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May 9, 2024
Thu. 05/09 – The Weird Apple Ad Backlash
AlphaFold 3 is a new AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, the better to cure diseases and create medicine with. More cuts in Microsoft gaming. The community backlash erupting over at Stack Overflow. A…
May 8, 2024
Wed. 05/08 – Bethesda Bloodbath
Multiple Bethesda studios are being shut down by Xbox and gamers are worried. The new Pixel phone announcement yesterday that probably nobody heard about. What if OpenAI decides to go after web search? And the surprising fac…
May 7, 2024
Tue. 05/07 – The Spring Apple Event
All the headlines from today’s Spring Apple event. New iPads? M4 chip? I don’t actually know cause I’m recording this bit beforehand. I can tell you Apple might make its own server chips tho. Nintendo has outlined plans to r…
May 6, 2024
Mon. 05/06 – AI Generated Books, Music Videos And… Fighter Pilots?
Jack Dorsey abandoned Twitter and now he’s abandoned Bluesky as well. YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead. Threads launches post quote controls. More than 40 thousand books on Audible are now voiced by AI. The Air Force is planning…
May 3, 2024
Fri. 05/03 – Apple Earnings Underline Their Predicament
Apple earnings are out and revenue was down almost everywhere. Boy, AI can’t come fast enough for them. Did you know you can send Bluetooth signals to satellites in space? The full Rabbit R1 reviews turned out exactly how we…
May 2, 2024
Thu. 05/02 – TikTok Can Jam Again
The music is back on TikTok with a new deal struck. Maybe a third of Americans were affected by that Change Healthcare hack. Why are companies suddenly cutting teams you’d think would be sacred cows? Airbnb wants you to stay…
May 1, 2024
Wed. 05/01 – An Elon Catchup
Binance founder CZ looks like he’s heading to jail too, but for way less time than SBF. Is the Rabbit R1 just a fancy device for a glorified Android app? Has OpenAI floated a secret pre-release of GPT5? And finally, so much …
April 30, 2024
Tue. 04/30 – Underbaked Hardware Releases
The FCC has fined all the major telecom companies. You’ll never guess why. Why the DMA actions from the EU might be a constant thing. Devs, how about an AI-powered IDE? You’ll never guess why Peacock thinks it can raise pric…
April 29, 2024
Mon. 04/29 – AI Strategies
Apple continues discussions with folks to partner for AI product. Will the upcoming iPad event kick off Apple’s AI strategy? Why does spending on AI seem to work for Google and Microsoft but not for Meta? Why were a bunch of…
April 26, 2024
Fri. 04/26 – Net Neutrality Is Back
Net Neutrality has been voted back into existence. Earnings from Microsoft and Google, but it’s the YouTube numbers that continue to impress me. ByteDance claims it would rather be banned than sell US TikTok. The Onion finds…
April 25, 2024
Thu. 04/25 – Zuck Is Disappointing Wall Street Again
Meta’s earnings were fine, but it’s what Zuck warned about spending that has Wall Street nervous. Sub 2nm chips are on their way. An AI startup has a big new raise after its big raise just a month ago. Google Meet lets you j…
April 24, 2024
Wed. 04/24 – What Now For TikTok?
The TikTok divestment bill has probably already been signed into law. What happens now? What are the legal arguments that this thing can stick? What about things like, you know, the First Amendment? Also, ads in Windows? Tim…
April 23, 2024
Tue. 04/23 – Microsoft’s Own LLMs and Perplexity’s Big Raise
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…
April 22, 2024
Mon. 04/22 – TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?
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 ope…
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Brian McCullough is the co-founder of Ride Home Media and host of The Techmeme Ride Home. He founded ResumeWriters.com and is the author of How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone.
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