Tue. 07/16 - Who Put The Politics In My Tech?

Tue. 07/16 - Who Put The Politics In My Tech?

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The Mother Of All Meta Layoffs?

The Mother Of All Meta Layoffs?

Is Meta about to do the mother of all layoffs? New AirPods Max 2. Why OpenAI delayed its sexytime chat… the calls to do so were coming from inside the house. What does it mean if the San Francisco rea...

16 Mar 21min

Is Avocado… Toast?

Is Avocado… Toast?

Meta’s big new AI model is delayed because they still can’t get to state of the art. The social media addiction trial is winding down. All the video apps are going to end up looking exactly like one a...

13 Mar 21min

AI Makes Google Maps Sound Much Better

AI Makes Google Maps Sound Much Better

More AI inspired job cuts. I gotta say, adding AI to Google Maps makes it sound like it might work much, much better. A new entrant into the AI health space. An Iran-war-related hacking takes down a c...

12 Mar 21min

The New King Of All Media

The New King Of All Media

Sources say the US government is investigating Binance around Iranian sanction evasion. Meta is helping authorities worldwide crack down on scammers. YouTube literally now is, officially, the biggest ...

11 Mar 20min

Meta Plumps For Bot Social Networks

Meta Plumps For Bot Social Networks

Meta moves for the social network for AI bots. Code Review for Claude Code seems to be like another revolution for the software development industry. Yan LeCun raises the biggest European seed round o...

10 Mar 21min

Claude 365

Claude 365

Anthropic is fighting the government in court. Microsoft is turning to Anthropic to get agentic in all its productivity products. A big new hyperscaler startup has raised a monster round. And could th...

9 Mar 21min

Silicon Valley Circling The Wagons Around Anthropic?

Silicon Valley Circling The Wagons Around Anthropic?

Dario might need some message discipline as Anthropic is officially designated a risk by the US government. GPT-5.4 is here. Oracle is considering laying off a ton of people and Softbank is considerin...

6 Mar 22min

Dr. ChatGPT Isn’t Quite There Yet

Dr. ChatGPT Isn’t Quite There Yet

Is the long war between Google and Epic Games finally over? OpenAI wants you to know its revenue numbers are also stellar. Maybe ChatGPT isn’t so great at medical advice. Maybe the chip shortage isn’t...

5 Mar 19min

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