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Apple claims an ex-employee stole trade secrets for Oppo, Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law, and Google tested QR code verification for text messages

Apple is going after another one of its previous employees for allegedly sharing trade secrets with a new employer. Apple's lawsuit listed Chen Shi, a former employee who worked on the Apple Watch team, along with Oppo, as defendants, claiming they "conspired to steal Apple’s tra ... Show More

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Aug 22

Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

AI Mode will add agentic event and appointment finders soon, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Aug 22

Trump Mobile is promoting its smartphone with terribly edited photos of other brands' products, Ecosia offered $0 for control of Chrome, and Tesla investigated over inaccurate crash reports

AppleInsider spotted the latest bizarre wrinkle to this story, which is that the actual phone still does not exist. The publication noticed that promotional images for T1 all show different smartphones that appear to be tweaked in a photo editor to look gold. While the website sh ... Show More

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Aug 20

TNB Tech Minute: Elon Musk Pumps the Brakes on Plans to Start a Third Political Party

Plus: OpenAI launches the cheapest ChatGPT plan in India. Overhaul raises $105 million in funding to invest in artificial-intelligence technology and make acquisitions. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 49s

Dec 2024

‘Genius Girl’ goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund

Principle Venture Partners will write early-stage checks anywhere from $100,000 to “single digit millions.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4m 20s

Jan 2025

Sam Altman’s World now wants to link AI agents to your digital identity

Plus - Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity; Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries to customer Atlas Energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6m 14s

Nov 2024

TNB Tech Minute: Meta Plans to Offer Less Personal Ads in Europe

Plus, 23andMe lays off 40% of its staff. And SoftBank returns to profit. James Rundle hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 47s

May 2024

Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server

The announcement signifies a significant shake-up in the streaming giant's advertising approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2m 53s

Apr 2024

YouTube Pause Ads, Snapdragon X claims, more TikTok details + more!

Timestamps:0:00 riley jakob and jessica can actually sing0:11 YouTube Pause Ads1:35 Qualcomm denies benchmark cheating3:07 What will Bytedance do?5:15 QUICK BITS INTRO5:27 Net Neutrality is so back6:13 Apple open-sources small models7:07 Switch 2 magnetic Joy-Cons7:51 Baltimore p ... Show More

10m 27s

May 2

WhatsApp now has more than 3 billion users a month

Plus - Nvidia takes aim at Anthropic’s support of chip export controls; Google is reportedly showing ads in chats with some third-party AI chatbots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7m 42s

May 28

TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia’s Business Is Booming Despite Tariffs

Plus: GM’s CEO Mary Barra still sees an all-EV future. And Telegram looks to raise $1.5 million in a new bond offering. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 34s

Feb 2025

YouTube gets an AI update

Plus - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’; Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5/5/22: TikTok will explore sharing ad m...