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Threads vs. Twitter - "The Clone Wars" are HEATING UP Jul 10, 2023

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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/throughtheweb.podcast/
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Quick personal updates
3:27 Long Mac Topped Up
04:07 What is Threads?
09:16 Initial reactions after using Threads
14:33 How Twitter reacted to Threads
16:51 Twitter suing Meta is a bad idea
21:00 Twitter's "Rate Limit" fiasco
27:59 Is Zuck lesser of the two evils?
32:34 Tawsif's "wild theory" on Threads
37:56 What would make Threads a success?
42:40 Twitter's greatest strength
47:02 Final predictions
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

Debating on Dead Internet Theory, Unicorn App Scams Investors, Pixel Fold, Lex trains Elon, and Meta's VR Jul 03, 2023

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00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Quick update
01:48 - Dead Internet Theory and Comments
18:13 - IRL app's 95% Fake Users
20:54 - Man loses life savings to fake crypto company
22:56 - Lex Fridman trains Elon
25:07 - Google Pixel Fold's poor launch
26:54 - Meta VR Subscription Service
Resources:
The Dead Internet Theory video: https://youtu.be/9WB5grLMXkU
IRL App Shutdown: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/irl-shut-down-fake-users
Man loses life savings: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/25/1180256165/crypto-scam-senior-victims-spirebit
Man loses life savings to crypto scam: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/25/1180256165/crypto-scam-senior-victims-spirebit
Elon x Lex: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-prepares-for-zuck-fight-trains-with-lex-fridman-2023-6
Pixel Fold: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777211/google-pixel-fold-screen-breaking-reports
Meta VR Subscription: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66027073

Meeting Sam Altman, OceanGate, Zuck wants to fight Elon, Simpsons "Predictions", Netflix Subscription Spike and The Beatles Jun 26, 2023

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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Dagogo met Sam Altman!
09:06 - Double Decker Seating on Planes
10:23 - Sam Altman and Elon Musk
11:06 - Black Mirror Reaction
13:20 - Data-driven vs. Ideological Decisions by Companies
19:43 - OceanGate
26:57 - Generational Humor
30:06 - Simpsons "Predictions"
33:14 - OceanGate’s “Logitech” Controller
34:16 - Reddit going dark
40:17 - Elon vs. Zuck Cage Match!
47:52 - The Business of MLS and Messi
53:53 - Meta’s Voicebox AI
55:38 - Beatles new AI song
1:03:08 - AI can predict your political affiliation just by looking at your face
1:05:04 - Someone dreamt of the Ocean Gate disaster in 2013
1:06:26 - Outro

Resources:
https://www.offthebeatenpoints.com/the-surprising-brilliance-of-double-decker-airplane-seats/
https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-bites-first-ever-pop-up-restaurant
https://mashable.com/article/netflix-password-sharing-crackdown-sign-ups-spike
https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/simpsons-prediction-of-titanic-sub-had-movie-inspiration/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwnqWb9l2pQ
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65960217
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754780/reddit-api-updates-changes-news-announcements
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23769263/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight-cage-match-worldstar
https://www.insider.com/lionel-messi-mls-adidas-apple-profit-share-2023-6
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/06/introducing-voicebox-ai-for-speech-generation/
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/paul-mccartney-clarifies-ai-new-beatles-song-1235652187/
https://www.facebook.com/deborahgrattan77/posts/pfbid02fSv8L7NyquYpG4FfXZmChNEpGXEXmGmuZQaMDdqGTAymB4DSrQX5CQ8SGXB631C8l

UFOs are BACK, lab-grown meat, Binance in trouble, Bing hates Chrome, new Twitter CEO and more Jun 12, 2023

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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Vision Pro sentiments a week on
05:13 - Binance in trouble
08:32 - NFTs by Nike
13:02 - Linda Yaccarino's Twitter start
15:34 - Microsoft's fine
17:07 - The future of lab grown meat
25:19 - UFOs
32:59 - AI Drone takes out operator story
35:24 - AI Paperclip Problem
36:22 - Bing hates Chrome
40:00 - Apple using DirectX 12
43:29 - Norway's 24 hours indoor marathon
47:34 - Outro
SHOW NOTES
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/10/1181242780/sec-gary-gensler-binance-coinbase-crypto-lawsuits-battle
https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-sports-is-aiming-to-add-nikes-swoosh-nfts-to-its-games
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65806686
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/06/microsoft-fined-us20-28-million-for-illegally-collecting-childrens-information-on-xbox/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/whistleblower-ufo-alien-tech-spacecraft
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/us-military-drone-ai-killed-operator-simulated-test
https://www.wired.com/story/business-fast-forward/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/6/23736289/microsoft-bing-chrome-search-fake-ai-chatbot
Apple DirectX 12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcYyvzHtJVM
Why Do These People Run For 24h in a Basement? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7SSe2F9104
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

