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Brian McCullough
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Mon. 01/29 – Is Arc Search The Future Of Search I Was Talking About?
Amazon calls off its iRobot acquisition. Is Arc Search the future of search we were talking to Baratunde about this weekend? Why you can’t search for...
(Bonus) Baratunde Thurston On The Apple Vision Pro
The great Baratunde Thurston join Chris and Brian to talk about his hour-long in-person demo with the Apple Vision Pro. In the second half, we discuss...
Fri. 01/26 – CRACK! The App Store Opens Up. Or Does It?
Apple has announced major changes to the App Store. In the EU, alternative app marketplaces, but does the new Core Technology Fee mean it’s still a sh...
Thu. 01/25 – Will Nintendo Try To Shut Down Palworld?
As Palworld surpasses 8 million in sales, The Pokemon Company says it will “investigate and take appropriate measures” with regards to those IP infrin...
Wed. 01/24 – Netflix’s Cheapest Ad-Free Plan Is Going Away
Netflix kicks off Tech Earnings Season, and suggests it’s taking it’s cheapest ad-free plan away. The one chart that shows why Netflix is winning the...
Tue. 01/23 – Netflix Buys Rights To Raw And WWE Shows
Netflix is getting into the live event business in a big way by buying the rights to WWE wrestling. We have the first political ad incident of the AI...
Mon. 01/22 – How Many Vision Pros Did Apple Sell This Weekend?
Just what the title says. How many Vision Pros do we think Apple sold this weekend? And Mark Gurman has some ideas for why developers are so lukewarm...
Fri. 01/19 – Vision Pro Pre-Order Begin With New Questions
Preorders for the Vision Pro begin, but huge new questions about partner support have arisen. Zuckerberg says he wants to open source AGI. You’re goin...
Thu. 01/18 – Google: The Layoffs Will Continue Until Strategy Improves
Google signals more layoffs are in the mail, but what’s interesting is what that says about Google specifically. Reddit is probably going to IPO in a...
Wed. 01/17 – The Galaxy Unpacked Event. Galaxy AI Is Here.
All the headlines from the Galaxy Unpacked event earlier today. Apple revises its App Store rules but in a way that seems to a lot of people to be in...
Tue. 01/16 – Apple Tops Global Smartphones Sales For The First Time Ever
The app that was supposed to be TikTok but for news is shutting down. Apple tops global smartphone sales for the first time ever. Microsoft debuts Cop...
(Bonus) Brian's Favorites From CES 2024
Just what the title says. All my faves from CES this year. If you want to SEE what I'm talking about, here's the YouTube playlist.See Privacy Policy a...
(Bonus) John Gruber Talks Apple And AI
John Gruber joins Chris and I to talk about AI Hardware, Apple's AI strategy and Apple's Vision Pro launch.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...
Fri. 01/12 – Perplexity, The AI Challenger To Google Search
How did bitcoin do on its first day of ETF trading? Where are all these tech layoffs coming from? The weird case of eBay executives allegedly harassin...
Thu. 01/11 – Bitcoin ETFs, For Real This Time
The Bitcoin ETFs are here. For real, this time. OpenAI’s GPT store is here. Surprising new layoffs at Google. Netflix continues to show signs that ads...
Wed. 01/10 – The X Post That Sent Crypto Reeling
The SEC’s X account was compromised by somebody jumping the gun on that Bitcoin ETF thing. Layoffs are back, even at companies that are about to ship...
Tue. 01/09 – Do We Need ChatGPT In Our Cars?
OpenAI responds to the lawsuit from the NYTimes. Do you need ChatGPT in your car? VW thinks you do. Sony teases a “spatial” VR headset. Apple only wan...
Mon. 01/08 – Vision Pro Announce Steals CES Spotlight
We now know when the Vision Pro is coming. February 2nd. But you can pre-order on January 19. Xreal’s new Vision Pro competitor. New Wifi announcement...
Fri. 01/05 – Bringing Back The Hardware Keyboard For Smartphones?
Another big Tesla recall, this time in China, this time, all of them. Every car they ever sold. BNPL is… not dead? Not if holiday shopping data is to...
Thu. 01/04 – A New Keyboard Button Just For AI
Your Windows keyboard is getting its first new key in 30 years. Elon might offer you a cellular plan someday. Is 23andMe blaming the victims of that b...
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