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July 2, 2025
Wed. 07/02 – In Meta v. OpenAI, Who’s Desperate And Who’s Scared?
More layoffs make me more concerned the AI jobpocalypse is coming to tech this summer. In the big Meta v. OpenAI talent battle, who is desperate and who is scared? We reframe the situation a bit. Figma files for an IPO. Chine...
July 1, 2025
Tue. 07/01 – Superhuman Finds A Home
Meta Superintelligence Labs is official. Cloudflare’s tool to help websites fend off AI bots is official. Will Apple throw in the towel and just buy some AI off the shelf? Does Amazon now have more robots than human workers i...
June 30, 2025
Mon. 06/30 – Nintendo And Amazon Fight
Weird beef between Nintendo and Amazon. Is Apple going to make a cheap Macbook with an iPhone chip inside? OpenAI claps back at Meta. The AI avatar startup. And for the first time in a decade, Spotify has changed up the Disco...
June 27, 2025
Fri. 06/27 – The Death Of The Blue Screen Of Death
Mark Zuckerberg’s big AI plan seems still to be such a work in progress, he’s even considering abandoning Llama. Apple attempts to comply with the EU’s DMA. Instagram and TikTok want to follow YouTube to your TV. The infamous...
June 26, 2025
Thu. 06/26 – Conflicting AI Legal Rulings
The legal rulings on AI are finally coming in. The problem is, they’re contradictory, so we’re not getting any legal clarity yet. Creative Commons but for AI training data. Is DeepSeek’s R2 model being stymied by lack of acce...
June 25, 2025
Wed. 06/25 – Never Wear A Suit In Tech
AI is transforming job search on both sides of the equation. A first court ruling on using copyrighted books to train AI. New AI releases from Google devs will want to know about. How your kids 3rd grade teacher is using AI. ...
June 24, 2025
Tue. 06/24 – Is Microsoft Struggling To Sell Copilot?
A new Xbox branded Meta Quest. Amazon is expanding same day delivery even more. What does it mean for the AI race if ChatGPT seems to be outcompeting Microsoft’s Copilot offerings in the enterprise space? Why is Wall Street l...
June 23, 2025
Mon. 06/23 – Tesla Launches Its Robotaxi
Tesla launches its robotaxi service in Austin. Apple is negotiating desperately to avoid an EU fine coming as soon as this week. Also, why doesn’t Apple do some acquihires to get back in the AI game? Maybe Perplexity would be...
June 20, 2025
Fri. 06/20 – A Shenzhen-like Production City In The US?
Meta has some new smartglasses. How long can the TikTok groundhog day go on? Masa Son wants to create a Shenzhen-like production city here in the US. Are your smart cameras a national security threat to the home front in a wa...
June 19, 2025
Thu. 06/19 – What Would AGI Actually Look Like?
Are we about to see a summer of layoffs in Silicon Valley? Midjourney’s new video model. Meta continues its acqu-hire spree with some folks we know. Microsoft has its own nuclear option with OpenAI, while OpenAI is starting t...
June 18, 2025
Wed. 06/18 – Oh Yeah. What About TikTok?
Remember how that TikTok ban or sale thing has never been resolved? Yeah. Sam Altman describes the money he says Meta is throwing at AI researchers. Is xAI the one with the real money crunch in the AI race? And a review of th...
June 17, 2025
Tue. 06/17 – Open AI Still Needs To Placate Microsoft
Among the many snags to OpenAI shifting to for-profit, the Microsoft snag is still the biggest issue. More Intel job cuts coming. Would you believe a Roblox game involving gardening is maybe bigger than Fortnite? And two big ...
June 16, 2025
Mon. 06/16 – What Happens When Search Abandons The Web?
Ads finally come to WhatsApp. Are we about to get a literal Trump phone? More ads on your TV. All ads are about to become AI. And at the end of the show, a bit of an essay from me about Google, AI, and what I think is about t...
June 14, 2025
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