Tue. 05/16 – Open Source Vs. Centralized AI, Part I
The EU actually approved the Microsoft Activision acquisition so… what now? The IRS might finally allow us to file our taxes online for free. The EU passes the first crypto regulatory regime, but ques...
16 Touko 202318min
Mon. 05/15 – Media Day On The Podcast
After some news about Apple testing M3 chips, it’s media day on the podcast. Wither Motherboard, as Vice declares bankruptcy. Netflix is cutting spending on its originals. Is the pivot to ads going to...
15 Touko 202316min
(IHP Bonus) Tesla Cofounder Marc Tarpenning (Corrected)
Marc Tarpenning, along with Martin Eberhard, was the cofounder of Tesla Motors back in 2003. But before that, Tarpenning and Eberhard were also the cofounders of NuvoMedia, which produced one of the w...
15 Touko 20231h 23min
(Bonus) Apple II History With Laine Nooney
Yes, the Apple II is maybe more historically important than the Macintosh, at least for Apple as a company. I agree with the argument my friend Laine Nooney makes in their book: The Apple II Age: How ...
13 Touko 202358min
Fri. 05/12 – Twitter Has A New CEO
Elon says he’s hired a new CEO for Twitter, and folks think they know who this person will be. The Claude chatbot has expanded so much you can now write entire novels with it. Seeing what Meta is doin...
12 Touko 202318min
Thu. 05/11 – Twitter Encrypts DMs? (Corrected)
Twitter finally rolled out encrypted DMs… or did they? More drips and drabs from yesterday’s Google event including an AI music generating tool that sounds pretty wild. Even the crypto miners are pivo...
11 Touko 202316min
Wed. 05/10 – Google I/O
I’m writing this this morning before Google’s I/O, so I’m assuming that’s going to be the entirety of this episode. But who knows. Maybe I’ll be able to squeeze something non-Google stuff at the end. ...
10 Touko 202320min
Tue. 05/09 – AI Comes To The Drive Through Window
More roiling questions about crypto and regulator enforcement. Nintendo’s Switch is getting long in the tooth. AI’s are coming to the Wendy’s drive through lane. An AI startup to protect against AI. A...
9 Touko 202318min
