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**Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson**

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp with Ben Thompson.

Latest Episodes:

(Preview) What Spotify Learned About Podcasting, The RSN Train Wheezing Along, Does ESPN Need the NBA? Feb 23, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Spotify’s Future Isn’t Exclusive Podcasts. It’s Advertising. — Bloomberg

Lessons From Spotify — Stratechery

Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery

Spotify Earnings, Spotify Exclusives, Spotify vs. Apple — Stratechery Update

Spotify Buys Megaphone, Spotify’s Podcast Strategy, Spotify’s Megaphone Strategy — Stratechery Update

How Spotify's podcast bet went wrong — Semafor

“Not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet”: Justices seem leery of broad ruling on Section 230 — SCOTUSblog

Diamond Sports Misses Interest Payment, Bally’s Dire Situation, Negotiating Bankruptcy — Stratechery Update

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A Viking Funeral for Sydney the Chatbot, Meta’s Verified Experiment, Algorithms and Liability as Section 230 Takes Center Stage Feb 20, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

From Bing to Sydney — Stratechery

Microsoft Puts New Limits On Bing’s AI Chatbot After It Expressed Desire To Steal Nuclear Secrets — Forbes

Ben Thompson on Twitter — @benthompson

The Four Horseman — Stratechery

Google and Microsoft’s Events, Monetizable Panic, Paradigms and Hardware — Stratechery Update

Mark Zuckerberg — Facebook

Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court — NBC News

New Bing Errors, User Preferences and Company Reputations, Section 230 and LLMs — Stratechery Update

Another Congressional Hearing, The Genesis of Section 230, The Battle over Section 230 — Stratechery Update

Her Official Trailer #1 (2013) — YouTube

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(Preview) The Bing to Sydney Epiphany, Search as an AI Red Herring, Moving to a Cabin in an Undisclosed Location Feb 16, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

From Bing to Sydney — Stratechery

New Bing Errors, User Preferences and Company Reputations, Section 230 and LLMs — Stratechery Update

Eric Schmidt Is Building the Perfect AI War-Fighting Machine — Wired

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(Preview) Google vs. Bing Begins, Bear Cases for AI, Apple's Lost Hardware Opportunity, The Implications of the Bally Sports Bankruptcy Feb 09, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Google Stock Tumbles Nearly 8% After Bard Ad Shows Inaccurate Answer, AI Race Heats Up — Investor’s Business Daily

New Bing, and an Interview with Kevin Scott and Sam Altman About the Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership — Stratechery Interview

Why TV Has Resisted Disruption — Stratechery

In Paris demo, Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself — Ars Technica

Here's Why Apple Isn't Making a Television — Time Magazine

Disney to cut 7,000 jobs in major revamp by CEO Iger — Reuters

Nelson Peltz’s Other C.E.O. Gambit — Puck News

Regional Sports Networks, ESPN + RSNs, TechDirt’s Response on Title II and Net Neutrality — Stratechery Update

MLB, NBA and NHL may buy biggest owner of regional sports TV networks: sources — New York Post

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Meta Comes Roaring Back, What the Market Missed Last Fall, The Compromises that Define the Modern Internet Feb 06, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Meta Myths — Stratechery

Facebook Lenses — Stratechery

The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok — Wired

‘If You Think The Internet Is Terrible Now, Just Wait a While’ — The Awl

EarPods with Lightning Connector — Apple

Album Club — Listener Andrew D

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(Preview) Cloudflare in 2023, Macro Conditions and Microsoft, Questions and Answers on the Tech Layoffs, Diving Deeper (literally) on MVNOs Feb 02, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Cloudflare’s Disruption — Stratechery

Microsoft Earnings, Azure’s Slowdown, Office Strikes Back — Stratechery Update

Tech Layoffs, Big Tech’s Hiring Rates, Microsoft’s VR Layoffs — Stratechery Update

An Interview with Michael Nathanson About Netflix and the Media Industry — Stratechery Interviews

Column: The real aim of big tech’s layoffs: bringing workers to heel — Los Angeles Times

Finding Visible Egress/ingress nodes on the big-I Internet — Reddit

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) ORIGINAL TRAILER — YouTube

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Solving Online Groceries, Explaining Those Cheap New Cell Phone Plans, Autonomous Deliveries, Tech vs. Humans in Content Development Jan 30, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Amazon’s New Customer — Stratechery

Walmart Earnings, Walmart’s Grocery Business, Amazon’s Grocery Stumbles — Stratechery Update

An Interview With Instacart CEO Fidji Simo About Big Ambitions — Stratechery Interviews

Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II — Stratechery

Netflix and Net Neutrality — Stratechery

An Interview with The Air Current’s Jon Ostrower about Southwest’s Meltdown and Independent Publishing — Stratechery Interviews

Die Hard: With A Vengeance Trailer (HD) — YouTube

Ron Dayne Wisconsin Highlights — YouTube

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(Preview) How Google Conquered Ads, What the DOJ Wants to Do About It, Follow-Ups on Free Netflix, Checking in with Peloton Jan 26, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

An Interview with Michael Nathanson About Netflix and the Media Industry — Stratechery Interview

Tech Layoffs, Big Tech’s Hiring Rates, Microsoft’s VR Layoffs — Stratechery Update

DOJ Sues Google, Google’s Advertising Aggregation, No Duty to Deal — Stratechery Update

Peloton Changes CEO, The Pandemic Stocks, Peloton’s Options — Stratechery Update

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Encouraging Netflix Earnings, Continuing Questions, and How the Model Might Evolve Jan 23, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Netflix’s New Chapter — Stratechery

AI chatbot’s MBA exam pass poses test for business schools — Financial Times

Netflix’s New Look Is Already Catching On — Wall Street Journal

Netflix Earnings, Netflix Doubles Down, Netflix’s Ad Tier — Stratechery Update

Why Netflix Should Sell Ads — Stratechery

Why Netflix Should Not Sell Ads, Elon Musk and Twitter — Stratechery Update

Cable’s Last Laugh — Stratechery

A Free Ad-Supported Netflix Service? Ted Sarandos Says Company Is “Open” to the Idea — The Hollywood Reporter

Reed Hastings’ Journey at Netflix Would Make for Binge-Worthy TV — Bloomberg

Acorn History (via listener Andrew D.) — Qsl.net

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A Beginner's Guide to ARM, Amazon and Buy with Prime, Apple in the 90s, Who Wants to Own WWE? Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

To email the show: email@sharptech.fm

Twitter Timelines, Azure and OpenAI, Apple and China — Stratechery Update

Peloton’s Operations, Intel Buys Tower Semiconductor, What Now for ARM (plus Intel + RISC-V) — Stratechery Update

The Amazon Tax — Stratechery

Beyond Aggregation: Amazon as a Service — Stratechery

The End of the Beginning — Stratechery

WWE stock upgraded at Wells Fargo as analysts debate potential buyers — Yahoo! Finance

"These 3rd graders acting different" — Twitter: @Overtime

How to Pronounce Oeuvre? (3 WAYS!) UK Vs US + French Pronunciation Guide — YouTube

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