Mon. 06/01 – The Facebook Walkout

Mon. 06/01 – The Facebook Walkout

What I believe is the first ever walkout in Facebook history, the biggest acquisition in Zynga history, Samsung Access is an interesting ARR play to get ahead of an Apple Prime subscription, and an Android event this week was cancelled, but a PlayStation one was announced. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Kiwico.com/ride Links: Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts (NYTimes) Facebook, Snapchat join chorus of companies condemning George Floyd death, racism (Reuters) Twilio, Box, Spotify, and Other Tech CEOs Speak Out Against Racism and Police Brutality; Others Stay Silent (The Plug) Facebook staff angry with Zuckerberg for leaving up Trump’s ‘looting ... shooting’ post (CNBC) Zynga to Buy Peak for $1.8 Billion in Its Largest Deal Ever (Bloomberg) Samsung Access launches in the US w/ extended warranties, Microsoft 365, more (9to5Google) Eye-catching advances in some AI fields are not real (Science) Google delays next week’s Android 11 Beta release and virtual launch event (9to5Google) Sony confirms PS5 will have exclusive games playable only on next-gen hardware (The Verge) 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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