A check-in with Elon and Twitter sees things pretty much as they’ve been for about a year now. Is Amazon... more

Zuck tried to front-run the Apple headset announcement this morning. Amazon pays some fines. Apple is testing two new high-end... more

Big names in the AI industry are basically begging governments to regulate AI. But some people are wondering about their... more

As Nvidia joins the rarified trillion dollar market cap club, their recent announcements highlight why they’re truly the center of... more

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When Larry and Sergey first met, they didn’t like each other much... BIBLIOGRAPHY: In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes... more

So, I ran across this quote from Star Trek television producer Rick Berman. He said, “Without porn and Star Trek,... more

We get our first look at how Google is integrating AI into search. You heard me warn you, but the... more

The whole Twitter Space presidential announce did not go well. Microsoft says Chinese hackers have burrowed into critical US infrastructure.... more

All the headlines from yesterday’s Build conference. The big Netflix password crackdown has begun. Did Elon buy Twitter to dethrone... more

Apple continues to play nice with Broadcom despite hoping to drop them someday. The thing people warned about with these... more

Meta got hit by the biggest ever GDPR fine in Europe. A crypto project got taken over by hackers who... more

The earliest days of Amazon with its earliest hire: Shel Kaphan.

I didn't know the whole story of Sam Bankman-Fried. This book will do that for you. From our very good... more

OpenAI has launched an official ChatGPT app for iPhones and iPads. Android coming soon. The Supreme Court actually propped up... more

The first official ban of TikTok by a US state is here. Unskippable tv-like ads are coming to YouTube when... more

If you’ve been letting some of your Google accounts sit fallow, you better look into that cause Google is gonna... more

The EU actually approved the Microsoft Activision acquisition so… what now? The IRS might finally allow us to file our... more

After some news about Apple testing M3 chips, it’s media day on the podcast. Wither Motherboard, as Vice declares bankruptcy.... more

Marc Tarpenning, along with Martin Eberhard, was the cofounder of Tesla Motors back in 2003. But before that, Tarpenning and... more

Yes, the Apple II is maybe more historically important than the Macintosh, at least for Apple as a company. I... more

Elon says he’s hired a new CEO for Twitter, and folks think they know who this person will be. The... more

Twitter finally rolled out encrypted DMs… or did they? More drips and drabs from yesterday’s Google event including an AI... more

I’m writing this this morning before Google’s I/O, so I’m assuming that’s going to be the entirety of this episode.... more

More roiling questions about crypto and regulator enforcement. Nintendo’s Switch is getting long in the tooth. AI’s are coming to... more

What to expect from Google IO. The big discord username switch. Sam Altman’s side hustle is launching a thing. But... more

This is the crossover episode of when I went on the Big Technology podcast on Friday. We ask where the... more

This is the book I've been dying for someone to write! This is how digital media happened for 20 years!... more

Apple earnings recap. A new, free code generating AI tool. Which, actually, lots of people are starting to ask the... more

The regulators have not been sleeping on the AI revolution. Everybody wants to get in on the blue checkmark game.... more

Google releases a new feature to put another nail in the password coffin. Malware merchants are using generative AI. A... more

Looks like that Hollywood strike inspired by AI fears is a go. Apple and Google want to set a new... more

Gurman says the big Apple Watch OS overhaul is nigh. I can already tell you what the biggest tech IPO... more

Another bonus episode from the Internet History Podcast. As promised, Mike Slade is back to tell stories from the period... more

Another bonus episode from the Internet History Podcast. I originally wanted to talk to Mike Slade about Starwave, the innovative... more

More signs that vital communications infrastructure is abandoning Twitter. Reddit is testing Discord-like chat channels. Big layoffs at Clubhouse. Microsoft... more

Meta reported earnings that surprised investors in the good way. But that doesn’t mean they’re backing off the Metaverse. Global... more

The UK is blocking Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition. A quick rundown of Microsoft and Alphabet earnings. The new Mavic drone is... more

Methinks Coinbase is orchestrating laying the groundwork for a showdown with US regulators. Slack rolls out Canvas, which seems pretty... more

Would you believe me if I told you there was more Twitter chaos over the weekend. More details on the... more

Again, my Internet History Podcast interview with Chamath Palihapitiya of the All In podcast from 2016.

