Thu. 02/13 – Do We Maybe Have A Roadmap For GPT-5?

About a year ago, Elon Musk was doing so much crazy stuff, I was desperate for someone to tell me what was going on. So, I reached out to Rob Maurer from the Tesla Daily podcast to be a sort of Elon whisperer for me. Rob was great and gracious, and actually, that was the beginning of the weekend bonus episode idea in a way. Well, a year on… let’s take Elon’s temperature… and Tesla’s. Great conversation with Rob about where Tesla is at, and also, congrats to the Tesla Daily podcast on turning 2 years old! Subscribe now! Tesla Daily! Sponsors: Capterra.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 Elo 201922min

YouTube shuts down channels over Hong Kong content, some of Facebook’s Libra partners are having second thoughts, the WSJ finds some shady items on Amazon, the reviews of the Galaxy Note10+ are in, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: BRD's Top 10 Crypto Memes PixelUnion.net Links: Google shutters more than 200 YouTube channels amid Hong Kong protests (CNBC) Facebook’s Libra backers look to distance themselves from project (Financial Times) Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products (WSJ) SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 10 PLUS REVIEW: SHOULD YOU SPEND FOR THE STYLUS? (The Verge) The Galaxy Note 10+ Is Damn Near Perfect (Gizmodo) REVIEW: SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE10+ (Wired) Weekend Longreads: Top 10 Crypto Memes (BRD) All 84 startups from Y Combinator's S19 Demo Day 1 (TechCrunch) Here are the 82 startups from day 2 of Y Combinator's S19 Demo Days (TechCrunch) The Exclusive Inside Story Of The Fall Of Overstock’s Mad King, Patrick Byrne (Forbes) The Sports News Site Haters Love to Dunk on Keeps Signing Up Subscribers (Bloomberg Businessweek) The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront (Washington Post) YOU ARE ALREADY HAVING SEX WITH ROBOTS (Wired) Sad cartoons and melancholic hip-hop inspired YouTube’s new vaporwave scene (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Elo 201917min

Will we see an iPhone Pro next month? Google has a new proposal for ad tracking, Android deserts dessert nomenclature, why hasn’t tech solved parking yet, and why The Irishman might be a major fork in the road for Netflix. Sponsors: PixelUnion BRD.com on Twitter! Links: Apple Readies Camera-Focused Pro iPhones, New iPads, Larger MacBook Pro (Bloomberg) Google proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting controls for the web (TechCrunch) Google deserts desserts: Android 10 is the official name for Android Q (The Verge) The Google Play store’s visual refresh (Android Developers Blog) Google DeepMind Co-Founder Placed on Leave From AI Lab (Bloomberg) SpotHero raises $50 million to bring underutilized parking spaces online (VentureBeat) Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a perfect example of Netflix’s big screening dilemma (The Verge) Classified Ad: Nintendo Dispatch is a weekly Nintendo podcast with Nintendo fans Michael, Christina, and James. Each week they breakdown the latest news, game releases, and happenings in the Nintendo universe. No topic or game system is off limits as we discuss at the Nintendo Switch, 3DS, Nintendo's mobile games, theme parks, merchandise, and whatever else awesome Nintendo is doing. Join them each week for a new episode of awesome. Go to nintendodispatch.com or search Nintendo Dispatch on your podcast app right now to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 Elo 201919min

Next gen chips from Intel, the real HQ2 for Amazon is in India, the controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps is a real case for King Solomon, and Ben Thompson makes a compelling bull case for WeWork. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Read the Blog Post from BRD: Here Links: Intel Launches Comet Lake-U and Comet Lake-Y: Up To 6 Cores for Thin & Light Laptops (AnandTech) Dell unveils new XPS, Inspiron, and Vostro models with Intel Comet Lake processors (VentureBeat) Exclusive: Alibaba postpones up to $15 billion Hong Kong listing amid protests: sources (Reuters) Amazon opens its biggest global campus in India (Reuters) Gmail in G Suite now uses AI for inline spelling and grammar suggestions (VentureBeat) Shazam data is powering Apple Music's newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 25 (TechCrunch) Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. (The Washington Post) The WeWork IPO (Stratechery) Classified: The Merge Conflict podcast is a weekly discussion with developers Frank and James on all things development, technology, & more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using Xamarin. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on their minds. Head to mergeconflict.fm to learn more or search Merge Conflict in your favorite podcast app today to subscribe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Elo 201918min

