Google is changing its rules around political ads, PayPal is acquiring Honey for a ton of money, why have a Dash Button when you can have a Dash Shelf? Route puts all your orders in one place and I’m afraid Google’s original culture is definitively dead.

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Links:An update on our political ads policy (The Keyword/Google)Google to Limit Targeting of Political Ads (NYTimes)Facebook Weighs Steps to Curb Narrowly Targeted Political Ads (WSJ)PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B (TechCrunch)Amazon unveils new Dash Smart Shelf that automatically reorders items when supplies run low (GeekWire)Route's app auto-tracks all your packages, raises $12M (TechCrunch)Inside Apple’s iPhone Software Shakeup After Buggy iOS 13 Debut (Bloomberg)Google Hires Firm Known for Anti-Union Efforts (NYTimes)

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Thu. 11/21 - Google's Culture Is Dead

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Microsoft has launched new lightweight AI models. Perplexity has a big new raise. Meta wants other people to build Quest headsets. Another reason Apple needs to find new revenue. And if Congress really is going to ban TikTok, are they ever going to tell us exactly why?

Tue. 04/23 – Microsoft’s Own LLMs and Perplexity’s Big Raise

I know we’ve said this before, but TikTok really seems on the brink this time. What the heck is going on with Tesla? Tinder wants you to share your date. Streamers want you to stop dating around and playing the field. An open-source smarthome standard. And again, do we really need standalone AI devices when we already have smartphones?

Mon. 04/22 – TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?

Meta released Llama 3 yesterday, and some of the moves they made have made be consider if Zuck could win these first AI wars. Is Zuck also getting aggressive in VR? Why Apple had to take down the WhatsApp and Threads apps in China. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

Fri. 04/19 – All The News About Llama 3

Google has fired 28 employees for political protests yesterday. A well-known coding school has been fined by the CFPB. Game emulators come to the iPhone. TikTok’s Instagram clone is rolling out. Has Sony perfecting Mini LED TVs? And the Atlas robot has been reborn in a new body!

Thu. 04/18 – Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!

T-Mobile and Verizon employees are being offered bribes for SIM swaps. How much coding copilots have taken over. How much would you value Mistral or Cohere in the LLM race? How popular has Airchat gotten? How big has Amazon Prime gotten? And one of the original modern robots is being retired.

Thu. 11/21 - Google's Culture Is Dead

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