Bluesky Takes Off, Big Tech Earnings Blowout, Do We Want Human Writers

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The rise of Bluesky 2) What we want from a social network 3) Big Tech's strong earnings 4) What Big Tech's performance says about the broader economy 5) UK blocks Microsoft Activision 6) Clubhouse layoffs 7) End of the pandemic economy 8) Do we want humans to disclose when AI writes for them? -- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From LinkedIn News, I'm Jesse Hempel, host of the Hello Monday podcast.
0:05.1	Start your week with the Hello Monday podcast.
0:08.1	We'll navigate career pivots.
0:10.1	We'll learn where happiness fits in.
0:11.9	Listen to Hello Monday with me, Jesse Hempel on the LinkedIn Podcast Network or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:25.7	Thank you. or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Big Technology Podcasts Friday edition, where we recap the news in our typical
0:30.7	cool-headed nuanced manner.
0:32.7	We have so much to talk about this week.
0:34.4	There's a new social app on the block.
0:36.8	It's called Blue Sky. We'll talk to you about Blue Sky. We'll also go through big tech earnings this week. We had Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft report. Also Snapchat, not big tech anymore. We'll touch on that. And then finally, we have the UK regulator blocking the
0:57.9	Microsoft Activision deal. What does that mean for the future of tech mergers? Not just here,
1:04.1	not just in the UK, but all over the globe and the policy that we have in New York. A lot to touch
1:08.9	on. So stay tuned. It's going to be very quick,
1:12.1	very fun moving. I feel like this week is going to get spicy. Joining us as always is Ron John
1:17.1	Roy, Ron John, welcome. Happy Friday. Welcome to Blue Sky. I think you just joined within the
1:24.2	hour. What's your immediate impression of what, what is Blue Sky from your perspective and what's your immediate impression? What is blue sky from your perspective?
1:28.4	And what's your immediate impression of blue sky? All right. So first of all, I got the handle at
1:34.8	Ranjan, which is the single most important thing. And which I never could get on Twitter.
1:41.0	You couldn't even get your full name on Twitter. You have an X in there in between, right?
1:45.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, exactly.
1:46.0	I couldn't even get Ron John Roy.
1:48.0	So I have to stay on Blue Sky, I guess.
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