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October 19, 2024 (Bonus) Goldeneye 007 With - John Gruber
Did Nintendo try to kill GoldenEye 007 before it was completed? Why did Shigeru Miyamoto keep telling the development team to tone down the violence. And why did the famous multiplayer aspect of the game almost didn’t happen? It’s slappers only on Rad History, because we’re diving into the history of THE game of the late 1990s, GoldenEye 007.
With Special Guest: John Gruber
54 min
October 18, 2024 Fri. 10/18 – Netflix Wins
19 min
October 17, 2024Thu. 10/17 – Sigh Of Relief From Chip Stocks
Now Amazon is building some modular nuclear reactors. TSMC’s results cheer up the chips industry. Uber but for buying plane tickets. No, I mean, really, use Uber to buy plane tickets. And the controversial reason Meta is reportedly laying off some folks.
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Links:
Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (CNBC)
TSMC Hikes Revenue Outlook in Show of Confidence in AI Boom (Bloomberg)
The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership (The Verge)
Uber explored takeover bid for Expedia (FT)
Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more (The Verge)
Meta fires staff for abusing $25 meal credits (FT)
Analogue’s 4K Nintendo 64 launches next year for $249 (The Verge)
18 min
October 16, 2024Wed. 10/16 – Color Kindles
Kindles come roaring back, with significant updates to the Paperwhite and the Scribe, but also, for the first time ever, a Kindle with a color screen. Why has ASML suddenly plunged so much if chips are so hot right now? Android 15 is beginning to roll out. And Sonos is back to releasing new speakers again.
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Links:
Amazon’s new seven-inch Kindle Paperwhite is bigger and faster than ever (The Verge)
Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe takes another step toward pen and paper (The Verge)
Amazon finally has a color Kindle, and it looks pretty good (The Verge)
Global Chip Stocks Erase $420 Billion After ASML Sales Warning (Bloomberg)
YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video (The Verge)
Android 15 is now available for Pixels (The Verge)
Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4 (The Verge)
17 min
October 15, 2024Tue. 10/15 – Tech Going Nuclear
The Nuclear Energy sector is clearly getting back in business, thanks to big tech and their AI needs. The latest back and forth in the Wordpress brouhaha. The US is considering caps on the chips Nvidia can deliver to a bunch of countries worldwide. And is Tether getting deeper into the global finance game?
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Links:
Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI (WSJ)
DHH's Original Post
Matt Mullenweg's Original Response
Matt's 2nd Response
Apple Unveils New iPad Mini With A17 Pro Chip and Apple Intelligence (MacRumors)
US Weighs Capping Exports of AI Chips From Nvidia and AMD to Some Countries (Bloomberg)
Crypto Company Tether Talking to Commodity Traders About Lending Them Its Billions (Bloomberg)
The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (Wired)
19 min
October 14, 2024Mon. 10/14 – Adobe Unleashes Firefly
Adobe unleashes its Firefly AI video model broadly. Mark Gurman lays out Apple’s headset strategy going forward. What’s been going on with the Internet Archive. What the heck IS going on with WordPress? VC deals are dropping precipitously. And a review of the Meta Quest 3S.
Sponsors:
WashingtonPost.com/ride
Shopify.com/ride
Links:
Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro (The Verge)
Apple Has a New Smart Home Strategy: Screens Everywhere (Bloomberg)
The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks (The Verge)
In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin (TechCrunch)
Venture capital deal activity is slowing down (Axios)
Meta Quest 3S review: Impressive VR for $300 (Engadget)
17 min
October 12, 2024 (Bonus) The Rise And Fall Of Blockbuster Video
Why was Blockbuster so successful? Was it the DVD that killed Blockbuster? What was the deal with late fees? Is there any way Blockbuster, not Netflix, could have won out in the end?
Special guest: Venture Capitalist and Writer MG Siegler!
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1 hr 25 min
October 11, 2024Fri. 10/11 - Cybercab
All the headlines from Tesla’s robotaxi event. AMD unveils the chip it wants to use to go toe to toe with Nvidia. Are people actually making money building GPTs or not so much? And in the longreads, rebuilding Notre Dame as period accurately as possible.
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Links:
Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000 (TechCrunch)
Tesla's Cybercab Is Here (Wired)
Tesla Robovan has something the Cybertruck definitely does not (T3)
AMD launches AI chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell (CNBC)
Xbox will sell games directly in the Android app next month (The Verge)
OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch (Wired)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Google’s Nobel Haul Puts Spotlight on Changing Focus of Scientific Research (Bloomberg)
The Miraculous Resurrection of Notre-Dame (GQ)
18 min
October 10, 2024Thu. 10/10 – OpenAI Won’t Be Profitable Until When?
Apple TV+ finally comes to Prime Video Channels. OpenAI says they’ve been disrupting AI election influence campaigns. But they won’t be profitable until when? How Google plans to beat the regulation rap. And a review of basically the highest end smartwatch you can buy.
Sponsors:
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Links:
Amazon Adds Apple TV+ to Its Channels Store for Streaming (Bloomberg)
OpenAI says bad actors are using its platform to disrupt elections, but with little ‘viral engagement’ (CNBC)
OpenAI Projections Imply Losses Tripling to $14 Billion in 2026 (The Information)
Apple’s Dan Riccio, Key Executive in Both the Jobs and Cook Eras, to Retire (Bloomberg)
Competition and the clock: how Google plans to deflect and delay a historic break-up threat (Financial Times)
Garmin Fenix 8 review: only kind of smart (The Verge)

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18 min
October 09, 2024Wed. 10/09 – Big Podcast Announcement
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The government says it does, in fact, want to break up Google. The Nobel Prize sure does love AI this year. Could Substack win by becoming the default way for creators to monetize? And listen to the end of the show today for a big announcement from me.
Links:
US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case (Bloomberg)
Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again (Wired)
Google DeepMind Scientists Share Nobel for AI Protein Work (Bloomberg)
X Cleared to Return in Brazil After Musk Bows to Judge’s Demands (Bloomberg)
Substack wants to do more than just newsletters (Semafor)
21 min