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55 years, 2 months ago

Unpacking ‘Good Quests,’ Christianity, and Caviar Bumps

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The mission of Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs has long been to change the world. You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Bluesky at @laurengoode, and Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer. Michael Calore: Well, Silicon Valley has its own relationship with God, and that is what we're going to be talking about this week. Michael Calore: …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Who's Elon Musk’s Biggest Fan? His Mom

Wired

She sits in on his business meetings, defends him on X, and travels to give talks about how she raised him, the richest man in the world—but who is Elon Musk’s mother? You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Bluesky at @laurengoode, and Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer. Zoë Schiffer: I feel like I'll …

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55 years, 2 months ago

What's Lost When the Human Drivers Are Gone?

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If you’ve spent time in San Francisco or Phoenix in the last couple years, chances are you’ve probably seen a self-driving car making its way around. This week, we’re joined by WIRED’s Aarian Marshall to talk about the race to flood our streets with self-driving cars. You can follow Michael Calore on Bluesky at @snackfight, Lauren Goode on Bluesky at …

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55 years, 2 months ago

A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation

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Michael Calore: But it's for the good of humanity. Michael Calore: I think the reasons for a baby boom are so complex and out of our short-term control, that we won't see big effects for a long time. Zoë Schiffer: I think if we see a change in the fertility rate, it'll be because we're taking away people's access to …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips

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This all culminated in the middle of February with an event called Tesla Takedown, where thousands of people all around the country descended on Tesla showrooms and protested Elon's involvement in the US government and protested Tesla ownership in general. I'm curious if it's impacting his other companies, because Elon famously runs SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, X. Lauren Goode: The US …

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55 years, 2 months ago

The Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

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Lauren Goode: Sam said that? Zoe, I have to say, every time I see something like this breaking in the news, these two guys fighting something with OpenAI, I quite literally hear your voice in my head from one of our earlier episodes going, "Messy, messy, messy." Lauren Goode: Now, we should probably just put out there too, that there …

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Are Dating Apps Getting Worse?

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Lauren Goode: I also think if there is a bright spot, it's probably going to be some of the apps that are very specific for people that help people winnow down what they're looking for and find someone who is aligned with what they want, whether that's someone who shares super niche interests or cultural values or even disabilities, people …

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55 years, 2 months ago

Demystifying the Department of Government Efficiency

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And so, I can envision this world where we are not only able to file taxes really easily, say from our phones, but we should be able to do it on an ongoing basis. We should have private sector software that's been erroneously charging consumers for years now, until someone finally came in and said, "By the way, you're supposed …

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3 months, 1 week ago

All of Our Hopes and Fears for Tech in 2025

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Zoë Schiffer: That's the very road where Elon Musk and Peter Thiel were driving and he crashed his McLaren F1. Michael Calore: I will say that the proliferation of self-driving cars does mean more cars on the road, which is not the way forward, the capital W way forward for cities when we're trying to solve transportation and gridlock and …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?

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Michael Calore: It's true. Lauren Goode: I was also going to say AOL Instant Messenger, because that really was my first social experience. Lauren Goode: Just for a little variation on what Zoë shared, I'll say that my first real feed-based social media experience was MySpace. Lauren Goode: My MySpace profile, I think was the first time that I ever …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

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And as we've progressed and technology has become a bigger part of our country and our economy and our social fabric, those big tech companies are getting more and more and more involved in government. It was in an interview he did with Vox, and the quote was, "The Silicon Valley ideology thinks about government as an investor rather than …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

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Lauren Goode: Zoë, you had vegan pizza the other night. Michael Calore: I've been fully vegan for about five years, and I've been vegetarian ever since I was a teenager. Michael Calore: It's campy, which is the best thing about it because it takes itself seriously most of the time, and then it does not. Lauren Goode: You know what …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Unpacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Midlife Crisis

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Lauren Goode: I wonder if it's because I ran a two-week experiment just sobbing in the Apple Vision Pro. Zoë Schiffer: OK. Michael Calore: It's not dead in the water. There was some news recently, I think from—The Information found out that Apple has stopped producing new Apple Vision Pro headsets because they have enough to satisfy demand right now. …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

How Should We Feel About Ring?

