Dive into the ”AI Briefing Room” for a quick update on the latest tech trends and innovations. Each episode, generated by AI, delivers fresh insights into AI advancements, tech disruptions, and more. Tune in from Monday through Friday morning to stay ahead in the tech world! For advice, reach out to us at aibriefingroom@gmail.com.
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EP-102 Salesforce’s $1.9b Buyout 💸, Broadcom’s Q3 Beat 📊, Microsoft Tackles Ai-generated Exploit 🌐
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, september 6th! dive into today's top tech stories: salesforce acquires own co.: salesforce agrees to buy the startup for $1.9 billion in cash, aiming to enhance their cloud-based data backup capabilities. the deal is expected to be finalized by january 2025. broadcom q3 results: broadcom surpasses wall …
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EP-101 Claude Enterprise Unveiled 🚀, Snapdragon X Chip Wars ⚔️, Sutskever’s $1b Ssi Venture 💰
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for thursday, september 5th. topics include: anthropic's claude enterprise: amazon-backed ai startup anthropic unveils a business-focused solution with a larger context window and activity feeds. early clients like gitlab and midjourney utilize it for content creation and automated proposal respons…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, september 4th. apple's "it's glowtime" event: scheduled for september 9, featuring the launch of iphone 16, 16 pro, 16 pro max, and possibly the apple watch series 10 and ultra 3. enhancements include thinner bezels, improved optical zoom, and potentially advanced health features lik…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, september 3! here's a snapshot of today's tech highlights: ai revolution in gaming: andreessen horowitz’s joshua lu emphasizes how ai is transforming the video game industry, citing discord as a pivotal platform for game discovery and development. the firm's speedrun accelerator program is heavily inve…
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EP-98 Openai’s $100b Valuation 🚀, Brazil Suspends Musk’s X 📵, California’s Ai Bill Sb 1047 🏛️
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, september 2! here's a look at today's top tech headlines: openai’s skyrocketing valuation: investors value openai at over $100 billion on the secondaries market. the wall street journal reports openai is in talks for a new $1 billion funding round, potentially led by thrive capital, boosting valuations …
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, august 30! here are today's top tech stories: apple and nvidia eyeing investment in openai: both companies are in talks to join a significant funding round led by thrive capital, potentially valuing openai at over $100 billion. nvidia q2 2025 earnings: nvidia announces a revenue of $30.04 billion and ad…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, august 29th! check out today's top tech stories: openai’s massive valuation: openai is reportedly nearing a new funding round with a potential $100+ billion valuation, led by thrive capital and including microsoft. despite generating significant revenue, the company faces substantial losses due to hea…
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EP-95 Nvidia’s Rollercoaster Ride 🎢, Klarna’s Profit Surge 📈, & Meta-spotify Music Revolution 🎶
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, august 28th. tune in for the latest updates in the tech world: nvidia's market spotlight: anticipation ahead of its q2 earnings report, market cap surge driven by ai, strategic upgrades despite production delays, and forecasts for 75% growth. klarna's financial turnaround: significan…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, august 27. dive into today's top tech stories: apple's iphone 16 event: set for september 9th at the steve jobs theater, featuring larger screens, a new camera button, apple watch series 10, new airpods, and updates on ios 18. elon musk & california's ai bill: musk backs sb 1047, a bill requiring safeg…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, august 26th! dive into today's top tech stories: doj vs. realpage: the u.s. justice department sues property management software company realpage for alleged algorithmic collusion to raise rents, marking a significant case against such practices amid surging rent prices. halliburton cyberattack: energy …
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, august 23rd. nasa’s astronaut return decision: nasa decides whether astronauts butch wilmore and sunita williams will return from iss aboard boeing's starliner or spacex’s dragon capsule. this decision impacts the future of commercial spaceflight. ford & ev strategy: ford refines its el…
