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January 10, 2025Fri. 01/10 – The Controversies Continue
All the controversies continue. I’ll update you on the Meta moderation controversy. The latest twist in the WordPress brouhaha. The TikTok thing is coming to a head right now as we speak, in the form of Supreme Court arguments. Asking again if the business model of Triple A gaming development is broken. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims (TechCrunch)
Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine (TechCrunch)
Billionaire Frank McCourt's Project Liberty proposes bid for TikTok's US assets (Reuters)
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location (Wired)
Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War (Game File)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The New $30,000 Side Hustle: Making Job Referrals for Strangers (Bloomberg)
The smart glasses era is here — I got a first look (The Verge)
The Anti-Social Century (The Atlantic)
19 min
January 09, 2025Thu. 01/09 – The Wildfire App Everyone In LA Has Been Using
Big new zero day to tell you about. Apple says Siri is safe, honest. Google rolls out an AI Daily Listen audio feature. Looking at the next wave of wearable AI. And let me tell you about WatchDuty, the app everyone in LA was using overnight.
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Links:
Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks (TechCrunch)
Apple says Siri isn’t sending your conversations to advertisers (The Verge)
Google’s ‘Daily Listen’ lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed (9to5Google)
SoftBank’s Chip Designer Arm Considers Acquiring Ampere Computing (Bloomberg)
Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time (Wired)
With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight (Los Angeles Times)
LA residents find a lifeline in this free wildfire-tracking app (The Verge)
‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west (The Guardian)
17 min
January 08, 2025Wed. 01/08 – Fallout From Meta’s Content Moderation Changes
Tons and tons of controversy and fallout from Meta’s announced content moderation changes yesterday. I’ve got I think a fair, comprehensive rundown of all the angles. Interesting new rounds for Bluesky and Anthropic. And the coolest stuff I’ve seen from CES thus far, including: are rollable laptop screens finally ready for prime time?
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Links:
Meta’s fact-checking changes are just what Trump’s FCC head asked for (The Verge)
Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down (WSJ)
AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funds Valuing It at $60 Billion (WSJ)
Lenovo’s Latest Laptop Has a Rollable OLED Screen (Wired)
BMW’s new iDrive turns the whole windshield into a heads-up display (The Verge)
New Nike Therapeutic Shoes at CES 2025 Look Like Nothing You've Ever Seen Before (CNET)
EcoFlow’s Solar hat is better for the planet than your style (Engadget)
Anker made a solar beach umbrella, because of course (Engadget)
This Slim Little Battery I Saw at CES 2025 Is Like a Tesla Powerwall for Your Fridge (CNET)
I Watched a Printer-Size Gadget Boost a Phone's Battery Life in Seconds (CNET)
This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds (The Verge)
If you’re constantly losing cables, this could be your ideal charger (The Verge)
18 min
January 07, 2025Tue. 01/07 – Nvidia Still Takes CES Seriously
Meta is completely revamping its fact-checking program, going instead with a version of Community Notes. A new Tesla recall, but for a different reason. Dell is taking rebranding to new, Google-like lows. All the headlines from a jam-packed Nvidia keynote. And what about an AI copilot but for gaming?
Sponsors:
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Links:
US opens probe into 2.6 million Tesla vehicles over remote driving feature (Reuters)
Getty Images and Shutterstock agree to merge (Axios)
Getty Images and Shutterstock to Merge in $3.7 Billion Deal (The Wrap)
Dell kills the XPS brand (The Verge)
Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs (The Verge)
Nvidia’s Project Digits is a ‘personal AI supercomputer’ (TechCrunch)
Razer Project Ava: would you pay an AI to help you get good at games? (The Verge)
18 min
January 06, 2025Mon. 01/06 – Sam Altman Is Already Moving Past AGI
Sam Altman says AGI isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Superintelligence. Why is nobody using Meta’s AI profiles? Keep an eye on Zuck, is my advice. The big trend at CES so far is AI inside smart TVs. And our first day wrap up of some of the cool things we’ve seen so far at CES.