Again, this is a republishing of my Jason Calacanis interview from the Internet History Podcast.

More… I dunno… Twitter things are happening. Google is consolidating its AI efforts. We now have a hint about what... more

Are Elon and Microsoft fully at war at this point? Does Coinbase already have one foot out the country at... more

That Netflix ad tier seems to be paying off. But it’s also the end of the road for those famous... more

Is the AI revolution going to kick of a silicon revolution with a whole new generation of chips? Coinbase would... more

Hey everybody, back from Ireland, and man, the universe dumped all the news on me this morning. Google is rushing... more

AWS has begun offering customers access to LLMs made by Anthropic, Stability AI, and AI21 Labs, as they look to... more

The stocks of Apple suppliers Cirrus Logic and AAC are down after reporting that iPhone 15 Pro models won’t have... more

Elon Musk did a big spontaneous interview with the BBC last night on Twitter Spaces, but here’s two things that... more

Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style bot, and mere hours later the Cyberspace Administration of China announced plans to require security reviews... more

Twitter has stopped throttling tweets with Substack links in them, but only after Elon Musk denied they were ever blocked.... more

Check out David Auerbach's books: Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities Bitwise: A Life... more

Shenanigans from some Elon companies. Twitter looks like it’s blocking Substack. Not just links to Substack but even mentioning the... more

More examples of chatbots hallucinating might lead to the first lawsuits. Did you know that you have a copy of... more

Sony might be developing a sort of PS Vita mark 2. Sad news of the death of a well-known silicon... more

We’ve said before that Elon owns Twitter, so if he decides to change the logo to a Shiba Inu, you... more

The blue checks went away on Twitter over the weekend. Or did they? More interesting details on those Pinduoduo app... more

I can tell you E3 is officially cancelled this year, but I’m kinda thinking it might be dead for good.... more

Wait, are we NOT going to see the new Apple headset at WWDC? Twitter’s new API tiers? Ads are coming... more

Over 1,000 big names sign a petition urging a pause on AI development. What analysts think AI could to for... more

I titled an episode last week “Twilight Of The Blue Checks.” Well, today is the sequel, “Rise Of The Blue... more

Looks like the short, sharp, SVB saga has reached the beginning of a conclusion. Twitter source code has been leaked.... more

Robert from Rownd shares his most recent investor update live and in real time, so you can hear how these... more

Twitter is finally sunsetting its legacy verified program. OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins. Do Kwan has been detained and is... more

Coinbase got a Wells Notice, which is not good. Hindenburg research has a new note out and is making short... more

Well, we’ve got Google Bard. We’ve got a new Copilot from GitHub. Bing Image Creator is rolling out. Mozilla AI... more

Ahead of a major showdown in Congress this week, TikTok wants the US to know exactly how popular it is.... more

New bots to make video from text prompts. Fending off the bots from biting your style. Falling in love with... more

Amazon Kindle gets out of the magazine business. An ironically named PE firm is buying Porn Hub. Midjourney v5 is... more

For the first time ever, I had to delay producing this show so I could watch and cover and AI... more

GPT-4 is unveiled and it’s multimodal, and man, is everybody rushing to make use of this stuff. Alleged renders of... more

Those expected layoffs have come to Meta. AI tools come to Google Workspace and an API for Google’s PaLM language... more

Unless it affected you, you might have missed a huge tech story this weekend. But now that depositors to Silicon... more

Cadre.com is revolutionizing commercial real estate investing.

There’s really only one story right now. The troubles at Silicon Valley Bank and how it has literally everyone in... more

Silvergate Capital is shutting down, so the crypto winter just got colder. Microsoft says the new Bing has crossed 100... more

Today, you might have heard about the latest Elon controversy where he criticized an employee, and then walked it all... more

TikTok launches a paywall, but it’s all about the creators. Salesforce has its own generative AI product. More layoffs coming... more

As Microsoft begins to integrate AI into its core enterprise and productivity products, are we ready for the scamming that... more

Checking in on the state of the tech job market with Grupa.io.

