Big AWS outage took down half the internet overnight. X wants you to be able to snap up dormant or desirable X handles. Blackwell chips look like they’ve hit volume production in the US. And you know who else is benefiting from the AI boom? Crypto miners and makers of plain old cables.
Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more (The ... Show More
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Elon Might Just Merge All His Companies Into One
Apple does a big acquisition. OpenAI is racing to IPO. Elon might just merge all his companies into one. Google’s Project Genie is the latest thing that will make you say, gee, AI can do that?! And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Apple buys Israeli start-up Q.AI fo ... Show More
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Clio Secures 5B Funding and Acquires vLex, TSMC Surges on AI Demand, OpenAI Targets Health Care, AI Boom Fuels Silicon Race, and more...
(0:10): Clio Secures $5B Funding, Acquires vLex to Revolutionize Legal AI Landscape(2:06): TSMC Hits Record Revenue Amid AI Chip Demand, Faces Challenges with US-China Tensions and Market Volatility(4:14): OpenAI Ventures Into Healthcare with AI-Powered Personal Health Assistant ... Show More
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The high stakes for AI Alexa
AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and David to talk all about Alexa Plus, and the AI-powered voice assistant Amazon thinks can do everything from turn on your lights to order your friend an Uber. The ... Show More
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Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more | BG2
Open Source bi-weekly convo w/ Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner on all things tech, markets, investing & capitalism. This week, they welcome Coatue’s Thomas and Philippe Laffont to discuss the AI Super cycle, Stablecoin and crypto, consumer AI, NVIDIA GPU’s, Macroeconomics, publc ma ... Show More
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Jul 2025
NVIDIA Rising: Will The AI Boom Bust The Planet? | Ep215: Josh Parker
<p><br />In 1849, when the Gold Rush hit California, the people who were certain to make money were not the miners, but the sellers of picks and shovels. Indeed, America's first millionaire, Samuel Brannan, made his fortune by adding huge margins to everyday items that suddenly b ... Show More
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Investing in AI, Crypto, & Tech in 2025 | Elad Gil
<p>What are the best investing opportunities in Tech for 2025?</p> <p>Elad Gil is one of silicon valley's legendary investors. He's backed 40 unicorns including Airbnb, Coinbase, Figma and Stripe to name a few. He's super active in AI and hosts the no priors podcast which is like ... Show More
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