Fri. 07/26 - The T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Is Approved

Fri. 07/26 - The T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Is Approved

The T-Mobile/Sprint merger gets the go-ahead, a whole bunch of odds-n-ends Apple stories, SoftBank announces a new Vision Fund, the biggest earnings wrap-up of the calendar quarter, turns out that Chris Hughes was serious about breaking up Facebook, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Firesideconf/ride Links: T-Mobile and Sprint merger approved by Justice Department (The Verge) Apple and Goldman Sachs Credit Card Targeting August Launch Date (Bloomberg) Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China (CNBC) Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business (The Verge) SoftBank CEO Takes More Control in New $108 Billion Vision Fund (Bloomberg) Chris Hughes Worked to Create Facebook. Now, He Is Working to Break It Up. (NYTimes) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Google Photos joined the billion-user club (Fast Company) The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds” (BuzzFeed News) What is Microsoft doing with Cortana? (The Verge) The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking (The New Yorker) The Onion’s Guide To TikTok (The Onion) Ursula K Le Guin's Earthsea Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I’m Calling It: The Metaverse Is Over

I’m Calling It: The Metaverse Is Over

More fallout from the Thinking Machines stuff. I’m officially calling it: I think the Metaverse is over, at least at Meta. Cloudflare continues to make an effort to protect the web and creators from A...

16 Jan 20min

Ain’t No Drama Like AI Industry Drama

Ain’t No Drama Like AI Industry Drama

Apparently their ain’t no drama like AI industry drama, proven once again by some high-profile defections from Thinking Machine Labs. Grok says it’s cleaned up its act. TSMC is winning thanks to AI. M...

15 Jan 21min

NOT Alright, Alright, Alright

NOT Alright, Alright, Alright

Nvidia can officially sell its chips in China, but not if China doesn’t let anyone buy them. Tesla will stop selling FSD beginning next month. Matthew McConaughey says NOT alright alright alright to u...

14 Jan 20min

Microsoft Pledges To Pay Its Own Way

Microsoft Pledges To Pay Its Own Way

Microsoft tries to calm data center buildout backlash. Layoffs come to the Metaverse. Apple has a new creator subscription package. More implications from that Apple/Google AI deal from yesterday. And...

13 Jan 20min

Siri Goes With Gemini

Siri Goes With Gemini

Apple announces that its going with Google’s Gemini to power Siri later this year, and Google joins the $4T club on the news. Governments around the world are still mad at Grok. AI has essentially kil...

12 Jan 20min

Grok Still Groking

Grok Still Groking

Grok dials back the AI image generation thing. Kinda. xAI just raised all that money cause it kinda has to. Looks like the next Deep Seek model is incoming. Why a16z is officially the biggest VC firm ...

9 Jan 21min

ChatGPT Health

ChatGPT Health

Grok and X have been letting people create some risqué and in some cases, probably illegal images, and governments around the world are getting pissed. Does Google think AI can obviate your email inbo...

8 Jan 21min

CES Day 3

CES Day 3

xAI has raised another monster round. Polymarket has yet another controversy around whether a bet should pay out or not. Could the AI datacenter buildout actually disrupt politics in local America? An...

7 Jan 21min

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