Twitter suspends a bunch of China-linked accounts, is Apple TV+ dead on arrival? 23 towns in Texas are hit with ransomware, and why isn’t Alexa in your car? Sponsors: DataTribe.com/challenge PixelUnion.net BRD's Longread About Libra Links: Information operations directed at Hong Kong (Twitter) Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China (Facebook) Updating our advertising policies on state media (Twitter) Apple Targets Apple TV+ Launch in November, Weighs $9.99 Price After Free Trial (Bloomberg) Apple splashes $6bn on new shows in streaming wars (Financial Times) States to Move Forward With Antitrust Probe of Big Tech Firms (WSJ) Sony to acquire Insomniac Games (Polygon) Over 20 Texas local governments hit in 'coordinated ransomware attack' (ZDNet) The first Lightning security key for iPhones is here, and it works with USB-C, too (The Verge) Amazon Wants to Put Alexa in Cars. Google and Apple Are There Already (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Elo 201917min

Libra gets competition, Spotify and Roku get family friendly, Amazon is sitting out the launch of Disney+ (for now), Ikea is serious about becoming a smart-home player, and can the world’s largest semiconductor chip kickstart an AI revolution? Sponsors: Pixelunion.net BRD.com Links: Binance planning to launch ‘Venus,’ similar to Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra (The Block) Spotify's Premium Family plans get an explicit content filter (Engadget) The Roku Channel is adding a kids and family section with free TV shows and movies (The Verge) Disney+ will stream on these devices at launch (The Verge) Ikea goes all in on smart home tech (The Verge) Hacker Releases First Public Jailbreak for Up-to-Date iPhones in Years (Motherboard) A new unicorn is born: Toor Insurance raises $100 million for a $1 billion valuation (TechCrunch) Root raises $350 million to drive auto insurance change (Axios) Cerebras (Pierre Lamond) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Elo 201919min

On a recent weekend longreads segment, I recommended a piece by The Verge’s Julia Alexander asking whether Netflix’s recommendation algorithms were broken, or maybe borked. We’re going to talk a bit about that today, but since Julia is on the Streaming Wars beat at The Verge, you know how I love to talk about the streaming wars, and we are right about at the point where the battle is going to be joined in earnest.  Sponsors: CognitoHQ.com Wix.com/podcast :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Elo 201926min

Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us, Apple sues a “virtualization” company, was Amazon offering vendors a pay to play scheme with Amazon Choice, and, as always, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co MacStadium.com/ridehome Links: Exclusive: Coinbase Buys Xapo Custody for $55 Million, Eyes Lending Business (Fortune) Apple Files Lawsuit Against Virtualization Company Corellium for Illegally Replicating iOS and Apple Apps (MacRumors) Amazon offered vendors ‘Amazon’s Choice’ labels in return for ad spending and lower prices (Digiday) YouTube shuts down music companies' use of manual copyright claims to steal creator revenue (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Weird gadgets that are actually really useful (ZDNet) Trump Tumult Has Gadget Giants Splitting Along U.S.-China Lines (Bloomberg) THREE YEARS OF MISERY INSIDE GOOGLE, THE HAPPIEST COMPANY IN TECH (Wired) WEWORK ISN’T A TECH COMPANY; IT’S A SOAP OPERA (The Verge) WeWTF (ProfGalloway.com) Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change (Ars Technica) SpaceX’s First Astronauts Train Up for Space, but Crew Dragon Faces Delays (Inverse.com) HOW A 'NULL' LICENSE PLATE LANDED ONE HACKER IN TICKET HELL (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Elo 201917min