How Facebook is coping with Corona, Google Podcasts comes to iOS, ad blocking officially comes to Safari, when Apple thinks it can re-open stores, Singapore open-sources it’s Corona-contact-tracing app, and have your screen time notifications horrified you this week? You’re not alone.
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Oct 16
What Is Meta's Muse Spark Open?
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model that runs on Mac Studios via an Apple team-up. An OpenAI model used a wallet it didn’t own, Accenture capped Claude spending at $29 a month, and BofA hired 1,000 patching contractors. Meta releases Muse Spark Open, saying it is ... Show More
21m 8s
Oct 15
Anthropic's Growth Is Slowing
Anthropic told investors Q3 revenue hit $16.8 billion, with adjusted profitability, but growth slowed ahead of the IPO. An arrested OpenAI engineer had booked one-way tickets to Saudi Arabia. Amazon launched two Bee wearables, and Nvidia’s RTX Spark impressed. Sources: Anthropic ... Show More
21m 23s
Oct 14
OpenAI's Office Was Bugged
OpenAI said the FBI arrested a staffer after it found a hidden recording device in its offices. Netflix cut about 1,000 jobs, Microsoft patched a record 1,416 vulnerabilities, and the FBI shut down North Korean laptop farms in Texas. OpenAI says the FBI arrested one of its staffe ... Show More
20m 59s
Apr 2020
Apple's new iPhone SE, OnePlus 8 Pro review, and Verizon buys BlueJeans
Stories discussed this week: The Interface Live on Zoom: the hidden history of Instagram, with Bloomberg reporter Sarah Frier In a self-isolated world, developers are learning to make games from home How GM and Ford switched out pickup trucks for breathing machines The search for ... Show More
1h 20m
Apr 2020
Apple and Google are building a coronavirus tracking system into iOS and Android
Nilay Patel talks with The Verge's Adi Robertson, Casey Newton, and Nicole Wetsman about Apple and Google announcing a system for tracking the spread of the new coronavirus, allowing users to share data through Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmissions and approved apps from healt ... Show More
33m 18s
Jun 2021
WWDC 2021: Apple's iOS 15, spatial audio, macOS Monterey, and more
Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Chris Welch discuss all the announcements from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference that took place this week. All the links: COVID-19 hospitalization rates in adolescents went up during March and April Where did the COVID microchip co ... Show More
1h 23m
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
Mar 2020
Apple's New iPad Pro & Top-Rated Quarantine Content to Keep You Entertained!
On this episode of Waveform we provide updates about how we're handling the COVID-19 pandemic, how we're helping to flatten the curve, and how you, too, can help by practicing social distancing at home. We then dive into some rare tech news as of late: Apple is releasing a brand- ... Show More
1h 4m