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welcome to today’s tech briefing for thursday, august 22nd! here are today’s top stories: tragic news from sicily: uk investor and founder of it company autonomy, mike lynch, and his daughter hannah identified among the two bodies recovered from the "bayesian" yacht that capsized after being struck by a tornado-like water column. the tragic event f…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, august 21. openai & condé nast partnership: integration of content from vogue, the new yorker, and vanity fair into chatgpt and searchgpt to provide reliable and timely information. waymo's robotaxi growth: doubling of weekly paid rides to 100,000 since may, expansion in san francisc…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, august 20th! here are today's top tech stories: gm job cuts: general motors is cutting around 1,000 software jobs globally, focusing on enhancing its super cruise driver assistance system and exploring ai technologies, primarily in michigan. ai and water consumption: the ai boom is significantly increa…
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EP-88 Openai’s Influence Campaign Ban 🚫, Meta’s Eu Scrutiny 🔍, Apple’s Home Robotics Venture 🤖
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, august 19th! dive into today's top tech stories: openai bans iranian influence campaign: accounts tied to storm-2035 using chatgpt for u.s. election interference, primarily discussing israel-hamas conflict and u.s. politics. meta under eu scrutiny: european commission investigates meta for discontinuing…
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EP-87 📉 Cisco’s Workforce Trim & Revenue Rally, Meta’s Drug Ad Dilemma 🚫, California’s Digital Id Rollout 📱
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, august 16! dive into today's top tech stories: meta under scrutiny: federal lawmakers send a letter to ceo mark zuckerberg over illicit drug ads on facebook and instagram. despite an ongoing federal investigation, reports from the wall street journal and tech transparency project indicate a surge in suc…
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EP-86 World Labs’ $100m Boost 💰, Google’s Ai Smartphone Play 📱, Ftc’s Crackdown on Fake Reviews 🚫
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for thursday, august 15th. world labs funding success: stealthy ai startup founded by renowned stanford professor fei-fei li raises $100 million, pushing valuation over $1 billion. investors include andreessen horowitz and canadian firm radical ventures. google vs. apple in ai: google demos its new…
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EP-85 Google Pixel 9 Unveils Ai Gemini 📱, Geofence Warrants Ruled Unconstitutional ⚖️, Weride’s Driverless Testing Milestone 🚘
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for wednesday, august 14th! dive into today's top tech stories: google's new pixel 9 phone lineup: first-ever ai-powered android update with 'gemini' system, satellite sos for emergency communication, available in the u.s. (excluding hawaii and alaska) for free within the first two years. federal appeals court ruli…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, august 13. amazon's multibillion-dollar investment in ai firm anthropic: under investigation by the u.k.'s competition and markets authority (cma). the probe will determine the impact on competition, with amazon's $4 billion investment coming under scrutiny. european commission's warni…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, august 12th. venezuela bans social platform x: president nicolás maduro imposes a 10-day ban on x after a clash with elon musk, citing regulations violations and incitement of unrest. senator warren's letter to tesla: elizabeth warren questions elon musk's use of tesla resources for oth…
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EP-82 Anduril’s $1.5b Defense Boost 💰, Palantir & Microsoft’s Strategic Alliance 🛡️, Amazon’s Quick-commerce Fumble in India 🇮🇳
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, august 9th! today's top tech stories: anduril industries secures major funding: the defense startup raises $1.5 billion in series f round, reaching a $14 billion valuation, to boost hiring, expand infrastructure, and enhance supply chain processes. palantir & microsoft partnership: palantir shares rise …
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EP-81 Shopify’s Earnings Surge 🚀, Softbank’s Vision Fund Update 💸, Anduril’s $1.5b Defense Tech Boost 🛡️
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for thursday, august 8th. here's what we covered: shopify’s strong q2 earnings: shares of shopify soared 17.8% following a strong second-quarter earnings report. the canadian e-commerce giant posted earnings per share of 26 cents, surpassing analysts’ expectations of 20 cents, with revenue at $2.05…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, august 7th. rivian's financial challenges: rivian reports a q2 loss of $1.46 billion, phasing out first-gen models, and seeks a $5 billion deal with volkswagen group. new r1 models to potentially achieve positive gross profit by year-end. airbnb's earnings: shares fall 14% after miss…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, august 6. google to appeal ruling: google will challenge a u.s. district court decision stating it acted illegally to maintain its search engine