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Thu. 10/31 – Spooky… I Mean, Earnings Season Oct 31, 2024

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We’ve got that day where all the tech earnings have come at once, but this time I’m gonna mention Uber too cause did you know they’re making bank these days? China says that two can play the sanctioning technology game. A niche little app from Nintendo. And a review of the Starlink Mini, which seems incredibly compelling for a specific type of user.

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Meta AI has more than 500 million users (Engadget)
Meta’s Next Llama AI Models Are Training on a GPU Cluster ‘Bigger Than Anything’ Else (Wired)
Microsoft says AI is on pace to be a $10 billion-a-year business (Axios)
Uber shares slide on slowing bookings growth (Financial Times)
Chinese sanctions hit US drone maker supplying Ukraine (Financial Times)
Nintendo made a music streaming app for Switch Online subscribers (The Verge)
Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable (The Verge)

Wed. 10/30 – M4 MacBook Pros Oct 30, 2024

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The Apple release week continues with new MacBook pros. GitHub goes multi-model. Alphabet earnings were good, but Reddit earnings were massive. Why Samsung is having such a hard time since the summer. And a summary of the color Kindle reviews. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.

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Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips (The Verge)
Every MacBook Air now starts with 16GB of RAM at no extra cost (Engadget)
GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI (The Verge)
PlayStation Shutters Studio Behind ‘Concord’ Video-Game Flop (Bloomberg)
More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI (The Verge)
Reddit shares soar 22% on earnings beat and better-than-expected forecast (CNBC)
Samsung’s Sudden $122 Billion Wipeout Shows the Cost of Sleeping on AI (Bloomberg)
Russian Hackers Are Targeting US Officials, Microsoft Says (Bloomberg)
Kindle Colorsoft review: The missing link in Amazon’s ereader lineup (Engadget)

Tue. 10/29 – A Whole Bunch Of New Macs Oct 29, 2024

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A whole bunch of new Macs plus the first dribbles of Apple Intelligence. Apple is taking a big step in weening itself off of China reliance for manufacturing. Microsoft accuses Google of astroturfing. And potentially the return of startups buying startups? Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.

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Apple Announces iMac With M4 Chip, Upgraded Camera, Nano-Texture Display Option, and More (MacRumors)
New Mac mini shrinks down, gains M4 and M4 Pro chips (SixColors)
Apple Intelligence goes live with iOS 18.1 update (TechCrunch)
Apple Taps India to Learn How to Build New iPhone (The Information)
Microsoft says Google is running ‘shadow campaigns’ in Europe to influence regulators (CNBC)
Sequoia to Rake in More Than $100 Million From Crypto Acquisition (Bloomberg)

Mon. 10/28 – Betting On The Election Oct 28, 2024

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As Robinhood rolls out smart contract derivatives around the election, a look at how smart markets have seemed to have their mainstream breakthrough this year. TikTok now has a Fediverse, open-source competitor. AI now has an opensource definition, or something? And Meta opensourced their own AI podcast making tool. Here’s what you missed today in the world of tech.

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Robinhood jumps into election trading, giving users chance to buy Harris or Trump contracts (CNBC)
Billions in election bets raise the stakes of the presidential race (Washington Post)
Apple Blocked From Selling iPhone 16 Models in Indonesia (Bloomberg)
The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops (TechCrunch)
We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI (TechCrunch)
Even With Venture Slowdown, Megadeals Grow (CrunchBase)
Netflix Adds ‘Moments’ Feature Allowing Users to Easily Share Favorite Scenes (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
Meta Releases NotebookLlama, An Open-Source Podcast Generator (Techopedia)

Fri. 10/25 – GPT-5 Coming By December? Oct 25, 2024

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The Verge says we could get GPT-5 by December, but it might be called Orion. The biggest health care data breach in US history. Turns out Americans can actually produce high yield, quality silicon. Or, at least, Arizonans can. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech.

