Fri. 10/09 – FTC Sues To Block The Microsoft/Activision Deal

Fri. 10/09 – FTC Sues To Block The Microsoft/Activision Deal

This is going to make the situation in the gaming industry downright chaotic. The FTC has sued to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition. Sam Bankman Fried says he’s going to testify, under oath, before Congress. Why the salute emoji is hands down the symbol of the year 2022. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: InternetSociety.org/techmeme Links: Twin complaints signal new FTC strategy to rein in tech industry (Washington Post) FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to testify at U.S. House hearing on Tuesday (CNBC) We Couldn’t Have Made It Through This Year Without the Saluting Emoji (Rolling Stone) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How AI That Powers Chatbots and Search Queries Could Discover New Drugs (WSJ) The Hype Around Esports Is Fading as Investors and Sponsors Dry Up (Bloomberg) Programmable Ink (InkAndSwitch) How CoinDesk’s FTX scoop left a hole in its corporate overlord (The Verge) Enter the wind tunnel (Driving Conformity) 36 Hours - Wellington, New Zealand (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Anthropic Makes Its Move

Anthropic Makes Its Move

Anthropic raises the second largest financing round of all time. Other AI players are beginning to show hockey stick revenue growth. Meta wants to add facial recognition to its glasses. Ring pulls bac...

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Pour Moi, C'est Le Déluge

Pour Moi, C'est Le Déluge

Aaannddd…. Right on time here come the Chinese AI models. Elon Musk kicks off a major reorg of xAI. Google is warning of AI distillation attacks. New Waymo cars hit the road. And another interesting A...

12 Feb 21min

The “Covid Moment” For AI?

The “Covid Moment” For AI?

Forget the ChatGPT moment, is this the “Covid Moment” for AI, the moment when everything has changed its just that not everyone knows it yet? More weird musical chairs at the AI companies. TikTok but ...

11 Feb 21min

AI: Better, Faster, Stronger… Or Just Working Harder?

AI: Better, Faster, Stronger… Or Just Working Harder?

So, have you hit the ads in ChatGPT yet, cause they’re there. Spotify comes out of nowhere with killer good earnings. The coming tidal wave of Chinese AI launches. The coming deluge of social media tr...

10 Feb 19min

The AI Superbowl

The AI Superbowl

Sam Altman assures staff that OpenAI has a good week, but is Anthropic definitively growing faster at this point? Is the CapEx spend about to eat ALL of Silicon Valley’s free cashflow while Apple sits...

9 Feb 20min

Piracy Is Back!

Piracy Is Back!

Claude Opus 4.6 arrives to crown Anthropic’s very good week, at least, for them it was good. You thought tech was spending big to build out for AI, but this week we’ve seen how big. Crypto seems to ha...

6 Feb 22min

Is Software Eating The World Being Eaten By AI?

Is Software Eating The World Being Eaten By AI?

Alphabet earnings. Claude goes to the Superbowl. Why AI brand loyalty isn’t even remotely a thing yet. And is the whole Marc Andreessen theory of software eating the world in the process of being eate...

5 Feb 23min

(BNS) Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff

(BNS) Ring Founder Jamie Siminoff

Check out Jaime's book: Ding Dong: How Ring Went From Shark Tank Reject To Everyone's Front Door Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Feb 43min

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