Episodes

Jan. 10, 2024

Wed. 01/10 – The X Post That Sent Crypto Reeling

The SEC’s X account was compromised by somebody jumping the gun on that Bitcoin ETF thing. Layoffs are back, even at companies that are about to ship their first, high profile products. The hardware AI device at CES that eve…
Jan. 9, 2024

Tue. 01/09 – Do We Need ChatGPT In Our Cars?

OpenAI responds to the lawsuit from the NYTimes. Do you need ChatGPT in your car? VW thinks you do. Sony teases a “spatial” VR headset. Apple only wants you to call the Vision Pro “spatial computing.” And how you too can sig…
Jan. 8, 2024

Mon. 01/08 – Vision Pro Announce Steals CES Spotlight

We now know when the Vision Pro is coming. February 2nd. But you can pre-order on January 19. Xreal’s new Vision Pro competitor. New Wifi announcements from CES. That big Elon possibly using drugs story from the Journal this…
Jan. 5, 2024

Fri. 01/05 – Bringing Back The Hardware Keyboard For Smartphones?

Another big Tesla recall, this time in China, this time, all of them. Every car they ever sold. BNPL is… not dead? Not if holiday shopping data is to be believed. That Blackberry-style iPhone keyboard case that everybody is …
Jan. 4, 2024

Thu. 01/04 – A New Keyboard Button Just For AI

Your Windows keyboard is getting its first new key in 30 years. Elon might offer you a cellular plan someday. Is 23andMe blaming the victims of that big data breach? Roku is going high end. XPS laptops are getting bigger. An…
Jan. 3, 2024

Wed. 01/03 – Why Is Facebook Rolling Out Link History?

Facebook has a new feature, Link History, but why are they doing this and why now? I’m asking. A look at those jockeying to get ahead of a bitcoin ETF. The next Galaxy event is official. A look at the big AI player we seldom…
Jan. 2, 2024

Tue. 02/01 – The Premium Smartphone Market, And The Premium-Premium

Telegram has completely redesigned its app. Microsoft has brought Copilot to iOS. Camera makers are remaking their hardware for the age of AI. There’s the premium smartphone market, and then there’s the premium premium marke…
Jan. 1, 2024

(IHP) TheGlobe.com Saga Part III

Part three of our epic conversation with Stephan Paternot. Here's what happens when you've been through the wringer. When you've been to the top of the rollercoaster and also down to the bottom. Here's how you take stock of …
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…