Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: OpenAI will let developers build ChatGPT into their apps Grammarly adding ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more Museum Under Fire for Showing AI Version of Vermeer Masterpiece 'Most disturbing website on Internet' can find every single picture that exists of you Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss Ad Break Elon Musk publicly mocks Twitter worker with disability who is unsure whe...
Mar 10, 2023•45 min•Season 11Ep. 275
Intro Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Robot window washers are here to clean our skyscrapers Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone Chinese startup Realme launches $649 smartphone it says can be fully charged in just over 9 minutes UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas For Directly Regulating The Internet, Service Providers U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations Break From backy...
Mar 03, 2023•38 min•Season 11Ep. 274
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Tesla recalls 362,758 vehicles, says Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause crashes The broken Twitter everyone warned us about is finally here Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS Official: Twitter will now charge for SMS two-factor authentication Facebook and Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month Instagram's co-founders' personalized news app Ar...
Feb 24, 2023•44 min•Season 11Ep. 273
In this episode: Microsoft Cuts Jobs in HoloLens, Surface, Xbox as Layoffs Continue IRS builds out task force to explore running its own free e-file system Spotify's latest feature lets users exclude playlists from impacting recommendations Tesla's biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD AD BREAK Tesla will open some of its charging stations to other electric cars Elon Musk wanted more Elon Musk on Twitter so Twitter is now all Elon Musk AI is dreaming up drugs that no one has ever seen. No...
Feb 16, 2023•29 min•Season 11Ep. 272
Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: RIP To The Best Bots On Twitter Elon Musk will share Twitter ad revenue — but only with creators who pay for Twitter Blue Twitter broke after deploying 4,000-character Tweets Twitter Went Down Because Employee Accidentally Deleted Data Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count Twitter founder Jack Dorsey mocked new owner Elon Musk's company over a major outage U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off th...
Feb 10, 2023•32 min•Season 11Ep. 271
In this episode: Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S. Smaller, Cheaper Flow Batteries Throw Out Decades-Old Designs Frontier rolls out 5Gbps fiber internet across the US FCC Threatens to Disconnect Twilio for Illegal Robocalls Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information Report: Apple is planning both a foldable screen and a kickstand for the iPad ChatGPT creator rolls out 'imperfect' tool to help teachers spot potential cheating Break Microsoft blames router IP addre...
Feb 04, 2023•47 min•Season 11Ep. 270
In this episode: Twitter hired experts for case against Musk—now Musk won’t pay them... Elizabeth Holmes made an 'attempt to flee the country' after her conviction, prosocuters say WiFi Routers Used to Produce 3D Images of Humans New Tech Can See People Through Walls Using WiFi Break U.S. ‘No Fly List’ Leaks After Being Left in an Unsecured Airline Server... NYSE says Tuesday's trading glitch due to 'manual error' Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog Justice Depa...
Jan 28, 2023•33 min•Season 11Ep. 269
In this episode: Tesla suddenly slashes prices on many models. ‘I think the real driver for all of this is falling demand.’ The Cheapest And Most Expensive Cars To Maintain, Ranked A Tesla buyer says she feels 'duped' and 'taken advantage of' after missing out on a $13,000 price cut Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies Twitter officially bans third-party clients with new developer rules Third-party Twitter apps are facing issues, users say Tweetbot is down again Brea...
Jan 20, 2023•43 min•Season 11Ep. 268
In this episode: Deere & Co. will allow farmers to repair their own equipment Minnesota company rolls out fully electric fire truck The FAA has ordered a temporary nationwide pause on all domestic flights until 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning following a computer failure impacted flights. Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around Medium embraces Mastodon A New Direction for Mojo Vision’s Groundbreaking Technology Sony and Honda just announced their ...
Jan 14, 2023•30 min•Season 11Ep. 267
In this episode: Former Zulily software engineer charged for theft scheme inspired by ‘Office Space’ movie Hacker claims to be selling Twitter data of 400 million users Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings With Only 6 Words, Patagonia Explained the Brilliant Reason It Closed All of Its Stores and Paid Its Employees to Take a Week Off Innocent Black Man Jailed After Facial Recognition Got It Wrong, His Lawyer Says AD BREAK Wireless Power Consortium works with Apple on next generatio...
