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Wait, how long is it going to take Apple to make Siri behave like ChatGPT already does today? Maybe that talk of OpenAI buying the Chrome browser isn’t completely far fetched after all. Is Threads feeling the heat from Bluesky? Do I want to wear a watch on my finger? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Apple Readies More Conversational Siri in Bid to Catch Up in AI (Bloomberg) OpenAI Considers Taking on Google With Browser (The Information) Threads’ algorithm will focus more on the people you follow (The Verge) As Bluesky soars, Threads rolls out custom feeds globally (TechCrunch) Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm (The Verge) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Here’s some cool stuff you can do with Bluesky (The Verge) How Mark Zuckerberg has fully rebuilt Meta around Llama (Fortune) Are the robots finally coming? (FT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The DOJ has filed its “remedy” for Google but what would it mean for end users if their recommendations actually come to pass? Nvidia’s earnings continue to be historic but are they worried about current AI models hitting a wall? How AI might help make quantum computing become reality. And did a major new AI player just release its first product? Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment (Associated Press) Google could be forced to sell Chrome – here’s what it would mean for users (iNews) Apple Pay, Other Tech Firms Come Under CFPB Regulatory Oversight (Bloomberg) Nvidia’s CEO defends his moat as AI labs change how they improve their AI models (TechCrunch) AI Power For Quantum Errors: Google Develops AlphaQubit to Identify, Correct Quantum Errors (Quantum Insider) Elon Musk’s xAI Startup Is Valued at $50 Billion in New Funding Round (WSJ) H, the AI startup that raised $220M, launches its first product: Runner H for ‘agentic’ applications (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now authors are being approached about training AI on their books, and some are not pleased. The new Android development cadence is here. More signs crypto is ascendant. More signs that Bluesky has taken off. And a case in point for why governments and militaries are worried about smartphone tracking. Links: Microsoft Signs AI-Learning Deal With News Corp.’s HarperCollins (Bloomberg) Penguin Random House underscores copyright protection in AI rebuff (The Bookseller) The first Android 16 developer preview just landed: Here’s what you need to know (Android Police) Sony’s new PlayStation Portal update lets you stream PS5 games from the cloud (The Verge) Howard Lutnick, Tether's Wall Street Banker, Is Trump's Pick for Commerce Chief, Not Treasury Secretary (CoinDesk) Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads (TechCrunch) Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have an idea of how the DOJ wants to breakup Google, and it seems to hinge a lot on selling the Chrome web browser. Sony wants the Elden Ring franchise. The outgoing administration is racing to give out Chips Act money. And all the headlines from today’s Microsoft Ignite event. Sponsors: WashingtonPost.com/ride Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code RIDEHOME at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/ridehome Links: Google’s Chrome to Fetch Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale (Bloomberg) Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad (AndroidAuthority) Exclusive: Sony is in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring' (Reuters) Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted, sparking warnings of possible ‘hybrid warfare’ (CNN) Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud (The Verge) Windows comes to the Meta Quest (TechCrunch) Want to speak Italian? Microsoft AI can make it sound like you do. (Washington Post) Biden Team Races to Deliver Chip Grants Before Trump Takes Over (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have the nomination for the next FCC chair. More hype around smartglasses. About that Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight on Netflix. Is YouTube now the king of the podcast ecosystem? And a deeper dive on how AI is giving Wall Street a brand new window into the startup ecosystem. Sponsors: ArcticWolf.com/techmeme Ramp.com/techmeme Links: Trump Designates FCC Veteran Brendan Carr as Chair of Agency (Bloomberg) Report: Samsung XR glasses have Ray-Ban Meta specs with more features, seemingly no display (9to5Google) Netflix’s Tyson-Paul Boxing Bout Gets 65 Million Viewers at Peak (Bloomberg) Why Everyone Is Now Watching Podcasts on YouTube (WSJ) Nvidia Customers Worry About Snag With New AI Chip Servers (The Information) Wall Street's Elites Are Piling Into a Massive AI Gamble (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to @cara_jacqueline about what its like when your startup dies. How do you know when it's over? What were the lessons she learned from her journey? One of my favorite episodes we've ever done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eighteen states are suing the SEC over crypto regulation. The FTC might be going after Microsoft, but is this well timed or terribly timed? ChatGPT on Windows just got more available. NASA has created an AI Copilot for… Earth. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Acorns.com/ride Links: SEC, Gary Gensler Sued by 18 States Over Biden’s Crypto Crackdown (Decrypt) US regulators plan to investigate Microsoft’s cloud business (Financial Times) ChatGPT App for Windows Now Available to Everyone (PCMag) NASA’s AI Earth Copilot will take your questions about our planet (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Not even Spotify is safe from AI slop (The Verge) Klarna’s Seb Siemiatkowski — from burger flipping to billionaire club (Financial Times) Inside the Billion-Dollar Startup Bringing AI Into the Physical World (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle up cause it’s going to be a regulation heavy day. Meta is served up its first big EU fine. The FBI is investigating Polymarket? The CFPB might require regular inspections of Google? A new AI agent from OpenAI in about a month? And forget the streaming wars, are we entering the age of the puzzle wars? Sponsors: Notion.com/ride Links: Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices (FT) Polymarket Investigated by DOJ for Allegedly Letting US Users Bet on Platform (Bloomberg) CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash (WashingtonPost) OpenAI Nears Launch of AI Agent Tool to Automate Tasks for Users (Bloomberg) Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app (9to5Google) Apple Releases Updates to Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for the Mac and iPad (MacStories) Meta to Launch Ads on Threads in Early 2025 (The Information) Words With Friends takes on Wordle with new single-player daily puzzles (The Verge) AI Avatar YouTube Experiment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guessing game on who the new tech regulators will be for the new administration. What is Amazon Haul? Why has Bluesky suddenly seen a flurry of activity? More on Apple’s smarthome ambitions. And more on why AI seems to be hitting a wall lately? Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech. Sponsors: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code RIDEHOME at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: Incogni.com/ridehome Links: Donald Trump’s potential antitrust enforcers may keep Big Tech in their sights (Financial Times) Amazon debuts discount store with everything under $20 to take on Temu and Shein (CNBC) With Surge in New Users, Bluesky Emerges as X Alternative (NYTimes) Apple’s Next Device Is an AI Wall Tablet for Home Control, Siri and Video Calls (Bloomberg) OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI (Bloomberg) Bluesky Techmeme Starter Pack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looks like Apple wants to get serious about smarthome tech. The EU gets Meta to change, but has another requested change from Apple. Signal has some new features. Netflix’s ad-tier continues to win. And a deeper dive into how AI can leap this scaling wall it seems to have run into. Here’s what you missed today in the world of tech. Sponsors: Shopify.com/ride Links: Kuo: Apple to release its own smart home camera in 2026, with AI features (9to5Mac) In Europe, Instagram Ads Are About to Get Less Personal (WSJ) Apple Gets EU Warning to Stop Geo-Blocking on App, ITunes Stores (Bloomberg) Nvidia’s new app replacement for GeForce Experience is now out of beta (The Verge) Signal calls now work a lot more like Meet and Zoom (The Verge) Netflix Says Ad Tier Reaches 70 Million Users Globally (Variety) OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations (Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FTX is suing basically anybody you can think of. Why will your iPhone now reboot itself if you don’t log into it for several days? Is OpenAI’s next flagship model underperforming what they were expecting? And I’ve found the one company most disrupted by AI. At least, so far. Sponsors: 1Password.com/ride Links: FTX Sues Binance, Ex-CEO Zhao Seeking $1.8 Billion Clawback (Bloomberg) FTX Sues Scaramucci to Recoup Money for Creditors (Bloomberg) Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops (404Media) OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows (The Information) How ChatGPT Brought Down an Online Education Giant (WSJ) Painting by A.I.