Sponsors:
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Links:
Reflections (Sam Altman's Blog)
Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook (404 Media)
Samsung spreads Vision AI across its 2025 TV portfolio (VentureBeat)
LG and Samsung are adding Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant to their TVs (The Verge)
LG’s 2025 OLED TVs are its best yet — but they risk going overboard with AI (The Verge)
CES 2025: We Spent Hours Watching a Robot Vacuum Pick Up Socks. It's a Dream Come True (CNET)
Stop Scalding Your Tongue: This $25 Cat Robot 'Blows' on Your Drink to Cool It (CNET)
Elvie unveils an app-controlled smart bouncer that transforms into a bassinet at CES 2025 (TechCrunch)
TiVo-powered TVs are coming to the US (The Verge)
17 min
January 03, 2025Fri. 01/03 – Turns Out, Siri WAS Listening To You!
Apple pays a fine cause Siri was listening in on what you said. Strava does a tie-in with Apple Fitness+. Net Neutrality is dead again, and it looks like for good this time. The nuclear winter in the VC space, CES is coming for us all, and a Weekend Longreads Suggestion.
Links:
Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit (Reuters)
Apple Fitness Plus and Strava are collaborating with a new integration (The Verge)
US appeals court blocks Biden administration effort to restore net-neutrality rules (Reuters)
AI-generated phishing scams target corporate executives (Financial Times)
Number of US venture capital firms falls as cash flows to tech’s top investors (Financial Times)
Asus, Samsung, and MSI announce world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED 240Hz monitors (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestion:
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse (Bloomberg)
19 min
January 01, 2025 (BNS) The Golden Girls - With Christina Warren
Among other things, learn how Miami Vice inspired the Golden Girls, how the Golden Girls helped finance the making of the movie Reservoir Dogs, whether or not Betty White and Bea Arthur hated each other, where the Golden Girls house was, and the real ages of the actresses when they were playing Golden Girls.
Special guest, Christina Warren, @film_girl!
1 hr 3 min
December 30, 2024Mon. 12/30 – Welcome To A USB-C Life
AT&T and Verizon say they’ve rooted out Salt Typhoon. Trump asks the Supreme Court to intervene in the TikTok situation. All the banks want to be like Tether. And as we slide into this new year, it’s a USB-C world now, we’re just living in it.
Links:
AT&T, Verizon Say Networks Now Clear After Salt Typhoon Hack (Bloomberg)
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Pause Law Threatening TikTok Ban (Bloomberg)
Biden administration proposes new cybersecurity rules to limit impact of healthcare data leaks (Reuters)
Banks Want In on Tether’s Billions in Stablecoin Profits (Bloomberg)
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ set to break records despite gaming slowdown (FT)
The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU — here’s what that means (The Verge)
19 min
December 27, 2024Fri. 12/27 – A New “Definition” Of AGI
Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly having problems deciding how make this whole, reclassifying as for-profit thing work. Oh, also, they secretly decided on a new definition of artificial general intelligence that is tied to tangible dollar value. At the tail end of the year, the most interesting new AI model of the year. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
Microsoft and OpenAI Wrangle Over Terms of Their Blockbuster Partnership (The Information)
Microsoft and OpenAI’s Secret AGI Definition (The Information)
DeepSeek-V3, ultra-large open-source AI, outperforms Llama and Qwen on launch (VentureBeat)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good (NYTimes)
Hawk Tuah Wasn’t What It Seemed (The Atlantic)
The Paper Passport Is Dying (Wired)
You Need to Create a Secret Password With Your Family (Wired)
20 min
December 25, 2024 (BNS) Calvin And Hobbes - With Daniel Kibblesmith
Was Calvin And Hobbes the greatest comic strip ever? Or maybe a great work of art of the 20th Century? Why did Bill Watterson disappear? Was Calvin "good" (morally)? Was Hobbes "real"? Why were there never any toys? Would we ever really want Calvin and Hobbes to come back?
With special guest @kibblesmith!
1 hr 34 min