(TWTR SPC) NFT Struggles, Google Stadia And New Kindles
NFT Struggles, Google Stadia And New Kindles with @aidanfitzryan and @ArtSabintsev Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Okt 20221h 29min
Fri. 09/30 – Google Shutters Stadia
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Google is abandoning a major project, maybe it’s biggest cancellation ever. More cutbacks at Meta. Though one tech company is gonna test the IPO waters soon. Be a fly on the wall as Elon talks to everyone in Silicon Valley about maybe buying Twitter. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Google is shutting down Stadia (The Verge) Meta to Cut Headcount for First Time, Slash Budgets Across Teams (Bloomberg) TripActions reportedly files to go public at $12 billion valuation (TechCrunch) Jack Dorsey tried to get Elon Musk on Twitter’s board but directors were too ‘risk averse,’ texts reveal (CNBC) Elon Musk’s Text Exchanges Show Twitter Deal Going Off The Rails (Big Technology) How Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Parag Agrawal cratered the Twitter deal, in texts (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Google is trying to reinvent search — by being more than a search engine (The Verge) Twitter Is in This Mess Because Jack Dorsey Was Too Busy Being a Bitcoin Influencer (Bloomberg) Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It) (SlashFilm) Someone is pretending to be me. (Connor Tumbleson) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Sep 202218min
Thu. 09/29 – A Kindle You Can Write On
Meta takes down an app that tried to strip out the cruft from Instagram (but also the ads). Bunch of new Maps features from Google. All the headlines from yesterday’s Amazon event, including a Kindle you can write on. And text to image generators are cool. But you know what’s really cool, text to video generators. Sponsors: Titan.com/ride Links: The OG App promised an ad-free Instagram feed then got pulled from App Store (TechCrunch) The 11 biggest announcements at Amazon’s hardware launch event (The Verge) Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing (The Verge) Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps (TechCrunch) SWIFT Partners With Crypto Data Provider Chainlink on Cross-Chain Protocol in TradFi Play (CoinDesk) Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 Sep 202216min
Wed. 09/28 – iPhone Recession Warning Signal?
On second thought, Apple is pulling back on iPhone production which suggests demand is not what they anticipated. Intel’s new 13th-Gen chips and new low-end GPU. Checking on the Elon/Twitter trial and the NFT market. And what to expect from this week’s Tesla AI event. Links: Apple Ditches iPhone Production Increase After Demand Falters (Bloomberg) The latest iPadOS 16 beta brings Stage Manager to older iPad Pro models (Engadget) Intel’s 13th Gen processors arrive October 20th with $589 flagship Core i9-13900K (The Verge) Intel Arc A770 graphics card to launch October 12 for $329 (PCGamer) NFT Trading Volumes Collapse 97% From January Peak (Bloomberg) Twitter says Elon Musk’s own data scientists did not back up bots claims (Financial Times) Turnstile is Cloudflare’s latest attempt to rid the web of CAPTCHAs (The Verge) How To Watch Tesla’s AI Day (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Sep 202217min
Tue. 09/27 – The First Meaningful AR Product To Hit These Shores?
Sam Bankman-Fried finally scoops up Voyager’s assets. Meta says Russia has launched the biggest disinformation campaign of the war. Nreal has finally brough the first real contender for the AR wars to American shores for the first time. And would you consider a Metaverse white paper from the sci-fi writer than inspired the very notion of a Metaverse? Sponsors: Online.UC.edu Masterworks.com/ride ** Links: Crypto Exchange FTX Wins Bankrupt Firm Voyager’s Assets (Bloomberg) ‘Smash and grab’: Meta uncovers Russia's ‘largest and most complex’ info op since the war began (Protocol) Meta makes it easier to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts (CNBC) Nreal’s $379 AR glasses launch in the US today (The Verge) If you still miss Google Reader, Substack has a new web-based RSS client (The Verge) Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences aimed at younger shoppers (CNBC) Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse (GamesBeat) **Net est. returns for all realized and unrealized offerings is 15.3%, from inception through 6/30/22. See important Reg A and performance disclosures at masterworks.io/cd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Sep 202215min
Mon. 09/26 – Darth Vader’s Voice Is AI Now
UK police make an arrest many believe is related to those recent Uber and Rockstar hacks. Will the iPhone get a design overhaul next year? Cloudflare’s interesting new Zero Trust SIM. Maybe the first copyright for that new AI Art stuff? And why AI is allowing Darth Vader’s voice to live on forever. Sponsors: Medcline.com/techmeme ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: UK Police arrests teen believed to be behind Uber, Rockstar hacks (BleepingComputer) One Week with the iPhone 14 Pro Max: Apple’s Not-So-Dynamic Island (Bloomberg) Cloudflare launches an eSIM to secure mobile devices (TechCrunch) TikTok Seen Moving Toward U.S. Security Deal, but Hurdles Remain (NYTimes) Artist receives first known US copyright registration for latent diffusion AI art (ArsTechnica) James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I. (Variety) Darth Vader’s Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Sep 202216min
(Portfolio Profile) Argyle
Argyle is a BIM to Augmented Reality app for Heavy Construction. More at Argyle.Build Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Sep 202228min
Fri. 09/23 – Are DAO’s NOT A Liability Shield?
If DAO’s are a modern, blockchain take on the corporation, I’ve got a big, worrying thing to tell you about them. Apple looks to cozy up to the NFL as Amazon seems to have found immediate success with Thursday Night Football. Fitbit takes a page out of the Oculus playbook, post-acquisition. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: CFTC Penalizes Blockchain Protocol $250K, Files Action Against Successor DAO (CoinDesk) Apple to Sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show (NYTimes) Amazon Scores Big With First ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game (The Hollywood Reporter) Fitbit will require a Google Account to use new devices and features from 2023 onward (9to5Google) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire (Bloomberg) How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable (NYTimes) Unauthorized Shein boutiques are popping up across Mexico (Rest of World) College Dropout Turns Thiel Fellowship Into a $2 Billion Figma Fortune (Bloomberg) Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On? (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Sep 202218min
