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Wed. 10/25 – Boo! Tech Earnings Snuck Up On Us!
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10/25/23 • 17 min
Meta got sued by most the States. California has forced Cruise to stop its autonomous vehicle testing. Will earbuds be key in any AI future? Tech earnings season snuck up on me at least. And is Sam Bankman Fried going to have to take the stand in order to keep himself out of prison?
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- Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids (CNBC)
- California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit (TechCrunch)
- Qualcomm turns to Wi-Fi to take wireless earbuds and headphones to the next level (The Verge)
- Controversial Chip in Huawei Phone Produced on ASML Machine (Bloomberg)
- Can Sam Bankman-Fried argue his way out of trouble? (FT)
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Thu. 06/09 – Who Needs A Gaming Console? Not Xbox Or Samsung.
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06/09/22 • 16 min
Who needs a gaming console? Not Xbox, not anymore. Twitter is gonna give Elon the firehose treatment. Dell unveils some new XPS goodness. Apple does its own banking. More signs of the NFT market cooling off. And a popular developer tool is riding off into the sunset.
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- Microsoft’s new Xbox TV app streams games without a console later this month (The Verge)
- The Xbox game streaming TV app feels almost like the real thing (The Verge)
- Xbox Project Moorcroft will bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass (The Verge)
- In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data (Washington Post)
- Dell unveils a slimmer XPS 13 and a detachable 2-in-1 (Engadget)
- Apple Will Handle Lending Itself With New Pay Later Service (Bloomberg)
- Ethereum’s Merge Upgrade Goes Live Today on Ropsten Testnet (Decrypt)
- ApeCoin Owners Vote Against Leaving the Ethereum Blockchain (Bloomberg)
- The NFT slump is real (TechCrunch)
- GitHub sunsets Atom, the software dev environment it launched in 2011 (TechCrunch)
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Thu. 10/17 – Sigh Of Relief From Chip Stocks
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10/17/24 • 17 min
Now Amazon is building some modular nuclear reactors. TSMC’s results cheer up the chips industry. Uber but for buying plane tickets. No, I mean, really, use Uber to buy plane tickets. And the controversial reason Meta is reportedly laying off some folks.
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- Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (CNBC)
- TSMC Hikes Revenue Outlook in Show of Confidence in AI Boom (Bloomberg)
- The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership (The Verge)
- Uber explored takeover bid for Expedia (FT)
- Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more (The Verge)
- Meta fires staff for abusing $25 meal credits (FT)
- Analogue’s 4K Nintendo 64 launches next year for $249 (The Verge)
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Tue. 04/02 – Amazon To Enter The AI Group Chat
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04/02/24 • 15 min
Big trove of AT&T customer data dumped online. Microsoft is unbundling Teams. Amazon is readying its own big LLM. We should probably assume Section 230 does not cover AI. And what do you name an AI supercomputer? Stargate, apparently.
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- AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online (TechCrunch)
- Exclusive: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny (Reuters)
- Amazon scrambles for its place in the AI race (The Verge)
- Gen-AI Search Engine Perplexity Has a Plan to Sell Ads (Adweek)
- The AI Industry Is Steaming Toward A Legal Iceberg (WSJ)
- Microsoft and OpenAI Plot $100 Billion Stargate AI Supercomputer (The Information)
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Thu. 05/09 – The Weird Apple Ad Backlash
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05/09/24 • 16 min
AlphaFold 3 is a new AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, the better to cure diseases and create medicine with. More cuts in Microsoft gaming. The community backlash erupting over at Stack Overflow. And that really weirdly tone deaf Apple commercial that has everyone so upset.
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- Google DeepMind unveils AI model for living cells (FT)
- Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings (Bloomberg)
- Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (TomsHardware)
- Alphabet Progressing in Talks to Buy HubSpot, Sources Say (Bloomberg)
- That Weird Apple Ad "Crush!"
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Wed. 05/29 – Did The Secret Sauce Of Google Search Just Leak?
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05/29/24 • 16 min
A big leak at Google might be the tech equivalent of the secret formula for Coca-Cola being revealed for the first time. The ex-OpenAI board members are starting to explain why they tried to fire Sam Altman. Did the Biden administration pass on TikTok’s concessions to avoid a ban? And remember delivery apps? How they doin’ these days?
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- An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them (SparkToro.com)
- Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter (Bloomberg)
- Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team (TechCrunch)
- YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users (TechCrunch)
- How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer (Washington Post)
- Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners (Financial Times)
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Mon. 02/06 – iPhone Ultra?
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02/06/23 • 18 min
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 coordinating? And might regulators look askance at all these generative AI investments from the big cloud computing platforms?
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- Apple Talks Up High-End iPhones in Sign Ultra Model May Be Coming (Bloomberg)
- Elon Musk says Twitter will provide a free write-only API to bots providing ‘good’ content (TechCrunch)
- Microsoft’s Activision Deal Tests a New Global Alignment on Antitrust (NYTimes)
- Big Tech companies use cloud computing arms to pursue alliances with AI groups (FT)
- A16z votes against proposal to deploy latest Uniswap iteration on BNB Chain (The Block)
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Fri. 05/14 – Now Ransomware Is Shutting Down The Irish Health Service
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05/14/21 • 19 min
A ransomware attack has brought down large sections of the Irish health service. Why Disney+ numbers are suddenly looking so weak to investors. A deep dive review on whether or not, or even to what degree, Elon’s internet service from space can free us from ISP hell. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Cyber attack 'most significant on Irish state' (BBC)
- Disney Plus Hits 103.6 Million Subscribers as Rapid Growth Slows, ESPN Plus Perks Up (Variety)
- STARLINK REVIEW: BROADBAND DREAMS FALL TO EARTH (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- To Understand Amazon, We Must Understand Jeff Bezos (New York Times)
- The PlayStation 5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised (Wired)
- Apple is Holding Back the Creator Economy (Every)
- Robinhood’s Big Gamble (The New Yorker)
- What Is an Entertainment Company in 2021 and Why Does the Answer Matter? (Matthew Ball)
- How the Personal Computer Broke the Human Body (Vice)
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Thu. 08/01 – Now Meta’s AI Spending Is Fine?
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08/01/24 • 17 min
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.
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- Meta’s Lesson in Allaying Wall Street’s A.I. Fears (Dealbook/NYT)
- Meta’s AI Costs Surge as Digital Advertising Revenue Grows (WSJ)
- Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site (The Verge)
- Tether Nets $5B Profits This Year, Says Its US Debt Holdings Surpassed Germany's (CoinDesk)
- A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri (The Verge)
- Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99 per Month (Variety)
- How the NBA’s Slam-Dunk Deals Will Reshape TV (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Wed. 11/13 – Amazon Haul
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11/13/24 • 16 min
The guessing game on who the new tech regulators will be for the new administration. What is Amazon Haul? Why has Bluesky suddenly seen a flurry of activity? More on Apple’s smarthome ambitions. And more on why AI seems to be hitting a wall lately? Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.
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- Donald Trump’s potential antitrust enforcers may keep Big Tech in their sights (Financial Times)
- Amazon debuts discount store with everything under $20 to take on Temu and Shein (CNBC)
- With Surge in New Users, Bluesky Emerges as X Alternative (NYTimes)
- Apple’s Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls (Bloomberg)
- OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI (Bloomberg)
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