Jan 07, 2023•34 min•Season 11Ep. 266
In this episode: Twitter experiences a widespread global outage California Bans Tesla From Marketing Its EVs As "Full Self-Driving" For Sale on eBay: A Military Database of Fingerprints and Iris Scans Andrew Tate detained in Romania over rape and human trafficking case Study finds AI assistants help developers produce code that's more likely to be buggy AD BREAK What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained Comcast Xfinity accounts hacked in widespread 2FA bypass attacks DuckDuckGo now blo...
Dec 30, 2022•32 min•Season 11Ep. 265
In this episode: After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on "promotion" of other social platforms Elon Musk launches poll asking if he should quit as Twitter CEO Twitter Users Say Elon Musk Should Quit as Boss Elon Musk suggests journalists want to cause harm to him and his family after restoring suspended Twitter accounts Twitter Reinstates Suspended Accounts of Several Journalists MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show Electric sch...
Dec 24, 2022•34 min•Season 11Ep. 264
ElonJet Musk bans Twitter account tracking his jet, threatens to sue creator Elon Musk Is Taking Legal Action Against Student Who Tracks His Private Jet Twitter Suspends Accounts of Half a Dozen Journalists Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show A Tesla owner says his Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly shut down, trapping him inside AD BREAK US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source ...
Dec 17, 2022•37 min•Season 11Ep. 263
Tesla finally delivers first electric Semi to Pepsi after years of delay Tesla says it is adding radar in its cars next month amid self-driving suite concerns Twitter will reportedly charge $11 on iOS for Blue subscription to offset App Store fees Exclusive: Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe Microsoft Eyes ‘Super App’ The future of watching football is here We gave ChatGPT a college-level microbiology quiz. Lastpass says hackers accessed customer data in new breach NFTs minted on FTX break No...
Dec 09, 2022•36 min•Season 11Ep. 262
In this episode: Elon Musk summons Twitter engineers amid mass resignations and puts up poll on Trump ban Elon Musk posts pictures with engineers as they leave a Twitter 'code review' at 1:30 a.m. Banned Twitter users return: ‘We’re coming back with a vengeance’ Twitter has stopped enforcing its covid misinformation policies 11 (and counting) things journalism loses if Elon Musk destroys Twitter Elon Musk says Twitter will begin manually authenticating Blue, Grey, and Gold accounts as soon as ne...
Dec 06, 2022•34 min•Season 11Ep. 261
Elon Musk gives ultimatum to Twitter employees: Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out Musk Steps Up Purge of Twitter Engineers Who Criticize Him Twitter Closes All Of Its Office Buildings as Employees Resign En Masse Musk declines former tech CEO's offer to run Twitter for him Elon Musk says he's sleeping at Twitter's HQ 'until the org is fixed' Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down Twitter is bringing back end-to-end encrypted DMs New Twitter accounts won’t be able to buy Bl...
Nov 19, 2022•37 min•Season 11Ep. 260
Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back Twitter Employees File Class-Action Lawsuit for Mass Layoffs with No Notice Elon Musk’s response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation Twitter lost more than 1.3 million users in the week after Elon Musk bought it Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week Signal is the latest app to roll out a Stories feature ‘Batteries on wheels’: EV buses could hel...
Nov 12, 2022•40 min•Season 11Ep. 259
In this episode: Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, tweets conspiracy theory about attack on Paul Pelosi Musk says Twitter will charge $8/month for blue check mark GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover Elon Musk begins mass layoffs of Twitter staff Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors Elon Musk’s Twitter is working on paid-video feature with ‘high’ risk Instagram down: Users complain about app crashing 30 seconds after using it AI Image Generators R...
Nov 04, 2022•44 min•Season 11Ep. 258
Poll results: https://twitter.com/sanjay/status/1583471252227862528 "Chief Twit" Elon Musk arrives at TwitterHQ carrying a sink Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover and fires top executives Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet's traffic per second Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms YouTube will let doctors and nurses apply to be labeled as reliable Netflix Profile Transfers Introducing LinkedIn Audio Events Scientists design ...
Oct 28, 2022•35 min•Season 11Ep. 257
Detroit Airport's 'Parallel Reality' Screen Shows You Only Your Flight Details, Passengers in Disbelief California drivers can now sport digital license plates on their cars Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short Facebook parent Meta admits defeat after Giphy deal is blocked by UK regulators The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it How is a thief taking thousands from London gym-goers? Documents detail plans...
