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December 26, 2025 • 38 mins
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December 25, 2025 • 32 mins
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December 24, 2025 • 22 mins
Well, turns out my spidey sense was right cause there definitely seems to be a new tech trade war brewing between the US and Europe. Seems like ads are definitely coming to ChatGPT. How bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI. And why Netflix wants to get into dayparting.
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online (AP)
OpenAI’s Ads Push Starts Taking Shape (The Information)
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December 23, 2025 • 20 mins
I hope you weren’t expecting Santa to leave a drone under the tree this week. Europe is forcing Apple to pair nicely with others. More signs of the AI fueled debt explosion. And in the year of the stablecoin, the rise of stablecoin-based banks.
U.S. Bans New China-Made Drones, Sparking Outrage Among Pilots (WSJ)
Pentagon Adds Grok-Derived Products to Something Called the ‘AI Arsenal’ (Gizmodo)
iOS 26.3 Brings AirPods-L...
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December 22, 2025 • 22 mins
Turns out when the lights go out, Waymo’s don’t handle that well. Larry Ellison actually puts his money on the line. Somebody is pirating music like it’s 1999. And two deep-dive looks at whether or not Google’s TPU’s really are a threat to Nvidia and OpenAI.
Waymo resumes robotaxi service in San Francisco after blackout chaos — Musk says Tesla car service unaffected (CNBC)
Paramount guarantees Larry Ellison backing in amen...
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December 19, 2025 • 21 mins
Has TikTok finally been sold, episode number 47… The Pennsylvania supreme court says police don’t need a warrant to read your search history. YouTube terminates some big accounts over AI usage. A new League of Legends is coming. And in the longreads, and in the show, a look at how Zuck’s big bet on AI is coming along.
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for U.S. unit after yearslong saga (Axios)
TikTok U.S. Deal to Close Next Month: ...
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December 18, 2025 • 20 mins
Has China cracked a major puzzle for chip parity? Trump Media merges with a… Fusion Energy startup? Coinbase continues its efforts to let you trade everything. OpenAI is turning on the fundraising afterburners. And how to catch a North Korean IT infiltrator.
China may have reverse engineered EUV lithography tool in covert lab, report claims — employees given fake IDs to avoid secret project being detected, prototypes expected...
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December 17, 2025 • 20 mins
ChatGPT ups its image generation game. Now it’s Amazon’s turn to invest in OpenAI. WBD says it still wants to go with the Netflix offer. Waymo’s raising money again. And the new AI sort of newsletter Google wants to put in your inbox every morning.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Updated to Make Images Better and Faster (Bloomberg)
ChatGPT Images just got a major upgrade — and it could change how we all create (TechRadar)
OpenAI in T...
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December 16, 2025 • 20 mins
Tech continues to be a major geopolitical stumbling block, this time with the UK. Are we currently in the midst of the second mini-tech recession of the year? If Ford can pivot from EV’s to servicing datacenters, maybe you can too. And the civil war lining up in Hollywood, over AI.
U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block (NYTimes)
AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide (CNBC)
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December 15, 2025 • 21 mins
Your Roomba is circling the drain with iRobot filing for bankruptcy. Remember credit default swaps? Turns out they’re not just for hedging housing anymore. Nano Banana looks so realistic because it’s mimicking your sub-par smartphone camera output. And why can’t everybody participate in early stage startup investing?
Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy and Will Go Private (Bloomberg)
How iRobot lost its way home (Tec...
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December 12, 2025 • 22 mins
Ok, fine, says Sam, here’s a new GPT model so you’ll hopefully stop saying we’re behind. Broadcom as another AI bellwether. Now that Disney is in bed with OpenAI, they’re ceasing and desisting Google. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’ (Wired)
GPT-5.2 is OpenAI’s latest move in the agentic AI battle (The Verge)
Trump threatens funding for states over A...
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December 11, 2025 • 22 mins
Disney signs a blockbuster deal to license characters to OpenAI AND invest $1 billion dollars in the company. Oracle as the new bellwether for thinking about OpenAI’s prospects. More on the whole Data Centers In Space phenomenon. And let me introduce you to the Model Context Protocol to make the web safe for AI agents.
Disney Inks Blockbuster OpenAI Deal to Bring More Than 200 Characters to Sora Video Platform, Will Invest $1 ...
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December 10, 2025 • 20 mins
Instagram is giving you some control over your algorithm. Is Instacart using algorithmic pricing? SpaceX thinks it will be worth $1.5 trillion. Has DeepSeek been smuggling chips? And what if your startup’s side-hustle can plug into the AI CAPEX bonanza?
Instagram Will Start Letting You Pick What Shows Up in Your Reels (Wired)
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ (NYTimes)
SpaceX to Pursue 202...
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December 9, 2025 • 20 mins
Trump says Nvidia and others can ship chips to China, but the question is, will China take delivery. OpenAI is ending the code red in about a month, after getting a new model out the door. Meta wants a new Llama model, maybe in a month. And a new smart ring that is pretty intriguing…
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to China if U.S. gets 25% cut, says Xi responded positively (CNBC)
China set to limit access to N...
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December 8, 2025 • 22 mins
Looks like that big Netflix bid for Warner Brothers isn’t gonna go smoothly as Paramount launching a hostile counter-bid. We’ve got a full-on executive suite crisis at Apple. SpaceX could IPO next year. And more data on how AI usage is evolving.
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD ‘to finish what we started,’ CEO Ellison tells CNBC (CNBC)
Trump Warns Netflix-Warner Deal May Pose Antitrust ‘Problem’ (Bloomberg)
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December 5, 2025 • 22 mins
Turns out the Albanian army was triumphant as Netflix is buying HBO (and WBD’s studios). The NYT is suing Perplexity. Man, everybody is heading for the exits at Apple at the same time. And get ready for a slew of insider trading controversies in our prediction market world.
Netflix agrees $83bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (FT)
New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work (NYTimes)
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December 4, 2025 • 21 mins
On the one hand, Meta poached Apple’s design head in a major coup to make hardware and software for AI, but there are signs Zuck is souring on the Metaverse could even abandon it entirely. Is Amazon about to abandon your mailman? And why Dario Amodei is playing a blinder right now.
Apple Design Executive Alan Dye Poached by Meta in Major Coup (Bloomberg)
Meta’s Zuckerberg Plans Deep Cuts for Metaverse Efforts (Bloomberg)
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December 3, 2025 • 21 mins
We might soon have the first big IPO of the AI era, and it doesn’t look like it will be OpenAI. Amazon takes another few swings at Nvidia’s dominance. Proof positive that self driving cars really are significantly safer. And the disastrous 4k upscaling of Mad Men.
Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public (FT)
Amazon’s Custom Chips Pose Another Threat to Nvidia (WSJ)
Amazon Has New Frontier AI Models—a...
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December 2, 2025 • 21 mins
Sam Altman declares a “Code Red” for OpenAI. All hands on deck. Molly, you in danger, girl, to quote Oda Mae Brown from the movie Ghost. Long term, is Apple in trouble cause of Google’s ascendency in AI? Samsung announces but does not launch a tri-fold phone. And Ben Thompson weighs in on the obsession of the day.
OpenAI CEO Declares ‘Code Red’ to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort (The Information)
Apple AI Chie...
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December 1, 2025 • 22 mins
While Runway releases a new video model, let me break down the big analysis piece that had everyone concern trolling about Nvidia over the weekend. Why doesn’t Netflix want you to cast to your tv anymore? And AI means less jobs in consulting, but more jobs in a specific type of construction.
Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark (CNBC)
TPUv7: Google Takes a Swing at the King (SemiAn...
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