Everyone in crypto stops doing business with Silvergate. Brave search launches an AI summarizer. A look at TikTok's AI Bold... more

A ChatGPT API for business is here. Microsoft gives Bing those nobs and dials that I’ve been talking about. What... more

Decentralized social network Bluesky launches in the iOS App Store. TikTok adds wellbeing feature for families and kids. You know... more

AI-powered Bing is now integrated into Windows. Elon wants to compete with OpenAI, a company he co-founded. Major financial institutions... more

Snap wants to go the route of the movie Her, with a personified chatbot inside of Snapchat. Interesting layoffs at... more

Find out more and see demos at Nanome.ai

Is the DOJ about to sue to stop of Adobe’s acquisition of Figma? Confirmation of the lower end mixed reality... more

Coinbase wants to let a thousand Web3 flowers bloom by launching its own Layer 2 network. The new iPhone specs... more

This chatbot AI revolution has hit a major roadblock in China. What does it mean if science fiction publications are... more

Microsoft tries again to convince people it won’t hoard Call of Duty as an Xbox exclusive. Linux now plays nice... more

The US is suing Terraform Labs and Do Kwon. The UK is investigating rumors that Google paid Apple NOT to... more

Microsoft is revealing what it’s learned from us poking around on the new Bing. It seems that once developers begin... more

More signs the chat bots are maybe a little undercooked, and whooo doggy. Wait until you hear what I mean.... more

People are saying Elon is showing you his tweets whether you asked to see them or not. More fodder for... more

Binance’s stablecoin seems to be dead, but with regulatory questions swirling around Paxos, I’m wondering if all stablecoins might about... more

More job cuts at Microsoft make me wonder if the HoloLens is still a thing. But also, we have data... more

Feel free to tweet your manifestos now as Twitter Blue subscribers can tweet up to 4,000 characters. Is the Fediverse... more

Microsoft unveils a new Bing search that basically moves the yardsticks down the field in terms of what chat can... more

Bored of phone and gadget launches, well prepare yourself for AI product launches, cause we’re getting a bunch of them... more

Is Apple considering launching an “Ultra” version of the iPhone as soon as this year? Have the good Twitter bots... more

Earnings wrapups from Alphabet: investors just want to know when the AI is coming. From Apple: they’re still not planning... more

Meta singlehandedly bucks the narrative that it’s the sick man of Silicon Valley. Twitter is cutting off free access to... more

You think things are bad in your corner of the tech sector? Wait until I tell you about the memory... more

Today, some weird headlines from the world of gaming. Is VR gaming a big nothingburger for gamers themselves? Is E3... more

Apres ChatGPT, prepare yourself for the generative AI deluge. Amazon says the free lunch for grocery delivery is over. More... more

What can make Buzzfeed hit our headlines two days in a row? How about jumping on the ChatGPT bandwagon? Amazon... more

I get all metaphysical about where the tech industry is going right now with a record slowdown in smartphone shipments,... more

I’m gonna tell you why I think the latest antitrust suit against Google might be the most important one in... more

Alright. It’s on. Mark Gurman has literally all the details on Apple’s forthcoming mixed reality headset. The DOJ might already... more

More tech layoffs, and why I’m suggesting we might only be in the early innings of this tech retrenchment. Big... more

Now Alphabet has monster layoffs to announce. How much of it is about getting Google ready to battle OpenAI? More... more

Is Genesis finally on the verge of bankruptcy? Instagram wants you to take a break… from Instagram… and they’re even... more

The original HomePod is basically back, even though it’s not the original cause it’s been updated. Apple’s AR/VR plans continue... more

New Macs and New M2 chips from Santa Tim this morning. Microsoft has made its Azure OpenAI Service generally available.... more

Our big AI discussion with @ReamBraden and @swyx. Shawn just posted this new essay drawing on what we discussed here: Every Google... more

The SEC just officially labeled two crypto lending programs as unregistered securities? Is the regulatory tsunami beginning? Did Tim Cook... more

Is Apple finally ready to bring touchscreens to Macs? Sam Bankman Fried has a Substack. Apple Maps courts businesses. Is... more

Yet another software snafu with the airlines this morning. Apple’s about to do its own screens, its own modems, what... more

Well, now there’s VALL-E, a text to speech technology that could fully replace me as this podcast narrator. It looks... more

Mark Gurman tells us when Apple’s “Reality Pro” headset will be announced, made available to developers, and made available to... more

OpenAI is raising more money. Apple’s headset launch might be delayed to the summer. But no worries, cause HTC unveiled... more

Amazon’s layoffs are bigger than we thought. Meta’s new fines in Europe could be a way, way bigger deal than... more

Is Microsoft gonna steal one on Google by bring ChatGPT to Bing search? What is Bonk, the new crypto coin... more

CES kicks off with Intel detailing it’s new 13th gen chips for laptops. A big PyTorch warning. Why that whole... more

Wait, why are Alameda-linked wallets coming back to life all of the sudden? If you do things with a DAO... more

Not an exchange blowing up, but is one of the biggest crypto projects in recent years losing developers and maybe... more

SBF is in the US just in time to see two of his lieutenants have flipped on him to the... more

A new prediction for 2023, the sports streaming wars. What’s with all the weirdness going on with Anker’s security cameras?... more

Amazon settles two EU antitrust cases. An old crypto mystery resurfaces and dormant wallets spring back to life. TikTok will... more

I dunno. Is Elon not the head of Twitter anymore? He posted a poll, people voted for him to step... more

Emergency bonus episode! Is this the moment for Twitter alternatives? T2.social is one of them and the founder of that... more

Elon Musk has once again proven that the flesh is weak because there’s a new Twitter controversy and I can’t... more

I’ll get into the whole Twitter banning private jet tracking accounts thing, but use that to explain how and even... more

Apple is going to allow third-party app stores, but only in Europe for now. Your Tesla is now a full-fledged... more

SBF is under arrest. The Feds have charged him. The SEC has charged him. The CFTC has charged him. CZ... more

Xiaomi has released its newest flagship smartphones. A bunch of worrying headlines surrounding Binance. Twitter Blue is back. Have scientists... more

What were the biggest stories of 2022? What will be the biggest tech stories of 2023?

This is going to make the situation in the gaming industry downright chaotic. The FTC has sued to block Microsoft's... more

Apple is going back all in on privacy in a big way with Advanced Data Protection. I’ll explain. Did Sam... more

In an attempt to keep their acquisition of Activision… active, Microsoft wants to bring Call of Duty to the Nintendo... more

Is the government investigating Neuralink for animal cruelty? Why is Microsoft increasing prices for Xbox games? How much does it... more

Maybe put the breaks on an early release of that Apple AR/VR headset. And maybe pump the breaks on the... more

Mark Gurman has details on Apple ramping up development of its mixed-reality headset, targeting a launch next year. Elon has... more

A summary of last night’s Sam Bankman Fried show. Elon visits Tim Cook and maybe they buried the hatchet? Now... more

The Covid lockdown at that Foxconn factory has lifted. The surprising strength of the smartwatch sector. The surprising failure of... more

Elon says he’s willing to go to war with Apple. Why now? Is Apple really threatening Twitter’s status in the... more

All of the protests erupting in China have, not only a definite tech angle, but might have been triggered by... more

Check out the extensive paper on LEO satellites and Internet from space at InternetSociety.org/techmeme

Actual rioting happening at the major Foxconn factory that produces iPhones. Microsoft fully embraces Linux. Advertisers continue to flee from... more

The contagion in crypto continues to teeter on a knife’s edge. Why were Sam Bankman Fried’s parents allegedly buying property... more

Ruh roh. Storm clouds gathering in crypto land again. This time it’s DCG and Genesis. The shocking CEO revolving door... more

The great Anil Dash joined us to talk about... well, what do you think we talked about? But also, a... more

I’m here with you all as we wait for the end of Twitter together. Unless it doesn’t die. In which... more

The guy who handled the Enron bankruptcy says FTX is the worst he’s ever seen. Xbox gets full Discord integration.... more

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip. DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking blocker but for Android, the latest headlines from the two stories you know... more

If you tell Elon he doesn’t know what he’s doing, you could get fired. Matt Levine looks into the abyss... more

Twitter still lives, at least at the time of this writing. But thousands more contractors have been laid off. CZ... more

Just two big stories, as it’s been all week, but instead of ONLY giving you the latest, I want to... more

More twists and turns in the FTX, SBF, CZ saga as the entire crypto sector continues to get rocked. I’d... more

The Meta layoffs are here and they’re brutal. But rumors are, TikTok is cutting back also. What even is the... more

Why has FTX appeared to have halted withdrawals? Innocent explanation, or could we have another big crypto blowup brewing? What... more

Looks like those rumors of massive Meta layoffs might be coming true this week. Covid has led to brand new... more

The layoffs have begun at Twitter. And while Twitter might shutter its Substack competitor, Substack has moved into Twitter’s turf... more

Is TikTok still in danger of running afoul of government bans? WhatsApp gets Groups. Gmail gets package tracking. Instagram gets... more

We know when the PlayStation VR2 is coming, when you can pre-order it, and how much it’s gonna cost. What... more

Will charging for blue checks actually help Twitter monetarily or… frankly, any way, at all? Amazon has expanded ad-free Music.... more

Just, massive wholesale changes at Twitter, including possibly making folks pay up for features. Pitty the poor tech billionaires who... more

Readocracy is restoring sanity to the world by making how you inform yourself count for something. Troll-free, bot-free, ad-free.

Area man completes acquisition of social media platform. And now the fun begins? Amazon had bad earnings, but Apple mostly... more

(BOMB SOUND). That’s the sound of Meta’s disastrous earnings announcement yesterday. That’s the sort of insightful analysis you come to... more

Meta and Spotify both call Apple out on their recent App Store aggressiveness. Soft earnings from Microsoft and worrying earnings... more

Apple tries to wedge the App Store vig into another market. Prices are going up for your favorite Apple services.... more

Did investing in Chinese tech become a fool’s errand over the weekend? A deep dive on how TSMC is caught... more

Talking this week's big week for AI, with Parker Thompson (@pt) plus @miguelisolano & @mignano

I said Elon’s name five times in front of a mirror and the whole Elon/Twitter headlines came flooding back into... more

The big Solana challenger had a terrible first day of trading. Previews of the new Thunderbolt standard. Reviews of the... more

Netflix actually beat on earnings and customer additions. Why their pivot to ads might actually be in line with their... more

New iPad Pros and new Apple TV 4ks. Meta walks away from the Giphy acquisition. Layoffs at Microsoft. High attrition... more

Looks like Ye, née Kanye West, is going to try to buy the social network Parler. A look at the... more

We now know how much Netflix with Ads will cost; we think we know how many ads they have to... more

Signal is phasing out SMS and MMS. Microsoft is sunsetting Microsoft Office branding. The SEC is poised to officially ban... more

Only two big stories really. We break down yesterday’s Meta VR event, including the new high end Quest Pro. But... more

A whole bunch of things, including a major US bank getting into crypto custody, paying for Google cloud with crypto,... more

There’s another huge crypto hack and I’ll give you two guesses as to what folks think the culprit is. The... more

All the headlines from the Made By Google event. Elon sure wants to avoid being deposed. Why a guilty verdict... more

Yes, we’ll get into the whole Twitter/Elon thing. Seems he wants the original deal again… or does he? Tesla is... more

The EU has made USB-C the charging port law of the land. Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone with a 200MP camera.... more

Kim Kardashian has settled with the SEC over crypto promotion on social media. I continue to Wonder if, aside from... more

NFT Struggles, Google Stadia And New Kindles with @aidanfitzryan and @ArtSabintsev

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Google is abandoning a major project, maybe it’s biggest cancellation ever.... more

Meta takes down an app that tried to strip out the cruft from Instagram (but also the ads). Bunch of... more

On second thought, Apple is pulling back on iPhone production which suggests demand is not what they anticipated. Intel’s new... more

Sam Bankman-Fried finally scoops up Voyager’s assets. Meta says Russia has launched the biggest disinformation campaign of the war. Nreal... more

UK police make an arrest many believe is related to those recent Uber and Rockstar hacks. Will the iPhone get... more

Argyle is a BIM to Augmented Reality app for Heavy Construction. More at Argyle.Build

If DAO’s are a modern, blockchain take on the corporation, I’ve got a big, worrying thing to tell you about... more

More gaming hacks. Instagram wants to stop unsolicited sending of nudes. Layoffs come for Meta in all but name. The... more

Twitch is the main character of the show today, for good and bad reasons. YouTube takes a serious swing at... more

