As season 10 comes to an end, Bryan and Demetrius discuss the state of the pod and the reasons that they are taking an extended hiatus. In the process, they talk about some of their favorite moments, their motivations for creating the podcast, and their perspective on tech, Silicon Valley, and the future of the industry.

Thanks to all of the listeners for the time you’ve spent with us. We hope that you’ve found it helpful and thought provoking. We will miss you all!

Bryan and Demetrius discuss the recent Crowdstrike event that caused Windows BSOD’s across the world and grounded airplanes, rescheduled surgeries, and gave your IT people new stress habits. Then they get into the fallout of how this has the potential to end Crowdstrike, inspire new government regulation, and change how new AI gets implemented in the future.

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Bryan and Demetrius discuss a recent report that YouTube was scraped by Anthropic, Apple, NVIDIA, Salesforce, and others to train their AI systems. The news has stimulated debate about what should be allowed for training AI and the guys have opinions that might be controversial.

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Bryan and Demetrius discuss Samsung’s decision to take on the Oura Ring with their new Galaxy Ring. They also get into wearable technology, what they’re good for and why someone would consider getting one. They then discuss the importance of choosing an ecosystem and how AI might come into play.

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Bryan and Demetrius dig into one of their favorite topics, the movies and movie theaters. They discuss the massive drop in revenue compared to last year and why it’s happening. They also get into what the future holds and how theater owners can continue to evolve the movie-going experience.

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Bryan and Demetrius get into the nitty gritty with chips and processors with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X. Are they leapfrogging Intel, AMD, and even Apple with the most advanced NPU in the game? Tune in to find out why this might be more than just another year of spec bumps in processor performance.

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Bryan and Demetrius dig into the new features announced at WWDC including iOS 18, updates to Watch OS, and the announcement of Apple Intelligence as well as access (but not necessarily integration) of ChatGPT. The guys discuss whether it’s enough to seriously compete with the big players in AI.

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Bryan and Demetrius explore the rapid changes in Hollywood as technology pushes its way in and changes how movies are made, distributed and marketed.

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