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Michael Calore: So Paresh, the company is stopping short of doing face recognition, correct? But yeah, you can definitely see situations where it's helpful to get notifications if there's someone you're really worried about and you want to know the second that they pop into view into one of your cameras. Paresh Dave: So it's no surprise that once you …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Useful Will Apple Intelligence Be? The Next iPhone Will Tell Us

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Semaglutide for the People

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So you went to these telehealth companies to try and buy some Fauxzempic, and did you have to talk to a doctor or send a note or anything like that? Kate Knibbs: They generally … I think the FDA's recommendations is if your BMI is 27 and you have a comorbidity that's weight related, if it is 30, you can …

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10 months ago

Everyone’s Pumped About Heat Pumps

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Thinking About Buying a Hybrid Car? Listen Up

Wired

Lauren Goode: Excellent recommendation. Lauren Goode: Well, if you've been reading my Goodreads, you'd know that this is something I've been reading lately. Lauren Goode: Oh, I didn't read that one. Michael Calore: It's his first novel, the one about the guy who lives in Madrid. Lauren Goode: Yeah, it's pretty heavy stuff, but I am really enjoying this book …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

How Social Media Turned Into a Shopping Mall

Wired

Michael Calore: That's nice. So if you too keep a completely overwhelming digital to-do list and you find that it's just too much, you're not getting the things done that you want to or you're just putting too much pressure on yourself, I recommend switching to paper and then just toning it down a bit like keeping tasks … the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Humane’s Ai Pin Works

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Paresh Dave: How did you find out that this went on sale? Michael Calore: I subscribed to a newsletter, my friend Mark Weidenbaum, it's called Disquiet. Michael Calore: It's like after tax and shipping, it's about $40. Paresh Dave: I don't know how much normal white noise machines cost, but it feels like a lot. Michael Calore: This is no …

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1 year, 5 months ago

New Pixels, New Assistant, but the Same Old Google

Wired

Michael Calore: Oh yeah, probably. Michael Calore: I mean, I have a 6 now, and the 8 is out, so it's a two-year upgrade path for me usually. Lauren Goode: Do you ever think a company would say, “This is our new G3 chip, it's worse than the G2”? “We've gone backwards, the opposite of Moore's law.” Michael Calore: I …

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55 years, 2 months ago

I Guess We’re All Talking to Our Glasses Now

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Lauren Goode: Wait, I'm confused by your recommendation of fruits and vegetables. Michael Calore: Maybe I'm talking about the kind of fruits and vegetables that make you dazed. Michael Calore: Does The Morning Show make you feel. Well, we just gave- Lauren Goode: Well, Mike, I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life. Michael …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Roblox Builds Out Its Metaverse Vision With Video Chat

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So what is the latest news with Meta's Metaverse? And I think it's funny that so many of the experiences that we're experimenting with now, from all the different companies that are doing this, they involve some sort of person to person interaction that uses avatars. I think that we are a little bit obsessed with, or at least attached …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans

Wired

Michael Calore: Steven, you have the enviable job of keeping up with the goings on of all these billionaires in Silicon Valley. As we mentioned earlier, Elon Musk challenged Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a cage match last month. Lauren Goode: We are talking about this transformative technology and then all of a sudden we're like, yeah, these two dudes, …

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Unpacking ‘Good Quests,’ Christianity, and Caviar Bumps

Who's Elon Musk’s Biggest Fan? His Mom

What's Lost When the Human Drivers Are Gone?

A Look at a Very Silicon Valley Approach to Repopulation

Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips

The Showdown Between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

Are Dating Apps Getting Worse?

Demystifying the Department of Government Efficiency

All of Our Hopes and Fears for Tech in 2025

Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

Unpacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Midlife Crisis

How Should We Feel About Ring?

How Useful Will Apple Intelligence Be? The Next iPhone Will Tell Us

Semaglutide for the People

Everyone’s Pumped About Heat Pumps

Thinking About Buying a Hybrid Car? Listen Up

How Social Media Turned Into a Shopping Mall

How Humane’s Ai Pin Works

New Pixels, New Assistant, but the Same Old Google

I Guess We’re All Talking to Our Glasses Now

Roblox Builds Out Its Metaverse Vision With Video Chat

Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans