Episodes

Sept. 3, 2024

Tue. 09/03 – The X Ban In Brazil

We missed a pretty big story this weekend. X getting banned in Brazil. I’ll try to catch you up on all the contours of this. Canva’s raising prices and it’s pissing people off because, I mean, they are REALLY raising prices. And the two pretty big success stories in crypto this year that we haven’t…
Aug. 30, 2024

Fri. 08/30 – Who ISN’T Investing In OpenAI?

At this point it would be quicker to name the big tech company that’s NOT investing in OpenAI’s latest round. Amazon’s new Alexa service is just going to be Anthropic’s Claude in drag disguise I guess. I’m starting to get really worried about Intel y’all. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Sugge…
Aug. 29, 2024

Thu. 08/29 – Nvidia Earnings… Are Ok…

Nvidia’s earnings were huge but because they didn’t manage to beat the biggest expectations out there, it’s kind of a miss? Pavel Durov has been formally charged by France. Does TikTok fall outside of Section 230 protection? And it seems like the effort by the car companies to wean themselves off o…
Aug. 28, 2024

Wed. 08/28 – Strawberry Emoji

I explain why everyone has been posting strawberries in AI circles. It’s cause of a potential new breakthrough at OpenAI. Cerebras launches the first new AI chip competition to Nvidia. China has reportedly burrowed into US ISPs. And continuing interesting details pouring out of that Pavel Durov sit…
Aug. 27, 2024

Tue. 08/27 – More On Pavel Durov

As more details come out about the arrest of the founder of Telegram, a deeper look at Pavel Durov himself. We have the date of the iPhone event. We have a new record gaming number from Steam. And are Apple’s experiment with big budget Hollywood movies losing them bucket loads of money?
Aug. 26, 2024

Mon. 08/26 – Telegram CEO Arrested

French authorities have arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. Chinese tech companies are spending like crazy on AI too, btw. What are the smart glasses and VR gear Meta is poised to give us next month? And Nvidia might make you rich, but it still seems like a bear of a place to work at.
Aug. 24, 2024

(BNS) The Crowdstrike Thing (With Overmind.tech)

Breaking down the Crowdstrike outage with Overmind.tech
Aug. 23, 2024

Fri. 08/23 – The Bolt Saga

Microsoft deprecating a feature that it launched back in 1985. There’s a pretty big loophole that is still letting China use H100 chips. The weird saga evolving over at Bolt. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Aug. 22, 2024

Thu. 08/22 – The Mike Lynch Saga

As Mike Lynch’s body is recovered off Sicily, a deeper look at what was a roller coaster of a life. More cross posting for Meta’s apps. We have a date for the re-release of Recall. Interesting executive shuffle at Apple. And more data showing the degree to which free streaming is upending the Strea…
Aug. 21, 2024

Wed. 08/21 – AI Grabs The Spotlight Back

AI news has been a bit quiet for a little while now, but the headlines came roaring back today. More evidence Waymo might be having some sort of tipping point. Can we really get 3D without the need to wear glasses? And the the interesting raise startup that is actually, literally, going to the moon…
Aug. 20, 2024

Tue. 08/20 – Checkin On How The Vision Pro Is (Or Is Not) Coming Along

New Raspberry Pi 5. Waymo’s rolling out its new self-driving tech. A major developer draws plaudits for going anti-AI. The tragic and odd story of that tech exec who is missing after his yacht sank. And after six months, how is the Apple Vision Pro evolving? What if it kind of isn’t?
Aug. 19, 2024

Mon. 08/19 – Everything Eventually Becomes An Advertising Business

Is X closing up shop in Brazil? Remember how Apple is trying to make their own modems? How’s that going? Why is the online dating sector suddenly struggling? And could the next big advertising platform actually be Walmart?
Aug. 16, 2024

Fri. 08/16 – Epic Saga Conclusion?

The Epic saga has reached a sort of conclusion. Epic saga. See what I did there? That California AI safety bill has been pruned a bit. You can now add you California drivers license to your smartphone wallet. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Aug. 15, 2024

Thu. 08/15 – Grok Will Let You AI Anything

The new version of Grok will pretty much let you make an AI image of anything or anyone. More rumors of an iPad/robot/smart home hybrid from Apple. Masa Son wanted Intel to spin up a competitor to Nvidia, but Intel reportedly couldn’t hack it. And is Sonos going to just say, heck with it, and re-re…
Aug. 14, 2024

Wed. 08/14 – When It Comes To AI On Phones, Google Does It Itself

All the details from yesterday’s pixel event, but especially the AI features that show how far ahead Google is. At least when it comes to putting AI on phones. We have official post quantum computing cryptography standards. And why they’re using iPhones to make offsides calls in soccer this season.
Aug. 13, 2024

Tue. 08/13 – Apple Comes For Patreon

Patreon is forced to change how it does things because Apple finally came to claim their vig. Have basically all our social security numbers been leaked? Crowdstrike owns its mistakes in person. And even if you build it, the chip factories might not come if nobody shows up to work.
Aug. 12, 2024

Mon. 08/12 – Some Apple Rumors Before Pixel Day

Hey, want to know the iPhone product road map for the next year or so? I wonder why that’s coming out today? Instagram is copying something it forgot to copy from Snapchat. Celsius wants a ton of bitcoin back from Tether. Flux continues to wow, and is Iran the biggest cyber threat of this election …
Aug. 9, 2024

Fri. 08/09 – Mac Mini To Get Mini-er?

Apple’s new EU rules still aren’t acceptable to Spotify and Epic. Could we be getting a new, smaller Mac Mini this year? Perplexity AI is showing some real numbers in its effort to unseat Google Search. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Aug. 8, 2024

Thu. 08/08 – Would You Buy A Subscription Mouse?

TikTok launches Spotlight. Meta’s budget kills a VR studio. Why did everyone think Logitech was going to create a mouse you had to pay a subscription to use? And did you know how big Anime is? I did not.
Aug. 7, 2024

Wed. 08/07 – Is The New Google TV Streamer An Apple TV 4K Killer?

Google’s new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of lot of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such. Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by… suing them. That time Intel had a chance to invest in OpenAI. And what new products can Airbnb dream up to make more money?
Aug. 6, 2024

Tue. 08/06 – Google Loses In Court

Three big stories to catch you up on. A federal judge has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly. The Game Of Thrones style drama at OpenAI is just getting weirder. And what if all those weird acquihires in all but name are actually mercy killings?
Aug. 5, 2024

Mon. 08/05 – OpenAI Can Detect AI Text But Isn’t Sure It Wants To

Why is OpenAI sitting on technology that could detect AI cheating? Why is Bitcoin so correlated to the stock market? Why is Elon restarting his lawsuit against OpenAI? Why are the Chinese launching a Starlink competitor? And are the go-go days for music streaming over?
Aug. 2, 2024

Fri. 08/02 – Intel Is Bailing Water

So, tech earnings continued to be boring. Apple was fine. Amazon was not quite so fine. And then someone we don’t cover closely really messed the bed. I’ll tell you who. Are we starting to see the first next-generation AI startups? I’ll tell you about an interesting new model. And, of course, the W…
Aug. 1, 2024

Thu. 08/01 – Now Meta’s AI Spending Is Fine?

So I guess Zuck has convinced Wall Street that all the capex spending on AI is fine. How good a business is Tether? A gooooood business. The first arrival of Apple Intelligence is sort of a ho-hum for now. And how sports is completely transforming the streaming wars battlefield.