Episodes

Dec. 5, 2022

Mon. 12/05 – Stack Overflow Bans ChatGPT

Maybe put the breaks on an early release of that Apple AR/VR headset. And maybe pump the breaks on the AI excitement as Stack Overflow temporarily bans users from sharing responses generated by ChatGPT. A security issue at R…
Dec. 2, 2022

Fri. 12/02 – Will 2023 Be The Year Of The Headset Wars?

Mark Gurman has details on Apple ramping up development of its mixed-reality headset, targeting a launch next year. Elon has had to block his friend Ye from Twitter. Future is shutting down. Airplane mode might be a thing of…
Dec. 1, 2022

Thu. 12/01 – Elon And Apple Bury The Hatchet?

A summary of last night’s Sam Bankman Fried show. Elon visits Tim Cook and maybe they buried the hatchet? Now OpenAI has released a chat bot. Neuralink says it’s going to start implanting into humans very soon. And Arizona i…
Nov. 30, 2022

Wed. 11/30 – Am I On Your Spotify Wrapped This Year?

The Covid lockdown at that Foxconn factory has lifted. The surprising strength of the smartwatch sector. The surprising failure of the Kindle Scribe. Gorilla Glass Victus 2. And Sony has an actual new idea for the Metaverse.
Nov. 29, 2022

Tue. 11/29 – Is Elon Going To War With Apple?

Elon says he’s willing to go to war with Apple. Why now? Is Apple really threatening Twitter’s status in the App Store, as he claims? Where, exactly, is the money for Binance’s crypto recovery fund coming from? Amazon wants …
Nov. 28, 2022

Mon. 11/28 – The China Protests

All of the protests erupting in China have, not only a definite tech angle, but might have been triggered by those lockdowns at that Foxconn factory. BlockFi officially files for bankruptcy. Binance attempts to prove its res…
Nov. 24, 2022

(Bonus) Internet From Space! With The Internet Society

Check out the extensive paper on LEO satellites and Internet from space at InternetSociety.org/techmeme
Nov. 23, 2022

Wed. 11/23 – Foxconn Riots?

Actual rioting happening at the major Foxconn factory that produces iPhones. Microsoft fully embraces Linux. Advertisers continue to flee from Twitter. What if your wifi router and mesh network was actually a fashionable hom…
Nov. 22, 2022

Tue. 11/22 – The Alexa Deathwatch Is Real

The contagion in crypto continues to teeter on a knife’s edge. Why were Sam Bankman Fried’s parents allegedly buying property in the Bahamas? Elon says Twitter is hiring again. Turns out the Alexa deathwatch is very real. An…
Nov. 21, 2022

Mon. 11/21 – More Crypto Trouble?

Ruh roh. Storm clouds gathering in crypto land again. This time it’s DCG and Genesis. The shocking CEO revolving door over at Disney. The surprising return of SwiftKey. What you missed this weekend in Twitter. And you’ve hea…
Nov. 20, 2022

(Bonus) Vibe Shift (?) Twitter (Also ?) With @anildash

The great Anil Dash joined us to talk about... well, what do you think we talked about? But also, a broader discussion about the crazy year that the tech industry has had.
Nov. 18, 2022

Fri. 11/18 – Twitter: Not Dead At The Time Of This Posting

I’m here with you all as we wait for the end of Twitter together. Unless it doesn’t die. In which case, I dunno. Masa Son is actually personally in hock to the Vision Fund now that all its investments have gone pear shaped. …
Nov. 17, 2022

Thu. 11/17 – A Deepfake Detector

The guy who handled the Enron bankruptcy says FTX is the worst he’s ever seen. Xbox gets full Discord integration. Apple’s plans for Major League Soccer are revealed. Evernote finds a forever home. A new Deepfake detector fr…
Nov. 16, 2022

Wed. 11/16 – The Tesla Of Home Appliances

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip. DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking blocker but for Android, the latest headlines from the two stories you know we have to hit, and what if I told you there’s a new startup that wants to do for home app…
Nov. 15, 2022

Tue. 11/15 – “An Excel File Full Of The Howling Of Ghosts”

If you tell Elon he doesn’t know what he’s doing, you could get fired. Matt Levine looks into the abyss of the FTX balance sheet and finds the abyss staring back at him. Is the Alexa platform in danger? Nike still believes i…
Nov. 14, 2022

Mon. 11/14 – Paging Jonah Hill For The SBF Movie

Twitter still lives, at least at the time of this writing. But thousands more contractors have been laid off. CZ wants to start a fund to save crypto projects. Paging Jonah Hill to play SBF in the movie that Michael Lewis is…
Nov. 11, 2022

Fri. 11/11 – A Summary Of This Crazy Week

Just two big stories, as it’s been all week, but instead of ONLY giving you the latest, I want to try to sum up where I think we’re at as this week ends. What, I think, in the end, actually happened with FTX. And are we SURE…
Nov. 10, 2022

Thu. 11/10 – Binance Lets FTX Dangle

More twists and turns in the FTX, SBF, CZ saga as the entire crypto sector continues to get rocked. I’d love to tell you what is going on with Twitter’s whole checkmark saga, but I don’t know, Elon doesn’t know, and frankly,…
Nov. 9, 2022

Wed. 11/09 – CZ & SBF Make FTX Go Boom?

The Meta layoffs are here and they’re brutal. But rumors are, TikTok is cutting back also. What even is the new Twitter subscription product at this point? Does anybody know? And if you look at today’s show title, and it’s j…
Nov. 8, 2022

Tue. 11/08 – FTX: You Ok, Bro?

Why has FTX appeared to have halted withdrawals? Innocent explanation, or could we have another big crypto blowup brewing? What if Elon just says, screw it, and puts all of Twitter behind a paywall? What happens if NFT marke…
Nov. 7, 2022

Mon. 11/07 – Meta Layoffs Incoming?

Looks like those rumors of massive Meta layoffs might be coming true this week. Covid has led to brand new iPhone shortage worries. Is Apple about to make it easier to invoke Siri? Airbnb has made it easier to understand the…
Nov. 4, 2022

Fri. 11/04 – The Twitter Layoffs

The layoffs have begun at Twitter. And while Twitter might shutter its Substack competitor, Substack has moved into Twitter’s turf by launching a sort of discussion platform. DALL-E API’s are now available for you to use. Wh…
Nov. 3, 2022

Thu. 11/03 – How About Some Non-Twitter News?

Is TikTok still in danger of running afoul of government bans? WhatsApp gets Groups. Gmail gets package tracking. Instagram gets NFT minting. Patreon gets video hosting. Layoffs come for Stripe. Yes, there was some Twitter n…
Nov. 2, 2022

Wed. 11/02 – PlayStation VR2 Deets Revealed

We know when the PlayStation VR2 is coming, when you can pre-order it, and how much it’s gonna cost. What do you know? A bunch of news in the whole Twitter saga. The reality of the ransomware industrial complex. And an inter…