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Fri. 12/15 – Did Google Just Kill Geofence Warrants?

Did Google just kill geofence warrants? Intel wants you to know it’s in the AI game. Could we get a foldable iPad before we get a foldable iPhone? Soon, maybe your tv really will be spying on you to …

00:18:44 | Fri 15 Dec 2023

Thu. 12/14 – Threads Is Shipping Some Stuff!

The gates have been opened for Europeans on Threads, and it looks like Meta’s serious about tying Threads into to Fediverse. I argue that the release of a new charging case for the AirPods Pro is kin…

00:16:50 | Thu 14 Dec 2023

Wed. 12/13 – Big Tesla Recall

Apple has a new tool to help you if your iPhone gets stolen. There’s a huge Tesla recall related to Autopilot. More AI tools from Google. How is X doing, you know, financially speaking? And Netflix’s…

00:19:13 | Wed 13 Dec 2023

Tue. 12/12 – Epic Win!

Epic Games has won its case against Google’s app store, but why was this case different than the one they lost to Apple? The sort of big changes to Apple TV. BeReal is still around and still… being r…

00:15:43 | Tue 12 Dec 2023

Mon. 12/11 – Here Come The New Open-Source AI Startups

I told you the open-source AI startups were coming, and a big one is making waves today. Apple’s iPad lineup is hella confusing, but Mark Gurman says Apple is working to streamline that in the coming…

00:16:38 | Mon 11 Dec 2023

Fri. 12/08 – Did Google Fake The Gemini Demo?

People across the Internet are accusing Google of faking that Gemini AI video demo that everyone was wowed by. Apple seems to be diversifying out of China for manufacturing at pace now. Might the UK’…

00:16:32 | Fri 08 Dec 2023

Thu. 12/07 – Zuck Keeps A Promise

Meta has kept a longstanding promise to encrypt Messenger by default. Apple is coming clean about the notifications spying thing. AMD’s answer to Nvidia. We know when the next major version of Window…

00:16:21 | Thu 07 Dec 2023

Wed. 12/06 – Google’s OpenAI Competitor Announced

Say hello to Gemini, Google’s new AI model designed to go head to head with OpenAI. Governments have been spying on your phone’s notifications, but Apple couldn’t tell you about that until now. Why i…

00:17:15 | Thu 07 Dec 2023

Tue. 12/05 – 23andMe Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse

The 23andMe hack just keeps getting worse. A new phone! The OnePlus 12. A new AI Alliance. New, upgraded spam filters. And all you need to know about the big Grand Theft Auto VI news. Sponsors: Noti…

00:16:32 | Tue 05 Dec 2023

Mon. 12/04 – Monster Spotify Layoffs

I guess Spotify missed the memo about the tech turnaround cause they had monster layoffs today. Google has delayed its big OpenAI competitor. Why does AI have a tendency to do evil unless you really …

00:16:28 | Mon 04 Dec 2023

(Bonus) The Sam Altman Saga Timeline With Alex Konrad Of Forbes

Here is how it all went down with the Sam Altman saga, day by day, hour by hour. With @alexkonrad of Forbes. This is the story we talk about toward the end: A Secretive $10 Billion Firm Backed By Wh…

00:46:17 | Sat 02 Dec 2023

Fri. 12/01 – iPhones To Go All-Action (Button)

The action button is coming to all the iPhones with increased functionality. Reconstituting the cable bundle example #972. Microsoft wants to create a mobile gaming app store sometime soon. And, of c…

00:16:10 | Fri 01 Dec 2023

Thu. 11/30 – The Prodigal Son Is Back

Sam Altman is officially back at work as OpenAI CEO. Meta is about to launch Threads in Europe, but their plan to offer ad free subscription tiers for their services has hit a speed bump. You can tri…

00:14:59 | Thu 30 Nov 2023

Wed. 11/29 – Apple And Goldman Part Ways

Apple and Goldman are ending their partnership, so what does that mean for the Apple Credit Card? Stability AI is so unstable, it might be looking to sell itself. GM is pumping the breaks on its Crui…

00:15:52 | Wed 29 Nov 2023

Tue. 11/28 – NameDrop Is Safe, Despite What Police Say

AI foundation models are coming to more AWS products. Why are police departments scaremongering about that NameDrop feature on iPhones? Why is Google Drive losing peoples’ files? And Ikea’s new super…

00:16:50 | Tue 28 Nov 2023

Mon. 11/27 – ByteDance Retrenches

A thin client from AWS. More bad news for gaming as ByteDance pulls back from its gaming ambitions in a major way. Governments have more new joint guidelines for AI development. And Amazon now delive…

00:15:52 | Mon 27 Nov 2023

(IHP) The "First" Extremely Online Person, Justin Hall

A lot of people give credit to Justin Hall for being, if not the first, then spiritually, at least, the “first” blogger. Since early 1994, first as Justin’s Homepage and at various points, as Justin’…

01:44:56 | Sun 26 Nov 2023

(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 2

This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is B…

00:58:55 | Sat 25 Nov 2023

(IHP) The Gary Kildall Legend Part 1