Tune in as Girdley and Chris talk several topics including Dominion, business ideas, twitter blue checks and more Fraud..
Alex Cohen and Michael Girdley talk crime.
Chris Bakke and Michael Girdley talk about tech news - surprise!
Chris Bakke and Michael Girdley talk about venture studios.
Alex Cohen and Chris Bakke launch a hat contest because Frank founder Charlie Javis committed fraud.
Alex Cohen, Chris Bakke and Michael Girdley talk about yet another Canadian Ryan.
Alex Cohen, Chris Bakke and Michael Girdley talk TikTok after the Congressional hearing.
Alex Cohen and Chris Bakke discuss the sale of Ryan Reynold's company, Mint Mobile, to T-Mobile for $1.35b and the broader implications this will have on celebrities in the business world.
Bakke, Girdley, and Alex Cohen discuss the fallout from the SVB bank failures and throw in a few zingers about bad actors over the weekend.
Joined by special guest, Turner Novak of Banana Capital, Bakke, Girdley, and Alex Cohen review the mess that is Silicon Valley Bank.
Welcome to episode 10!
Girdley and Alex Cohen review some news and catch up.
Like we do every week.
Welcome to episode 9!
Girdley and Alex Cohen review some news.
Like we do every week.
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What Happens When You Stop Taking Ozempic?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ozempic-wegovy-stop-weight-loss-ea925ae1
Salesforce has reportedly been paying Matthew McConaughey $10 million a year to act as a 'creative adviser' despite laying off 8,000 employees last month
Addressing criticism, OpenAI will no longer use customer data to train its models by default
AI-generated fiction is flooding literary magazines — but not fooling anyone
TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing
U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok
Alex Cohen, Girdley and Chris Bakke are back for more hijinks.
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Ozy Media saga - CEO arrested:
Facebook and Instagram are testing selling you blue checks for $12 a month
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/19/23606268/meta-instagram-facebook-test-paid-verification
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls
https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/social-media-mental-illness-epidemic
ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chatgpt-launches-boom-ai-written-e-books-amazon-2023-02-21/
Apple is close to bringing a no prick CGM to Apple Watch
https://www.engadget.com/apple-watch-no-prick-blood-glucose-monitor-200137031.html
New charges for SBF - 300+ unlawful political donations using customer funds:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/business/sam-bankman-fried-ftx.html
Amazon closes OneMedical deal
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-completes-one-medical-acquisition-163431975.html
An entertaining recap of the week's top stories in Tech/Business.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
What happened this week:
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Ransomware gang uses new zero-day to steal data on 1 million patients
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/clop-ransomware-community-health-systems/
Bing is Unhinged
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/bing-microsoft-chatgpt-ai-unhinged-b2281802.html
Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/13/23598514/twitter-algorithm-elon-musk-tweets
Walmart to Close Three Tech Hubs, Tells Tech Staff to Return to Offices
https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-to-close-three-tech-hubs-tells-tech-staff-to-return-to-offices-3fb131e4?mod=djemalertNEWS
Amazon chief vows to ‘go big’ on physical stores
https://www.ft.com/content/f132299d-3b31-4248-8ddf-81182c5930fc
'You Feel So Violated': Streamer QTCinderella Is Speaking Out Against Deepfake Porn Harassment
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34pq3/deepfake-qtcinderella-atrioc
An entertaining recap of the week's top stories in Tech/Business.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
What happened this week:
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/tech/google-ai-bard-demo-error/index.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ryan-cohen-takes-stake-in-nordstrom-11675382489
https://twitter.com/laurenthomas/status/1621298613174341632?s=46&t=9ClBsYC5fvmR_k4QgL9xGw
An entertaining recap of the week's top stories in Tech/Business.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
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1. Adani loses $85B (https://twitter.com/HindenburgRes/status/1618077612680818688) (https://www.wsj.com/articles/gautam-adani-fortune-hindenburg-modi-11675269600?mod=hp_trending_now_article_pos3)
2. Meta is up $260B in 3 months - sidebar, what the fuck is going on with tech companies and the economy as a whole? (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/meta-s-stock-market-rebound-to-surpass-200-billion-in-value) (https://www.engadget.com/facebook-2-billion-meta-q4-2022-earnings-223814979.html)
3. Google job cuts hit 1,800 employees in California, including 27 massage therapists (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/google-cut-over-1800-california-jobs-including-massage-therapists.html)
4. Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions but won’t release it (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/27/google-created-an-ai-that-can-generate-music-from-text-descriptions-but-wont-release-it/)
5. Shell record profits $42b, pulling back from renewable energy (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/business/shell-earnings-record-profit.html)
An entertaining recap of the week's top stories in Tech/Business.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
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GPT is the new crypto (Chris)
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3928537-buzzfeed-stock-more-than-doubles-as-it-engages-openai-to-boost-more-content
An entertaining recap of the week's top stories in Tech/Business.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
What happened this week:
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We get it. You don't want to read the news each week, but you still want to know the top 3 or 4 big things that happened in tech, start-up, or business?
Our solution is this podcast.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
What happened this week:
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We get it. You don't want to read the news each week, but you still want to know the top 3 or 4 big things that happened in tech, start-up, or business?
Our solution is this podcast.
Hosts: @anothercohen , @ChrisJBakke & @girdley
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