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  1. Monologue: The Super Bowl Showed That Generative AI Is Washed

    14 februari 2025 · 9 min

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    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the AI industry’s limp Super Bowl commercials show how little this industry has to offer - and how much contempt they have for consumers. Lees meer

    OpenAI: The Intelligence Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhb5pEo_j0

    Google: Dream Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7e6g11BJc0

    Salesforce: Gate Expectations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZqmBcqDkyw

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  2. How Sports Gambling Apps Are Rotting Society

    12 februari 2025 · 1 uur 25 min

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    In a live-to-tape recording in Ed Zitron's living room, Wide Left writer Arif Hasan and Western Kabuki Host Caleb Wilson explain in detail the cultural power of sports, and how software has been used to poison every corner of sports with predatory gambling schemes. Lees meer

    The Athletic story on sports gambling: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5777632/2024/10/14/sports-betting-addiction-problem-fans/

    Wide Left article about sports gambling:
    https://www.wideleft.football/p/has-legalized-gambling-poisoned-the

    Arif Hasan:
    https://bsky.app/profile/arif.bsky.social
    https://x.com/ArifHasanNFL
    Wide Left: https://www.wideleft.football

    Caleb Wilson:
    https://bsky.app/profile/birdrespecter.bsky.social
    Western Kabuki: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/western-kabuki/id1647062210

    The 60 Minute Drill Podcast (Ed, Arif and Caleb’s NFL podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/60-minute-drill/id1768225605

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  3. Monologue: What Happened With DeepSeek?

    6 februari 2025 · 10 min

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    In the first of a new series of weekly monologues, Ed Zitron breaks down what exactly happened with DeepSeek, and how it threatens to pop the AI bubble. Lees meer

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  4. How DeepSeek Showed That Silicon Valley Is Washed

    3 februari 2025 · 42 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron explains how the emergence of a much-more-efficient generative AI model has become an existential threat to the future of OpenAI and Anthropic - and tells a dark story about the death of innovation in Silicon Valley. Lees meer

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  5. What The Hell Is DeepSeek?

    31 januari 2025 · 33 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron explains how DeepSeek, a relatively-unknown Chinese model AI developer incubated in a hedge fund, has punctured the generative AI bubble, throwing the US startup scene (and markets) into disarray. Lees meer

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  6. Radio Better Offline: Jeremy Kaplowitz of the Quorators

    29 januari 2025 · 46 min

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    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Lees meer

    Ed Zitron is joined by Jeremy Kaplowitz of the podcast Quorators to talk about Quora, which he describes as “Reddit with a gas leak.”

    www.youtube.com/@Quorators

    www.patreon.com/Quorators

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  7. The Slop Society

    24 januari 2025 · 42 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how lax regulation and all-too-chummy media coverage has empowered Mark Zuckerberg and other tech companies to intentionally make every digital experience worse for profit. Lees meer

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  8. Facebook Was Already Zucked

    22 januari 2025 · 36 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the latest "right-wing turn" for Mark Zuckerberg and Meta is really just formalizing policies on Facebook and Instagram that actively protected and elevated right-wing voices - and how we're entering a new era of rot for two of the world's largest social networks. Lees meer

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  9. Radio Better Offline: Paris Martineau, Jeff Jarvis

    15 januari 2025 · 1 uur 25 min

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    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Lees meer

    Ed Zitron is joined by Paris Martineau of The Information and media critic Jeff Jarvis to talk about Paris' story around the horrible consequences of an anonymous dating app, Meta's slop-filled right-wing future, and what the media industry might look like in ten years' time.

    Jeff Jarvis: https://jeffjarvis.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/jeffjarvis.bsky.social

    Paris Martineau: https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nyc
    Paris' story she talks about: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-a-casual-sex-website-left-the-door-open-to-teens

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  10. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 6 - Epilogue

    12 januari 2025 · 1 uur 4 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Lees meer

    Phil Broughton and Ed Ongweso Jr. join Ed Zitron for an epilogue on the Consumer Electronics Show and the 12+ hours of audio we've recorded - and what we're planning to do next.

