Amazon Kindle gets out of the magazine business. An ironically named PE firm is buying Porn Hub. Midjourney v5 is really mind blowing. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Amazon will discontinue newspaper and magazine subscriptions in September (GoodEReader)
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Jul 28
Anthropic Doesn't Hate Open Weights, Says Anthropic.
Dario Amodei said Anthropic never backed an open-weights ban, pitching mandatory safety tests instead as OpenAI and Google signed on. Altman headed to Washington, Korea's KOSPI cratered 11% on AI jitters, Apple launched Klarna leasing, and shipped 194 CVE fixes. Anthropic wants t ... Show More
19m 52s
May 2022
Tech News: Google Pulls Out of Russia
Lots of news to cover today, including an update on Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Meta is scaling back on some departments within the company, and Google's Russian subsidiary declares bankruptcy. Plus, learn how some engineers created a scientific breakthrough meant to make ... Show More
39m 20s
Jan 2024
Intel CPU Leak, HP CEO’s Weird Interview, 4070 Super Sales Rumors, + More!
Timestamps:
0:00 YSK about tech news
0:13 Intel may kill hyperthreading
1:38 HP CEO's bizarre claims
3:14 4070 Super’s “disappointing” sales?
4:38 Blinkist
5:38 QUICK BITS INTRO
5:48 RTX Remix in open beta
6:33 Japan’s SLIM moon mission
7:18 Vision Pro’s big sales
7:59 Meta bows ... Show More
10m 5s
Jun 2024
Snapdragon X Elite Reviews, Forbes goes after Perplexity + more!
Timestamps:
0:00 expectations subverted
0:08 Snapdragon X Elite laptop reviews
2:39 Forbes threatens to sue Perplexity
4:25 QUICK BITS INTRO
4:30 Nvidia is the world's most valuable company
5:14 Ilya Sutskever starts new AI company
5:51 Vision Pro 2, Meta layoffs, Xreal not-phone ... Show More
9m 3s
Jul 2024
Internet Speed Record, Pixel 9 leaks, Antitrust in EU/US + more!
Timestamps:
0:00 he's kidding he's kidding
0:07 Japanese researchers break Internet record
1:29 Pixel 9 leaks, Google AI features
2:39 EU vs Meta, France vs Meta, FTC too
4:42 QUICK BITS
4:47 Figma's Apple-copying allegations
5:26 Russian AI-generated propaganda
6:06 Brain organo ... Show More
8m 42s
Nov 2021
Chip Shortage Solutions, NFTBay, Big Tech retreats, + more!
0:00 Tech News Shopping
0:06 Ford, GM solving chip shortage
0:58 NFTBay
2:03 Choose Your Facebook Algorithm
2:57 Samsung Experience Stores
3:49 QUICK BITS
3:54 Phil Spencer, love that guy
4:39 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
5:09 Apple autonomous car
5:41 Multiv ... Show More
7m 36s