GameStop Buys eBay and Other Sentences That Shouldn't Exist

About this episode

The episode discusses various technology news, including GameStop's offer to buy eBay and the impact of AI on different industries.

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: AI & Big Tech Anthropic strikes compute deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX Airbnb says AI now writes 60% of its new code Disney is reportedly building a unified "super app" Gmail's "Help me write" learns to sound like you Meta will track employee mouse movements and keystrokes — for AI training Privacy & Policy Utah becomes first US state to target VPN use in age-verification law Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in groceries Instagram ends end-to-end encryption for DMs on May 8 Business & Industry GameStop offers to buy eBay for $5.6 billion Ask.com officially shuts down — goodbye, Jeeves Science & Innovation Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons World's largest intelligent container ship sets sail Eight routine vaccines linked to lower dementia risk Weird and Wacky Startup says sound waves can replace fire sprinklers Some kids are beating age-verification checks with a fake mustache Tech Rec: Sanjay - Empty Screenings Adam - Claude Live Artifacts Find us here: sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com Tech Talk Y’all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media .

People in this episode

Hosts: Sanjay Parekh, Adam J. Walker

Topics covered

• AI
• Big Tech
• Privacy
• Business
• Industry
• Technology
• Surveillance

Keywords

• GameStop
• eBay
• AI
• Big Tech
• Privacy
• Surveillance
• Technology News
• Business
• Industry

Sponsors

TogetherLetters, Edgewise

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic, Elon Musk, SpaceX, Airbnb, Disney, Gmail, Meta, Instagram, GameStop, eBay

Places: Utah, Maryland

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