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OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December (The Verge)
UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach (BleepingComputer)
TSMC’s Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan’s in Win for US Push (Bloomberg)
Bluesky raises $15M Series A, plans to launch subscriptions (TechCrunch)

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The mystifying, acrimonious battle between Arm and Qualcomm (Financial Times)
Who Gets the TikTok in the Divorce? The Messy Fight Over Valuable Social Media Accounts (WSJ)

Thu. 10/24 – Surge Pricing In The Grocery Store? Oct 24, 2024

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Raspberry PI does AI now too. Apple is cutting iPhone production orders. Microsoft says China, Russia and Iran are still doing the dirt as the election nears. What if Foxconn got into the business of manufacturing cars? And what if surge pricing, but for groceries? New electronic price tags could make that possible.

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Raspberry Pi releases more AI-focused add-ons (TechCrunch)
Raspberry Pi release higher performance AI HAT+ — 13 and 26 TOPS variants (TomsHardware)
iPhone 16 orders cut by around 10 million units for 4Q24–1H25; no evidence yet that Apple Intelligence could boost iPhone shipments in the near term (Ming-Chi Kuo)
Microsoft Warns Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions (Wired)
Roblox to Enact Child-Safety Changes Giving Parents More Control (Bloomberg)
What if carmaking went the way of consumer electronics? (The Economist)
Kroger and Walmart Deny ‘Surge Pricing’ After Adopting Digital Price Tags (NYTimes)

Wed. 10/23 – Strong ARM Tactics Oct 23, 2024

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A huge dispute in the semiconductor space has gone nuclear with implications that are crazy. Anthropic’s new AI app can control your computer for you. Runway’s new model lets you do your own motion capture. And farewell to Foursquare, the OG version at least.

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Arm to Scrap Qualcomm Chip Design License in Feud Escalation (Bloomberg)
Anthropic’s new AI can use computers like a human, redefining automation for enterprises (VentureBeat)
Apple Sharply Scales Back Production of Vision Pro (The Information)
Runway’s Act-One uses smartphone cameras to replicate facial expression motion capture (Silicon Angle)
‘This is a game changer’: Runway releases new AI facial expression motion capture feature Act-One (VentureBeat)
Farewell to Foursquare’s app (TechCrunch)

Tue. 10/22 – The Next Gen Snapdragon Oct 22, 2024

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Qualcomm has unveiled its big, next gen Snapdragon SoC which will someday be in all the phones. Except iPhones, of course. Is Netflix pulling back on its gaming strategy? Why a new marketplace from Epic might actually point the way to the metaverse. And how are various people trying to get AI to have a better personality?

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Snapdragon 8 Elite deep dive: A return to custom CPUs and much more (Android Authority)
Scoop: Netflix shuts down 'AAA' Team Blue gaming studio, amid gaming shake-up (Game File)
Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio (Engadget)
Hulu and Disney+ No Longer Support Signups and Payment Using App Store (MacRumors)
Epic’s ambitious digital asset shop is now open (The Verge)
Biden administration proposes new rules governing data transfers to adversarial nations (The Record)
How AI groups are infusing their chatbots with personality (Financial Times)

Mon. 10/21 – Google Get’s A Stay Oct 21, 2024

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Google’s strategy of keeping it in the courts is already going to plan. New AI agents from Microsoft. New Open Source models from IBM. Perplexity is looking to raise again. How far behind Apple thinks it is in AI. And what it’s like to use your AirPods as hearing aids.

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(Bonus) Goldeneye 007 With - John Gruber Oct 19, 2024

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Did Nintendo try to kill GoldenEye 007 before it was completed? Why did Shigeru Miyamoto keep telling the development team to tone down the violence. And why did the famous multiplayer aspect of the game almost didn’t happen? It’s slappers only on Rad History, because we’re diving into the history of THE game of the late 1990s, GoldenEye 007.

With Special Guest: John Gruber

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