    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    Phillip Broughton: https://bsky.app/profile/funranium.bsky.social
    https://www.funraniumlabs.com/

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  11. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 5 - Pt. 2

    11 januari 2025 · 1 uur 57 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Lees meer

    In Part 2 of our 5th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by Robert Evans of Cool Zone Media, Gare Davis of Cool Zone Media, Kyle Chouinard of Las Vegas, Nevada, to talk labor, the true vibe of CES, and how growth-at-all-costs thinking crowds out real solutions to problems. And, of course, how much Ed loves everybody.

    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/ bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    David Roth, Defector: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social
    Defector: Defector.com
    It’s Christmastown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849
    Kyle Chouinard, Las Vegas Sun https://lasvegassun.com/staff/kyle-chouinard/
    Gare Davis https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jm6ufvsw3hg5zgdpnd3zb4tv
    Robert Evans https://bsky.app/profile/iwriteok.bsky.social
    Phil Broughton https://bsky.app/profile/funranium.bsky.social/post/3kmolcb3bmx2r
    Our wonderful producer: https://www.mattosowski.com/

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  12. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 5 - Pt. 1

    11 januari 2025 · 1 uur 41 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Lees meer

    In Part 1 of our 5th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector, Cherlynn Low of Engadget and Health Physicist Phil Broughton to talk about men and their lack of vulnerability about sex, the sex toy industry, age tech, exoskeletons…and lasers!

    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    David Roth, Defector: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social
    Defector: Defector.com
    It’s Christmastown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849
    Cherlynn Low, Engadget: https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low/
    Engadget’s Best Of CES: https://www.engadget.com/ces/

    Washington Post story about AVNs: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2024/02/25/ai-porn-avn-industry/

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  13. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 4 - Pt. 2

    10 januari 2025 · 1 uur 34 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Lees meer

    In Part 2 of our 4th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector, Karissa Bell of Engadget, reporter Rob Pegoraro and Senior Transportation Reporter at TechCrunch Sean O’Kane to discuss mobility at CES, violent robots, furry robots, electric boats and, well, varying levels of potential fraud.

    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    David Roth, Defector: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social
    It’s Christmastown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849
    Defector: Defector.com
    Karissa Bell, Engadget https://bsky.app/profile/karissabe.bsky.social
    https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/karissa-bell/
    Rob Pegoraro: https://bsky.app/profile/robpegoraro.com
    Sean O’Kane: https://bsky.app/profile/seanokane.bsky.social
    https://techcrunch.com/author/sean-okane/

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  14. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 4 - Pt. 1

    10 januari 2025 · 1 uur 36 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. Lees meer

    In Part 1 of our 4th day covering CES, Ed Zitron is joined by Senior Review of Wearable Tech Victoria Song of The Verge, Ed Ongweso Jr, David Roth of Defector and Devindra Hardawar of Engadget to talk about the male-centric coverage of CES, personal nuclear reactors, useful wearables and tech companies that fantasize about making all of our decisions for us.

    Victoria Song: https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song
    https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social
    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    The Tech Bubble Newsletter: https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    David Roth, Defector: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social
    Defector: Defector.com
    It’s Christmastown Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849
    Devindra Hardawar, Engadget: https://bsky.app/profile/devindra.bsky.social
    https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/devindra-hardawar/
    Devindra’s coverage of the ASUS Zenbook A14 https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/asus-unveiled-the-zenbook-a14-at-ces-2025-and-its-the-macbook-air-competitor-ive-been-dreaming-of-173026277.html
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    https://www.funraniumlabs.com/

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  15. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 3 - Pt. 2

    9 januari 2025 · 1 uur 35 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, Lees meer

    In this episode Ed Zitron is joined by David Roth of Defector, reporter Edward Ongweso Jr., Ed Niedermeyer of the Autonocast, and tech freelancer Jared Newman to talk about the consequences of spending days at the Consumer Electronics Show, how a show gets away with having so many booths that don’t actually seem to sell things to consumers, and an idea for generative AI that I deeply apologize for.

