Fri. 12/29 – The Media Industry’s Delicate Dance With AI
OpenAI has been talking to everybody in media, it turns out. But how would a partnership turn out for media? Google settles another big lawsuit. The first of the gadget announces for CES season have b...
29 Dec 202316min
Thu. 12/28 – Will 2024 Be The Year Apple Gets Serious About Gaming On Macs?
Researchers have found a gnarly zero-click, zero-day iMessage hack that has been exploited. Apple can sell watches again! What was the best performing tech stock of 2023? Will 2024 be the climax of th...
28 Dec 202317min
Wed. 12/27 – NYT Sues OpenAI
The NYT has broken the seal and sued OpenAI and Microsoft. Ads are coming to Prime Video in mere days. More rumors about Jony Ive founding an AI hardware startup with Sam Altman. Anthropic seems to be...
27 Dec 202316min
Tue. 12/26 – Apple’s AI Strategy Comes Into View
Apple’s whole AI strategy has been coming into focus these last couple of weeks. Two stories on this, including Apple’s first announced LLM. OpenAI is fundraising again. Hackers are targeting gaming s...
26 Dec 202318min
(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 2
This time we talk about the AOL/Time Warner Merger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Dec 20231h 42min
(Bonus) Brian On Acquired Podcast Part 1
The first time I went on the Acquired Podcast, back in March of 2017. We talked about Yahoo's acquisition of Overture. I know you probably haven't heard of either of those names, but in a roundabout w...
24 Dec 20231h 31min
(Bonus) Brian On The Newsworthy Podcast
Me on The Newsworthy Podcast talking the tech trends of 2023. Alliterative! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Dec 202314min
Fri. 12/22 – The Hyperloop Is Dead
The Hyperloop dream is dead. The attempt to bridge the iMessage divide is dead. China’s gaming industry isn’t dead, but it’s pretty wounded. The crazy story of that teenage hacker who leaked the GTA V...
22 Dec 202323min
