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Episodes
February 5, 2026 • 23 mins
Alphabet earnings. Claude goes to the Superbowl. Why AI brand loyalty isn’t even remotely a thing yet. And is the whole Marc Andreessen theory of software eating the world in the process of being eaten by AI? Wall Street is worried about that very scenario.
Google set to double AI spending to $185bn after strong earnings (FT)
OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents (The Verge)
Anthropic says ‘Cla...
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February 4, 2026 • 43 mins
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February 3, 2026 • 21 mins
As SpaceX acquires xAI, all of Elon’s companies under one umbrella is pretty much an inevitability isn’t it? What is with this weird game of chicken that Nvidia and OpenAI and now Oracle are all engaging in all of the sudden. And self-driving cars are about to be ubiquitous, indication number 37.
Musk’s SpaceX Combines With xAI at $1.25 Trillion Valuation (Bloomberg)
SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite...
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February 2, 2026 • 21 mins
Is Nvidia going through with their massive OpenAI investment or not? Does Apple have what it takes to win in the AI era or not? Is Elon the only one who can make datacenters in space happen or not? And a roundup of the continued fascination with Moltbook.
The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice (WSJ)
Nvidia CEO Says New OpenAI Investment May Be Largest Yet (Bloomberg)
Apple’s Historic Quarter Does...
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January 30, 2026 • 21 mins
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 for close to $2bn in race to build AI devices (FT)
OpenAI Plans Fourth-Quarter IPO in Race to Beat Anthropic to Market (WSJ)
SpaceX in merger ta...
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January 29, 2026 • 22 mins
Meta earnings good. The street like the AI spending. Microsoft earnings bad. Why is growth in their cloud business not as robust all of the sudden? Elon is following through on taking Tesla all in on robots and AI. The AI inspired layoffs are NOT just for the tech industry. And are you actually technical enough to run that Clawdbot?
Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026 (TechCrunch)
Microsof...
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January 28, 2026 • 20 mins
The Amazon layoffs showed up on schedule. Is Tether behind the rise in the price of gold? A new type of privacy screen tech from Samsung. Elon wants to IPO on his birthday. Anthropic raises more ahead of its IPO. And AI is finding weird stuff in Space.
Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees (TechCrunch)
Tether Is Shaking Up the Gold Market With Massive Metal Hoard (Bloomberg)
Samsung confirms Galaxy S26's insane...
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January 27, 2026 • 20 mins
I think we have to gird ourselves for a slew of Chinese AI releases in the coming weeks. Are AI inspired layoffs poised to sweep the tech industry? Meta goes with subscriptions. Uber wants to train AI for others. And Dario Amodei has a pretty stark warning about AI.
China’s Moonshot Unveils AI Model Ahead of DeepSeek Release (Bloomberg)
Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams (CNBC)
TikT...
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January 26, 2026 • 21 mins
Did you even notice that new TikTok privacy policy over the weekend? AirTags finally have a second generation. Microsoft confirms it will give out your BitLocker recovery keys if you’re silly enough to store them with them. And let me introduce you to Clawdbot. Since you can’t see the spelling, you won’t understand how this is different until I explain.
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Bi...
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January 23, 2026 • 20 mins
Ok, ok, maybe the whole TikTok thing is a done deal at long last? Amazon is planning another major round of layoffs. Are Epic Games and Google doing an end-run around the judge? Capital One acquires Brex. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Trump’s TikTok deal is a gift to China (FT)
Exclusive: Amazon plans thousands more corporate job cuts next week, sources say (Reuters)
Epic and Google have a secret $...
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January 22, 2026 • 20 mins
Apple is developing their own AI wearable, the size of an AirTag. Anthropic overhauls Claude’s constitution. South Korea is the latest place to ride the AI rocket ship. And I think I know why your boss thinks AI is the solution to everything: it’s the solution to all of the work THEY have to do.
Apple Developing AI Wearable Pin (The Information)
Anthropic rewrites Claude’s guiding principles—and entertains the idea that it...
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January 21, 2026 • 20 mins
Anthropic continues to project strength in the AI race. How OpenAI is rolling out ads on ChatGPT. Netflix wants to become TikTok faster than TikTok can become them. YouTube wants to have it both ways when it comes to AI. And Elon wants SpaceX to win the great IPO race of 2026.
Anthropic’s CEO stuns Davos with Nvidia criticism (TechCrunch)
OpenAI rolls out age prediction on ChatGPT (Reuters)
OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers,...
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January 20, 2026 • 20 mins
Netflix ups its bid with all cash. Sony is spinning off its legendary TV business with TCL. One of the biggest seed rounds I’ve ever heard of. Reels continues to win for Zuck. And let me introduce you to the “Assistant Axis” and what it might mean for AI.
Netflix revises its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, it’s all cash (CNN)
Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL (The Verge)
An A.I. Start-Up Says It Want...
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January 19, 2026 • 21 mins
Ads are finally coming to ChatGPT. Why everyone online can’t stop talking about going on Claude benders. Elon’s case against OpenAI moves forward again. The Thinking Machines saga roils on again. And the big movie about AI every is apparently watching.
OpenAI brings advertising to ChatGPT in push for new revenue (FT)
OpenAI's Revenue Soars Past $20 Billion After 233% Jump—But Explosive Growth Comes With Massive Compute Cos...
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January 16, 2026 • 20 mins
More fallout from the Thinking Machines stuff. I’m officially calling it: I think the Metaverse is over, at least at Meta. Cloudflare continues to make an effort to protect the web and creators from AI strip mining. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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January 15, 2026 • 21 mins
Apparently their ain’t no drama like AI industry drama, proven once again by some high-profile defections from Thinking Machine Labs. Grok says it’s cleaned up its act. TSMC is winning thanks to AI. More price rises from Spotify. And why is Ireland missing out on the AI datacenter boom?
Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Are Leaving to Rejoin OpenAI (Wired)
Grok was finally updated to stop undressing women and children, ...
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January 14, 2026 • 20 mins
Nvidia can officially sell its chips in China, but not if China doesn’t let anyone buy them. Tesla will stop selling FSD beginning next month. Matthew McConaughey says NOT alright alright alright to unauthorized AI use of his voice. And another story about how AI is disrupting the consultancy game.
Exclusive: China's customs agents told Nvidia's H200 chips are not permitted, sources say (Reuters)
Meta is closing down three...
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January 13, 2026 • 20 mins
Microsoft tries to calm data center buildout backlash. Layoffs come to the Metaverse. Apple has a new creator subscription package. More implications from that Apple/Google AI deal from yesterday. And is Cowork for Claude the personal AI agent we’ve been waiting for?
Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks (GeekWire)
Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Me...
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January 12, 2026 • 20 mins
Apple announces that its going with Google’s Gemini to power Siri later this year, and Google joins the $4T club on the news. Governments around the world are still mad at Grok. AI has essentially killed Stack Overflow but its making more money than it ever has. And how you get get AI to give you the full text of books.
Apple picks Google’s Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year (CNBC)
UK’s Ofcom investigates X ove...
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January 9, 2026 • 21 mins
Grok dials back the AI image generation thing. Kinda. xAI just raised all that money cause it kinda has to. Looks like the next Deep Seek model is incoming. Why a16z is officially the biggest VC firm in all the world. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature (The Verge)
Musk’s xAI Burns Almost $8 Billion, Reveals Optimus Plan (Bloomberg)
Chinese Firms Domin...
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