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Fri. 11/03 – SBF Guilty Nov 03, 2023

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Sam Bankman Fried has been found guilty. The FTC alleges Jeff Bezos ordered Amazon to boost junk ads. Elon Musk says Starlink is almost profitable. He also says he’s about to release his own AI model. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, is Elon about to give Joe Rogan a new lily pad to take his podcast to?

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Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (The Verge)
Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child (NYTimes)
Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk (Reuters)
Musk's xAI set to launch first AI model to select group (Reuters)
Amazon Boosted Junk Ads, Deleted Messages to Thwart Antitrust Probe, FTC Says (Bloomberg)
Google AdSense moving to per-impression payments in 2024 (9to5Google)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

The EV transition trips over its own cord (The Verge)
Joe Rogan’s big decision (The Verge)

Thu. 11/02 – Silicon Mesa? Nov 02, 2023

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Looks like Disney is finally going to swallow Hulu. One more time we’re going to look at the AI regulation debate, this time noting that governments are regulating tech ahead of time for the first time in a while. You might want to tip your DoorDasher ahead of time. And can I coin a term? Arizona is becoming Silicon Mesa?

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Disney Says It Will Take Full Control of Hulu (NYTimes)
Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens (Wired)
Attenuating Innovation (AI) (Stratechery)
DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip (The Verge)
‘Our secret weapon’: how a university bolstered Phoenix’s rise as US chip capital (Financial Times)

Wed. 11/01 – WeWork To The Deadpool? Nov 01, 2023

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LinkedIn has an AI job coach for you. Netflix’s ad tier is doing well. But is it doing well enough. You might have thought this already happened, but WeWork seems to be seriously circling the deadpool. A potentially big breakthrough for medicinal discovery via AI. And more on the evolving AI debate around open source and regulatory capture.

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Tue. 10/31 – The New M3 Chips And Macs Oct 31, 2023

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All the headlines for last night’s Apple event, including interesting details about the new M3 chips. One year on from Elon purchasing it, what is X worth now? Is Nvidia gonna have to cancel all those chip orders from China? And are people crying chicken little about the threat of AI in order to do some regulatory capture?

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Mon. 10/30 – AI Guardrails Oct 30, 2023

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Governments around the world announce guardrails for AI… or, at least, suggest some. OpenAI takes steps to keep you from going to plugins. Meta seems serious about offering a subscription option to Europeans. Your earbuds are about to get smarter. And how AI might finally give us useful robots.

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Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (The Verge)
Exclusive: G7 to agree AI code of conduct for companies (Reuters)
New Version Of ChatGPT Gives Access To All GPT-4 Tools At Once (Search Engine Journal)
Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to AI Startup Anthropic (WSJ)
Meta to Offer Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram Subscriptions in Europe (Bloomberg)
Google can turn ANC earbuds into a heart rate monitor with no extra hardware (9to5Google)
Stacking Boxes? Treating Cancer? AI Needs to Learn Physics First (WSJ)

(Bonus) Did Tech Recover This Year? With Big Technology Oct 28, 2023

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We started this year with layoffs and the whole "Tech Recession" narrative. So, as we wind up the year, did tech recover this year, and if so, how? Also, self-driving cars and speculation on Monday's Apple event.

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Fri. 10/27 – SBF Takes The Stand Oct 27, 2023

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Amazon wraps up tech earnings week. Microsoft raises the alarm about a really sophisticate new hacking group. SBF actually takes the stand. OpenAI sets up a system to keep their AI from, you know, blowing up the world. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups (BleepingComputer)
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial (FT)
Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’ (TechCrunch)
OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird (Wired)
“Math is hard” — if you are an LLM – and why that matters (Gary Marcus Blog)
The poster’s guide to the internet of the future (The Verge)

Thu. 10/26 – A Complete AirPods Revamp Oct 26, 2023

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Meta earnings from yesterday. Apple seems to be planning a complete revamp of the AirPods lineup. Spotify plans major changes to how it does royalties. X rolls out video and audio calls. And a look at how those new gesture controls work on the Apple Watch.

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Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly users (The Verge)
Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones (Bloomberg)
Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (MacRumors)
SPOTIFY IS CHANGING ITS ROYALTY MODEL TO CRUSH STREAMING FRAUD AND INTRODUCE A MINIMUM PAYMENT THRESHOLD. ITS PLAN? TO SHIFT $1 BILLION IN PAYOUTS TOWARDS ‘WORKING ARTISTS’ OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. (MusicBusinessWorldwide)
X is officially rolling out audio and video calls (The Verge)
The Apple Watch’s double tap gesture points at a new way to use wearables (The Verge)

Wed. 10/25 – Boo! Tech Earnings Snuck Up On Us! Oct 25, 2023

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Meta got sued by most the States. California has forced Cruise to stop its autonomous vehicle testing. Will earbuds be key in any AI future? Tech earnings season snuck up on me at least. And is Sam Bankman Fried going to have to take the stand in order to keep himself out of prison?

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Tue. 10/24 – Nvidia Is Gunning For Intel Oct 24, 2023

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Nvidia wants to get into the ARM CPU game. Somebody is taking a run at some high value targets via Okta. A new version of maybe the most advanced smart glasses out there. Are you seeing ads when you press pause on streaming? And what is it like to have a robot lawnmower that actually works?

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Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (Reuters)
1Password detects “suspicious activity” in its internal Okta account (ArsTechnica)
Xreal’s Air 2 glasses put a big screen on your face and ship in the US next month (The Verge)
‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max as Streamers Seek New Revenue (Variety)
Matter 1.2 is a big move for the smart home standard (The Verge)
I tested a $6,000 automower for four months. Here's why I'm fully invested (ZDNet)
Life360 Sued for Selling Location Data (The Markup)

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