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    Jared Newman: https://bsky.app/profile/advisorator.com
    Ed Ongweso Jr: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    Ed Niedermeyer: https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.io
    The Autonocast: https://www.autonocast.com/

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  16. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 3 - Pt. 1

    9 januari 2025 · 1 uur 34 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Jesse Farrar and Michael Hale of Your Kickstarter Sucks, Henry Casey of CNN Underscored, Max Cherney of Reuters, Matt Binder of Mashable, Tom McKay of ITBrew and journalist Ed Ongweso Jr. to talk about trying to find something useful that AI does in a show where everybody uses AI so liberally that it's effectively stopped meaning anything. Lees meer

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    Michael Hale: https://x.com/dogboner
    Ed Ongweso Jr: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    Max Cherney: https://www.reuters.com/authors/max-a-cherney/
    Matt Binder: https://bsky.app/profile/mattbinder.bsky.social
    Henry Casey: https://bsky.app/profile/henrytcasey.net
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  17. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 2

    8 januari 2025 · 1 uur 39 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Health Physicist Phil Broughton, actual priest Gabriel Mosher, journalist Ed Ongweso Jr., and eventually Robert Evans and Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here, to talk about turning our health into an analytics nightmare, the amount of made-up stuff on the floor, how we beat the generative AI slop, and something called a "suicide helicopter." Lees meer

    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    Robert Evans: https://bsky.app/profile/iwriteok.bsky.social
    Gare Davis: https://bsky.app/profile/hungrybowtie.bsky.social
    Gabriel Mosher: https://bsky.app/profile/eighthway.com
    Phil Broughton: https://bsky.app/profile/funranium.bsky.social

    Linda Yaccarino’s CES Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R9LtHiZ74w
    Meta ends fact-checking program: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-community-notes-x-rcna186468

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  18. Better Offline CES 2025: Day 1

    7 januari 2025 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the first episode, Ed introduces you to Better Offline’s coverage, bringing in writer Edward Ongweso Jr., as well as It Could Happen Here’s Robert Evans and Gare Davis.
    We’ll be here all week - two episodes a day, with a finale on Saturday. A talk show in the center of the Rot Economy.
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    Ed Ongweso Jr.: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social
    Robert Evans: https://bsky.app/profile/iwriteok.bsky.social
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  19. The Invisible War Criminals

    3 januari 2025 · 36 min

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    In part 2 of the 2024 Better Offline finale, Ed Zitron tells you how to fight back against the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy and its destruction of the tech ecosystem - by pushing the media to improve their coverage, telling everybody you know who's responsible, and remembering what it is you truly love about technology. Lees meer

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  20. The Invisible War

    1 januari 2025 · 35 min

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    In this year's two-part finale, Ed Zitron enumerates the damage being done to billions of people by the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy - and why you need to have solidarity with your fellow user. Lees meer

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  21. FTC Chair Lina Khan: The Better Offline Interview

    30 december 2024 · 30 min

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    FTC Chair Lina Khan joins Ed Zitron to talk about competitiveness in the tech industry, controlling the cloud giants, and what should give you hope as we head into 2025. Lees meer

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  22. CZM Rewind: Where Did Tech's Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher

    25 december 2024 · 1 uur 35 min

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  23. Watching the Watchmen with Jason Koebler

    18 december 2024 · 59 min

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  24. Everything Is Advertising with Ryan Barwick

    11 december 2024 · 41 min

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  25. The Coming Generative AIPocalypse

    6 december 2024 · 32 min

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    We're approaching the end of the line for generative AI as big tech realizes that spending $200bn on chips and data centers isn't going to create any good products. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through what might happen - and why we should still have hope. Lees meer

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  26. Yep, We're At Peak AI

    4 december 2024 · 20 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron discusses big tech's discovery of the diminishing returns in training generative AI models - and how we may have finally have reached peak AI. Lees meer

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  27. CZM Rewind: The Man That Destroyed Google Search

    27 november 2024 · 32 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron tells you the disgraceful story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to the outright decay of the most important website on the internet. Lees meer

