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Brian McCullough
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Wed. 04/12 - Twitter Inc. No Longer Exists?
Elon Musk did a big spontaneous interview with the BBC last night on Twitter Spaces, but here’s two things that didn’t make the interview: Twitter app...
Tue. 04/11 - China's ChatGPT Competitors Are Here
Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style bot, and mere hours later the Cyberspace Administration of China announced plans to require security reviews of gen...
Mon. 04/10 - Would You Believe Me If I Told You Elon Changed His Mind?
Twitter has stopped throttling tweets with Substack links in them, but only after Elon Musk denied they were ever blocked. About 270 US Apple Stores h...
(BNS EP) Anyone In Control Of Big Tech? W/ David Auerbach
Check out David Auerbach's books:Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner RealitiesBitwise: A Life in Code...
Fri. 08/07 – Twitter Blocking Substack?
Shenanigans from some Elon companies. Twitter looks like it’s blocking Substack. Not just links to Substack but even mentioning the name, the word Sub...
Thu. 04/06 – The Secret Bitcoin Easter Egg On Your Mac
More examples of chatbots hallucinating might lead to the first lawsuits. Did you know that you have a copy of the bitcoin white paper on your Mac rig...
Wed. 04/05 – The Grand Theory Of AI Varietals
Sony might be developing a sort of PS Vita mark 2. Sad news of the death of a well-known silicon valley luminary. Meta says its not going to be left b...
Tue. 04/04 – Dogecoin Twitter Logo (Cause Why Not?)
We’ve said before that Elon owns Twitter, so if he decides to change the logo to a Shiba Inu, you know, why not? Apple kinda sorta bites the bullet on...
Mon. 04/03 – Schrödinger’s Blue Check
The blue checks went away on Twitter over the weekend. Or did they? More interesting details on those Pinduoduo app allegations. In a headline from 20...
Fri. 03/31 – Is E3 Dead?
I can tell you E3 is officially cancelled this year, but I’m kinda thinking it might be dead for good. Bunch of stuff about Twitter and checkmarks. It...
Thu. 03/30 – No Headset Reveal At WWDC?
Wait, are we NOT going to see the new Apple headset at WWDC? Twitter’s new API tiers? Ads are coming to Bing Chat. Is Elon Musk guilty of laundering h...
Wed. 03/29 – Hit Pause On AI Development?
Over 1,000 big names sign a petition urging a pause on AI development. What analysts think AI could to for or to the economy. North Korean hackers all...
Tue. 03/28 – Rise Of The Blue Checks
I titled an episode last week “Twilight Of The Blue Checks.” Well, today is the sequel, “Rise Of The Blue Checks” cause starting April 15, you’ll have...
Mon. 03/27 – SVB Finds A New Home
Looks like the short, sharp, SVB saga has reached the beginning of a conclusion. Twitter source code has been leaked. The doubts inside Apple about th...
(Portfolio Profile) Investor Update (And How To Do Them) With Rownd
Robert from Rownd shares his most recent investor update live and in real time, so you can hear how these things go.Also, want to learn more about Row...
Fri. 03/24 – Twilight Of The Blue Checks
Twitter is finally sunsetting its legacy verified program. OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins. Do Kwan has been detained and is facing formal charges he...
Thu. 03/23 – Coinbase Wells Notice
Coinbase got a Wells Notice, which is not good. Hindenburg research has a new note out and is making short run on Block, which is not good. Apple migh...
Wed. 03/22 – Google Bard Joins The Fray
Well, we’ve got Google Bard. We’ve got a new Copilot from GitHub. Bing Image Creator is rolling out. Mozilla AI launches. The low hanging fruit that i...
Tue. 03/21 – TikTok Showdown
Ahead of a major showdown in Congress this week, TikTok wants the US to know exactly how popular it is. Why ChatGPT was shut down for a while yesterda...
Mon. 03/20 – Robots All The Way Down
New bots to make video from text prompts. Fending off the bots from biting your style. Falling in love with the bots. In the streaming wars, the ad su...
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