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April 09, 2025Wed. 04/09 – Instagram iPad App But For REAL This Time?
Google unveils its new TPU’s, this time with inference! Temu and Shein officially get nuked from orbit. More signs of pullback in AI datacenter buildout. Are we actually, for real, about to get an iPad Instagram app? And a cute little home robot from ages ago, looks like it’s finally coming to a house near you this summer.
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Ironwood is Google’s newest AI accelerator chip (TechCrunch)
Google announces ‘Workspace Flows’ automation with Gems, audio in Docs, and more Gemini (9to5Google)
US Raises Charges on Small Parcels, Targeting Chinese Retailers (Bloomberg)
Microsoft pauses $1bn data center plans in Licking County, Ohio (Data Center Dynamics)
Instagram’s Mosseri Positions App for TikTok Turmoil (The Information)
Amazon Seeks Partners for $15 Billion Warehouse Expansion Plan (Bloomberg)
Google Maps is launching tools to help cities analyze infrastructure and traffic (The Verge)
Samsung Taps Google AI to Launch Long-Promised Ballie Robot With Video Projector (Bloomberg)
19 min
April 08, 2025Tue. 04/08 – It’s Already Starting…
Uh oh, it looks like the tech price hikes are already starting! People are accusing Meta of doing some weird things with those latest AI models. Shopify tells workers that they need to embrace AI for everything. Is AI killing web traffic? And how AI is being used to automatically create sequels for books.
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Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs (ArsTechnica)
Exclusive: Micron to impose tariff-related surcharge on some products from April 9, sources say (Reuters)
Apple Plans to Source More iPhones From India as Potential Tariff Fix (WSJ)
Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy iPhones Ahead of Tariffs (Bloomberg)
Meta got caught gaming AI benchmarks (The Verge)
Shopify CEO says staffers need to prove jobs can’t be done by AI before asking for more headcount (CNBC)
Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’ (Bloomberg)
THE A.I. ROMANCE FACTORY (Bloomberg Businessweek)
18 min
April 07, 2025Mon. 04/07 – Will Tech Raise Prices Cause Of Tariffs?
TikTok lives! Again. Again. At least for another 75 days. Meta’s big new Llama models are out. AI coding assistant Cursor has become the big breakout hit of the AI moment. And then yes, we get into the tariff situation, including, me polling tech execs who make consumer facing gadgets: do you plan to raise prices? Here’s what they told me.
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Links:
Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time (CNBC)
Meta releases two Llama 4 AI models (The Verge)
AI Coding Assistant Cursor Draws a Million Users Without Even Trying (Bloomberg)
Tariffs are tanking tech stocks, so why is Microsoft escaping the worst of the bloodbath? (Fortune)
18 min
April 05, 2025 (BNS) The Legality Of The AI Stuff
Is what happened with the Studio Ghibli ChatGPT image generation stuff even legal? I spoke with AI lawyer Rob Rosenberg, former general counsel at Showtime Networks and founder and principal of Telluride Legal Strategies about it, and what he told me was very interesting.
32 min
April 04, 2025 Fri. 04/04 – Has Intel Found A Way Out?
18 min
April 03, 2025Thu. 04/03 – How Tariffs Might Impact Tech
Well we gotta talk about this tariff thing because the early indications are this could impact almost every nook and cranny of the tech industry. Could we get an announcement about TikTok within days? I think I figured out why CoreWeave’s stock popped back up. And how Nintendo plans to fight the scalpers.
Links:
Trump’s New Tariffs Test Apple’s Global Supply Chain (NYTimes)
Trump to Outline TikTok Deal Proposal, With ByteDance Retaining Stake (The Information)
Google in Advanced Talks to Rent Nvidia AI Servers From CoreWeave (The Information)
AI Video Startup Runway Valued at $3 Billion in Funding Round (Bloomberg)
Amazon targets April 9 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites (Reuters)
Nintendo’s Switch 2 preorder process has strict requirements to thwart scalpers (The Verge)
18 min
April 02, 2025Wed. 04/02 – The Nintendo Switch 2
All the details from the big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal this morning. Wikimedia says AI bots are increasing its costs by 50%. North Korean IT workers allegedy continue to go after remote IT jobs worldwide. Meta is reading its more ambitious, more expensive smartglasses for maybe later this year. And maybe the CoreWeave IPO wasn’t a bust?
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Links:
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S. (NYTimes)
Everything announced at Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct (Polygon)
AI crawlers cause Wikimedia Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50% (TechCrunch)
North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe (BleepingComputer)
How Meta’s Upcoming $1,000+ Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Work (Bloomberg)
Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto (CNBC)
CoreWeave shares rip nearly 42% higher, rising above IPO price (CNBC)
18 min
April 01, 2025Tue. 04/01 – OpenAI Closes The Biggest Private Tech Round Ever
Masa Son came through for OpenAI, to the tune of a $40 billion dollar round at a $300 billion-dollar post-money valuation. Sam Altman says OpenAI is going back to open weights. A new encryption model for Gmail. A new movie strategy for Amazon. And why the Switch 2 represents a new revenue strategy for Nintendo.
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Links:
OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record (CNBC)
OpenAI Finalizes $40 Billion Funding at $300 Billion Value (Bloomberg)
OpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming months (TechCrunch)
Gmail is making it easier for businesses to send encrypted emails to anyone (The Verge)
Amazon’s New Movie Strategy Starts With Theaters (NYTimes)
Nintendo Departs From Its Founding Philosophy With Switch 2 (Bloomberg)
17 min
March 31, 2025Mon. 03/31 – xAI Acquires X
Over the weekend Elon said that xAI has acquired X. Elon does love to blend his companies together. Tensions between SpaceX and Apple. Apple is working on a major Health app overhaul. And in this era of crypto ascendency, is Ethereum being left behind?
Links:
Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion (CNBC)
Musk’s xAI Startup Swallows Up X Social Network in Surprise Deal (Bloomberg)
Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser (TechCrunch)
Apple and Musk Clash Over Satellite Expansion Plans (WSJ)
Apple Readies Its Biggest Push Into Health Yet With New AI Doctor (Bloomberg)
Crypto’s Trumpian Embrace Is Leaving Bitcoin’s Big Rival Behind (Bloomberg)
18 min
March 30, 2025 Me On The Big Technology Podcast Talking This Week In Tech
Me On The Big Technology Podcast Talking This Week In Tech
59 min