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  28. The Rot Society

    20 november 2024 · 38 min

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    Blame the tech industry for the rise of authoritarianism. Blame a news media handicapped by a deference to power and a fear of bias. Blame the fact that our digital lives are unchecked ecological disasters. In this episode, Ed Zitron draws a direct line from the rot of the digital ecosystem for what happened on November 5. Lees meer

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  29. William Lazonick on How The Stock Market Killed Tech

    13 november 2024 · 54 min

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    Recorded live at Web Summit Lisbon, Ed Zitron is joined by William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts, who is also the co-founder and president of the Academic-Industry Research Network, to talk about how the incentives of shareholder capitalism and stock buybacks are destroying innovation. Lees meer

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  30. The Streisand Effect with Mike Masnick

    6 november 2024 · 54 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Mike Masnick, CEO and Founder of Techdirt, inventor of the Streisand effect, and member of the board of Bluesky to...well...talk about quite literally that. A banger episode. Lees meer

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  31. A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads

    30 oktober 2024 · 33 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Daron Acemoglu, MIT Economist and recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, to talk about his daring - and likely effective - plan to tax all digital advertising revenue over $500m at 50% as well as how we might adjust incentives to bring big tech under control. Lees meer

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  32. A Requiem for Prabhakar Raghavan

    25 oktober 2024 · 19 min

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    Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan, The Man Who Destroyed Google Search, was removed from his position at Google and made a "Chief Technologist," benching him in favor of a McKinsey-Google Lifer. In this episode, Ed ZItron walks you through how the removal of Prabhakar Raghavan shows that Google is in deep, deep trouble - and may finally be falling apart. Lees meer

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  33. Data Vampires with Paris Marx

    23 oktober 2024 · 38 min

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    In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the Disconnect Blog and the host of Tech Won't Save Us, to talk about the historic - and horrifying - push of hyper-scalers to build out and control vital parts of the world's infrastructure. Lees meer

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  34. Zephyr Teachout On Corruption

    16 oktober 2024 · 38 min

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    In this episode, Ed is joined in the iHeartRadio studios in New York City by Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and Author of "Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money" to talk about corruption, the ways in which we can curb the power of corporations - and why there's renewed hope for a better world. Lees meer

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  35. The Subprime AI Crisis

    11 oktober 2024 · 48 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the brewing subprime AI crisis. The entire generative AI market is run on the back of unprofitable tech run at prices subsidized by big tech, and when OpenAI and others have to charge the actual costs underlying their services, there may be terrible consequences. Lees meer

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  36. Why OpenAI Is A Terrible Business

    9 oktober 2024 · 47 min

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    As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story. In this episode, Ed Zitron explains the cold, hard truth - that OpenAI is a terrible business that burns billions of dollars, and its failure to scale its cloud business tells a dark tale about the wider generative AI industry. Lees meer

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  37. The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 4

    2 oktober 2024 · 31 min

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    Ed Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN and Arielle Garcia, Director of Intelligence at CheckMyAds, for the final episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google. The case alleges that "through Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologies." Lees meer

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  38. How To Break the Internet with Chris Stokel-Walker

    27 september 2024 · 44 min

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    Just over a month after the CrowdStrike debacle, Ed Zitron is joined by journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker to "stokel-walk" through the brittle patchwork of open source, non-profit and for-profit entities that hold up the internet - and how calamitous it would be if any of them buckled. Lees meer

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  39. The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 3

    25 september 2024 · 42 min

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    Ed Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN and Arielle Garcia, Director of Intelligence at CheckMyAds, for the third episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologies." Lees meer

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  40. The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 2

    18 september 2024 · 33 min

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    Ed Zitron is once again joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN, for the second episode of Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologies." This is the second episode of our ongoing coverage of the trial, which Jason will be attending in-person in Washington DC. For more information, visit https://usvgoogleads.com/ and follow Jason at https://x.com/jason_kint Lees meer

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  41. Silicon Valley Fashion With The Menswear Guy

    13 september 2024 · 39 min

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    After earnings failed to reassure investors about their concerns around generative AI's return on investment, NVIDIA's stock suffered a record $279 billion loss in the space of a day. Nevertheless, the most important NVIDIA story is that of Chief Executive Jensen Huang, who appears to be one of the few tech executives that knows how to dress himself. In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by fashion expert Derek Guy (AKA @dieworkwear on Twitter) to talk about Jensen's swag, and why more men should find ways to enjoy fashion. Lees meer

