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Yesterday
The AI Trade
Microsoft surged 15% on its fastest cloud growth since 2022, while Meta slid 10% defending its AI spending. Aschenbrenner's hedge fund unwound positions after the AI rout, the EU targeted ChatGPT under the DSA, and airlines let AI set fares. Microsoft's Shares Surge on Fastest Cl ... Show More
19m 30s
Jul 29
Is Everybody Racing RSI?
Over 1,100 AI staffers signed a letter asking Washington to help pace frontier development. Wall Street got nervous as AI capex ballooned, Silicon Valley's backlash against Anthropic built over open weights, and the argument that this is all about recursive self-improvement eithe ... Show More
20m 5s
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 2019
Weekend wrap--Facebook breakup and Google I/O
Jefferson Graham is back--to recap the week in tech, with talk of a Facebook breakup, Google's new phone and speaker, and Jeff Bezos' moonshot plans. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2m 16s
Jan 2022
How Google tracks you online may be changing
It’s been a particularly busy week for Google. Three state attorneys general, plus one from Washington, D.C., sued the tech giant, alleging it misled consumers about when they were being tracked. Google also announced this week it’s going to change the way it collects user data f ... Show More
7m 53s
Apr 2025
Is Google Breaking Up? + Seasteading Is Back + Tool Time
<p>This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, we discuss how the company may be forced to change its business. Then we’re joined by the journalist Mark Yarm to discuss his recent visit to an underwater home for his article about techno-utopians who wa ... Show More
1h 7m
Jan 2021
Google Employees Unionize to Bolster Employee Activism
3m 46s
Mar 2022
Big Tech Puts the Squeeze on Russia
3m 59s
Aug 2024
Meta & Snap's New AR Glasses, Perplexity's Ads, Google's Work Ethic
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Alex's trip to the Balkans 2) China's influence in the region 3) Meta and Snap AR glasses battle 4) Are smart glasses stylish enough 5) Perplexity's plan to run ads 6) Eric Schmidt's di ... Show More
50m 27s
Nov 2019
Every Step You Take: Google to Acquire Fitbit — and Your Data — for $2.1 Billion
Today is Monday, November 11, and we’re looking at Google vs. Apple.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
4m 1s
May 2019
Google's new privacy drive
Many of the products and services on display at Google’s developers’ conference rely on getting to know customers’ interests and preferences. The company also wants to reassure us that we can trust it to respect our privacy. But can we? Malcolm Moore puts the question to Richard ... Show More
11m 11s
Jan 2023
Trump is Back on Meta, The DOJ Sues Google, and No More Murdoch Merger
Kara and Scott discuss the Bad Blood between the Senate Judiciary Committee and Live Nation, Walmart giving workers a raise, and the cancelled Murdoch merger of Fox and News Corp. Also, will you see more covfefe in your feeds? Trump is back on Facebook and Instagram. Plus, the DO ... Show More
49m 35s
Jan 2023
Google Slapped With Another Ad-Related Lawsuit
4m 20s
I had already reached out to Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen this week to talk about the Google Civil War, but then, of course, there was other big Google news this week. So, come for the assessment of Google’s culture at the moment but stay for an assessment of regime change and a lot more.
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