monopoly. if upheld, this could reshape the internet landscape. google argues its dominance benefits consumers and advertisers. elon musk sue…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, august 5th! check out today's top tech stories: nvidia antitrust probes: nvidia faces two doj investigations over its market dominance in ai, including the $700 million acquisition of run:ai and potential market power abuses. meta's threads milestone: meta's text-focused platform threads hits 200 millio…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, august 2nd. dive into today's top tech stories: intel's workforce reduction: intel plans to lay off over 15% of its employees, totaling 15,000 jobs, as part of a strategy to reduce expenditures by $10 billion by 2025 following disappointing second-quarter earnings. microsoft lists opena…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, august 1! dive into today's top tech stories: nvidia shares surge: investors show renewed confidence as microsoft and amd express plans to ramp up spending on nvidia-based infrastructure, boosting nvidia’s stock by 13%. meta’s reality labs losses: despite posting a $4.5 billion loss in q2, meta contin…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, july 30th! dive into today's top tech stories: apple intelligence preview: apple unveils its ai capabilities with features like enhanced siri, auto-generated emails and images, and efficient notification sorting, available in the developer beta of ios 18.1, ipados, and macos. apple's ai training practi…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, july 29th. apple signs white house ai commitment: unveiling plans for its new generative ai, apple intelligence, embedded into core products to reach 2 billion users, joining other tech giants in setting ai ground rules. spacex falcon 9 launch resumes: after addressing a fault that caus…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, july 26! dive into today's top tech stories: openai enters search market: introduction of searchgpt, an ai-powered search engine that organizes and makes sense of information, powered by gpt-4. features include follow-up questions, sidebar links, and ai-generated visual answers, with partnerships for cl…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for thursday, july 25th. apple maps web expansion: apple maps launches a public beta for the web, taking on google maps with support for safari, chrome, and edge, and promising features like driving directions and curated guides. tesla shares plunge: tesla shares drop 12% following weaker-than-expe…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, july 24. alphabet invests in waymo: alphabet announced a $5 billion investment into its subsidiary waymo to support its self-driving technology ambitions, delivering over 50,000 paid rides per week across various cities. meta unveils llama 3.1 405b: meta has launched its latest ai mo…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, july 23. wiz rejects alphabet’s $23 billion offer: cybersecurity startup wiz turns down a $23 billion acquisition offer from alphabet, preferring to remain independent. cohere’s $500 million funding round: generative ai startup cohere raises $500 million, boosting its valuation to $5.5…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, july 22! dive into today's top tech stories: global it outage: a massive it outage caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm crowdstrike impacts businesses worldwide, affecting sectors like airlines, banks, and media companies. crowdstrike ceo george kurtz confirms the defect and assure…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, july 19. in today's episode, we cover the latest in technology and the digital world: record-breaking online spending: u.s. consumers spent $14.2 billion during amazon's prime day event, driven by back-to-school shopping and new product purchases, surpassing adobe's $14 billion prediction. gpt-4o mini l…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, july 18! amazon prime day success: u.s. buyers spent $7.2 billion on the first day, with notable sales in electronics, video games, and small kitchen appliances. mobile shopping hit a record $3.5 billion. chip stock declines: global chip stocks fell due to potential u.s. export restrictions. asml, tok…
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EP-65 Elon Musk’s Texas Moves 🇨🇱, Microsoft’s Regulatory Hurdles 🏛️, Amazon Prime Day Scrutiny 🏷️
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, july 17th. elon musk relocations: elon musk announces plans to move spacex headquarters from california to texas and social media platform x's headquarters from san francisco to austin, texas, citing frustrations with california regulations. texas governor greg abbott praises the mov…
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EP-64 Apple’s Ios 18 Beta Unveiled 📱, Google Eyes Cybersecurity Giant 🛡️, Stripe’s $70b Valuation 💰
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, july 16. apple ios 18 public beta: an early look at the upcoming software update with changes to the lock screen, home screen, and control center, but without the anticipated apple intelligence service featuring chatgpt integration and enhanced siri capabilities. google's $23 billion a…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, july 15! dive into today's top tech stories: at&t cybersecurity breach: call and text records exposed from nearly all wireless customers due to a third-party cloud platform breach. at&t confirms no personal identifiable information was leaked and is working with law enforcement. trump's social media res…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, july 12th! dive into today's top tech stories: tesla robotaxi delay: tesla shares drop 8% after delaying its robotaxi unveiling to october, impacting investor confidence. softbank acquires graphcore: softbank finalizes its acquisition of uk ai chipmaker graphcore, aiming to scale its ipu technology. app…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, july 11th! dive into today's top tech stories: elon musk's legal victory: a federal judge ruled that x corp., formerly known as twitter, does not owe $500 million in severance to former employees, dismissing claims from ex-staff related to musk's 2022 acquisition of the platform. samsung galaxy ring: …
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, july 10th. dive into today's top tech stories: hebbia raises $130 million: ai startup hebbia secures significant series b funding at a $700 million valuation, with andreessen horowitz leading the round. known for its generative ai used by 30% of asset managers, hebbia is expanding in…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, july 9th. startup valuations rebound: valuations for u.s.-based companies reached new heights in the first half of 2024, indicating a recovery from the 2022 slump. despite the rise, deal volumes remain sluggish. ai-powered robots investments: amazon, tesla, and microsoft are heavily in…
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, july 8. dive into today's top tech stories: tesla's stock surge: tesla shares surged 27% this week, fueled by a better-than-expected q2 deliveries report, closing friday at $251.55. samsung electronics' record profits: samsung's shares reached their highest level since january 2021, pro…
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EP-57 📉 Bitcoin’s Dip Amid Fed Decisions, 🚨 Midnight Blizzard’s Cybersecurity Threat, and 🚗 Tesla Short Sellers’ Big Loss
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i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, july 5th. here are today's top stories: bitcoin under pressure: bitcoin slides to a two-month low, affected by the federal reserve's stance on interest rates. price dropped to around $56,837 before a slight recovery to $57,932.57. cybersecurity breach: russian hacking group midnight bli…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, july 4th! here's what we're covering today: amazon discontinues astro for business: amazon will end support for astro's business version to focus on its home robot side, offering full refunds and an additional $300 credit for a replacement solution. twilio authy app breach: threat actors accessed phon…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for wednesday, july 3rd! dive into today's top tech stories: tesla’s second-quarter success: tesla shares surged 10% after exceeding analysts' expectations with 443,956 vehicle deliveries and 410,831 production numbers for q2 2024. this marks a 14.8% increase from the first quarter. spacex's ambitious launch schedu…
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EP-54 Anthropic’s Ai Safeguards 🛡️, Robinhood’s Pluto Acquisition 🚀, Youtube Vs Ai-generated Content 📹
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, july 2nd! explore today's top tech stories: anthropic's ai benchmark program: initiative to fund ai benchmarks for assessing capabilities like cyberattacks, information manipulation, and national security threats, aiming to set industry standards for safer ai practices. robinhood acquires pluto: aiming…
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EP-53 Amazon’s Ai Talent Grab 🤖, Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling ⚖️, Openai Faces Legal Scrutiny 🏛️
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, july 1! today's tech updates include: amazon's ai acquisition: amazon bolsters its ai capabilities by hiring co-founders and team members from adept, an ai startup known for developing ai-powered agents to automate software tasks. avid luan, adept's co-founder, along with others, joins amazon to drive i…
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welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, june 28th! dive into today's top tech stories: hebbia raises $100 million: the ai-powered document search startup raises nearly $100 million in a series b funding round led by andreessen horowitz, valuing the company between $700 and $800 million. meta tests user-created ai chatbots: meta starts testing…
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