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Brian McCullough
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Thu. 09/07 – And Now A Drone Breakthrough?
Chrome is getting a new coat of paint. China is increasingly banning iPhones. Are drones about to have a breakthrough moment just like self-driving ca...
Wed. 09/06 – The Modern Antitrust Era Begins Now
The EU has listed 22 services falling under its Digital Markets Act. Britain pulls back from an encryption law. And if that’s not enough, the Google a...
Tue. 09/05 – China’s Chip End Run
Some more controversies surrounding Elon Musk and X. China looks like it is managing its chip situation better than the US might have hoped. Is Spotif...
Thu. 08/31 – In A Sense, Bundling Is Always Consumer Friendly
Microsoft unbundles Teams to stay ahead of EU antitrust action. But is that actually good for European consumers? Elon wants to collect your biometric...
Wed. 08/30 – OpenAI Making Bank
The FBI took down a huge botnet. OpenAI is apparently ahead of schedule in terms of making a ton of revenue. Why Samsung wants to apply AI to your ref...
Tue. 08/29 – The Crypto Regulators Come For NFTs
Google’s Cloud Next conference drops a ton of AI announces. OpenAI releases a business-oriented version of ChatGPT. The regulators have come for NFTs...
Mon. 08/28 – The Tech IPO Is Back?
Apple looks to refresh the iPad to reinvigorate sales. Huge network crash is grounding planes in the UK. Some tentative sign that the Tech IPO window...
Fri. 08/25 - ESPN To Amazon?
Amazon has apparently held talks with Disney about maybe teaming up for a streaming ESPN partnership. Dropbox ends its unlimited storage option. Shein...
Thu. 08/24 – Nvidia Blows The Roof Off The Place
Nvidia gives new meaning to the words “earnings beat.” Meta announces Code Llama. TikTok might start banning links to Amazon. SpaceX wants Starlink to...
Wed. 08/23 – The Playstation Portal
Sony announces the PlayStation Portal handheld device. IBM announces an AI model to translate code from one type to another. OpenAI lets anyone fine t...
Tue. 08/22 – Is Elon Tanking Things On Purpose?
Microsoft tries to appease His Majesty’s Regulators. The Arm IPO is a go. Why Nvidia continues to be huge even in China. A new AI translation model fr...
Mon. 08/21 – Twit Pics Disappear
More X shenanigans over the weekend. Some solid evidence that some major LLMs have in fact been trained on copyrighted material. A ton of it, in fact....
Fri. 08/18 – Werner Herzog Is The AI Voice We Deserve
More drips and drabs Threads feature releases. Meta is readying a “Code Llama.” Throwback Friday with Uber and Lyft threatening to leave a major munic...
Thu. 08/17 – Sometimes Startup Acquires You
OpenAI makes its first acquisition. Has AI really done anything for Bing marketshare? A really cool looking new gaming handheld. The most recent tally...
Wed. 08/16 – And Now I’m A Blue Subscriber
By the time you hear these words, I guess I’ll be a blue subscriber cause I’m locked out of Tweetdeck otherwise. Coinbase gets regulatory approval fro...
Tue. 08/15 – iPhone “Maximum Capacity” Concerns
Very interesting executive departure at Amazon. A popular Mac service is gonna launch an alternative iOS app store. Now nation states are trying to st...
Mon. 08/14 – An Apple Watch X?
Apple is planning a huge revamp for the Apple Watch in honor of it’s 10th birthday. Amazon is using generative AI to summarize product reviews. It’s f...
Fri. 08/11 – Unleash The Robotaxis!
A major regulatory breakthrough is going to open the floodgates for self-driving taxis in California. Two different stories about dealing with the Chi...
Thu. 08/10 – Streaming $$$+
Oh why not? Disney+ is raising prices too. A new executive order targeting Chinese tech. New features in Threads, but not the ones they need. Are the...
Wed. 08/09 – CAPTCHA Supremacy
Slack announces its biggest ever redesign. Sony signals that the smartphone recession is real and is not getting better anytime soon. Is WeWork circli...
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