Thu. 01/27 – Apple To Block Block (Née Square)?

Thu. 01/27 – Apple To Block Block (Née Square)?

Apple is coming for Block’s Square dongle with a new ability to accept payments just using your iPhone. The dilemma that is the Spotify/Neil Young situation. OpenAI is an interesting raise. Fireblocks is an interesting raise. And why has the r/antiwork subreddit suddenly gone private? Sponsors: Smith.ai promocode techmeme for $100 off signup Linkedin.com/ride Links: Apple to Rival Square by Turning iPhones Into Payment Terminals (Bloomberg) Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum (WSJ) Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture to Wind Down, Sell Assets (WSJ) OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman ridicules start-up fundraising process (CNBC) Fireblocks raises $550 million in Series E funding, now valued at $8 billion (The Block) Anti-Work Subreddit Suddenly Goes Private to Clean Up After ‘Brigading’ (Bloomberg) Anti-work subreddit implodes after rough Fox News interview (Mashable) Valve will start selling the Steam Deck on February 25th (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Amazon’s Hardware Event

Amazon’s Hardware Event

All the headline’s from Amazon’s fall hardware event. Daniel Ek is stepping back from Spotify. A new Claude model. ChatGPT gets into the shopping biz. And OpenAI is likely launching it’s own TikTok cl...

30 Sep 202520min

EA Taken Private

EA Taken Private

The biggest sign yet of the state of the gaming industry, EA is being taken private. DeepSeek’s new model might start a new AI price war. OpenAI announces their parental controls for teen users. And, ...

29 Sep 202520min

(BNS) You're Not Killing It. Nobody Is Killing It. VC Legend Jerry Colonna

(BNS) You're Not Killing It. Nobody Is Killing It. VC Legend Jerry Colonna

One of the very first VCs of the Internet Era, and especially the NYC tech ecosystem, Jerry Colonna reflects on his journey from growing up in New York to becoming a successful journalist and venture ...

27 Sep 20251h 14min

Is TikTok US Only Worth $14B?

Is TikTok US Only Worth $14B?

Maybe… the TikTok thing has finally reached a resolution. Again. Maybe Amazon owes us all some money. Maybe that Neon app from yesterday was a bad idea. OpenAI and Meta make some super interesting str...

26 Sep 202523min

Get Paid To Train AI On Your Phone Calls?

Get Paid To Train AI On Your Phone Calls?

Another lawsuit against OpenAI, this time from xAI. Intel approached Apple about bailing them out. What if crypto was reversable so you could recover fraud. Drama in open source land. And would you li...

25 Sep 202520min

The AI Incentives Game

The AI Incentives Game

Stargate gets off the ground, or at least, announces it is. What if OpenAI leases the chips from Nvidia instead of buying them. I go a bit deep in this episode in terms of the incentives behind all th...

24 Sep 202520min

Ouroboros All The Way Down?

Ouroboros All The Way Down?

Nvidia is investing $100B in OpenAI, and there are a billion angles to that fact, so get ready to dive into it. Why were there giant sim farms popping up around NYC? The new AI to help you with Candy ...

23 Sep 202520min

TikTok Deals? Visa Rules?

TikTok Deals? Visa Rules?

Once again, I THINK a TikTok deal is happening, so updates on that. Why lots of folk in the tech industry are worried about new H-1B visa rules. Might those annoying cookie consent checkboxes be going...

22 Sep 202522min

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