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Silicon Valley’s water cooler podcast. A tech news summary every day… 15 minutes and you’re up to date. From Tech Brew, Morning Brew’s tech hub.

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BETTER SOUND! (IHP) Amazon's First Employee Shel Kaphan May 22, 2023

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Re-releasing this one, hopefully with improved sound quality!

The earliest days of Amazon with its earliest hire: Shel Kaphan.

(BNS) @BradyDale On SBF, FTX, All The Stuff May 20, 2023

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I didn't know the whole story of Sam Bankman-Fried. This book will do that for you. From our very good friend of the show Brady Dale: SBF: How the FTX Bankruptcy Unwound Crypto's Very Bad Good Guy

Fri. 05/19 – ChatGPT Comes To The App Store May 19, 2023

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OpenAI has launched an official ChatGPT app for iPhones and iPads. Android coming soon. The Supreme Court actually propped up Section 230, allowing it to live another day. Apple as an example of why companies are looking to keep the AI in house. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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In Battle Over A.I., Meta Decides to Give Away Its Crown Jewels (NYTimes)
This Is Catfishing on an Industrial Scale (Wired)
Cheesier, Saucier, and Drowning in Caviar; How TikTok took over the menu. (GrubStreet)
Japan’s sleepy tech scene is ready for a comeback (Rest of World)

Thu. 05/18 – Montana Bans TikTok May 18, 2023

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The first official ban of TikTok by a US state is here. Unskippable tv-like ads are coming to YouTube when you’re watching on your TV. How much can be recovered when a crypto project blows up? Why is Amazon so far behind in drone delivery? And how Apple’s forthcoming headset got developed.

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TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle (WSJ)
YouTube 2023 Upfront: Platform to Launch Unskippable 30-Second Ads on TVs, Roger Goodell on Hand to Tout NFL Sunday Ticket Pact (Variety)
Netflix Advertising Tier Now Has “Nearly Five Million” Monthly Active Users (The Hollywood Reporter)
Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital predicts 35% customer payout (Reuters)
Amazon’s 100 drone deliveries puts Prime Air far behind Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart partner Zipline (CNBC)
Apple’s New Headset Meets Reality (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Wed. 05/17 – Open Source Vs. Centralized AI, Part II May 17, 2023

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If you’ve been letting some of your Google accounts sit fallow, you better look into that cause Google is gonna start deleting things. Why some new top level domains have people concerned. Why tech companies are racing to put generative AI on your phone. And part two of the open source vs. centralized AI debate.

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Google will delete accounts, including Gmail & Photos, that haven’t logged on in 2 years (9to5Google)
New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts (BleepingComputer)
StableStudio is Stability AI’s latest commitment to open-source AI (The Verge)
The race to bring generative AI to mobile devices (Financial Times)
Google I/O and the Coming AI Battles (Stratechery)

Tue. 05/16 – Open Source Vs. Centralized AI, Part I May 16, 2023

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The EU actually approved the Microsoft Activision acquisition so… what now? The IRS might finally allow us to file our taxes online for free. The EU passes the first crypto regulatory regime, but questions are being asked of their forthcoming digital Euro experiment. And an interesting raise allows us to take our first look at the Open Source vs. Centralized debate when it comes to AI.

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E.U. Approves Microsoft’s $69 Billion Deal for Activision (NYTimes)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants (Washington Post)
Windows 11 users can now link their iPhones and use iMessage from a PC (The Verge)
Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients (BleepingComputer)
Twitter makes its first acquisition with a recruiting startup (Axios)
EU’s Crypto Legal Framework Inches Towards Law With Finance Ministers’ Sign-Off (CoinDesk)
The digital euro: a solution seeking a problem? (Financial Times)
AI startup Together raises funding for open-source AI and cloud platform (VentureBeat)

Mon. 05/15 – Media Day On The Podcast May 15, 2023

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After some news about Apple testing M3 chips, it’s media day on the podcast. Wither Motherboard, as Vice declares bankruptcy. Netflix is cutting spending on its originals. Is the pivot to ads going to define the next stage of the streaming wars. And ad supported television is one thing, but what if we took that literally? Would you want a tv that has a second screen to show you ads all the time?

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Apple Begins Testing Speedy M3 Chips as It Pursues Mac Comeback (Bloomberg)
Vice Media files for bankruptcy as ad business suffers (Reuters)
Netflix Plans to Cut Spending by $300 Million in 2023 (WSJ)
A Growing Number of Streaming Video Customers Watch Ads (Bloomberg)
Telly’s wild idea: Free TVs with inescapable ads (Fast Company)

(IHP Bonus) Tesla Cofounder Marc Tarpenning (Corrected) May 15, 2023

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Marc Tarpenning, along with Martin Eberhard, was the cofounder of Tesla Motors back in 2003. But before that, Tarpenning and Eberhard were also the cofounders of NuvoMedia, which produced one of the world's first ebook devices, the rocket eBook. So, for the first part of the episode, Mark recounts the story of NuvoMedia and then about 25 minutes in we begin the founding of Tesla, in my opinion, perhaps the most amazing startup story of the last 20 years.

(Bonus) Apple II History With Laine Nooney May 13, 2023

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Yes, the Apple II is maybe more historically important than the Macintosh, at least for Apple as a company. I agree with the argument my friend Laine Nooney makes in their book: The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal. Enjoy this deep dive into early Apple and PC history and then, BUY THE BOOK!

Fri. 05/12 – Twitter Has A New CEO May 12, 2023

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Elon says he’s hired a new CEO for Twitter, and folks think they know who this person will be. The Claude chatbot has expanded so much you can now write entire novels with it. Seeing what Meta is doing with AI in ads makes me wonder about the future of all media. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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