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January 13, 2024 (Bonus) John Gruber Talks Apple And AI
John Gruber joins Chris and I to talk about AI Hardware, Apple's AI strategy and Apple's Vision Pro launch.
1 hr 15 min
January 12, 2024Fri. 01/12 – Perplexity, The AI Challenger To Google Search
How did bitcoin do on its first day of ETF trading? Where are all these tech layoffs coming from? The weird case of eBay executives allegedly harassing people. A look at the AI company taking direct aim at Google Search. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Sponsors:
Miro.com/podcast

Links:
US bitcoin ETFs see $4.6 billion in volume in first day of trading (Reuters)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (The Verge)
U.S. Criminally Charges EBay in Cyberstalking Case (NYTimes)
This One-Year-Old Startup Is Hoping to be the Next Google—Can It Succeed? (The Information)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How AI Replaced the Metaverse as Zuckerberg’s Top Priority (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God (Fast Company)
How much detail is too much? Midjourney v6 attempts to find out (ArsTechnica)
17 min
January 11, 2024Thu. 01/11 – Bitcoin ETFs, For Real This Time
The Bitcoin ETFs are here. For real, this time. OpenAI’s GPT store is here. Surprising new layoffs at Google. Netflix continues to show signs that ads are working for them. The Rabbit R1 continues to be a shocking success. And say hello to an AI George Carlin.
Sponsors:
Miro.com/podcast

Links:
US SEC approves bitcoin ETFs in watershed for crypto market (Reuters)
Gary Gensler's Begrudging Bitcoin ETF Concession: 'We Did Not Approve or Endorse Bitcoin' (CoinDesk)
Google lays off hundreds working on its voice-activated assistant (Semafor)
Google reorganizing Pixel hardware: Fitbit’s James Park leaving, layoffs hit AR team (9to5Google)
Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions (NYTimes)
OpenAI Launches New Store For Users to Share Custom Chatbots (Bloomberg)
Netflix’s Ad Tier Now Has More Than 23 Million Monthly Active Users, Advertising Chief Says (Variety)
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (TechCrunch)
AI-Generated ‘George Carlin’ Comedy Special Blasted by Comedian’s Daughter (RollingStone)
17 min
January 10, 2024Wed. 01/10 – The X Post That Sent Crypto Reeling
The SEC’s X account was compromised by somebody jumping the gun on that Bitcoin ETF thing. Layoffs are back, even at companies that are about to ship their first, high profile products. The hardware AI device at CES that everybody was talking about yesterday. And what AI could do for medical drug discovery, like, right now.
Sponsors:
Shipstation.com, Promocode: Ride
Miro.com/podcast
Links:
SEC Has Not Approved Bitcoin ETFs, but Its Hacked X Account Briefly Said Otherwise (CoinDesk)
Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff (Bloomberg)
Humane lays off 4 percent of employees before releasing its AI Pin (The Verge)
Rabbit’s Little Walkie-Talkie Learns Tasks That Stump Siri and Alexa (Wired)
SAG-AFTRA Signs Deal With Voiceover Studio for AI Use in Video Games (Variety)
Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform (Quora)
DeepMind spin-off aims to halve drug discovery times following Big Pharma deals (Financial Times)

CES Videos YouTube Channel
18 min
January 09, 2024Tue. 01/09 – Do We Need ChatGPT In Our Cars?
OpenAI responds to the lawsuit from the NYTimes. Do you need ChatGPT in your car? VW thinks you do. Sony teases a “spatial” VR headset. Apple only wants you to call the Vision Pro “spatial computing.” And how you too can sign up to get a demo of the Vision Pro in a couple of weeks.
Sponsors:
Miro.com/podcast

Links:
OpenAI and journalism (OpenAI Blog)
Amazon Debuts Video-Streaming Feature That Rivals Apple AirPlay (Bloomberg)
Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’ (The Verge)
Sony teased a ‘spatial’ VR headset with a smart control ring (The Verge)
Instagram and Facebook Will Stop Treating Teens Like Adults (WSJ)
Apple Vision Pro demos in retail stores will begin on February 2 (9to5Mac)
Apple asks developers not to refer to their visionOS apps as ‘AR’ or ‘VR’ (9to5Mac)
Luma raises $43M to build AI that crafts 3D models (TechCrunch)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Near Deal to Buy Juniper Networks (WSJ)

