Crypto Market Rise, M&A Revival, The Podcast Election + More | Tech Vibes EP14

CAA & Youtube Join Forces in AI, Blockchain, TikTok Ban, Drake Takes on Spotify + more | Tech Vibes EP18

This and more in this week's recap of news. Week 51, Year 2024, Episode 18. -------------------------------------------------- AI: CAA & YouTube Announce Early-Stage Tool To Help Talent Control Their Likenesses On Video Platform https://deadline.com/2024/12/ai-deepfakes-actors-youtube-caa-tool-1236208958/ Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Challenging Ban https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/supreme-court-tiktok-hearing-appeal-ban-1236253348/ Statement on Supreme Court Order to Hear TikTok Ban Case https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/statement-on-supreme-court-order-to-hear-tiktok-ban-case Blockchain Innovation Will Put an AI-Powered Internet Back Into Users’ Hands https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-open-web-user-data/ Deutsche Bank Tries to Tackle Compliance Hurdles for Public Blockchains https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/deutsche-bank-tries-to-tackle-compliance-hurdles-for-public-blockchains Nielsen Makes Paramount Data Less Easy to Analyze As Measurement Fight Continues https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nielsen-paramount-tv-ratings-data-measurement-fight-1236256738/ Spotify Slams Drake’s Claim That It ‘Artificially Inflated’ Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Streams; Drake’s Legal Team Fires Back https://variety.com/2024/music/news/spotify-slams-drake-claim-inflated-kendrick-lamar-streams-1236256265/ *Databricks Is Raising $10 Billion, in One of the Largest Venture Capital Deals* https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/databricks-funding-venture-capital-deals.html Slow Ventures is raising $275 million across two new funds: Filings https://fortune.com/2024/12/18/venture-firm-slow-ventures-sam-lessin-kevin-colleran-will-quist-raising-275-million-two-new-funds-filings/ Matt Garman rose from intern to AWS CEO. Inside the ‘unflappable’ exec’s plan to defend Amazon’s $100 billion profit machine in the age of AI https://fortune.com/2024/12/19/amazon-aws-matt-garman-profile-ai-nova-bedrock/ Netflix Scores FIFA Women’s World Cup Exclusive U.S. Rights for 2027 and 2031 https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-fifa-womens-world-cup-streaming-1236256174/ -------------------------------------------------- Fort Brox Affiliate Links: TaxBit Crypto Tax Software: 👉 https://taxbit.com/ref?fp_ref=9xbvu Descript: 👉 https://www.descript.com/?lmref=L9u6Yg Mercury Business Banking: 👉 https://mercury.com/r/fort-brox Webflow No-Code Websites: 👉 https://webflow.grsm.io/ii4ge2tqaee4 -------------------------------------------------- Credits 🎵 Original music provided by Jordan Halpern Schwartz and Jeff Kleinman of @goodsoupmusic https://www.goodsoupmusic.com/ 🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios -------------------------------------------------- 👉 Listen to all episodes at https://www.fortbrox.com 👉 Fort Brox Links https://www.fortbrox.com https://twitter.com/fortbrox https://www.instagram.com/fortbrox/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fortbrox -------------------------------------------------- Hashtags #Netflicks #AWS #technews #Spotify #youtube #drake #kendrick #CAA #TechVibes

