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All the details from yesterday’s pixel event, but especially the AI features that show how far ahead Google is. At least when it comes to putting AI on phones. We have official post quantum computing cryptography standards. And why they’re using iPhones to make offsides calls in soccer this season. Sponsors: DataTribe.com/challenge Hims.com/ride Links: The Google Pixel 9’s AI Camera Features Let You Reshape Reality (Wired) Google Gemini’s voice chat mode is here (The Verge) Apple relents and approves Spotify app with EU pricing (The Verge) The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here (TechCrunch) The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones (Wired) Fantasy League Links: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/s5r9c8 Code: s5r9c8 https://fplchallenge.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/8znkcc Code: 8znkcc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patreon is forced to change how it does things because Apple finally came to claim their vig. Have basically all our social security numbers been leaked? Crowdstrike owns its mistakes in person. And even if you build it, the chip factories might not come if nobody shows up to work. Sponsors: HensonShaving.com/ride and code ride Shopify.com/ride Links: Apple says Patreon must switch to its billing system or risk removal from App Store (TechCrunch) ‘Apple’s Requirements to Hit Creators and Fans on Patreon’ (Daring Fireball) Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers (BleepingComputer) FBI probing alleged Iran hack attempts targeting Trump, Biden camps (Washington Post) CrowdStrike Exec Shows Up to Accept 'Most Epic Fail' Award in Person (PCMag) TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats (TechCrunch) Chipmakers face a labour crisis (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, want to know the iPhone product road map for the next year or so? I wonder why that’s coming out today? Instagram is copying something it forgot to copy from Snapchat. Celsius wants a ton of bitcoin back from Tether. Flux continues to wow, and is Iran the biggest cyber threat of this election year. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme WashingtonPost.com/ride Links: Apple’s iPhone 16 Will Keep Sales Stable Until Bigger Changes Arrive (Bloomberg) Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Map (The Verge) Amid Layoffs and CPU Controversy, Intel Postpones Innovation Event (PCMag) Celsius targets Tether, Badger DAO, Compound, and Netanyahu's niece and nephew in lawsuits (The Block) Forget Midjourney — Flux is the new king of AI image generation and here’s how to get access (Tom's Guide) Iran Emerges as the Most Aggressive Foreign Threat to U.S. Election (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple’s new EU rules still aren’t acceptable to Spotify and Epic. Could we be getting a new, smaller Mac Mini this year? Perplexity AI is showing some real numbers in its effort to unseat Google Search. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: Apple announces new fee structure for apps in the EU that link out to the web for purchases (9to5Mac) Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’ (TechCrunch) Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (Bloomberg) ChatGPT now lets free users generate up to two images per day made by DALL-E 3 (The Verge) Perplexity’s popularity surges as AI search start-up takes on Google (Financial Times) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Why are so many car YouTubers quitting? (The Verge) Moscow’s Spies Were Stealing US Tech — Until the FBI Started a Sabotage Campaign (Politico Magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok launches Spotlight. Meta’s budget kills a VR studio. Why did everyone think Logitech was going to create a mouse you had to pay a subscription to use? And did you know how big Anime is? I did not. Links: TikTok adds in-app hubs for videos about movies and TV shows (The Verge) Exclusive: Meta is closing a beloved first-party Quest studio (AndroidConnect) UK regulator launches formal probe into Amazon’s $4bn Anthropic deal (Financial Times) Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales (The Verge) Logitech Insists It’s Not Making a Mouse With a Subscription Fee (Gizmodo) Anduril now valued at $14 billion, set to build autonomous weapons factories (Axios) Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers (The Wrap) Crunchyroll Is Thriving Thanks to Gen Z and Appointment Anime Viewing, COO Says (The Wrap) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google’s new TV streaming appliance, plus lots of lot of Gemini stuff is coming to Google Home and Nest and such. Elon tries to get advertisers to come back to X by… suing them. That time Intel had a chance to invest in OpenAI. And what new