Episodes

June 20, 2024

Thu. 06/20 - Ilya Sutskever’s New AI Startup

Ilya Sutskever wants to go straight to Safe Superintelligence, do not pass go, but do probably collect hundreds of millions of dollars. Is Perplexity ignoring robots.txt files? Xreal’s hybrid AR glasses play. And how many ap…
June 19, 2024

Wed. 06/18 – Apple Pumping The Breaks On The Vision Pro?

Does Apple pumping the breaks on the Vision Pro indicate problems for the category, or was this always the plan? What if AI means bots do the social media-ing for you? Actual RISC-V PCs coming to market. And a review of the …
June 18, 2024

Tue. 06/18 – Adobe’s Time In The Woodshed

The regulators have come for adobe and their alleged subscription shenanigans. Apple might settle with the EU. But it’s also shutting down its BNPL service. The Threads API is here. Tether is making bank. Uber might be havin…
June 17, 2024

Mon. 06/17 – Thinner And Lighter It Is

Mark Gurman says Apple is going to go all in on making the thinnest and lightest devices in the industry. Though the Apple Watch is probably going to get a bigger screen. McDonalds pumps the breaks on AI in the drive through…
June 14, 2024

Fri. 06/14 – Now Microsoft Delays Recall

The recall of some Microsoft AI products continues as literally Recall gets delayed. Another deep dive into how Apple’s AI actually works. Dream Machine is an open source AI video generator you can use this weekend. And in t…
June 13, 2024

Thu. 06/13 – The Excel World Championships

Apple isn’t paying OpenAI anything for their partnership. Guess they’ll make it up on volume. More details on how much money OpenAI IS making. The surprise Galaxy Watch FE. And do you think you’d have the skills to compete i…
June 12, 2024

Wed. 06/12 – Elon Pulls His OpenAI Lawsuit

Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. I guess Wall Street likes Apple’s AI strategy. But why is Microsoft already putting the brakes on some of its AI features? BeReal gets acquired. What does th…
June 11, 2024

Tue. 06/11 – Did Apple Nail AI, Or Just Do AI In An Apple Way?

All of the drips and drabs details from yesterday’s WWDC keynote. Spotify is about to announce a higher tier of membership with some perks. Mistral raises a big new round. The Raspberry Pi IPO is a success. And what if AI co…
June 10, 2024

Mon. 06/10 – The WWDC 2024 Keynote

All the headlines from WWDC. All the AI goodness, even if Apple spent half the time not even mentioning the words Artificial Intelligence. Also, what if the audio quality of cell phones didn’t have to suck? And what if AI co…
June 9, 2024

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June 7, 2024

Fri. 06/07 – It’s Backlash Day

As we prep for WWDC on Monday, word of a completely new Passwords app from Apple. Also, it’s a day of backlashes. The backlash against Adobe’s terms of service. The backlash against Windows Recall. The new social media app t…
June 6, 2024

Thu. 06/06 – Regulators Stirring On AI

Nvidia hits $3T. US regulators aren’t sleeping on the AI market, including Nvidia itself. Humane tells users of the AI Pin to stop using the charging case “immediately.” Google is gonna store your Maps data on device. And wo…
June 5, 2024

Wed. 06/05 – An Open Letter To OpenAI

As I said on that bonus episode with Alex Kantrowitz, the research side of OpenAI isn’t happy, and they’re starting to speak out. More details on AI at WWDC next week. More price hikes in digital media. Palmer Luckey can’t s…
June 4, 2024

Tue. 06/04 – Wait. Why More Layoffs?

More headlines from Computex. More layoffs at Microsoft, but why? Instagram is copying YouTube’s unskippable ads. Why Samsung is pre-emptively suing Oura. And Palmer Lucky is personally bankrolling a modern-day Gameboy.
June 3, 2024

Mon. 06/03 – An AI To Game With

Computex brings a slew of announcements from AMD and Nvidia, including an AI bot to help you with your gaming. Another price hike from Spotify. Perplexity launches Pages. X is now officially NSFW. And a look at Sam Altman’s …
June 1, 2024

(BNS) Big Technology Crossover OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI

OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI, Loneliness in Remote Work Era.
May 31, 2024

Fri. 05/31 – Why Not Just Kill Siri?

OpenAI has a new “affordable” version of ChatGPT for universities and schools. They also are planning to get back into robotics in a big way. Behind the scenes, TikTok is forking its algorithm just in case. Why doesn’t Apple…
May 30, 2024

Thu. 05/30 – Biggest Botnet Ever?

Global authorities take down what they say is the biggest botnet of all time. More big AI deals for big media. More on the delicate dance between OpenAI and Microsoft. Why aren’t there more smartwatches for tweens? And the A…
May 29, 2024

Wed. 05/29 – Did The Secret Sauce Of Google Search Just Leak?

A big leak at Google might be the tech equivalent of the secret formula for Coca-Cola being revealed for the first time. The ex-OpenAI board members are starting to explain why they tried to fire Sam Altman. Did the Biden ad…
May 28, 2024

Tue. 05/28 – GPT5 Still A Year Out?

We have a rough timeline of when we can expect GPT5 and it looks like it won’t be this summer. xAI has a big raise. Another in-depth look at Apple’s AI strategy. The surprising old school companies getting boosted by the AI …
May 24, 2024

Fri. 05/24 – Now ETH Gets An ETF

Out of nowhere, the SEC has approved spot ETFs for ether. Spotify is killing its Car Thing. Google’s AI Overview is giving crazy answers all over the place. But Meta already wants to charge more for their AI bots. And, of co…
May 23, 2024

Thu. 05/23 – Nvidia: Still Killing It

Nvidia’s earnings are still historic, but what could upset their apple cart? A few things, actually. I think we know the truth or at least the timeline of JohanssonGate. Big new media deal for OpenAI. Likes are going private…
May 22, 2024

Wed. 05/22 – Humane Already To The Deadpool?

All the AI announcements from Microsoft Build. I know it’s only been a minute, but is Humane already circling the Deadpool? They’re supposedly shopping themselves, but at a valuation that seems… shall we say, on brand for th…
May 21, 2024

Tue. 05/21 – Now You’ve Pissed Off Scar-Jo

There are only 2 stories today, but they’re big ones. First, at an event yesterday, Microsoft showed off what they want the PC to look like in the AI era. Plus, this Recall app is super interesting. Then, look, it’s the Scar…