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Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than G...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Amazon’s online car ‘dealership’ with Hyundai is now live Judge rejects sale of Alex Jones’ Infowars to The Onion Appeals court upholds law ordering China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face U.S. ban Elon Musk becomes first person to surpass $400B net worth, according to Bloomberg LA Times owner plans to add AI-powered ‘b...

Episode 360:  Intro  Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot ​​ OpenAI strikes content deal with Tom’s Guide owner Future Spotify Wrapped is always a mess for parents. The new AI 'podcast' version just makes it worse. A universal ‘Plug and Charge’ protocol for EV charging is coming in 2025 Elon Musk Ju...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Judge rules SiriusXM’s annoying cancellation process is illegal Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter Pokémon Go Data ‘Adding Amplitude to War Is Obviously an Issue,’ Niantic Exec Says Microsoft says it built an Xbox game store on Android but can’t launch it Nintendo Files Court Documents...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon GO player data Microsoft Teams' AI Language Interpreter Will Mimic Your Voice ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses. Elon Musk said what a lot of CEOs think: RTO mandates are meant to make you quit DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert, Dies at 74 Amazon shutting down popular streaming service completely Amazon Haul wants to be the new Temu Exclusive-Amazon developing driver eyeglasses to shave seconds off deliveries, sources say O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time ChatGPT saved my l...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  MrBeast Investigation Reportedly Uncovers A "Long History" Of Insider Trading Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL? Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation Amazon gets FAA...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes How to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2 ​​The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people Bodyguards inadvertently expose French President Macron’s location on Strav...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  The Feds Are Coming for John Deere Over the Right to Repair Sam's Club just opened its first new location in 7 years. It doesn't have any checkout lanes. Walmart-owned Sam’s Club tests a future without checkout lines AI Detectors Falsely Accuse Students of Cheating—With Big Consequences US to probe Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event Tesla Optimus bots were remotely operated at Cybercab event - Los Angeles Times   Tesla’s long-awaited robotaxi reveal prompts skepticism about tech, timelines SpaceX’s Starship rocket completes fifth test flight, lands booster in dramatic catch Google’s AI podcast...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Hurricane Helene devastates quartz mines critical for worldwide semiconductor manufacturing Hurricane Helene takes out 370 cell towers; 103 on backup power Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Will Restart to Power Microsoft AI You can get an at-home flu ‘shot’ starting next year Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleging tresp...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Self-driving Waymo vehicles coming to Atlanta in Uber app in 2025 FDA approves Apple AirPods as hearing aids Craig Wright said he invented bitcoin — lawyers proved him wrong Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December Uber to Verify...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  WhatsApp will send messages to other apps soon — here’s how it will look Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads Huawei's first tri-fold phone starts at an eye-watering $2,800 ​​McDonald’s rolls out self-serve cash kiosks that could make human cashiers obsolete AI ruling on jobless claims...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  How “personhood credentials” could help prove you’re a human online That Chase Bank ‘Glitch’ Was Actually Massive Check Fraud Chase warns against using system glitch to filch cash: it’s ‘fraud, plain and simple’ People trying to access Elon Musk’s X in Brazil face daily fines greater than their annual wage Musk’s Starlink De...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise Media ! In this episode: Mark Zuckerberg regrets not pushing back on Biden’s COVID “pressure” campaign Instagram Is Bringing Back Myspace's Profile Music ​​Meta is working on mixed-reality glasses, but they’re probably years away Justice Department Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme that Harms Millions of American Renters Google Chrome Hit...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Startup using blockchain to prevent copyright theft by AI is valued over $2 billion after fresh funding Exclusive: Apple, Google wallets to carry California driver's licenses Epic Games Challenges Apple’s Dominance With New iOS App Store Russia tells citizens to switch off home surveillance because the Ukrainians are coming...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise Media ! In this episode:  Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads My experience with Google's new 'Add Me' feature: Take a pic of your friends and end up in the group shot Waymo robotaxi parking lot is waking neighbors with nightly honking AI Trained on Old Scientific Papers Make...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case The Google TV Streamer might be the Apple TV 4K rival we’ve been waiting for After nine years, Google’s Nest Learning Thermostat gets an AI makeover Elon Musk’s Neuralink Device Is Implanted in a Second Patient Elon Musk revives lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altm...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Google Olympics ad sparks new ire over generative AI Delta CEO says CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage cost the airline $500 million Cyberattack hits blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent Intel Will Cut Over 15,000 Jobs Amid Struggles to Turn Itself...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  CrowdStrike Explains What Went Wrong Days After Global Tech Outage CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage After years of uncertainty, Google says it won’t be ‘d...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Major airlines, medical systems affected by mass IT outage for Windows users Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world How false nostalgia inspired noplace, a Myspace-like app for Gen Z Google near deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion Firefox priva...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  UChicago Prof. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion creates world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery – a breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries NASCAR shows off an EV prototype Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch Spotify is going to...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  American researchers built world's most precise and sturdy atomic clock ever Tech company unveils tiny spheres that outperform solar panels using both sun and artificial light — and the company says they could hit 60 times the current capacity Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years Japan declar...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  Threads finally launches its API for developers Gilead Shot Prevents All HIV Cases in Trial of African Women AI Develops "Ground-Breaking" New Magnet Free Of Rare Earth Metals How the laptop could become the battery — new revolutionary carbon-based material means your laptop chassis could become a power source, eliminating t...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode:  It’s time to BeAcquired for €500 million Metallica is headlining Fortnite’s next concert China Introduces Photonic Chip Capable of Processing Hundred Billion Pixels in Just 6 Nanoseconds Artifact’s DNA Lives on in Yahoo’s Revamped AI-Powered News App LinkedIn’s AI job coach can write your cover letters and edit your resumé T...