YouTube, “Hot Ones” Sells, 100k BTC, Sora, Debanking + more | Tech Vibes EP16

This and more in this week's recap of news. Week 50, Year 2024, Episode 16. -------------------------------------------------- YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense https://www.404media.co/youtube-enhances-comment-section-with-ai-generated-nonsense/ YouTube Says Viewers Streamed Over 1 Billion Hours Daily From Their Living Rooms in 2024 https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-living-room-viewership-1-billion-hours-daily-tv-2024/ ‘Hot Ones’ Studio Sold by BuzzFeed for $82.5 Million to Soros Fund, Sean Evans and Other Investors https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/hot-ones-sold-buzzfeed-soros-fund-sean-evans-first-we-feast-investors-1236246915/ Oscars Ceremony to Stream Live on Hulu for the First Time https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscars-hulu-live-stream-abc-1236245317/ Google Unveils Mixed-Reality Headset With Samsung, Taking on Apple and Meta https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/hands-on-test-of-new-android-headset-from-samsung-and-google Andreessen Crypto Policy Lead Quintenz in Running for CFTC Chair https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/andreessen-crypto-policy-lead-quintenz-in-running-for-cftc-chair US asks court to reject TikTok's bid to stave off law that could ban the app https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-asks-court-reject-delay-law-that-would-ban-tiktok-2024-12-12/ Marc Benioff says ‘excessive’ AI spending is a ‘race to the bottom’ and he’d rather Salesforce use other companies’ tech | Fortune https://fortune.com/2024/12/12/marc-benioff-ai-spending-excessive-race-to-the-bottom/ How Claude uses AI to identify new threats https://www.platformer.news/how-claude-uses-ai-to-identify-new-threats/?ref=platformer-newsletter WGA Sends Letter to Studios, Urging Lawsuits Against AI Plagiarism: ‘Inaction has Harmed WGA Members’ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wga-letter-studios-ai-lawsuits-plagiarism-1236247494/ Circle and Binance Form a Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Global USDC and Crypto Adoption https://www.binance.com/en/blog/innovation/circle-and-binance-form-a-strategic-partnership-to--accelerate-global-usdc-and-crypto-adoption-8905951797850933210 Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/ Apple reportedly developing AI server chip with Broadcom https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/apple-reportedly-developing-ai-server-chip-with-broadcom/ Trump picks Andrew Ferguson to chair FTC https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-picks-andrew-ferguson-chair-ftc-2024-12-10/ Sora is here https://openai.com/index/sora-is-here/ Debanking: What you need to know https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/debanking-explained/ -------------------------------------------------- Fort Brox Affiliate Links: TaxBit Crypto Tax Software: 👉 https://taxbit.com/ref?fp_ref=9xbvu Descript: 👉 https://www.descript.com/?lmref=L9u6Yg Mercury Business Banking: 👉 https://mercury.com/r/fort-brox Webflow No-Code Websites: 👉 https://webflow.grsm.io/ii4ge2tqaee4 -------------------------------------------------- Credits 🎵 Original music provided by Jordan Halpern Schwartz and Jeff Kleinman of @goodsoupmusic https://www.goodsoupmusic.com/ 🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios -------------------------------------------------- 👉 Listen to all episodes at https://www.fortbrox.com 👉 Fort Brox Links https://www.fortbrox.com https://twitter.com/fortbrox https://www.instagram.com/fortbrox/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fortbrox -------------------------------------------------- Hashtags #youtube #a16z #btc #crypto #google #andreessen #apple #TechVibes

The Big Race In Vegas This Week | Tech Vibes EP(HI)

We are on hiatus this week because of our rooftop activation in Vegas. greatgrandwonderful.com Week 47, Year 2024, Episode HI. -------------------------------------------------- Fort Brox Affiliate Links: TaxBit Crypto Tax Software: 👉 https://taxbit.com/ref?fp_ref=9xbvu Descript: 👉 https://www.descript.com/?lmref=L9u6Yg Mercury Business Banking: 👉 https://mercury.com/r/fort-brox Webflow No-Code Websites: 👉 https://webflow.grsm.io/ii4ge2tqaee4 -------------------------------------------------- Credits 🎵 Original music provided by Jordan Halpern Schwartz and Jeff Kleinman of @goodsoupmusic https://www.goodsoupmusic.com/ 🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios -------------------------------------------------- 👉 Listen to all episodes at https://www.fortbrox.com 👉 Fort Brox Links https://www.fortbrox.com https://twitter.com/fortbrox https://www.instagram.com/fortbrox/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fortbrox

Election Betting, Spotify for Creators, OpenAI News, Crytpo Boom + more | Tech Vibes EP15

Week 47, Year 2024, Episode 15. Kalshi points to a Trump win. Its 28-year-old CEO says the betting market is more reliable than polling https://fortune.com/2024/10/23/kalshi-trump-kamala-prediction-market-polymarket-election-tarek-mansour On election night Polymarket’s 26 year old founder was on top of the world. 8 days later the FBI raided his home... https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/11/14/polymarket-ceo-shayne-coplan-fbi-raid Spotify for Creators https://creators.spotify.com Nielsen CEO Tells Clients Paramount Seeks ‘Nearly 50%’ Price Cut in Weeks-Long Measurement Battle https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nielsen-paramount-seeks-price-cut-tv-ratings-measurement-battle-1236210327/ OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-rivals-seek-new-path-smarter-ai-current-methods-hit-limitations-2024-11-11/ Netflix Says Ad Tier Reaches 70 Million Users Globally https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-ad-tier-reaches-70-million-global-users-1236207015/ Lena Dunham to Write Sam Bankman-Fried Movie for Apple, A24 Based on Michael Lewis Book ‘Going Infinite’ https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lena-dunham-sam-bankman-fried-movie-apple-a24-michael-lewis-going-infinite-1236207495/ Amazon Is Shutting Down Freevee, Its Ad-Supported Video Streamer https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/amazon-freevee-shutting-down-1236208451/ Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/12/trump-tiktok-ban-sale/ The Guardian No Longer Posting on X: It’s a ‘Toxic Media Platform’ ... https://variety.com/2024/digital/global/the-guardian-not-posting-x-elon-musk-shaped-political-discourse-1236208843 Joe Rogan and the Fifth Estate: How the Podcaster and a Group of Cable News Exiles Became More Powerful Than Traditional Media https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/joe-rogan-megyn-kelly-podcasts-shaped-election-1236208937/ Wonder Announces Acquisition of Grubhub https://about.grubhub.com/news/wonder-announces-acquisition-of-grubhub/ Microsoft and OpenAI Plot $100 Billion Stargate AI Supercomputer https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-plot-100-billion-stargate-ai-supercomputer Klarna Announces Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement to SEC for Proposed Initial Public Offering https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-announces-confidential-submission-of-draft-registration-statement-to-sec-for-proposed-initial-public-offering/ The quest to break up Meta is headed to trial https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2024/11/15/quest-to-break-up-meta-headed-to-trial Latest crypto M&A deals signal ‘the tide is shifting’ https://blockworks.co/news/m-a-deals-shifting-tide AI companies hit a scaling wall https://www.platformer.news/openai-google-scaling-laws-anthropic-ai/ What a second Trump term could mean for regulation of AI https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/11/14/second-trump-term-ai-regulation Trump Names Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton to DOJ Office, the Same Office That Prosecuted SBF https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/11/15/trump-names-former-sec-chair-jay-clayton-to-doj-office-the-same-office-that-prosecuted-sbf/ GOP state attorneys general side with crypto industry in suit against SEC https://blockworks.co/news/state-attorneys-general-side-with-crypto Tesla Stock Dips Into Correction—Though Post-Election Rally Still At Nearly 25% https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/14/tesla-stock-dips-into-correction-though-post-election-rally-still-at-nearly-25/ Jake Paul Vs Mike Tyson https://www.netflix.com/title/81764952 -------------------------------------------------- Credits 🎵 Original music provided by Jordan Halpern Schwartz and Jeff Kleinman of @goodsoupmusic https://www.goodsoupmusic.com/ 🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios

Crypto Market Rise, M&A Revival, The Podcast Election + More | Tech Vibes EP14

This and more in this week's recap of news. Week 45, Year 2024, Episode 14. -------------------------------------------------- Why Is the Crypto Market Rising Today? https://www.forbes.com/advisor/in/investing/cryptocurrency/why-is-crypto-going-up/ Chair Powell says he won’t step aside if Trump asks https://blockworks.co/news/jerome-powell-chair-stance-trump SEC Crypto Enforcement Slated for Major Rollback Under Trump www.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2024-11-06%2Fsec-crypto-enforcement-slated-for-major-rollback-under-trump Trump win may usher in M&A revival https://www.axios.com/2024/11/08/trump-regime-mergers-and-acquisitions Will the election spur the long-awaited flood of startup exits? https://links.newsletter.fortune.com/e/evib The Podcast Election No Mercy / No Malice https://www.profgalloway.com/The-Podcast-Election/ Lionsgate Motion Picture Chair Adam Fogelson On Studio’s New AI Deal: “Our Filmmakers Are Using It Already” https://deadline.com/2024/11/lionsgate-ai-runway-1236170527/ Tennis Channel launching D2C service https://advanced-television.com/2024/11/07/tennis-channel-launching-d2c-service/ Amazon considering further investment in Anthropic https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-considering-further-investment-anthropic-114959023.html Uber has discussed a bid for travel booking company Expedia https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/uber-discussed-a-bid-for-travel-booking-company-expedia.html List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple -------------------------------------------------- Fort Brox Affiliate Links: TaxBit Crypto Tax Software: 👉 https://taxbit.com/ref?fp_ref=9xbvu Descript: 👉 https://www.descript.com/?lmref=L9u6Yg Mercury Business Banking: 👉 https://mercury.com/r/fort-brox Webflow No-Code Websites: 👉 https://webflow.grsm.io/ii4ge2tqaee4 -------------------------------------------------- Credits 🎵 Original music provided by Jordan Halpern Schwartz and Jeff Kleinman of @goodsoupmusic https://www.goodsoupmusic.com/ 🔥 Host Neil Alonzo @nawellsee Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios -------------------------------------------------- 👉 Listen to all episodes at https://www.fortbrox.com 👉 Fort Brox Links https://www.fortbrox.com https://twitter.com/fortbrox https://www.instagram.com/fortbrox/ https://www.tiktok.com/@fortbrox -------------------------------------------------- Hashtags #Crypto #Apple #amazon #technews #TechVibes