Thu. 11/30 – The Prodigal Son Is Back
Sam Altman is officially back at work as OpenAI CEO. Meta is about to launch Threads in Europe, but their plan to offer ad free subscription tiers for their services has hit a speed bump. You can tric...
30 Nov 202315min
Wed. 11/29 – Apple And Goldman Part Ways
Apple and Goldman are ending their partnership, so what does that mean for the Apple Credit Card? Stability AI is so unstable, it might be looking to sell itself. GM is pumping the breaks on its Cruis...
29 Nov 202316min
Tue. 11/28 – NameDrop Is Safe, Despite What Police Say
AI foundation models are coming to more AWS products. Why are police departments scaremongering about that NameDrop feature on iPhones? Why is Google Drive losing peoples’ files? And Ikea’s new super ...
28 Nov 202317min
Mon. 11/27 – ByteDance Retrenches
A thin client from AWS. More bad news for gaming as ByteDance pulls back from its gaming ambitions in a major way. Governments have more new joint guidelines for AI development. And Amazon now deliver...
27 Nov 202316min
(IHP) The "First" Extremely Online Person, Justin Hall
A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the first, then spiritually, at least, the “first” blogger. Since early 1994, first as Justin’s Homepage and at various points, as Justin’s...
26 Nov 20231h 45min
(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 2
This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bi...
25 Nov 202359min
(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 1
This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bi...
24 Nov 202342min
(IHP) How The Dotcom Bubble Happened
From the Internet History Podcast, the background, root causes and rough outline of the dotcom bubble. How it happened, why it happened... and why it's unlikely to happen again anytime soon. L...
23 Nov 20231h 4min