Now the hackers have come for the crypto market makers. Spotify gets into the Audiobooks game. Slack gets in on... more

Did the same kid who allegedly hacked Uber allegedly leak GTA VI gameplay over the weekend? Interpol drops a red... more

Building the fundamental assets for the metaverse, with Treasury. If you want to learn more, contact me, or check out... more

Uber is investigating a breach of its systems that has caused it to take some of its most important systems... more

Adobe plans to acquire Figma for the biggest ever private software company acquisition. Is this a sign of things to... more

Arrest warrants for those behind LUNA and UST. Anti-cheating technology comes to video games. Apple is going all in on... more

Google does what it does best. Kills a product line. As the Twitter whistleblower testifies before congress, did extreme heat... more

One of those new Meta Quest headsets just happens to have been found in the wild. New Roku gear. Starbucks... more

Is the US government about to legally curtail proof of work crypto projects? Intel’s big new GPU specs. Uber Eats... more

Disney’s former CEO throws another lifeline to Elon Musk in his Twitter suit. Crypto folks are suing the US Treasury... more

All the headlines from Apple’s Far Out iPhone event. Not to be outdone, details on the next Google Pixel event... more

Pretty high priority zero-day to tell you about. Is Binance about to upend the stablecoin market with its muscle? When... more

Talking the state of Snap, Substack, and the creator economy generally, with @kyurieff, @simonowens and others!

The iPhone install base has surpassed the Android install base in the US for the first time basically since Android... more

At long last, an edit button has come to Twitter. Nvidia and AMD say the US has imposed restrictions on... more

Huge, huge layoffs at Snap. Say hello to Apple Xcode Cloud Subscriptions. Say hello to “can’t be evil” NFT licenses.... more

Elon looks like he’s grabbing onto the Twitter whistleblower as a new argumentative lifeline. The big new CPU lineup from... more

Really, Apple? THAT is what you’re going to call your AR/VR glasses? I tell you what “that” is. A look... more

First up, we have @KevinTDugan to give us deeper insight into the whole Twitter whistleblower situation. And then, @KylanGibbs of... more

Forget 5G, T-Mobile and SpaceX are teaming up to offer Zero-G Services. LastPass has gotten hacked, but we think your... more

The Twitter Whistleblower is a big concern for Twitter, no matter what happens with the Elon stuff. Amazon zags slightly... more

A deep dive into that Twitter whistleblower, because the allegations are getting pretty interesting, and it turns out he’s a... more

The former head of security at Twitter has blown the whistle on the company saying it was… crap at security.... more

Amazon continues to be serious about becoming your healthcare provider. Elon Musk is raising prices, I guess cause he can.... more

Looks like Evan Spiegel is retrenching in his dreams of making Snap primarily a camera company. Are we about to... more

Why the date of Apple’s iPhone event is interesting. Why Netflix will take away downloads for its ad-tier. Is the... more

Cracking down on house parties as a service. Apple makes moves to diversify the supply chain. Another worrying datapoint from... more

Was the Twilio breach really about hacking into Signal users? Apple’s serious about returning to the office. Tired: a global... more

Dutch authorities have arrested a developer related to Tornado Cash. But is there a grey area here that is a... more

Smart money management for web3 organizations. Find out more at Mesha.club.

We speak today with Bloomberg Economics columnist Noah Smith. Are we in a recession? Are we in store for an... more

Dutch authorities have arrested a developer related to Tornado Cash. But is there a grey area here that is a... more

Disney embraces inflation because it kind of has to. How Facebook and Instagram are sneakily still tracking you, even after... more

All the headlines from this morning’s Galaxy Unpacked event. Walmart wants to ad video to keep up with Prime. Spotify... more

WhatsApp rolls out privacy features. The battery icon returns to the iPhone. China is growing restless over its silicon industry.... more

Masa Son takes another one on the chin, another record loss. The US Treasury is sanctioning a major crypto mixing... more

Devs! Download the app at Stashpad.com and help us finalize everything before the big launch!

