Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

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Wed. 07/09 – Samsung Unpacked

All the of the headlines from the Galaxy Unpacked event that was mostly about really thin foldable phones. Big changing of the guard at Apple. What ha...

Jul 9, 2025 16m Summary available

Tue. 07/08 – Zuck Poaches AI Talent From Apple

How much further behind can Apple get in AI now that Zuck is poaching from them as well? OpenAI has been forced to batten down the hatches, quite lite...

Jul 8, 2025 16m Summary available

Mon. 07/07 – What Did I Miss?

Catching you up on the great Zuckerberg AI recruitment drive. Clueing you in to the great datacenter buildout goldrush that is, again, all about AI. T...

Jul 7, 2025 16m Summary available

Wed. 07/02 – In Meta v. OpenAI, Who’s Desperate And Who’s Scared?

More layoffs make me more concerned the AI jobpocalypse is coming to tech this summer. In the big Meta v. OpenAI talent battle, who is desperate and w...

Jul 2, 2025 17m Summary available

Tue. 07/01 – Superhuman Finds A Home

Meta Superintelligence Labs is official. Cloudflare’s tool to help websites fend off AI bots is official. Will Apple throw in the towel and just buy s...

Jul 1, 2025 16m Summary available

Mon. 06/30 – Nintendo And Amazon Fight

Weird beef between Nintendo and Amazon. Is Apple going to make a cheap Macbook with an iPhone chip inside? OpenAI claps back at Meta. The AI avatar st...

Jun 30, 2025 17m Summary available

Fri. 06/27 – The Death Of The Blue Screen Of Death

Mark Zuckerberg’s big AI plan seems still to be such a work in progress, he’s even considering abandoning Llama. Apple attempts to comply with the EU’...

Jun 27, 2025 16m Summary available

Thu. 06/26 – Conflicting AI Legal Rulings

The legal rulings on AI are finally coming in. The problem is, they’re contradictory, so we’re not getting any legal clarity yet. Creative Commons but...

Jun 26, 2025 15m Summary available

Wed. 06/25 – Never Wear A Suit In Tech

AI is transforming job search on both sides of the equation. A first court ruling on using copyrighted books to train AI. New AI releases from Google...

Jun 25, 2025 18m Summary available

Tue. 06/24 – Is Microsoft Struggling To Sell Copilot?

A new Xbox branded Meta Quest. Amazon is expanding same day delivery even more. What does it mean for the AI race if ChatGPT seems to be outcompeting...

Jun 24, 2025 16m Summary available

Mon. 06/23 – Tesla Launches Its Robotaxi

Tesla launches its robotaxi service in Austin. Apple is negotiating desperately to avoid an EU fine coming as soon as this week. Also, why doesn’t App...

Jun 23, 2025 16m Summary available

Fri. 06/20 – A Shenzhen-like Production City In The US?

Meta has some new smartglasses. How long can the TikTok groundhog day go on? Masa Son wants to create a Shenzhen-like production city here in the US....

Jun 20, 2025 17m Summary available

Thu. 06/19 – What Would AGI Actually Look Like?

Are we about to see a summer of layoffs in Silicon Valley? Midjourney’s new video model. Meta continues its acqu-hire spree with some folks we know. M...

Jun 19, 2025 16m Summary available

Wed. 06/18 – Oh Yeah. What About TikTok?

Remember how that TikTok ban or sale thing has never been resolved? Yeah. Sam Altman describes the money he says Meta is throwing at AI researchers. I...

Jun 18, 2025 16m Summary available

Tue. 06/17 – Open AI Still Needs To Placate Microsoft

Among the many snags to OpenAI shifting to for-profit, the Microsoft snag is still the biggest issue. More Intel job cuts coming. Would you believe a...

Jun 17, 2025 19m Summary available

Mon. 06/16 – What Happens When Search Abandons The Web?

Ads finally come to WhatsApp. Are we about to get a literal Trump phone? More ads on your TV. All ads are about to become AI. And at the end of the sh...

Jun 16, 2025 16m Summary available

Omnibus 06/09

Omnibus Week Of 06/09Sign up for the ad-free feed at tech.supercast.techSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice...

Jun 14, 2025 84m Summary available

Fri. 06/13 – Stablecoins Everywhere

Do people know when they’re using the MetaAI app, it’s public? Chime had a successful IPO so let me tell you about my IPO-meter. The financials behind...

Jun 13, 2025 18m Summary available

Thu. 06/12 – Meta’s Big AI Acqui-hire

I explain how and why exactly this big Meta investment in Scale AI came about. Hollywood sues AI in a big way for the first time. A look at how stable...

Jun 12, 2025 16m Summary available

Wed. 06/11 – o3-pro

OpenAI rolls out an o3-pro model. Android one-ups iOS with a quick release. So far so good for the launch of the Switch 2. What is Google doing with i...

Jun 11, 2025 16m Summary available

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