The US Department of Justice wants to force Google to sell Chrome, its browser, for antitrust reasons. It raises the... more

The the wake of the US election and the increasingly weird vibe on X, there has been yet another exodus... more

It's the first week after the US election, and Down Round is officially making the leap into being an American... more

We are joined once again, for our sins, by the Australian Financial Review's Rear Window columnist Mark Di Stefano. A... more

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It's Halloween this week, and we've got an appropriately spooky episode for you. We're looking back at a random selection... more

Today's ep is the first and last edition of the Down Round Book club. We're talking about Play Nice: The... more

We're lauching a bonus episode this week to officially welcome in the silly season (commences mid October). We're joined by... more

It's another Tesla event, folks. At the tail end of last week, Elon Musk got up on stage and showed... more

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In last week's premium episode, we sounded off about the state of VR and smart glasses. In true Down Round... more

Intel may have more or less invented modern digital computing, but it hasn't been going so crash hot lately. Following... more

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We didn't cover the Apple iPhone keynote last week because it wasn't particularly exciting and there were virtually no surprises.... more

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For decades, technologists have fantasised about the ultimate prize: a humanoid robot, available to consumers and industry, which can perform... more

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Brazil has slapped a ban on X, as the culmination of a dispute between the platform and the country’s judiciary... more

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested over the weekend in France, with prosecutors  accusing him of violations discovered as part... more

Apple's profit from "Services" is set to surpass profits from iPhones within a couple of years, which is pretty crazy,... more

Nike: The brand of brands. When it comes to brands, they're top dog. When it comes to returning money to... more

It's quarterly earnings season, and some of our favourite tech companies are looking a bit shaky. Not because they're not... more

Meta this week released the latest update to their LLM, Llama 3.1. It is ostensibly a "frontier model" on par... more

Recently, the eponymous founders of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz went public in announcing their support for Trump in order... more

You are no doubt aware that the world suffered a fairly significant IT outage at the end of last week,... more

A recent political incident involving the former president provide a stress test of X under Elon Musk. It also provides... more

Real estate tech is an underrated part of the broader tech ecosystem. From listing and buying platforms to property management... more

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Over the past few weeks, several equity reports – from the likes of Goldman Sachs and Barclays – have sounded... more

Australia's experiment with forcing big tech to pay media companies like Nine and News Corp for content is running into... more

Nuclear is in the air. (Not literally.) In Australia, politicians are debating it, while a huge range of nuclear startups... more

Nvidia is the engine room of the AI moment, but they are struggling a little right now. The stock underwent... more

Tencent is one of the largest and most valuable companies on earth, with operations that touch just about every part... more

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This week, Apple held the keynote at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where it traditionally announces its upcoming software... more

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For a long time, it wasn't a great look for startups and big tech – outside of companies like Microsoft... more

In the first part of a two-part episode on Google and OpenAI's tough PR challenges of the past couple of... more

It's time for another edition of DOWN ROUND Q&A. We solicited questions from both or premium members in Discord and... more

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Apple and Google are both on the precipice of announcing deeper integration of generative AI into their respective operating systems.... more

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Anyone who lives in Australia would be aware of Foxtel's new streaming box Hubbl, thanks to an absolutely overwhelming ad... more

Well, it happened: the US passed legislation to force ByteDance to divest TikTok in the country. Now, the company technically... more

Everything is chatbots now. Every company must become a purveyor of bespoke chatbots.The latest cab off the rank is Meta,... more

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Over the past few weeks, there has been a surprising amount of movement in the AI music space. Suno and... more

This week, we're joined by Kyle Harrison, who is General Partner at Contrary, a US venture capital fund. As well... more

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One of the great turnarounds in 21st century was the tobacco industry's shift toward a so-called 'smokeless' future – agreeing... more

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Last week, it was reported that Elon Musk's Neuralink had successfully allowed a patient to play chess with his mind.... more

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This week we're looking at BYD, the Chinese battery maker turned electric vehicle behemoth, which is now the world's biggest... more

Well folks, it's happening again. The US is threatening to ban TikTok. A bill is currently worming its way through... more

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One less discussed angle of the rise of AI and widely available LLMs is the relationship dimension. From ChatGPT's personalisation... more

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Reddit is going public. After a false start a couple of years ago, the online message board is undergoing the... more

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Last week, OpenAI announced Sora, its text-to-video model. Only a few people have their hands on it, so all we... more

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One of the big crazes of the last few years was consumer genetic testing. Through services like 23andme and AncestryDNA,... more

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Apple is releasing its Vision Pro mixed reality headset in the US next month. But some of the biggest platforms... more

The age of the AI device is upon us. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the undisputed star was the... more

Over the Xmas break, the New York Times announced it would be suing OpenAI for copyright infringement, alleging that its... more

Happy New Year! We trust you're all well. Today, we're looking back on the 2023 that was – diving into... more

This is part 3 of Down Round's Christmas and New Years production, all recorded in one session. To get every... more

This is part two of our marathon holiday record. This is a preview – the full episode is available for... more

Welcome to our holiday special. We have recorded a marathon 4 hour podcast with much holiday spirit (we got drunk),... more

We had it all planned out. A huge Xmas bonanza episode featuring guests, fun, laughs and all you could ever... more

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Poor Google. What used to be possibly the best business in human history has taken a few heavy body blows... more

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We last updated you on the OpenAI drama a couple of weeks ago, right in the middle of it. Back... more

Welcome...to the silly season. We answer a bunch of your questions which allows us to prognosticate about the future with... more

The day James left for honeymoon, the unthinkable happened; Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, got boned by his... more

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Once again we’re brought back to the world of AI. Sorry, there’s simply no escape. A few things have happened... more

One of the very first things people realised they could do online was sell their crap. Since that realisation, e-commerce... more

It's official: Sam Bankman-Fried is GUILTY of committing fraud while running his doomed crypto empire at FTX. The crazy-haired freak... more

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Snitch Tech. One of the weirdest trends in tech over the last decade has been the spread of surveillance tech... more

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The first iPad was released over a decade ago and pitched as a bold new frontier for consumer computing. It... more

Wow! We're checking in on OpenAI again. Reporting over the weekend confirmed that the company is on track to book... more

Elon Musk may be a complete weirdo these days, but SpaceX is still a pretty cool company. Started to assist... more

YouTube is indisputably the king of online video, and has been virtually since it launched in 2005. It's part of... more

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Among the numerous announcements made at this year's Meta Connect was a new generation of its smart glasses, developed with... more

Digital identity references a simple idea: how much a computer system knows about you. But, just like everything else, it's... more

The smartphone camera arms race seems to be a little less intense these days, but the quality of a phone... more

If you pay any attention to tech or VC Twitter, Flexport will have crossed your radar. A freight forwarding business... more

Unity is one of the most popular game engines in the world, powering everything from a solid chunk of the... more

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Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites on earth, and an example of a quasi-utopian internet project which has... more

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MrBeast is the most popular individual YouTuber, with over 180 million subscribers. He makes a lot of sleekly produced videos... more

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Snapchat was one of the major social media platforms of the 2010s, and still remains pretty popular with the kids.... more

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QR code menus became popular during the pandemic, when everyone collectively decided it was much safer to have your beers... more

Big news, WeWork fans! The company has announced that it is hurtling towards bankruptcy, with serious doubts about its capacity... more

Recent years have seen a surge in telehealth and online health delivery — from essential prescriptions to more discretionary health... more

Twitter is no more. From the ashes rises X, Elon Musk’s cringely-named attempt to actualise one of his long term... more