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Starring Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood.

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Show Notes

China’s DeepSeek Tops iPhone Downloads and Spurs AI Selloff – Bloomberg

DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost – VentureBeat

DeepSeek FAQ – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The Short Case for Nvidia Stock – YouTube Transcript Optimizer

DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core – 404 Media

Steven Sinofsky on X: “DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here’s Why (History tells us)”

What to Know About China’s DeepSeek AI – WSJ

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations – CNBC

Tools for Humanity: Brazil bans Sam Altman’s tech firm Tools for Humanity from paying for iris scans – The Economic Times

Frustrated YouTube viewers seek explanation for hour-long unskippable ads (Update: Statement) – Android Authority

WhatsApp could soon let iOS users have multiple accounts on one device – Engadget

Tesla, BYD to launch new SUVs to boost Japan’s EV market – Tech in Asia

The next Nothing phone, possibly the Phone (3), has its official launch date – PhoneArena

Trump discussing TikTok purchase with multiple people, decision in 30 days – Reuters

White House in talks Oracle U.S. investors TikTok – CNBC

Perplexity TikTok revised merger proposal – CNBC

Chinese robot maker UBTech eyes mass production of industrial humanoids by year end – Yahoo Tech

Douyin expands services with in-app ride-hailing feature – Tech in Asia

Ditching Meta? Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter – TechCrunch