Episodes

Feb. 22, 2023

Wed. 02/22 – ChatGPT Hits A Chinese Wall

This chatbot AI revolution has hit a major roadblock in China. What does it mean if science fiction publications are up in arms about AI generated content? Spotify has a new AI powered DJ. Uber has a redesigned version of it…
Feb. 21, 2023

Tue. 02/21 – Microsoft Swears To Play Nice With Call Of Duty

Microsoft tries again to convince people it won’t hoard Call of Duty as an Xbox exclusive. Linux now plays nice with Apple Silicon. Chrome swears it will play nicer with your battery life. Verified everything is officially n…
Feb. 17, 2023

Fri. 02/17 - Susan Wojcicki Rides Off Into The Sunset

The US is suing Terraform Labs and Do Kwon. The UK is investigating rumors that Google paid Apple NOT to spin up its own search engine. Susan Wojcicki stepping down as YouTube CEO is a major end of an era. And, of course, th…
Feb. 16, 2023

Thu. 02/16 – Microsoft Reflects On The New Bing

Microsoft is revealing what it’s learned from us poking around on the new Bing. It seems that once developers begin using generative AI to code, they DO keep using it. Apple has postponed its headset announce to WWDC. Banks …
Feb. 15, 2023

Wed. 02/15 – The New Bing Is Questioning Its Own Existence

More signs the chat bots are maybe a little undercooked, and whooo doggy. Wait until you hear what I mean. Some datapoints suggesting the faddish nature of these new tools. And wait until you hear the possible reason you’re …
Feb. 14, 2023

Tue. 02/14 – Elon, If You Want It Or Not

People are saying Elon is showing you his tweets whether you asked to see them or not. More fodder for the charge that these chat bots are being rolled out quick and dirty. More fodder for the charge that US regulators are f…
Feb. 13, 2023

Mon. 02/13 – Are Stablecoins Dead?

Binance’s stablecoin seems to be dead, but with regulatory questions swirling around Paxos, I’m wondering if all stablecoins might about to see a rug pull. Tons of uncertainty swirling around the metaverse all the sudden. Ca…
Feb. 10, 2023

Fri. 02/10 – A Record Year For Bots (The Other Kind Of Bots)

More job cuts at Microsoft make me wonder if the HoloLens is still a thing. But also, we have data to explain why Apple hasn’t done layoffs yet. More AI chatbot announces coming fast and furious. But the other kind of bots, …
Feb. 9, 2023

Thu. 02/09 – Twitter Blue Breaks The Character Barrier

Feel free to tweet your manifestos now as Twitter Blue subscribers can tweet up to 4,000 characters. Is the Fediverse failing or doing just fine, thank you very much? Is the SEC about to put the kibosh on crypto staking? For…
Feb. 8, 2023

Wed. 02/08 – AI’s Big Week Continues

Microsoft unveils a new Bing search that basically moves the yardsticks down the field in terms of what chat can do. But Google continues to drip-feed new tools as well. Also, some more traditional but useful additions to Go…
Feb. 7, 2023

Tue. 02/07 – AI’s Big Debut Week Is NOW!

Bored of phone and gadget launches, well prepare yourself for AI product launches, cause we’re getting a bunch of them starting now, this week. Meta is trying to revamp Horizon Worlds. Twitter is struggling to get people to …
Feb. 6, 2023

Mon. 02/06 – iPhone Ultra?

Is Apple considering launching an “Ultra” version of the iPhone as soon as this year? Have the good Twitter bots gotten a reprieve from Elon Musk? Is the Microsoft/Activision merger toast because global regulators are coordi…
Feb. 3, 2023

Fri. 02/03 – The Startup Planning To De-Extinct The Dodo

Earnings wrapups from Alphabet: investors just want to know when the AI is coming. From Apple: they’re still not planning any layoffs. From Amazon: Look, AWS is still a beast. And in the Weekend Longreads suggestions: the st…
Feb. 2, 2023

Thu. 02/02 – Meta Whistles Past The Metaverse

Meta singlehandedly bucks the narrative that it’s the sick man of Silicon Valley. Twitter is cutting off free access to its API. ChatGPT launches a product, and is Bing search getting GPT4 in like, a matter of weeks? Discord…
Feb. 1, 2023

Wed. 02/01 – The Memory Chip Rout (Again)

You think things are bad in your corner of the tech sector? Wait until I tell you about the memory chip industry. OpenAI releases a tool to let you check if something was created by OpenAI. Netflix might be going a tad overb…
Jan. 31, 2023

Tue. 01/31 – Weird Gaming News

Today, some weird headlines from the world of gaming. Is VR gaming a big nothingburger for gamers themselves? Is E3 dead as a gaming industry event? Stripe is apparently raising a pretty significant down round. And the first…
Jan. 30, 2023

Mon 01/30 – Every Platform Is Hustling To Unveil An AI Play

Apres ChatGPT, prepare yourself for the generative AI deluge. Amazon says the free lunch for grocery delivery is over. More speculation about foldable iPads. San Francisco wants Waymo and Cruise to pump the breaks on their s…
Jan. 27, 2023

Fri. 01/27 – More Buzzfeed News, If You Can Believe It

What can make Buzzfeed hit our headlines two days in a row? How about jumping on the ChatGPT bandwagon? Amazon is apparently launching a major NFT project, like it’s 2021 or something. Is Stripe going to be our big tech IPO …
Jan. 26, 2023

Thu. 01/26 – Where Is The Line Going For Tech Right Now?

I get all metaphysical about where the tech industry is going right now with a record slowdown in smartphone shipments, Masa Son seemingly misplacing his investing shoes, Meta and Buzzfeed joining forces to stave off irrelev…
Jan. 25, 2023

Wed. 01/25 – Is This Latest Suit The Biggest Threat To Google

I’m gonna tell you why I think the latest antitrust suit against Google might be the most important one in terms of the overall tech ecosystem. And maybe the biggest threat Google is facing. Twitter reverses another thing th…
Jan. 24, 2023

Tue 01/24 – ALL The Details On Apple’s Headset

Alright. It’s on. Mark Gurman has literally all the details on Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset. The DOJ might already have sued Google by the time you hear this. Amazon adds subscription prescriptions as a service.…
Jan. 23, 2023

Mon. 01/23 – Moar Tech Layoffs (And Moar To Come?)

More tech layoffs, and why I’m suggesting we might only be in the early innings of this tech retrenchment. Big Wall Street banks are coming for PayPal and Apple Pay. TikTok might be putting it’s thumb on the scales to favor …
Jan. 20, 2023

Fri. 01/20 – Alphabet’s Monster Layoffs

Now Alphabet has monster layoffs to announce. How much of it is about getting Google ready to battle OpenAI? More Twitter bans, but this time, the bans are for all 3rd party clients. The big executive shakeup at Netflix. Gen…
Jan. 19, 2023

Thu. 01/19 – Instagram Wants You To Take A Break

Is Genesis finally on the verge of bankruptcy? Instagram wants you to take a break… from Instagram… and they’re even giving you tools to do so. Frowny-face for Amazon for shutting down the AmazonSmile program. Wikipedia gets…