Oct 21, 2022•38 min•Season 11Ep. 256
Signal will remove support for SMS text messages on Android Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge $1.2 Billion Metaverse Horrified by Report It Only Had 38 Active Users Russian-speaking hackers knock multiple US airport websites offline Call it data liberation day: Patients can now access all their health records digitally CNN accused of rug pull as it abandons its NFT project Gen Z canceled the ‘hostile’ thumbs-up emoji Snap a photo of your living room, and InteriorAI will...
Oct 14, 2022•37 min•Season 11Ep. 255
In this episode: Elon is now buying twitter Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial Twitter shares surge 22% after Elon Musk revives deal to buy company at original price With 11 Short Words, Elon Musk Just Revealed His Plans for Twitter. There's Only 1 Problem Elon Musk Doubles Down on Plan to End Ukraine War for Some Reason Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bewilder Guests and Hosts EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 Iconic Goodwill gets serious...
Oct 08, 2022•44 min•Season 11Ep. 254
In this episode: Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid? Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I. Darth Vader's voice in Obi-Wan Kenobi was entirely AI-generated Walmart Is Making Its First Move Into the Metaverse With Virtual Worlds on Roblox Google’s making it even easier to remove your personal info from search Google kills Stadia, will refund game purcha...
Oct 01, 2022•27 min•Season 11Ep. 253
In this episode: Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95% Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab Watch out, Zoom - Slack is here to eat your lunch Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable Elon Musk Says the Optimus, Tesla's Human-Like Robot, Will Premiere on September 30 Amid Inv...
Sep 24, 2022•35 min•Season 11Ep. 252
Good buy, Type O’s: iMessages can finally be edited Uber Eats to Begin Delivering Food with Autonomous Vehicles Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors Locked Out of ‘God Mode,’ The Nissan Leaf can now officially power buildings Brush up on your office lingo with Biz Jargon voice navigation Copywriter website: Joe Coleman Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite A 22-year-old TikToker fooled millions by pretending to be an AI...
Sep 15, 2022•37 min•Season 11Ep. 251
In this episode: Can new technology tell if you’re lying on LinkedIn? Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M Samsung says customer data stolen in July data breach ‘LOTR: The Rings Of Power’ Forges Biggest Premiere Viewership Ever For Amazon Prime Video Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast, using cables you may already own Farewell, Typos! Twitter Unveils an Edit Button. Real Money, Fake Musicians: Inside a...
Sep 09, 2022•28 min•Season 11Ep. 250
In this episode: Jack Dorsey’s biggest regret is Twitter became a company T-Mobile & SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year The man who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he would stop if Elon took him on a flight and gave him an interview French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools Panera Bread tests artificial intelligence technology in drive-thru lanes MTV VMAs: Eminem and Snoop Dogg Perform as Bored Apes in the Metaverse California to install sola...
Sep 01, 2022•34 min•Season 10Ep. 249
In this episode: MoviePass to relaunch on Labor Day in beta form with pricing ranging from $10-$30 a month How Data Is Changing the College Experience This app beeps every time your computer sends data to Google Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll Peloton strikes a deal to sell fitness equipment and apparel on Amazon Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers YouTube removes video by Tesla investors using kids in FSD Be...
Aug 26, 2022•46 min•Season 10Ep. 248
WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion New TV show from MGM called ‘Ring Nation’ uses surveillance video footage from Ring cameras Did Fortune Favor The Brave? New technology pulls clean drinking water from the air InMotion unveils ‘fastest in the world’ 87 MPH V13 Challenger electric unicycle A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave 1 million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar-reflective paint Signal say...
Aug 20, 2022•38 min•Season 10Ep. 247
In this episode: Amazon buying iRobot in a $1.7 billion all-cash deal Elon Musk sells 7.92 million Tesla shares worth $6.88 billion Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Was Quietly Towed From a Dutch Shipyard — Watch the Video California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot DuckDuckGo browser’s stricter privacy protection will also apply to Microsoft scripts now Slack resets passwords after exposing hashes in invitation links AD BREAK Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few ...
Aug 15, 2022•31 min•Season 10Ep. 246