products can Airbnb dream up to make more money? Links: The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for (The Verge) Gemini intelligence is coming to Google Home (The Verge) Scoop: X sues major brands, ad industry group for antitrust (Axios) ‘There’s no price’ Microsoft could pay Apple to use Bing: all the spiciest parts of the Google antitrust ruling (The Verge) How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (Reuters) The limited edition OnePlus Open is the most striking foldable phone yet (The Verge) Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’ (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three big stories to catch you up on. A federal judge has ruled Google is an illegal monopoly. The Game Of Thrones style drama at OpenAI is just getting weirder. And what if all those weird acquihires in all but name are actually mercy killings? Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules (Bloomberg) Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser (Fortune) How the Google Antitrust Ruling May Influence Tech Competition (NYTimes) OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave (TechCrunch) Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is OpenAI sitting on technology that could detect AI cheating? Why is Bitcoin so correlated to the stock market? Why is Elon restarting his lawsuit against OpenAI? Why are the Chinese launching a Starlink competitor? And are the go-go days for music streaming over? Sponsors: Dell.com/deals HelloMood.com code RIDE Links: There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It. (WSJ) Bitcoin tumbles below $50,000 for the first time since February (CNBC) Elon Musk Revives Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman (NYTimes) China launches first satellites of constellation to rival Starlink, newspaper reports (Reuters) AI Chip Startup Groq Gets $2.8 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round (Bloomberg) Is the Music Industry Slowdown a Crisis or a Blip? (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, tech earnings continued to be boring. Apple was fine. Amazon was not quite so fine. And then someone we don’t cover closely really messed the bed. I’ll tell you who. Are we starting to see the first next-generation AI startups? I’ll tell you about an interesting new model. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Amazon Beats On Earnings, Revenue Comes In Light Despite Strong Cloud Performance (Investor's Business Daily) Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (The Verge) 23andMe Board Committee ‘Disappointed’ in CEO Anne Wojcicki’s Take-Private Proposal (Bloomberg) Stable Diffusion creators launch Black Forest Labs, secure $31M for FLUX.1 AI image generator (VentureBeat) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers (Wired) The AI Keeps Score (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So I guess Zuck has convinced Wall Street that all the capex spending on AI is fine. How good a business is Tether? A gooooood business. The first arrival of Apple Intelligence is sort of a ho-hum for now. And how sports is completely transforming the streaming wars battlefield. Links: Meta’s Lesson in Allaying Wall Street’s A.I. Fears (Dealbook/NYT) Meta’s AI Costs Surge as Digital Advertising Revenue Grows (WSJ) Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site (The Verge) Tether Nets $5B Profits This Year, Says Its US Debt Holdings Surpassed Germany's (CoinDesk) A first look at Apple Intelligence and its (slightly) smarter Siri (The Verge) Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99 per Month (Variety) How the NBA’s Slam-Dunk Deals Will Reshape TV (The Hollywood Reporter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another big pullback of a major AI tool. Microsoft earnings. How CapCut is taking over the creator tools space. Amazon speedy delivery is rolling out to the nooks and crannies of North America. And the startup taking a new run at AI wearable hardware. Links: Meta Scraps Celebrity AI Chatbots That Fell Flat With Users (The Information) The Rise of ByteDance’s CapCut Threatens Adobe and Canva (Bloomberg) Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office (WSJ) Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck (Wired) Video Announcing the Friend AI device Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perplexity wants to share ad revenue with publishers. But lots of AI companies are continuing to gamble with scraping. Meta’s new Segment Anything 2 model. AI influencers on Instagram. Canva makes an AI acquisition. And in non-AI news, Meta makes a huge settlement with Texas. Links: Perplexity is cutting checks to publishers following plagiarism accusations (The Verge) Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones) (404Media) Zuckerberg touts Meta’s latest video vision AI