CES Videos YouTube Channel
17 min
January 08, 2024Mon. 01/08 – Vision Pro Announce Steals CES Spotlight
We now know when the Vision Pro is coming. February 2nd. But you can pre-order on January 19. Xreal’s new Vision Pro competitor. New Wifi announcements from CES. That big Elon possibly using drugs story from the Journal this weekend. And for the first time ever, Netflix is cutting back on producing new shows.
Sponsors:
Miro.com/podcast

Links:
The Apple Vision Pro will launch in February (The Verge)
Apple’s Biggest Challenges in 2024 Have Little to Do With the iPhone (Bloomberg)
Wi-Fi’s next big upgrade is officially here (The Verge)
Xreal’s new AR glasses are aimed at the Apple Vision Pro (The Verge)
Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX (WSJ)
Netflix Cuts Over 100 Shows In Major Programming Shift (Bloomberg)

The CES YouTube Playlist
17 min
January 05, 2024Fri. 01/05 – Bringing Back The Hardware Keyboard For Smartphones?
Another big Tesla recall, this time in China, this time, all of them. Every car they ever sold. BNPL is… not dead? Not if holiday shopping data is to be believed. That Blackberry-style iPhone keyboard case that everybody is talking about. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
Tesla Recalls 1.6 Million Cars in China Due to Autopilot Crash Risk (Bloomberg)
Adobe: Online Holiday Sales Reached Record $222 Billion in 2023 (PMNTS)
Amazon Captured 29% of Online Orders Before Christmas (Bloomberg)
Netflix Considers Ways to Make Money From Videogames in Possible Pivot (WSJ)
OpenAI Offers Publishers as Little as $1 Million a Year (The Information)
Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless. (Politico)
New Spin on a Revolving Door: Pentagon Officials Turned Venture Capitalists (NYTimes)
Boy, 13, Is Believed to Be the First to ‘Beat’ Tetris (NYTimes)
Full game of Tetris beaten for the first time by 13-year-old Willis Gibson AKA 'Blue Scuti' (YouTube)
17 min
January 04, 2024Thu. 01/04 – A New Keyboard Button Just For AI
Your Windows keyboard is getting its first new key in 30 years. Elon might offer you a cellular plan someday. Is 23andMe blaming the victims of that big data breach? Roku is going high end. XPS laptops are getting bigger. And yes, 2023 was a bad year for all sides of the Venture Capital game.
Sponsors:
Kolide.com/ride

Links:
Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years (The Verge)
SpaceX Launches First Cell Service Satellites With T-Mobile (Bloomberg)
LastPass now requires 12-character master passwords for better security (BleepingComputer)
23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached (TechCrunch)
Roku Launches First High-End TVs in Search of Revenue Growth (Bloomberg)
Dell’s XPS laptop lineup is about to look very different (The Verge)
Silicon Valley Startups Had Their Worst Funding Year Since 2019 (Bloomberg)
17 min
January 03, 2024Wed. 01/03 – Why Is Facebook Rolling Out Link History?
Facebook has a new feature, Link History, but why are they doing this and why now? I’m asking. A look at those jockeying to get ahead of a bitcoin ETF. The next Galaxy event is official. A look at the big AI player we seldom talk about. And a look at the AI influencers who are flooding social media.
Links:
Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit (Gizmodo)
Fidelity sets Bitcoin ETF fee at 0.39% ahead of expected SEC approvals (Fortune)
Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17 (PCMag)
Can Midjourney’s CEO Stop a Storm of Fake Election Images? (Bloomberg)
How AI-created fakes are taking business from online influencers (Financial Times)
17 min
January 02, 2024Tue. 02/01 – The Premium Smartphone Market, And The Premium-Premium
Telegram has completely redesigned its app. Microsoft has brought Copilot to iOS. Camera makers are remaking their hardware for the age of AI. There’s the premium smartphone market, and then there’s the premium premium market segment, and those are the only parts of the smartphone market you want to be in. And will 2024 be the year the Internet gets weird again?
Links:
Telegram rolls out revamped voice and video calls, new delete animation on Android (9to5Google)
Bitcoin climbs above $45,000 to 21-month peak as new year kicks off (Reuters)
Global Premium Smartphone Market Continues to See Record Sales in 2023 (Counterpoint)
Smartphone makers bet on foldables to revive lacklustre market (Financial Times)
Nikon, Sony and Canon fight AI fakes with new camera tech (Nikkei Asia)
Microsoft’s Copilot app is now available on iOS (The Verge)
The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again (Rolling Stone)

Link to the YouTube version of the smartphone segment
18 min