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  42. The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 1

    9 september 2024 · 46 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN, to set the scene for Better Offline's coverage of the Department of Justice's second antitrust case against Google, one that alleges that "through Serial Acquisitions and Anticompetitive Auction Manipulation, Google Subverted Competition in Internet Advertising Technologies." This is the first in our ongoing coverage of the trial, which Jason will be attending in-person in Washington DC. For more information, visit https://usvgoogleads.com/ and follow Jason at https://x.com/jason_kint Lees meer

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  43. How Google Cheated Their Way To Billions

    6 september 2024 · 37 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how Google used their monopolies over search and search advertising to scam advertisers - and why the entire tech industry should demand that Google is broken up and forced to compete like the rest of us. Lees meer

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  44. How Monopolies Are Making Tech Worse

    4 september 2024 · 34 min

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    A few weeks ago, a federal judge declared that Google has a monopoly over the search industry and text-based advertising. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the many monopolies of big tech hurt you on a daily basis. Lees meer

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  45. Matt Stoller Explains Monopolies

    28 augustus 2024 · 58 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron sits down with Matt Stoller, author of the BIG Newsletter and Research Director of the American Economic Liberties Project to explain what a monopoly is, why they're so pervasive, how America entered a "monopoly crisis," and what all of this means for Google, Apple, Meta, and the rest of big tech. Lees meer

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  46. Algorithms and Oligopolies with Thomas Germain

    21 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 28 min

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    In the fourth live-to-tape episode of Better Offlive, Ed Zitron sits down with the BBC's Thomas Germain to talk about breaking up big tech, and how we can find hope in the hopelessness of multiple monopolies and algorithms. Lees meer

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  47. Big Tech Is The Enemy of Innovation

    16 augustus 2024 · 43 min

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    As the AI bubble collapses, it's time for the tech industry to repent, and to recognize that the future cannot be decided entirely by four or five trillion-dollar firms that are no longer capable of innovation, only copying other people's ideas. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the generative AI boom shows how little big tech cares about actual innovation - and how this might eventually lead to their collapse. Lees meer

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  48. How The AI Bubble Bursts

    14 augustus 2024 · 41 min

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    After a year of opulent spending, the markets have begun to sour on big tech's $200 billion bet on generative AI, unfortunately timing with the delay of Nvidia's new AI-specialized "blackwell" chips. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the pale horses of the AI apocalypse - and what this means for the tech industry at large. Lees meer

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  49. Enzittification with Cory Doctorow & Brian Merchant

    7 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 53 min

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    In the third live-to-tape episode of Better Offlive, Ed Zitron is joined in-studio in Los Angeles by Cory Doctorow and Brian Merchant to talk about the forces that have turned the tech industry away from innovation - and how we might turn the tide against them. Lees meer

    CORY DOCTOROW:

    https://pluralistic.net/

    https://x.com/doctorow

    BRIAN MERCHANT:

    Blood In The Machine Book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown

    Newsletter: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/

    https://x.com/bcmerchant

    Ed's Socials:

    https://www.twitter.com/edzitron

    https://instagram.com/edzitron

    https://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.social

    https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

    Newsletter: wheresyoured.at

    Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline

    Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at

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  50. The State of Tech Journalism with Kylie Robison and Mike Isaac

    31 juli 2024 · 1 uur 51 min

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    In the second live-to-tape episode of Better Offlive, Ed Zitron is joined in-studio by the New York Times' Mike Isaac and The Verge's Kylie Robison to discuss the current state of tech journalism. Lees meer

    KYLIE: https://x.com/kyliebytes https://www.threads.net/@kylie.robison

    MIKE: https://x.com/MikeIsaac https://www.threads.net/@mike_isaac?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/mike_isaac

    Newsletter: wheresyoured.at Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline

    Discord chat.wheresyoured.at

    Ed's Socials -

    http://www.twitter.com/edzitron

    instagram.com/edzitron

    https://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.social https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

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