with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (TechCrunch) Instagram creators can now make AI doppelgangers to chat with their followers (Engadget) Canva acquires Leonardo.ai to boost its generative AI efforts (TechCrunch) Meta to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas facial recognition data lawsuit (Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple Intelligence might be coming sooner than we dared hope. Might want to check your settings on X. The universe of alt coins is back. A big tech IPO coming from an unexpected source. And is that Galaxy Ring a thing or no? Links: Apple's AI Features Rollout Will Miss Upcoming iPhone Software Overhaul (Bloomberg) Elon Musk calls Grok 'the most powerful AI by every metric' but 'secretly' trains the new model with your X data by default (WindowsCentral) A Digital Coin Based on Baby Trump? Yup. (NYTimes) Honeywell Weighs Quantinuum IPO at $10 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg) Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It’s Still Losing Money. (WSJ) The Galaxy Ring keeps you in Samsung’s orbit (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI takes on Google search directly. Another Hollywood strike with the same underlying causes. We know absolutely everything about the new Pixel 9 series already. Is WhatsApp finally catching on in the US? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Thorne.fit/ridehome, promocode: ridehome. Links: OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine (The Verge) Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns (AP) [Exclusive] Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro Fold promo material reveals design, specs, AI, and other features (91Mobiles) Uber, Lyft, DoorDash Prevail in California Gig-Worker Ruling (Bloomberg) Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp has 100M monthly active users in the US (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Airbnb Hosts Want Guests to Come to Them Directly (Bloomberg) Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever (New Scientist) He says he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. He didn’t, said Frito-Lay. Now he’s suing (LATimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once again, Reddit looks like it’s not worried about upsetting people. New generative search on Bing, new models from Mistral and a new video model from Stability. But did Runway train it’s video models on YouTube videos? We might have a smoking gun. But what if the dream of synthetic data for AI training is a mirage? Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Google's Exclusive Reddit Access (404Media) Microsoft unveils Bing Generative Search — enhanced with AI, it's a complete overhaul of traditional search (WindowsCentral) Mistral shocks with new open model Mistral Large 2, taking on Llama 3.1 (VentureBeat) Stability AI steps into a new gen AI dimension with Stable Video 4D (VentureBeat) Runway Ripped Off YouTube Creators (404Media) The problem of ‘model collapse’: how a lack of human data limits AI progress (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta’s Llama 3.1 shows that open models can at least go toe to toe with proprietary AI models. Why did the Google-Wiz deal fall apart? Was the CrowdStrike outage a part of it? Kamala Harris, AI czar? And what do the reviews of the recent Samsung foldable phones say to us about those Apple foldable phone rumors? Links: Meta puts open source AI on the podium. (Ben's Bites) The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (ArsTechnica) Google’s Aborted Deals Show Antitrust’s Long Shadow Over Tech (Bloomberg) Google’s $23 Billion Snub From Wiz Will Sting Them Both (Bloomberg) A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation (NYTimes) Apple Moves Forward With Foldable iPhone (The Information) The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is a great phone that’s out of ideas (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I try to get my head around the whole Google and third-party cookies thing. Wiz turns down Google’s big money acquisition offer. Spot ether ETFs can begin trading. And why weather prediction might be the first big scientific breakthrough of this AI era. Links: After years of uncertainty, Google says it won’t be ‘deprecating third-party cookies’ in Chrome (Digiday) Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO (CNBC) This ‘Google TV Streamer’ set-top box is what comes after Chromecast [Gallery] (9to5Google) Spot Ethereum ETFs get final sign off to begin trading Tuesday (The Block) Delta CEO sees flight disruptions lasting for another couple of days (Reuters) Alexa Is in Millions of Households—and Amazon Is Losing Billions (WSJ) AI helps to produce breakthrough in weather and climate forecasting (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wait, did any news happen this weekend? IT people don’t know about it cause they’re still digging out from the CrowdStrike thing. But why is everybody pointing fingers at Microsoft? Samsung jumps on the Google Messages bandwagon. Japan wants AI startups. And what do you do when you need 22 thousand football player avatars real quick? AI of course! Links: CrowdStrike's Falcon Sensor also linked to Linux kernel panics and crashes (The Register) Microsoft’s global sprawl comes under fire after historic outage (Washington Post) Blue Screens Everywhere Are Latest Tech Woe for Microsoft (WSJ) Samsung going all in on Google Messages in US, stops pre-installing Samsung Messages on Galaxy phones (9to5Google) Japan’s copyright rules draw AI groups — and alarm from creators (FT) How AI Brought 11,000 College Football Players to Digital Life in Three Months (WSJ) Review: CMF Phone 1 (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The big tech outage caused by a single software update that even my mom is texting me about. The new mini AI models are bring prices down as we hoped. How Netflix completely righted its ship. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Miro.com The Next Wave Podcast Links: Major Windows BSOD issue takes banks, airlines, and broadcasters offline (The Verge) Global IT Collapse Puts Cyber Firm CrowdStrike in Spotlight (Bloomberg) Samsung halts Galaxy Buds 3 Pro shipments over quality issues (The Verge) OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet (CNBC) OpenAI's 4o-mini brings big brains on a budget. (Ben's Bites) Netflix Q2 Profits Surge 44% to $2.15 Billion As Streamer Adds 8 Million Subscribers (The Wrap) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: A One-Man Telemundo on TikTok (NYTimes) Pooping on the Moon Is a Messy Business (Wired) Interesting Raise Story About San Francisco Compute Co. (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It looks like crypto exchange hacks are back. And so are the North Koreans, I guess. Are the Meta Ray-Bans selling so well Zuck might invest in the Ray-Ban maker? The continuing trend of tech companies withholding products from Europe. And the state of play in terms of whether or not the cops can get into your phone. Links: WazirX Hacked for $230M, Largely in SHIB, as Elliptic Says North Korea Behind Attack (CoinDesk) $235 million lost by WazirX in North Korea-linked breach (Elliptic) Meta explores stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica (FT) Reality Comes to Meta’s Reality Labs (The Information) Scoop: Meta won't offer future multimodal AI models in EU (Axios) Apple says its OpenELM model doesn’t power Apple Intelligence amid YouTube controversy (9to5Mac) Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI (Proof) Leaked Docs Show What Phones Cellebrite Can (and Can’t) Unlock (404 Media) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sorry, we gotta do more politics. Can’t avoid it cause now Trump likes TikTok and seemingly hates Mark Zuckerberg. Mistrals two new models. A big Pixel phone leak. And the interesting new “sketch to image” AI tool on the new Galaxy phones. Sponsors: CleanMyMac X with promocode: techmeme Links: Trump on Taxes, Tariffs, Jerome Powell and More (Bloomberg) Exclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores sale, sources say (Reuters) Mistral releases Codestral Mamba for faster, longer code generation (VentureBeat) Giant Pixel 9 leak gives us our first real-world look at the Fold, faster charging specs, and more (AndroidAuthority) Samsung’s new image-generating AI tool is a little too good (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JD Vance becomes the first Tech industry player, and especially Venture Capitalist, to ever be on a major presidential ticket. It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone. Why are the major record labels suing Verizon? And why an AI innovation around spreadsheets could be a big deal. Sponsors: Vanta.com/ride for $1000 off CleanMyMac X with promocode: techmeme Links: J.D. Vance Is Trump’s Pick for Vice President (Wired) It’s never been easier for the cops to break into your phone (The Verge) Microsoft Investigated by UK Over Ex-Inflection Staff Hires (Bloomberg) Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service (ArsTechnica) Microsoft’s new AI system ‘SpreadsheetLLM’ unlocks insights from spreadsheets, boosting enterprise productivity (VentureBeat) Apple releases public betas for iOS 18, macOS, and more (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest tech exit in years might be in the offing as Alphabet eyes scooping up Wiz. The weird story of that huge AT&T hack. A new ARM-powered CoPilot+ PC is maybe the most powerful yet. And is India the reason Apple’s stock has been on the rise lately? Sponsors: ArcticWolf.com/techmeme Shopify.com/ride Links: Google Near $23 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Startup Wiz (WSJ) Zero to Billions: The Startup on the Verge of the Biggest Tech Exit in Years (WSJ) AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers in new data breach (TechCrunch) AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records (Wired) HP's new OmniBook Ultra beats every single Copilot+ PC on the market in TOPS, and it runs on an AMD Ryzen AI 300 processor (Windows Central) Apple’s India Sales Surge 33% to Record in Shift From China (Bloomberg) India clings to cheap feature phones as brands struggle to tap new smartphone buyers (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All the headlines from what was largely a foldable phone event from Samsung yesterday. Apple has settled with the EU. More numbers on Apple Vision Pro sales. Why the sparkle emoji is the defacto symbol of AI. And, of course, the Weekend Longread Suggestions. Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Galaxy Z Fold 6 goes official with 7 years of updates, wider displays, starting at $1,899 (9to5Google) Galaxy Z Flip 6 starts at $1,099 with battery, cover display, and camera upgrades (9to5Google) Apple Avoids EU Antitrust Threat With Tap-and-Pay Probe Settlement (Bloomberg) Apple’s Vision Pro Won’t Cross 500,000 Sales This Year, IDC Says (Bloomberg) Has Artificial Intelligence Co-opted the Sparkle Emoji? (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suddenly nobody wants to be on OpenAI’s board, even as observers. I’ll tell you why. More on how AI has thrown everybody’s carbon neutral plans into chaos. A monster raise in the AI and robotics space. And a16z has found a way to get chips into the hands of their AI startups. Links: Microsoft and Apple drop OpenAI seats amid antitrust scrutiny (FT) Microsoft gives up observer seat on OpenAI board (Axios) Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral (Bloomberg) Amazon Says It Reached a Climate Goal Seven Years Early (NYTimes) Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and launching a new ‘Standard’ tier (The Verge) This $1.5 Billion AI Company Is Building A ‘General Purpose Brain’ For Robots (Forbes) Andreessen Horowitz Is Building a Stash of More Than 20,000 GPUs to Win AI Deals (The Information) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new nothing phone costs almost nothing. I’m not punning. Sam Altman has founded yet another AI startup. Is the hype around AI PCs underdelivering? And two other back the future stories about updating Notepad in Windows, and abandoning floppy disks in Japan. Sponsors: Dragon Ball Legends Links: Nothing’s CMF Devices Prove Yet Again Cheap Doesn't Have to Mean Boring (Wired) Amazon announces new $79 Echo Spot alarm clock (CNBC) OpenAI and Arianna Huffington are working together on an ‘AI health coach’ (The Verge) Spotify is going to let you leave comments on podcast episodes (The Verge) Qualcomm, Microsoft Lean on AI Hype to Spur PC Market Revival (Bloomberg) After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad (Tom Hardware) Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ok, fine. Give me a thinner watch if it’ll also somehow have a bigger screen. Apple and Epic are just petty, squabbling children at this point. What if AI as it currently exists, is simply too expensive to be profitable? And a new social network is sort of back to the future. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme Miro.com Links: What’s Next for the Apple Watch: Bigger Screens But a Similar Look (Bloomberg) Apple okays Epic Games marketplace app in Europe (Reuters) In a major update, Proton adds privacy-safe document collaboration to Drive, its freemium E2EE cloud storage service (TechCrunch) AI industry needs to earn $600 billion per year to pay for massive hardware spend — fears of an AI bubble intensify in wake of Sequoia report (Tom's Hardware) noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bill Gates the richest man in the world, and not Gary Kildall? Could things have turned out differently? In this episode we use audio from the following documentaries: Triumph of the Nerds and Computer Chronicles Special thanks to Justin Schwinghamer for the original score and the voice acting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This about the man who invented the modern disc operating system (the OS) and the concept of the software platform. That man was Gary Kildall. And the question we examine in this episode is, why is Bill Gates the richest man in the world, and not Gary Kildall? Could things have turned out differently? In this episode we use audio from the following documentaries: Triumph of the Nerds and Computer Chronicles Special thanks to Justin Schwinghamer for the original score and the voice acting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The deploying and then walking back of AI products and features is becoming something of a routine at this point. Apple is joining OpenAI’s board, kinda-sorta. Meta outlines 3D Gen. Proof that VC funding is coming back, baby. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: A Better Paradise Podcast Links: Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App (404 Media) Figma pulls AI tool after criticism that it ripped off Apple’s design (The Verge) Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (Bloomberg) Meta drops ‘3D Gen’ bomb: AI-powered 3D asset creation at lightning speed (VentureBeat) Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn (NYTimes) Weekend Longreads Suggestions Internet Browsers Are Getting a Makeover for the Workplace (WSJ) A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent Evolve Bank and Trust cyberattack might impact a lot of tech customers. Why single points of failure impact cyberattacks. YouTube will soon let you take down videos like you’re a Hollywood studio. And big tech’s playbook for AI acquisitions that the regulators can’t frown at. Sponsors: CleanMyMac X Promocode: techmeme Links: Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach (TechCrunch) CDK Global Hack Shows Risk of One Software Vendor Dominating an Industry (WSJ) Supreme Court orders new look at social media laws in Texas and Florida (CBSNews) Exclusive: Nvidia set to face French antitrust charges, sources say (Reuters) YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice (TechCrunch) This is Big Tech’s playbook for swallowing the AI industry (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta’s turn to be accused of breaching the DMA. Smarter AirPods as part of an AR/VR strategy. Better AI leaderboards. And is the Surface Laptop finally a true MacBook Air killer? Sponsors: Dragon Ball Legends Links: Meta's pay or consent model in crosshairs for breaching EU tech rules (Reuters) Kuo: Apple to begin mass production of AirPods with cameras by 2026 (9to5Mac) ‘Boring’ Bitcoin Sends Weekend Trading Volume to All-Time Lows (Bloomberg) Amazon’s Bargain Store Would Use Same Trade ‘Loophole’ as Temu, Shein (The Information) Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened (Tom's Hardware) Surface Laptop review: Microsoft’s best MacBook Air competitor yet (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The growing backlash over Perplexity is getting interesting. OpenAI possibly exiting China will be interesting in terms of a massive land grab. AI Al Michaels will deliver personalized Olympics updates for you. And in the Longreads: is the real King of All Media… YouTube? Sponsors: ConstantContact.com Links: Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse (Wired) OpenAI’s China Block to Reshape AI Scene as Big Players Pounce (Bloomberg) OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI (Wired) An AI version of Al Michaels will deliver Olympic recaps on Peacock (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: YouTube dominates streaming, forcing media companies to decide whether it’s friend or foe (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Uncle Sam about to unload a ton of Bitcoin? AI has helped Google Translate almost double the number of languages it supports. No surprise, but Amazon is gonna take a page out of Temu’s book. Figma’s big redesign. And another way the AI era is rhyming with the DotCom era: the consultants are back. Sponsors: Miro.com Links: Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase (Coindesk) Google Translate is getting support for more than 110 new languages (The Verge) Amazon To Launch Temu-Like Discount Section With Direct Shipping From China (The Information) Amazon Hits $2 Trillion in Value as AI Frenzy Fuels Rally (Bloomberg) Figma announces big redesign with AI (The Verge) Webtoon Entertainment to debut on Nasdaq as latest Korean cultural export success (Financial Times) The A.I. Boom Has an Unlikely Early Winner: Wonky Consultants (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ChatGPT macOS app is now available for everybody. Google drops continuous scroll for search. Waymo drops the waitlist in San Francisco. Are the AI characters on Character.ai somehow… changed? And is there an eInk phone that I might actually have to try out? Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac app is now available to everyone (9to5Mac) Google dropping continuous scroll in search results (Search Engine Land) Waymo ditches the waitlist and opens up its robotaxis to everyone in San Francisco (The Verge) Tech Investor Sean Parker Leads Rescue of Struggling AI Startup (WSJ) ‘No Bot is Themselves Anymore:’ Character.ai Users Report Sudden Personality Changes to Chatbots (404 Media) The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn’t even know I wanted (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History is rhyming today as AI music startups get the Napster treatment and Microsoft gets dinged for product bundling. Google wants you to build your own AI celebrity. Amazon wants to go at ChatGPT directly. And two hella-interesting and hella-big AI raises. Sponsors: Miro.com Links: Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’ (The Verge) EU charges Microsoft with antitrust violations over Teams (FT) Apple Spurned Idea of iPhone AI Partnership With Meta Months Ago (Bloomberg) Uber Is Locking Out NYC Drivers Mid-Shift to Lower Minimum Pay (Bloomberg) Google Develops Challenger to Meta’s Chatbots and Character.AI (The Information) Amazon is secretly working on a ChatGPT killer (Business Insider) Etched is building an AI chip that only runs one type of model (TechCrunch) EvolutionaryScale lands $142 mln to advance AI in biology (Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could Apple soon owe Europe a ton of money as they are the first to run afoul of the DMA? Could Meta soon join OpenAI as part of Apple Intelligence. Why food delivery apps are seeing plunging usage in NYC and Seattle. And a big new AI focused bill in California that AI startups are worried about. Sponsors: 1password.com/ride WashingtonPost.com/ride Links: Brussels accuses Apple of breaking EU ‘gatekeeper’ rules (FT) Apple is first company charged with violating EU’s DMA rules (The Verge) Apple Won’t Roll Out AI Tech In EU Market Over Regulatory Concerns (Bloomberg) Apple, Meta Have Discussed an AI Partnership (WSJ) Delivery Drivers Got Higher Wages. Now They’re Getting Fewer Orders. (WSJ) AI Doesn’t Kill Jobs? Tell That to Freelancers (WSJ) ‘Little Tech’ brings a big flex to Sacramento (Politico) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The government has banned Kaspersky antivirus sales in the US. People are losing their minds over Claude 3.5 Sonnet from Anthropic. Soon all devices can pair to your iPhone as easily as AirPods do. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia (TechCrunch) Anthropic claims its latest model is best-in-class (TechCrunch) Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet wows AI power users: ‘this is wild’ (VentureBeat) New iOS 18 API brings AirPods setup experience to third-party accessories (9to5Mac) SpaceX unveils backpack-sized ‘Starlink Mini’ satellite internet antenna for $599 (CNBC) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Why are mobile game ads so weird and bad? (Sherwood) From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (ArsTechnica) The song Stevie Nicks wrote to “haunt” Lindsey Buckingham (Far Out) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ilya Sutskever wants to go straight to Safe Superintelligence, do not pass go, but do probably collect hundreds of millions of dollars. Is Perplexity ignoring robots.txt files? Xreal’s hybrid AR glasses play. And how many apps did Apple sherlock at WWDC last week? Links: Ilya Sutskever Has a New Plan for Safe Superintelligence (Bloomberg) Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (Wired) For Apple’s AI Push, China Is a Missing Piece (WSJ) Xreal’s new gadget is a phone-sized Android tablet just for your AR glasses (The Verge) iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does Apple pumping the breaks on the Vision Pro indicate problems for the category, or was this always the plan? What if AI means bots do the social media-ing for you? Actual RISC-V PCs coming to market. And a review of the new slate of CoPilot+ PCs that are available now. Links: Apple Suspends Work on Next Vision Pro, Focused on Releasing Cheaper Model in Late 2025 (The Information) Former Snap engineer launches Butterflies, a social network where AIs and humans coexist (TechCrunch) The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops (The Verge) Here are all of the Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X chips that were released today (Engadget) ASUS VivoBook S 15 Copilot+ PC Review: Is the Snapdragon X Elite hype real? (Windows Central) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The regulators have come for adobe and their alleged subscription shenanigans. Apple might settle with the EU. But it’s also shutting down its BNPL service. The Threads API is here. Tether is making bank. Uber might be having a breakthrough moment. And back to using Reddit for search. Sponsors: A Better Paradise Podcast Links: US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel (The Verge) Apple to settle ‘tap-and-go’ payments probe with EU (FT) Apple discontinuing Apple Pay Later, ahead of new features launching this fall (9to5Mac) Threads finally launches its API for developers (TechCrunch) Tether Announces a New Synthetic Dollar That Is Backed by Gold (Bloomberg) A Robotaxi Business Is A Dream For Elon Musk–But Already A Reality For Waymo (Forbes) Can You Replace Google Search With Reddit? I Tried It for a Week (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Gurman says Apple is going to go all in on making the thinnest and lightest devices in the industry. Though the Apple Watch is probably going to get a bigger screen. McDonalds pumps the breaks on AI in the drive through. And two contradictory anecdotal stories about what happens when AI comes for your job. Sponsors: ArcticWolf.com/techmeme Miro.com Links: Apple’s Slow Rollout of Intelligence Features Will Stretch Into 2025 (Bloomberg) Kuo: Apple Watch Series 10 to Get Larger Screen and Thinner Design (MacRumors) Privacy app maker Proton transitions to non-profit foundation structure (TechCrunch) McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test (Restaurant Business Online) AI took their jobs. Now they get paid to make it sound human (BBC) AI in finance is like ‘moving from typewriters to word processors’ (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The recall of some Microsoft AI products continues as literally Recall gets delayed. Another deep dive into how Apple’s AI actually works. Dream Machine is an open source AI video generator you can use this weekend. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, the people who have found everyday use cases for the Apple Vision Pro. Links: Microsoft’s all-knowing Recall AI feature is being delayed (The Verge) Here’s how Apple’s AI model tries to keep your data private (The Verge) Luma AI debuts ‘Dream Machine’ for realistic video generation, heating up AI media race (VentureBeat) As streaming becomes more expensive, Tubi cashes in on the value of free (Los Angeles Times) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: I Know What the Apple Vision Pro Is For (Intelligencer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple isn’t paying OpenAI anything for their partnership. Guess they’ll make it up on volume. More details on how much money OpenAI IS making. The surprise Galaxy Watch FE. And do you think you’d have the skills to compete in the Excel World Championships? Links: Apple to ‘Pay’ OpenAI for ChatGPT Through Distribution, Not Cash (Bloomberg) OpenAI’s Annualized Revenue Doubles to $3.4 Billion Since Late 2023 (The Information) Perplexity was planning revenue-sharing deals with publishers when it came under media fire (Semafor) You’ll soon be able to join Discord calls directly from your PS5 (The Verge) Nintendo Switch Update 18.1.0 Pulls X/Twitter Support, Bringing It In-Line With PlayStation and Xbox (IGN) Samsung’s Galaxy Watch FE is its new entry-level smartwatch (The Verge) Spreadsheet Superstars (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. I guess Wall Street likes Apple’s AI strategy. But why is Microsoft already putting the brakes on some of its AI features? BeReal gets acquired. What does the word “slop” mean when it comes to AI? And what happens when you add modern technology to the humble walkie talkie? Links: Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (CNBC) X is officially making likes (mostly) private for everyone (Engadget) Apple quietly improves Mac virtualization in macOS 15 Sequoia (ArsTechnica) Microsoft is killing off GPT Builder in Copilot Pro for consumers, just three months after broad availability (XDA Developers) OpenAI ex-employees worry about company’s control over their millions of dollars in shares (CNBC) Photo-sharing app BeReal acquired by Voodoo for €500mn (FT) First Came ‘Spam.’ Now, With A.I., We’ve Got ‘Slop’ (NYTimes) Raleigh smart walkie-talkie startup Relay raises $35M from investors (Axios) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All of the drips and drabs details from yesterday’s WWDC keynote. Spotify is about to announce a higher tier of membership with some perks. Mistral raises a big new round. The Raspberry Pi IPO is a success. And what if AI could actually make every stoplight in the country more intelligent in real time? Sponsors: Vanta.com/ride Lumen.me/ride Links: Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple” (ArsTechnica) How will Apple’s new AI change your phone? I asked Tim Cook. (Washington Post) Thoughts on #WWDC24 (Chris Messina) Apple’s Push to Infuse Devices With AI Will Take Years to Pay Off (Bloomberg) Spotify to Introduce More Expensive Subscription Tier for Music Lovers (Bloomberg) Mistral secures €600mn funding as valuation soars to almost €6bn (Financial Times) Raspberry Pi shares jump more than a third on first day of trading (Financial Times) The Smart, Cheap Fix for Slow, Dumb Traffic Lights (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from WWDC. All the AI goodness, even if Apple spent half the time not even mentioning the words Artificial Intelligence. Also, what if the audio quality of cell phones didn’t have to suck? And what if AI could actually make every stoplight in the country more intelligent in real time? Sponsors: Miro.com Shopify.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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