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Episodes · 25
Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate; plus, Bending Spoons buying Airtable for $1.28B
Aug 5, 2026 · 7m
The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air; plus, Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Aug 4, 2026 · 8m
Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT; plus, YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’
Aug 3, 2026 · 6m
Mark Zuckerberg predicts that billions of people will have personal AI agents in five years; plus, in the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI’s hacker was noisy and fast
Jul 31, 2026 · 11m
Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine
Jul 30, 2026 · 8m
Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech; plus, Sam Altman is ready to decelerate.
Jul 29, 2026 · 10m
Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon; plus, PayPal leaves the door open to a higher takeover
Jul 28, 2026 · 7m
Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive; plus, Apple sued after alleged App Store crypto scam
Jul 28, 2026 · 8m
Hugging Face CEO calls for ‘radical transparency’ after ‘unprecedented’ OpenAI hack; plus, the hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
Jul 27, 2026 · 8m
Google justifies its massive AI spending with a booming cloud business; plus, OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
Jul 24, 2026 · 7m
The Anthropic-Physical Intelligence rumor roiling AI Twitter; plus, if you pay a hacker’s ransom, they’ll come back for more
Jul 23, 2026 · 8m
Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned; plus, Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
Jul 22, 2026 · 7m
Christopher Nolan calls AI an obvious ‘Trojan horse’; plus, Hugging Face confirmed a breach
Jul 21, 2026 · 7m
Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal; plus BP done with climate tech and X cracking down thieving creators
Jul 20, 2026 · 9m
UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group; plus, why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?
Jul 17, 2026 · 6m
OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move; plus, Realta Fusion is building a fusion reactor at an old hot dog factory
Jul 16, 2026 · 6m
The real AI race may no longer be at the frontier
Jul 15, 2026 · 7m
Apple says former employee exploited ‘rare’ bug to download confidential files after leaving for OpenAI; plus, Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
Jul 14, 2026 · 8m
Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but with a twist; plus, ‘Slow-cial’ app Roost forces you to slow down to the speed of a carrier pigeon
Jul 10, 2026 · 9m
Venus Williams-backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps; plus, Apple to produce Made in America wireless chips with Broadcom
Jul 9, 2026 · 8m
The ‘first’ AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human; plus, hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites
Jul 8, 2026 · 7m
Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk; Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year
Jul 7, 2026 · 7m
What is Bending Spoons? The little-known AOL and Vimeo owner that’s now public
Jul 6, 2026 · 10m
Jersey Mike’s IPO illustrates how bad the AI hype has become; plus, Mark Zuckerberg said AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
Jul 3, 2026 · 5m
US government says it got hacked — again; Microsoft launches its own AI deployment company
