Thu. 01/26 – Where Is The Line Going For Tech Right Now?

Thu. 01/26 – Where Is The Line Going For Tech Right Now?

I get all metaphysical about where the tech industry is going right now with a record slowdown in smartphone shipments, Masa Son seemingly misplacing his investing shoes, Meta and Buzzfeed joining forces to stave off irrelevancy, and universities offering degrees in AI for the first time. Oh, and are you SURE you want to spin up that Mastadon server? Sponsors: Instafloss.com (Listener!) RocketMoney.com/ride Links: Smartphone Shipments Suffer the Largest-Ever Decline with 18.3% Drop in the Holiday Quarter and a 11.3% Decline in 2022, According to IDC Tracker (IDC) SoftBank Deals Hit Record Low, Sapping Funding for Startups (Bloomberg) Meta Pays BuzzFeed Millions to Generate Creator Content for Facebook and Instagram (WSJ) University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I. (NYTimes) We tried to run a social media site and it was awful (Financial Times) RSVP For The Listener Meetup! Buy Tickets for the Comedy Show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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An AI Has A Substack

An AI Has A Substack

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26 Feb 21min

Galaxy Unpacked

Galaxy Unpacked

The new Galaxy S26 lineup is here. Remote control for Claude is here. But is Anthropic about to wash its hands when it comes to working with the Pentagon? Could Stripe buy PayPal. Oh, and speaking of ...

25 Feb 22min

The AI Essays Are Moving Markets

The AI Essays Are Moving Markets

That AI essay I shared with you yesterday sure got Wall Street’s attention. Anthropic says Chinese models are training off of Claude. A significant new breakthrough in chip production technology. And ...

24 Feb 20min

Sam Says Some Things

Sam Says Some Things

Sam Altman has a lot of stuff to say about AI and let’s just say comms needs to have a quiet word with him. SaaS may or may not be dead, but is the replacement vertical AI? And a big thought experimen...

23 Feb 23min

When AI Breaks Things

When AI Breaks Things

When your AI bot breaks your operations, even when you’re AWS. More on OpenAI’s hardware plans. Hey, remember Perplexity? What’s up with them? Is Uber roadkill in the self-driving car horserace? And, ...

20 Feb 19min

A Canticle For Leibowitz

A Canticle For Leibowitz

Gemini is getting with the increased cadence of AI releases. Honestly, can we even keep up at this point? A dispatch from the social media trial as Zuck takes the stand. At long last, Amazon dethrones...

19 Feb 21min

New Pixel

New Pixel

New pixel phone. A bunch of new AI models including Gemini’s entry into the music AI space. Everybody is trying to make AI fetch happen in India. And Matthew Ball’s state of the gaming industry report...

18 Feb 21min

AI Gettin' SaaS-y

AI Gettin' SaaS-y

The big regulatory guns are out for Grok. Memory chip shortage now hit the Steam Deck. Manus is already coming to your favorite messaging app. Turns out Buy Now Pay Later really works for vacations. A...

17 Feb 21min

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