Our friend Alex Kantrowitz returns to my kitchen table for a crossover episode with Big Technology Podcast (subscribe here) to... more

Amazon wants to acquired the company that makes the Roomba robot, or as it’s known in my family, Vrrrrooom. We... more

Apple is delaying releasing iPadOS 16 just because it’s trying to make Stage Manager not suck. I wasn’t imagining it…... more

Now the hackers are stealing crypto from individual wallets at scale. Robinhood makes a massive layoff announcement. Y Combinator is... more

Seriously, what is it with crypto bridges? Why are they seemingly so easy to hack? New York cracks down on... more

Apple opens up Apple Pay a tiny bit. But again, from pressure from the Europeans. Meta is accused of abetting... more

Check out Cognitive Talent Solutions here, or get in touch with me to put you in touch with them. And if... more

Matthew Ball comes on to talk about his new book: The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything. Then, Jason... more

Even a weak earnings report from Apple can still break records. Instagram’s been in a stare down with the Kardashians,... more

Meta has reported its first-ever YoY quarterly revenue decline. The FTC has moved to block a Meta acquisition, the first... more

I’ll wrap up the earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Spotify and Shopify. Proof that the cost of a data breach for... more

Is the SEC about to crack down on Coinbase? Why is Kylie Jenner mad at Instagram? Why are all the... more

NFL+ arrives, and at the end of the show, we’ll take a deep dive into sports rights as the great... more

Saoud Kalifah of FakeSpot.com joins us to discuss what I guess we could call, the fake review economy. Chris made... more

Well, things weren’t so rosy with Twitter earnings, and downright abysmal over at Snap. The Feds bring the first ever... more

Amazon is acquiring actual doctors offices. Facebook splits the newsfeed to make it more TikTok-y. Minecraft foreswears NFTs. The big... more

Netflix reported earnings that weren’t as bad as even they had been telegraphing. So that’s something. The court case is... more

Amazon is stepping up its war against bogus product reviews. Netflix is testing more crackdowns on password sharing. Slack is... more

Everything we cover is in a full vibe shift of… pulling back. Coinbase sent some eyebrows up over the weekend,... more

Ride Home Fund's latest investment: the smart ring/device controller ArcX! More at https://arcx.fit/ Invest in ArcX via the Ride Home Fund... more

Now the haircuts have come for Stripe, but they took theirs voluntarily. Who’s responsible for the big hole on Celsius’... more

Celsius files for bankruptcy. Tesla loses a key Autopilot exec. Netflix chooses Microsoft for it’s ads partnership. Could TikTok be... more

Twitter officially sues Elon Musk and by the sound of things, has decided to go to the mattresses. Has Apple... more

Liquidators say they can't find the Three Arrows Capital founders. The FTC will crack down on data-anonymization claims. Another smart... more

The famous stock market player Bernard Baruch once said, paraphrasing: Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes... more

Part 2 of the eBay story from the Internet History podcast.

Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyberattacks. Also, Mark Gurman has some details on... more

Will regulators wreck the great gaming consolidation? Can the US bully it’s way to blocking China’s chip development? Are Dilithium... more

The Crypto Crash goes ever onward. Klarna is going on a realty tv show called, Now That’s what I Call... more

From my original Internet History Podcast, the first of my two episodes outlining the story of eBay, in-depth, as I... more

Time for some deep analysis of the podcast industry. Is Spotify gonna take over all of audio? Is the blockchain... more

While I'm away briefly for vacation, here's a talk I gave at Google in December 2018 around the time my... more

One good thing about the crypto crash is you can get affordable graphics cards again. Layoffs come to the Metaverse.... more

I joke its Groundhog Day, but if you’re a crypto billionaire, you probably want the repetition to end as much... more

Why there’s a HUGE tech angle to the whole Roe V. Wade controversy. Google’s shutting down one of their chat... more

Are we in for the biggest deluge in new Apple products, maybe ever? Why, though, are the new MacBook Pros... more

No guest this week (though the great @EvanKirstel does show up at one point) but we covered a wide range... more

The fire sale on tech companies has begun. More big important hacks to be aware of. Another crypto bridge has... more

Would you want my voice to be the voice of your Alexa? An interesting raise that can change people’s vocal... more

News is new again, after Google does a size-able redesign. Copilot AI is available on GitHub, but is it worth... more

Did something happen while I was away? Sort of like everything crashing in crypto? Apple wants to kill the CAPTCHA... more

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