Apple has Cracked the Code with Vision Pro + Reacting to WWDC 2023 Jun 07, 2023

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Emergency Episode! We had to get in quick after the big WWDC 2023 announcements from Apple yesterday.
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00:00 - Intro
02:14 - 15" Macbook Air
05:12 - Mac Studio
06:08 - Mac Pro
09:44 - IOS 17
15:35 - We Called It!
18:32 - Apple Vision Pro
34:31 - Will this kill Meta or help them?
38:02 - Was Vision Pro enough of an innovation?
39:03 - What else could Vision Pro impact?
44:13 - Outro
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

Nvidia's $Trillion Market Cap, Photoshop Generative Fill, HypeBeast Culture Economy and More Jun 05, 2023

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00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Succession is over
03:40 - Dagogo tries PlayStation VR
04:46 - Meta Quest 3
07:11 - Sourcing News
11:54 - AOC Parody Account
15:02 - Death of HypeBeast Culture
19:56 - Fastest Tesla Model 3
20:19 - Vancouver's Drug Issues
29:13 - Amazon's $25 million Fine
36:20 - Air NewZealand Weighing Passengers
38:33 - Implementing 5G Commercial Flights
39:42 - Nvidia reach $1 Trillion Market Cap
46:00 - Dagogo wants an MP3 Player
51:25 - "AI is an Extinction Level Threat"
54:49 - Lawyer Messes Up With ChatGPT
57:14 - Eating Disorder Chatbot Messes Up Too
59:22 - Photoshop introduces AI Generative Fill
1:06:33 - Meet Paragraphica - The AI Camera
1:10:46 - Outro
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

Biggest THREAT to Humanity, Fake AI Pentagon Image, Hype Cycle, Sam Altman and Fruit Ninja! May 29, 2023

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00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Creator of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja
03:44 - Invisible Desk Setup
05:16 - Tawsif did the 12K
06:48 - Viral AI Pentagon Explosion Image
10:38 - Issue with "Pay-to-be-Verified" Model
14:39 - DeSantis Presidential Campaign launch on Twitter
16:05 - Twitter's New CEO
18:05 - Neuralink Update
19:45 - AI Hype Cycle
26:50 - Biggest Threat to Humanity
33:39 - GriefBots in China
36:25 - BT Replacing Humans with AI
39:26 - Netflix new guidlines around password sharing
43:21 - New ColdFusion Video on Sam Altman
50:37 - 90s Aesthetics on ColdFusion
54:15 - Entertainment vs. Educational Content
58:29 - Outro
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

TikTok finally BANNED, Quantum Computing, Working From Home, Tesla's Adverts, Sam Altman & NEW INTRO May 22, 2023

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00:00 - Hook
00:15 - THE NEW INTRO!
00:48 - Linus steps down as CEO
04:22 - Dagogo's Broken Mac
06:03 - Quantum Computing
10:43 - Retrospective Outlook
14:26 - Tawsif is doing a 12K
15:53 - Tiktok banned in Montana
23:55 - AR/VR for the workspace?
28:49 - Looking back at the pandemic
33:11 - Elon says WFH is "immoral"
37:20 - Tesla to advertise for the first time
43:04 - Sam Altman and OpenAI Regulation
46:04 - Meta's Imagebind AI
47:53 - Wendy's AI to take drive through orders
49:07 - Replying to comments
56:39 - Outro
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

How To Scam JP Morgan, Google I/O Quick Recap, AI Datebots, Timbaland May 15, 2023

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WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/s2YmvqbfTS4
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00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Woman Scams JP Morgan
12:44 - Smoke on the Water
14:13 - Has Microsoft Missed the Mark with Bing?
17:47 - Google IO Quick Recap
25:00 - AI Datebot
37:14 - Timbaland uses Biggie AI
42:45 - Comments
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

Godfather of AI is SCARED, IBM Replacing Workers, Hollywood Writers Strike, Vice, BeReal, Pixel Fold May 08, 2023

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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/throughtheweb.podcast/
WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/O0Guk24z0QU
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00:00 Dagogo's Brisbane Trip
03:03 Godfather of AI says AI is bad
07:49 IBM replaces workers with AI
13:18 Hollywood writers' strike
19:22 Will "AI Generated" content change anything?
30:40 VICE Media Bankrupt
33:57 Boring Company Tunnel Expansion
36:52 BeReal losing the race?
40:37 Pixel Fold
Produced by: Dagogo Altraide (ColdFusion), Tawsif Akkas
Shot and edited by: Brayden Laffrey

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