Overnight brought the biggest heist in crypto history, as hackers drained $6.3 billion from Binance. Amazon’s AI spending soared while retail growth stalled, Spotify eyed a $5-a-month AI remix tool, and longreads covered El Niño forecasting and old-time fiddlers.
Binance says initial investigation suggests a compromised DevOps laptop may have enabled a ~ ... Show More
Oct 29
A Chinese Spy Inside Nvidia?
I covered the NYT report that US officials think Megaspeed’s Alice Huang is a Chinese asset who cozied up to Jensen Huang, the leak of 41,000 DHS workers’ data, DoorDash’s $17B Instacart grab, and Alphabet’s ugly free cash flow. US officials believe Megaspeed executive Alice Huan ... Show More
22m 9s
Oct 28
Apple Caves: A Touchscreen Mac
Apple unveiled a touchscreen MacBook Pro, finally ditching Jobs’s stance. Then Amazon unloaded gadgets: a $500 Echo Show 16, the Echo Time alarm clock, an Alexa Photo Frame, and an Echo Studio with a camera. Not one AI story all day. Apple unveils a touchscreen MacBook Pro with a ... Show More
21m 44s
May 2020
New releases: Surface Go 2, Macbook Pro 13-inch, and the first Xbox Series X gameplay footage (Goodbye Paul)
Stories discussed this week: The disappointing truth about antibody testing Apple is giving $10 million to COVID-19 testing kit company FDA authorizes CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 Sen. Ed Markey wants the FCC to rethink its broadband deployment plans An Amazon warehouse worker ... Show More
1h 20m
Feb 2025
AWC 486 - Heartburn and a Sticker
Apple releases new invites app, Series 10 Watch may have a speaker issue, new Powerbeats Pro 2 released, Apple secretly testing Starlink connectivity for Apple Watch Ultra and iPhone. Pebble watch making a comeback and Apple brings the Pixar Luxo lamp to life in amazing robot des ... Show More
1h 31m
Mar 2020
Apple announces new iPad Pro and Macbook Air, Sony reveals PS5 specs, and confusion around the coronavirus testing website
Nilay, Dieter, and Paul discuss the new iPad Pro and Macbook Air that Apple announced this week, the confusion around Google's coronavirus testing website, and the specs revealed for the PS5. Stories discussed this week: Comcast modestly raises slow internet speeds for low-income ... Show More
1h 19m
Nov 2021
Apple finally did it.......
Apple self-repair, Windows 11 Rollout, Intel Security Flaw, and more!
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Apple's Face Turn
1:02 - Microsoft will be getting pushy
1:39 - Another Intel security flaw!
2:35 - Sponsor - Brilliant
3:22 - Xbox Cloud Gaming
3:50 - Amazon says goodbye to UK Visa! ... Show More
6m 35s