-Powered Robot Sells for $1.1 Million (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Some interesting moves over at Block. Share to TikTok could be something major for the music industry. Amazon’s offer to invest again in Anthropic comes with some interesting strings attached. More signs that the smartglasses category is coming now. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: LegalZoom.com promocode Techmeme Links: Block reports revenue miss but a slight beat on earnings (CNBC) Jack Dorsey's Square to Invest More in Bitcoin Mining and Shut Decentralized 'Web5' Venture (CoinDesk) TikTok’s latest feature lets music fans ‘Share to TikTok’ from Spotify and Apple Music (TechCrunch) Amazon Discussing New Multibillion-Dollar Investment in Anthropic (The Information) Baidu Readies AI Smart Glasses to Rival Meta’s Ray-Bans (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (ArsTechnica) What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC Marathon (Intelligencer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More in depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley, and Elon Musk’s companies in particular. Canadian regulators going after TikTok. Australia wants to make sure no one uses social media until they’re sixteen. France is “aware” of Polymarket. And the reviews of all the new Macs. Sponsors: Promevo.com/techmeme Links: Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return? (NYTimes) Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue (Reuters) Labor backs 16 as the minimum age to use social media ahead of national cabinet meeting (ABCNews) French Regulator Examines Polymarket After Bets on Trump (Bloomberg) Apple Mac mini review (M4 Pro, 2024): Shockingly small, incredibly powerful (Engadget) Apple MacBook Pro M4 review: the Pro for everyone (The Verge) Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review (2024): Brace yourself for M4 speed (Engadget) Apple iMac M4 review: More power, same great looks (Tom's Guide) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tech angle to the election news yesterday, and interestingly a lot of it is crypto related. The EU Commission looks like it will fine Apple and has opened a case against Corning? Perplexity is raising another massive new round. And a pretty definitive piece about how drone tech has changed warfare. Sponsors: Head to Lumen.me/RIDE for 15% off your purchase. WashingtonPost.com/ride Links: Polymarket, Prediction Betting Markets Vindicated by Trump's Strong Showing (Coindesk) Apple to Face First EU Fine Under Bloc’s Digital Markets Act (Bloomberg) Corning Faces EU Probe Into Smartphone ‘Gorilla Glass’ (Bloomberg) How Lina Khan Became an Election Hot Topic (NYTimes) Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division (TechCrunch) AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round (WSJ) Battles of Precise Mass (Foreign Affairs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big hacking arrest in Canada. More evidence Apple is thinking: “You know, maybe smartglasses are the way to go…” More signs OpenAI is focusing on hardware. More signs they’re about to go for-profit. And what it’s actually like to use GPT Search? Is it a Google killer or no? Links: Canada Arrests Man Suspected of Hacks of Snowflake Customers (Bloomberg) Apple Explores Push Into Smart Glasses With ‘Atlas’ User Study (Bloomberg) Meta’s former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI (TechCrunch) OpenAI in Regulator Talks to Become For-Profit Company (Bloomberg) Anthropic hikes the price of its Haiku model (TechCrunch) Uber’s Real Threat Isn’t From Robots (WSJ) ChatGPT Search is not OpenAI’s ‘Google killer’ yet (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple is investing more in Satellite technology, and also acquires Pixelmator. What does this all mean for them? Is the high end Vision Pro getting abandoned? What does it mean that Google Cloud is now growing faster than AWS? And how Coreweave and other “neocloud” startups are financing their crazy growth in a totally new way. Here’s what you missed today in the world of Tech. Sponsors: Miro.com MackWeldon.com promocode BRIAN Links: Apple expands iPhone satellite services deal, commits $1.1bn to expand capacity (9to5Mac) Apple is acquiring the popular image editing app Pixelmator (The Verge) Apple Finally Finds Its Gaming Console With the New Mac Mini (Bloomberg) Apple Vision Pro rumored to get M5 in 2025, but lower cost model is delayed (Apple Insider) X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts (TechCrunch) Google’s cloud outpaces rivals in third quarter as AI battle heats up (CNBC) Early Apple M4 Pro and M4 Max benchmarks hint at a massive performance boost (Neowin) Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI officially gets into the search game. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Why Google is switching up how it does Android. And in the longreads, Meta to win AI even if doesn’t produce AGI, and how downsizing is helping game developers survive the jobspocalypse. Links: OpenAI Brings Search Features to ChatGPT in Challenge to Google (Bloomberg) China Ruins Apple's Quarter (24/7WallStreet) Amazon Surges Past Earnings Forecasts (The Motley Fool) Google confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview begins soon (Android Authority) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Meta’s AI Abundance (Stratechery) After Era of Bloat, Veteran Video-Game Developers Are Going Smaller (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsors: 1Password.com/ride Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsors: Acorns.com/ride Links: 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) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsors: Notion.com/ride Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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? Links: 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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme Miro.com Links: Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now (The Verge) Microsoft unveils new autonomous AI agents in advance of competing Salesforce rollout (GeekWire) AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion (WSJ) IBM debuts open source Granite 3.0 LLMs for enterprise AI (VentureBeat) Apple’s New iPad Mini Highlights the Company’s Secret AI Advantage (Bloomberg) Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health features are as good as they sound (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Now Amazon is building some modular nuclear reactors. TSMC’s results cheer up the chips industry. Uber but for buying plane tickets. No, I mean, really, use Uber to buy plane tickets. And the controversial reason Meta is reportedly laying off some folks. Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (CNBC) TSMC Hikes Revenue Outlook in Show of Confidence in AI Boom (Bloomberg) The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership (The Verge) Uber explored takeover bid for Expedia (FT) Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more (The Verge) Meta fires staff for abusing $25 meal credits (FT) Analogue’s 4K Nintendo 64 launches next year for $249 (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kindles come roaring back, with significant updates to the Paperwhite and the Scribe, but also, for the first time ever, a Kindle with a color screen. Why has ASML suddenly plunged so much if chips are so hot right now? Android 15 is beginning to roll out. And Sonos is back to releasing new speakers again. Sponsors: Promevo.com/techmeme Links: Amazon’s new seven-inch Kindle Paperwhite is bigger and faster than ever (The Verge) Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe takes another step toward pen and paper (The Verge) Amazon finally has a color Kindle, and it looks pretty good (The Verge) Global Chip Stocks Erase $420 Billion After ASML Sales Warning (Bloomberg) YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video (The Verge) Android 15 is now available for Pixels (The Verge) Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4 (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Nuclear Energy sector is clearly getting back in business, thanks to big tech and their AI needs. The latest back and forth in the Wordpress brouhaha. The US is considering caps on the chips Nvidia can deliver to a bunch of countries worldwide. And is Tether getting deeper into the global finance game? Sponsors: 1Password.com/ride ArcticWolf.com/register Links: Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI (WSJ) DHH's Original Post Matt Mullenweg's Original Response Matt's 2nd Response Apple Unveils New iPad Mini With A17 Pro Chip and Apple Intelligence (MacRumors) US Weighs Capping Exports of AI Chips From Nvidia and AMD to Some Countries (Bloomberg) Crypto Company Tether Talking to Commodity Traders About Lending Them Its Billions (Bloomberg) The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adobe unleashes its Firefly AI video model broadly. Mark Gurman lays out Apple’s headset strategy going forward. What’s been going on with the Internet Archive. What the heck IS going on with WordPress? VC deals are dropping precipitously. And a review of the Meta Quest 3S. Sponsors: WashingtonPost.com/ride Shopify.com/ride Links: Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro (The Verge) Apple Has a New Smart Home Strategy: Screens Everywhere (Bloomberg) The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks (The Verge) In latest move against WP Engine, WordPress takes control of ACF plugin (TechCrunch) Venture capital deal activity is slowing down (Axios) Meta Quest 3S review: Impressive VR for $300 (Engadget) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why was Blockbuster so successful? Was it the DVD that killed Blockbuster? What was the deal with late fees? Is there any way Blockbuster, not Netflix, could have won out in the end? Special guest: Venture Capitalist and Writer MG Siegler! Subscribe to RAD! 80s90s History! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from Tesla’s robotaxi event. AMD unveils the chip it wants to use to go toe to toe with Nvidia. Are people actually making money building GPTs or not so much? And in the longreads, rebuilding Notre Dame as period accurately as possible. Sponsors: Go to Hensonshaving.com/ride and enter RIDE at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the 100-blade pack and the razor for the discount to apply.) Links: Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000 (TechCrunch) Tesla's Cybercab Is Here (Wired) Tesla Robovan has something the Cybertruck definitely does not (T3) AMD launches AI chip to rival Nvidia’s Blackwell (CNBC) Xbox will sell games directly in the Android app next month (The Verge) OpenAI’s GPT Store Has Left Some Developers in the Lurch (Wired) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Google’s Nobel Haul Puts Spotlight on Changing Focus of Scientific Research (Bloomberg) The Miraculous Resurrection of Notre-Dame (GQ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple TV+ finally comes to Prime Video Channels. OpenAI says they’ve been disrupting AI election influence campaigns. But they won’t be profitable until when? How Google plans to beat the regulation rap. And a review of basically the highest end smartwatch you can buy. Sponsors: Notion.com/ride Links: Amazon Adds Apple TV+ to Its Channels Store for Streaming (Bloomberg) OpenAI says bad actors are using its platform to disrupt elections, but with little ‘viral engagement’ (CNBC) OpenAI Projections Imply Losses Tripling to $14 Billion in 2026 (The Information) Apple’s Dan Riccio, Key Executive in Both the Jobs and Cook Eras, to Retire (Bloomberg) Competition and the clock: how Google plans to deflect and delay a historic break-up threat (Financial Times) Garmin Fenix 8 review: only kind of smart (The Verge) RAD! 80s90s History on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to RAD! 80s90s History in your podcast app! Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast The government says it does, in fact, want to break up Google. The Nobel Prize sure does love AI this year. Could Substack win by becoming the default way for creators to monetize? And listen to the end of the show today for a big announcement from me. Links: US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case (Bloomberg) Unmasking Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto—Again (Wired) Google DeepMind Scientists Share Nobel for AI Protein Work (Bloomberg) X Cleared to Return in Brazil After Musk Bows to Judge’s Demands (Bloomberg) Substack wants to do more than just newsletters (Semafor) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crack… at least for the Google Play store. Two AI scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics?! Samsung is in a similar boat to Intel, just not quite as severely. And an unfortunate reminder that government mandated back doors are bad doors. Sponsors: Dell.com/deals Links: Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge (The Verge) Apple Potentially Facing Worst Leak Since iPhone 4 Was Left in a Bar (MacRumors) ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Among Nobel Prize Winners (Bloomberg) Samsung Electronics apologises for disappointing profit as it struggles in AI chips (Reuters) The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally have a date for Apple Intelligence. Meta has a new text to video AI model. Google could soon drop under 50% in the search ads market. More hope for level three automated driving. And how AI bots could revolutionize online dating. Sponsors: Miro.com Links: Apple Slowly Moves Away From Its Annual Product Release Strategy (Bloomberg) Meta Unveils AI Video Generator, Taking On OpenAI and Google (Bloomberg) Google’s Grip on Search Slips as TikTok and AI Startup Mount Challenge (WSJ) GM is working on an eyes-off, hands-off driving system (TechCrunch) Uber and Lyft drivers use Teslas as makeshift robotaxis, raising safety concerns (Reuters) Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World’s First AI ‘Wingman’ (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google has updated Lens and is taking a page out of Perplexity’s book. OpenAI’s new canvas workspace. Why an upcoming iPhone SE might have some interesting internals. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Google Lens now lets you search with video (The Verge) Google brings ads to AI Overviews as it expands AI’s role in search (TechCrunch) OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects (TechCrunch) iPhone SE 4 to feature Apple’s first 5G modem, A18 chip, same cameras as iPhone 15 (9to5Mac) 159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Saving Cyberpunk 2077: How CD Projekt Red recovered from one of video games' most disastrous launches (EuroGamer) The Flying Car Is Finally Here. It’s Slightly Illegal. (Intelligencer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OpenAI raised their round, and it basically broke all the records. The whole Wordpress mess has gotten so crazy that WPEngine is suing. Using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses to dox people in real time. And you’ll never guess the reason why you’re about to see more ads on streaming video. Hint: you’ll endure it. Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in largest VC round ever (Axios) OpenAI asks investors not to back rival start-ups such as Elon Musk’s xAI (Financial Times) OpenAI feels competitors breathing down its neck (Financial Times) WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power (TechCrunch) Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers (404Media) Spotify adds a new, automatically updating playlist for offline listening (TechCrunch) Amazon to increase number of advertisements on Prime Video (Financial Times) Venture Dealmaking Reflects Selective Tastes of Investors (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching you up on a bunch of other Microsoft announcements we missed yesterday. Is Nvidia trying to break open the black box of AI? It’s absolutely wild that there’s still no viable YouTube app for the Vision Pro. And we were worried about disruption to the semiconductor industry if a typhoon hit Taiwan, but it turns out, a hurricane hitting North Carolina can be bad too. Links: Microsoft is using AI to improve Windows search (The Verge) Microsoft starts paying publishers for content surfaced by Copilot (TechCrunch) Telegram CEO Downplays Service Term Changes Amid French Probe (Bloomberg) Nvidia just dropped a bombshell: Its new AI model is open, massive, and ready to rival GPT-4 (VentureBeat) Threads users can now see who follows them from other fediverse servers (TechCrunch) Christian Selig’s unofficial YouTube app for the Vision Pro just got taken down (The Verge) Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do we have the first IPO of the AI era? Do we have the first AI model beyond the transformer architecture? Microsoft has a bunch of new AI tools inside Windows. We try to explain that whole controversy around PearAI. And what about that NotebookLM feature that lets you create a two-hander podcast out of any text. Links: AI chipmaker Cerebras files for IPO to take on Nvidia (CNBC) MIT spinoff Liquid debuts non-transformer AI models and they’re already state-of-the-art (VentureBeat) Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you (TechCrunch) Oura Nears $500 Million in Annual Revenue and Readies New Ring (Bloomberg) Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup (TechCrunch) NotebookLM’s automatically generated podcasts are surprisingly effective (Simon Willison's Blog) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That controversial AI bill in California has been vetoed by Governor Newsom. Is even Apple now thinking that its Vision Pro strategy might need a rethink? What really is OpenAI’s situation right now, and this time I’m talking money-wise? And the strange resurrection of the point and shoot camera. Links: California’s Gavin Newsom Vetoes Controversial AI Safety Bill (WSJ) California Passes Law Protecting Consumer Brain Data (NYTimes) Meta’s New Headsets Show Apple Has Lost Its Way With the Vision Pro (Bloomberg) OpenAI’s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company (WSJ) Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, Many More Blocked by YouTube in Legal Dispute (Variety) This Camera Went Viral Two Years Ago. You Still Can’t Buy One (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founder Mode? Not for me, says Sam Altman, but we will see. A few new gadgets from Samsung. Maybe ARM should buy Intel. Are AI startups hitting revenue traction faster than SaaS startups did? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Sam Altman tells OpenAI staff there’s no plan for him to receive a ‘giant equity stake’ in company (CNBC) Samsung Galaxy S24 FE goes official starting at $649 – is it still a ‘Fan Edition?’ (9to5Google) Arm Is Rebuffed by Intel After Inquiring About Buying Product Unit (Bloomberg) Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face (ArsTechnica) AI start-ups generate money faster than past hyped tech companies (FT) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: McDonald’s touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened (CNN) Apple Rolls Back Its Big Plans to Release Movies in Theaters (Bloomberg) The 27-Year-Old Economic Adviser for Gen Z (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s only two stories really. If you can believe it, more executive departures at OpenAI, as it looks like they’re serious about going for profit. And yes, Meta announced a new Quest headset, but the real headlines are the Orion smartglasses, which you can’t actually buy. What? I’ll explain. Sponsors: Thorne.fit/ridehome Links: OpenAI considering restructuring to for-profit, CTO Mira Murati and two top research execs depart (CNBC) Exclusive: OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity (Reuters) Meta’s cheaper Quest 3S might just be an upgrade (The Verge) A Few Brief Thoughts on Meta Connect 2024 (Daring Fireball) Meta pitches VR to mobile developers with new support for Android apps on Quest (TechCrunch) Meta’s big tease (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caroline Ellison benefits from being cooperative. Has your company unknowingly hired remote workers from North Korea? What is going on with this WordPress back and forth? Why OpenAI has to let people look at their training data. And why is everyone upset at Marquess Brownlee? Sponsors: Hims.com/ride Links: Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in prison for her role in FTX scandal (Axios) Dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers, according to report (The Record) The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms (The Verge) Automattic sends WP Engine its own cease-and-desist over WordPress trademark infringement (TechCrunch) OpenAI Training Data to Be Inspected in Authors’ Copyright Cases (The Hollywood Reporter) Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Altman has a manifesto. Kinda. Telegram is beginning to walk things back a bit. Cloudflare wants to help you block the AI bots. New streaming device from Roku. And I guess TikTok can’t win at everything. Sponsors: Lumen.me/ride Links: The Intelligence Age (Sam Altman) Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with latest AI post (TechCrunch) OpenAI CEO: We may have AI superintelligence in “a few thousand days” (ArsTechnica) Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software (TechCrunch) Telegram CEO Durov Says App to Provide More Data to Governments (Bloomberg) New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free (Wired) The new Roku Ultra is faster, has better Wi-Fi, and comes with a backlit remote (The Verge) Spotify’s AI playlist builder is now available in the US (The Verge) TikTok to Shut Down its Music Streaming Business in November (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Qualcomm as a white knight to save Intel? A huge bitcoin heist gets busted for the usual reasons. What if the US bans imports of all cars from China? And why can’t US car makers keep up when it comes, simply, to software? Sponsors: Timeline.com/ride Links: Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days (WSJ) Intel Gets Multibillion-Dollar Apollo Offer as Qualcomm Circles (Bloomberg) Chip Giants TSMC and Samsung Discuss Building Middle Eastern Megafactories (WSJ) Suspects behind $230 million cryptocurrency theft arrested in Miami (BleepingComputer) US proposes banning Chinese software and components in vehicles (FT) Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World (NYTimes) Toyota and VW fall further behind in the software race (FT) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You might want to hold off on updating to macOS 15 Sequoia. What, exactly, is Europe trying to get Apple to do? The AI energy crunch means they’re turning Three Mile Island back on. Could AI usage mean we use up all our 5G capacity? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: 1password.com/ride QualiaLife.com/ride and code ride Links: Apple’s new macOS Sequoia update is breaking some cybersecurity tools (TechCrunch) EU to tell Apple how to do interoperability, DMA style (TechCrunch) Microsoft AI Needs So Much Power It's Restarting Site of US Nuclear Meltdown (Bloomberg) AI is stressing networks out - Nvidia thinks AI can help (Fierce Network) Huawei 'super fans' fuming as left empty handed by $2,800 phone launch (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: American Vulcan - Palmer Luckey (TabletMag) The Death of the Minivan (The Atlantic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices