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Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

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Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

MKBHD
TBPN

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TBPN

John Coogan & Jordi Hays
This Day in AI Podcast

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This Day in AI Podcast

Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey
The a16z Show

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The a16z Show

Andreessen Horowitz
Top Noticias Tech

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Top Noticias Tech

Tech Santos
Endless Thread

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Endless Thread

WBUR
Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

22 HR AGO

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Nano Banana 2 is Here! Gemini-3 Shutdown & The AI Layoff Myth | EP99.36

Join us on the STILL RELEVANT tour: https://simulationtheory.ai/16c0d1db-a8d0-4ac9-bae3-d25074589a80 Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai TDIA Discord: https://discord.gg/gTW4RkAJvn Horse Egg Lifecycle Infographic: https://staging.simtheory.ai/share/file/UZ2KJU ---- So Chris, this week... we're diving into Google's new Nano Banana 2 image model - 50% cheaper and supposedly faster (when the servers aren't melting). We put it through its paces with annotation-based editing, slide generation, and yes, the return of the legendary horse egg experiment. Plus: Google quietly kills Gemini-3 after just a few months (good riddance?), we discuss why the model was "dead on arrival" for agentic workflows, and break down the real story behind those massive AI layoff announcements from Block and WiseTech. Spoiler: it's probably not actually about AI. We also get into the current state of the model wars (Opus 4.6 vs Codex 5.3), why smaller models like GLM-5 might be the future for enterprise agentic tasks, and Chris's wife teaching Claude to literally speak to her using Mac's text-to-speech. The models are getting creative. ---0:00 - Intro0:36 - Nano Banana 2: Price, Speed & First Impressions3:19 - The Compositing Problem & Last Mile Design5:41 - Annotation-Based Editing (This Changes Everything)9:52 - Slide Editing & Real-World Use Cases12:34 - The Horse Egg Experiment Returns14:30 - Image Degradation & Cost Breakdown17:47 - Text-to-Image Leaderboard Discussion20:01 - Why Nano Banana Dominates for Work22:07 - Codex 5.3 vs Opus 4.622:54 - Google Kills Gemini-3 (What Went Wrong?)26:48 - Google's Agentic Problem30:08 - The Model Loyalty Cycle34:22 - Why Opus 4.6 is Still the Best37:05 - Cost Optimization & Smart Model Routing43:30 - When Models Get Stuck on the Wrong Path45:36 - Nicole's AI Learns to Talk Back46:54 - Can Anyone Build Software Now?52:26 - Anthropic's Legal/Finance Plugins & Market Panic57:08 - Block Lays Off 4,000: AI or Excuse?1:00:05 - The AI Job Apocalypse Isn't Real Thanks for listening like and sub xoxo

22 hr ago

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1h 2m
20 FEB

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Why Bother with the Pixel 10a?

This week, the crew sits down to talk about everything that happened this week. It starts off with an update on the Ring camera situation and then goes right into the release of the Google Pixel 9a...I mean, 10a. After that, Marques, Andrew, and David spend some time speculating on what Apple is going to announce at the next event before going right into a tech version of the game of 2 truths and lie. Enjoy! Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Links: Verge - Pixel 9 gets AirDrop MKBHD - Pixel 10a video Apple - Video podcasts announcement 404 Media - Leaked Ring CEO email Music provided by: Epidemic Sound This episode brought to you by: Attioh: https://www.attioh.com/waveform Framer: https://www.framer.com/wave Anthropic: https://www.claude.ai/waveform Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/waveform Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli David: https://www.threads.net/@davidimel Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

20 Feb

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1h 42m
1 DAY AGO

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Nvidia Earnings, Paramount Emerges Victorious, Block Layoffs | Diet TBPN

Diet TBPN delivers the best of today’s TBPN episode in 30 minutes. TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with each episode posted to podcast platforms right after. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” the show has recently featured Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://Ramp.com AppLovin - https://axon.ai Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Cognition - https://cognition.ai Console - https://console.com CrowdStrike - https://crowdstrike.com ElevenLabs - https://elevenlabs.io Figma - https://figma.com Fin - https://fin.ai Gemini - https://gemini.google.com Graphite - https://graphite.com Gusto - https://gusto.com/tbpn Kalshi - https://kalshi.com Labelbox - https://labelbox.com Lambda - https://lambda.ai Linear - https://linear.app MongoDB - https://mongodb.com NYSE - https://nyse.com Okta - https://www.okta.com Phantom - https://phantom.com/cash Plaid - https://plaid.com Public - https://public.com Railway - https://railway.com Restream - https://restream.io Sentry - https://sentry.io Shopify - https://shopify.com/tbpn Turbopuffer - https://turbopuffer.com Vanta - https://vanta.com Vibe - https://vibe.co Follow TBPN: https://TBPN.com https://x.com/tbpn https://open.spotify.com/show/2L6WMqY3GUPCGBD0dX6p00?si=674252d53acf4231 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/technology-brothers/id1772360235 https://www.youtube.com/@TBPNLive

1 day ago

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32 min
13 FEB

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Siri se Retrasa MÁS?!

TNT 228 - Top Noticias Tech con Tech Santos. Show semanal dedicado a las noticias de tecnología mas relevantes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Feb

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1h 45m
16 HR AGO

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a16z's New Media Playbook

Erik Torenberg, Ben Horowitz, and Marc Andreessen discuss how the media landscape has fundamentally changed and what a16z is doing about it. They cover why offense beats defense, why individuals now matter more than corporate brands, why speed wins in the new media landscape, and the difference between oral and written culture on the internet. Resources: Follow Erik Torenberg on X: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Follow Ben Horowitz on X: https://twitter.com/bhorowitz Follow Marc Andreessen on X: https://twitter.com/bhorowitz Stay Updated: Find a16z on YouTube: YouTube Find a16z on X Find a16z on LinkedIn Listen to the a16z Show on Spotify Listen to the a16z Show on Apple Podcasts Follow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

16 hr ago

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48 min
20 FEB

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Fresh, stale, or politics? The Melania doc's Rotten Tomatoes score, explained

Melania, a documentary about the first lady, has a 10 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but a 90 percent score from audience members, an unusual discrepancy that raises the question, how did Rotten Tomatoes get those scores anyway? Show notes: The 'Melania' movie audience: Older white women (NPR) Melania’s Movie Shows Signs of Bulk Buying to Boost Box Office: Guru (The Daily Beast) You Can Thank 'Rush Hour' for Rotten Tomatoes (Vice) Rotten Tomatoes Owner Says ‘Melania’ 99% Audience Score Is Not ‘Bot Manipulation’: ‘Reviews Are Verified… Users Bought a Ticket to the Film’ (Variety) Credits: This episode was produced by Kalyani Saxena and Grace Tatter. It was co-hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Kalyani Saxena, and edited by Meg Cramer. Mix and sound design by Paul Vaitkus.

20 Feb

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25 min
4 DAYS AGO

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Ep. 393: Can Movies Save Us From Our Phones?

Last month, the Atlantic reported that film students are now struggling to sit through entire films. In this episode, Cal argues that this is both an issue and an opportunity. The fact we can’t watch full movies indicates the impact of digital tools on our brains is worse than we assumed. But in this problem, we also find a solution: maybe teaching ourselves to become better movie watchers can be the first step to reclaiming our own minds. Cal then dissects a viral AI essay that seems to have everyone worried (spoiler: Cal’s not impressed), reads a reader note about social media and the Olympics, and gives an update on his next book project. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia IDEAS SEGMENT: Can Movies Save Us From Our Phones? [2:36] NEWS AND NOTES SEGMENT: Something Big is Happening [31:23] Digital Minimalism and the Olympics [49:31] WHAT CAL’S READING: Cal gives his weekly reading update [56:03] Attensity The Lost Island (Eilis Dillon) Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/college-students-movies-attention-span/685812/ fortune.com/2026/02/11/something-big-is-happening-ai-february-2020-moment-matt-shumer/ Thanks to our Sponsors: pipedrive.com/deep drinkag1.com/deep butcherbox.com/deep grammarly.com Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

4 days ago

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1h 9m
1 DAY AGO

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Reiner Pope of MatX on accelerating AI with transformer-optimized chips

Reiner Pope is the co-founder and CEO of MatX, designing specialized chips for Large Language Models. A former Google TPU architect, he joins John to discuss why the current generation of AI hardware is hitting a wall. They cover the "uncomfortable trade-off" between latency and throughput for current chips, why MatX is betting on combining HBM and SRAM to solve it, and the massive logistical challenge of manufacturing chips at scale with TSMC. Reiner also shares his predictions for AI in 2027, why he prefers Rust for hardware design, and why the best iteration loops happen in your head before writing a line of code. Timestamps(00:00:15) Google’s AI revival (00:07:54) MatX (00:17:11) AI supply chain (00:21:48) Designing chips (00:37:11) TSMC (00:44:17) Token pricing (00:44:55) RL-ing chip design (00:49:26) Design to production (00:56:05) MatX culture (01:02:57) Rust (01:05:21) Cuckoo hashing (01:09:35) Unexplored model architectures

1 day ago

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1h 13m
3 DAYS AGO

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How Claude Code Claude Codes

Few AI products have found the kind of product-market fit we’ve seen from Claude Code. On the eve of the product’s first anniversary, Anthropic’s Boris Cherny explains why Claude Code is so powerful, all the work left to do, and why he no longer writes any code himself. After that, The Verge’s Hayden Field joins the show to talk about how we should think about giving our data (and our computers) to AI, even when it seems useful. Finally, The Verge’s Allison Johnson helps David answer a question from the Vergecast Hotline (866-VERGE11) about whether you should go buy a phone, like, right now. Further reading: Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft Claude has been having a moment — can it keep it up? The AI security nightmare is here and it looks suspiciously like lobster OpenClaw’s AI ‘skill’ extensions are a security nightmare Humans are infiltrating the social network for AI bots Anthropic connects Claude to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive MCP extension unites Claude with apps like Slack, Canva, and Figma The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 days ago

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1h 21m
3 DAYS AGO · BONUS

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I Refuse to Share my Location, AITA?

A few months ago, MKBHD producer Harper Makowsky had an idea. What if we did a bonus episode using the "Am I the A$$hole" format from the popular subreddit and made it all about tech? So here we are! Marques, Andrew, and David discuss everything from sharing your location with your partner to using mechanical keyboards. We'll be back later this week with your regularly scheduled episode. P.S - This is our first explicit episode so if you usually listen with children nearby you have been warned! Check out the amazing subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/ Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Music provided by: Epidemic Sound Social: Waveform Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Waveform Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/?hl=en Waveform TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast The Studio: https://www.youtube.com/@UCG7J20LhUeLl6y_Emi7OJrA Hosts: Marques: https://www.threads.net/@mkbhd Andrew: https://www.threads.net/@andrew_manganelli Eric: https://instagram/com/@eric.p.v Rich: https://www.instagram.com/richontrack Adam: https://www.threads.net/@parmesanpapi17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3 days ago · Bonus

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