes

March 23, 2023

Thu. 03/23 – Coinbase Wells Notice

Coinbase got a Wells Notice, which is not good. Hindenburg research has a new note out and is making short run on Block, which is not good. Apple might expand its sports streaming and release more things in actual theaters. …
March 22, 2023

Wed. 03/22 – Google Bard Joins The Fray

Well, we’ve got Google Bard. We’ve got a new Copilot from GitHub. Bing Image Creator is rolling out. Mozilla AI launches. The low hanging fruit that is plugging AI into NPCs to make games more realistic. And at the very end,…
March 21, 2023

Tue. 03/21 – TikTok Showdown

Ahead of a major showdown in Congress this week, TikTok wants the US to know exactly how popular it is. Why ChatGPT was shut down for a while yesterday. Why Google is suspending PinDuoDuo from the play store. The AI powered …
March 20, 2023

Mon. 03/20 – Robots All The Way Down

New bots to make video from text prompts. Fending off the bots from biting your style. Falling in love with the bots. In the streaming wars, the ad supported experiments are working, and pricing power is a thing. And the sta…
March 17, 2023

Fri. 03/17 – Midjourney 5 Is Amazing

Amazon Kindle gets out of the magazine business. An ironically named PE firm is buying Porn Hub. Midjourney v5 is really mind blowing. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
March 16, 2023

Thu. 03/16 – We’re A Long Way From Clippy

For the first time ever, I had to delay producing this show so I could watch and cover and AI product announcement. Let me tell you about how Microsoft is bringing GPT-4, to basically all their most famous apps with Copilot.…
March 15, 2023

Wed. 03/15 – GPT-4 Is Here

GPT-4 is unveiled and it’s multimodal, and man, is everybody rushing to make use of this stuff. Alleged renders of Google's Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a mysterious new sensor. The state of the music industry in the streaming…
March 14, 2023

Tue. 03/14 – Meta Has Now Cut 1/4th Of Its Workforce

Those expected layoffs have come to Meta. AI tools come to Google Workspace and an API for Google’s PaLM language model. Seems like things have generally worked out with this Silicon Valley Bank aftermath. Microsoft laid off…
March 13, 2023

Mon. 03/13 – Crisis Averted?

Unless it affected you, you might have missed a huge tech story this weekend. But now that depositors to Silicon Valley Bank are being made whole, is the whole crisis averted? Tim Cook is pressing ahead with the Apple headse…
March 12, 2023

(Portfolio Profile) Cadre.com

Cadre.com is revolutionizing commercial real estate investing.
March 10, 2023

Fri. 03/10 – Silicon Valley Bank(Run)

There’s really only one story right now. The troubles at Silicon Valley Bank and how it has literally everyone in the startup ecosystem worried right now. It’s a classic bank run, people. Plus, Meta is developing a Twitter c…
March 9, 2023

Thu. 03/09 – Silvergate’s Collapse Makes The Crypto Winter Even Colder

Silvergate Capital is shutting down, so the crypto winter just got colder. Microsoft says the new Bing has crossed 100 million daily active users. Why TikTok is responsible for the new Spotify redesign. Can police grab your …
March 8, 2023

Wed. 03/08 – The “Cambrian Explosion” Moment For AI

Today, you might have heard about the latest Elon controversy where he criticized an employee, and then walked it all back. We’ll get into that. DuckDuckGo melds two AI tools together. A Large Visual Language Model that will…
March 7, 2023

Tue. 03/07 – A TikTok Paywall

TikTok launches a paywall, but it’s all about the creators. Salesforce has its own generative AI product. More layoffs coming for Meta. Another autonomous driving startup bites the dust. Why Twitter broke yesterday, and new …
March 6, 2023

Mon. 03/06 – AI And The Golden Age Of Scamming

As Microsoft begins to integrate AI into its core enterprise and productivity products, are we ready for the scamming that AI is going to be able to produce? Details on forthcoming new iMacs. A checkin on Twitter. And why do…
March 4, 2023

(Bonus) State Of The Job Market With Grupa

Checking in on the state of the tech job market with Grupa.io.
March 3, 2023

Fri. 03/03 – AI Summarizers And Glamour Filters

Everyone in crypto stops doing business with Silvergate. Brave search launches an AI summarizer. A look at TikTok's AI Bold Glamour filter. Maybe the Activision acquisition is going to skate through the regulators. And, of c…
March 2, 2023

Thu. 03/02 – And Right On Schedule, Here Come The APIs

A ChatGPT API for business is here. Microsoft gives Bing those nobs and dials that I’ve been talking about. What are multimodal LLMs? New turmoil in crypto, this time around one of the big crypto friendly banks. How is it go…
March 1, 2023

Wed. 03/01 – Bluesky Launches

Decentralized social network Bluesky launches in the iOS App Store. TikTok adds wellbeing feature for families and kids. You know about eSIMs but say hello to iSIMs. Meta's entire four-year AR/VR roadmap. And I’m still bangi…
Feb. 28, 2023

Tue. 02/28 – Elon Wants To Compete With OpenAI

AI-powered Bing is now integrated into Windows. Elon wants to compete with OpenAI, a company he co-founded. Major financial institutions continue to back away from crypto while NFTs on the bitcoin blockchain are on the rise.…
Feb. 27, 2023

Mon. 02/27 – Here Come The Prompt Engineers

Snap wants to go the route of the movie Her, with a personified chatbot inside of Snapchat. Interesting layoffs at Twitter. Yes. More. Inside Apple's Exploratory Design Group. The best AR glasses we’ve seen yet. And, right o…
Feb. 25, 2023

(Portfolio Profile) Nanome.ai

Find out more and see demos at Nanome.ai
Feb. 24, 2023

Fri. 02/24 – Record Scratch On The Adobe/Figma Deal

Is the DOJ about to sue to stop of Adobe’s acquisition of Figma? Confirmation of the lower end mixed reality headset from Apple due next year. A reporter used an AI-generated replica of a voice to bypass the voice verificati…
Feb. 23, 2023

Thu. 02/23 – Coinbase Wants To Seed Web 3

Coinbase wants to let a thousand Web3 flowers bloom by launching its own Layer 2 network. The new iPhone specs have leaked. Apple might have made a breakthrough in blood glucose monitoring. Satellite telephony continues to b…