Mon. 05/19 – How Apple Lost AI

The new version of Grok will pretty much let you make an AI image of anything or anyone. More rumors of an iPad/robot/smart home hybrid from Apple. Masa Son wanted Intel to spin up a competitor to Nvidia, but Intel reportedly couldn’t hack it. And is Sonos going to just say, heck with it, and re-release their old app that actually worked? Sponsors: Acorns.com/ride Links: X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun (The Verge) Apple Pushes Ahead With Tabletop Robot in Search of New Revenue (Bloomberg) Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay (The Verge) The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews (Engadget) SoftBank discussed AI chips tie-up with Intel to rival Nvidia (Financial Times) Sonos considers relaunching its old app (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Aug 202416min

All the details from yesterday’s pixel event, but especially the AI features that show how far ahead Google is. At least when it comes to putting AI on phones. We have official post quantum computing cryptography standards. And why they’re using iPhones to make offsides calls in soccer this season. Sponsors: DataTribe.com/challenge Hims.com/ride Links: The Google Pixel 9’s AI Camera Features Let You Reshape Reality (Wired) Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here (The Verge) Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing (The Verge) The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here (TechCrunch) The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones (Wired) Fantasy League Links: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/s5r9c8  Code: s5r9c8 https://fplchallenge.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8znkcc  Code: 8znkcc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Aug 202416min

Patreon is forced to change how it does things because Apple finally came to claim their vig. Have basically all our social security numbers been leaked? Crowdstrike owns its mistakes in person. And even if you build it, the chip factories might not come if nobody shows up to work. Sponsors: HensonShaving.com/ride and code ride Shopify.com/ride Links: Apple says Patreon must switch to its billing system or risk removal from App Store (TechCrunch) ‘Apple’s Requirements to Hit Creators and Fans on Patreon’ (Daring Fireball) Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers (BleepingComputer) FBI probing alleged Iran hack attempts targeting Trump, Biden camps (Washington Post) CrowdStrike Exec Shows Up to Accept 'Most Epic Fail' Award in Person (PCMag) TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats (TechCrunch) Chipmakers face a labour crisis (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Aug 202416min

Hey, want to know the iPhone product road map for the next year or so? I wonder why that’s coming out today? Instagram is copying something it forgot to copy from Snapchat. Celsius wants a ton of bitcoin back from Tether. Flux continues to wow, and is Iran the biggest cyber threat of this election year. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme WashingtonPost.com/ride Links: Apple’s iPhone 16 Will Keep Sales Stable Until Bigger Changes Arrive (Bloomberg) Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Map (The Verge) Amid Layoffs and CPU Controversy, Intel Postpones Innovation Event (PCMag) Celsius targets Tether, Badger DAO, Compound, and Netanyahu's niece and nephew in lawsuits (The Block) Forget Midjourney — Flux is the new king of AI image generation and here’s how to get access (Tom's Guide) Iran Emerges as the Most Aggressive Foreign Threat to U.S. Election (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Aug 202417min

Apple’s new EU rules still aren’t acceptable to Spotify and Epic. Could we be getting a new, smaller Mac Mini this year? Perplexity AI is showing some real numbers in its effort to unseat Google Search. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases (9to5Mac) Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’ (TechCrunch) Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (Bloomberg) ChatGPT now lets free users generate up to two images per day made by DALL-E 3 (The Verge) Perplexity’s popularity surges as AI search start-up takes on Google (Financial Times) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Why are so many car YouTubers quitting? (The Verge) Moscow’s Spies Were Stealing US Tech — Until the FBI Started a Sabotage Campaign (Politico Magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Aug 202416min

TikTok launches Spotlight. Meta’s budget kills a VR studio. Why did everyone think Logitech was going to create a mouse you had to pay a subscription to use? And did you know how big Anime is? I did not. Links: TikTok adds in-app hubs for videos about movies and TV shows (The Verge) Exclusive: Meta is closing a beloved first-party Quest studio (AndroidConnect) UK regulator launches formal probe into Amazon’s $4bn Anthropic deal (Financial Times) Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales (The Verge) Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee (Gizmodo) Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories (Axios) Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers (The Wrap) Crunchyroll Is Thriving Thanks to Gen Z and Appointment Anime Viewing, COO Says (The Wrap) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Aug 202417min

Google’s new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of lot of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such. Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by… suing them. That time Intel had a chance to invest in OpenAI. And what new products can Airbnb dream up to make more money? Links: The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for (The Verge) Gemini intelligence is coming to Google Home (The Verge) Scoop: X sues major brands, ad industry group for antitrust (Axios) ‘There’s no price’ Microsoft could pay Apple to use Bing: all the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling (The Verge) How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (Reuters) The limited edition OnePlus Open is the most striking foldable phone yet (The Verge) Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’ (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Aug 202416min

Three big stories to catch you up on. A federal judge has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly. The Game Of Thrones style drama at OpenAI is just getting weirder. And what if all those weird acquihires in all but name are actually mercy killings? Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (Bloomberg) Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser (Fortune) How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition (NYTimes) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (TechCrunch) Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Aug 202417min