Layoff, Rinse, Repeat - DTNS 4402

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

News, Technology

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Recent tech layoffs have made big news in recent weeks. But what’s behind the layoff moves and what can workers expect to find as they look for new work? Plus GPU shipments fell 25.1% in Q3 compared to last year. What’s behind the drop? And Meta announced Cicero, an AI that they say can achieve human-level performance in the strategic board game Diplomacy.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Megan Morrone, Roger Chang, Joe.

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0:00.0	A tech demo shows off the usual tech things.
0:04.0	Then I'm going to jump to a link.
0:05.0	Using the usual tech devices.
0:07.0	We have a plane device called our mouse.
0:09.0	Doing the usual tech productivity tasks.
0:11.0	Now we're connected audio.
0:13.0	You can see my work. You can point at it.
0:15.0	And I can see your face and we can talk.
0:17.0	Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda
0:20.0	for the next half century, then almost immediately be ignored.
0:24.0	The mother of all demos on no a little more.
0:27.0	Get it wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	As Nigel opened his Amazon parcel.
0:35.0	It was in love at first sight.
0:37.0	Sleek design and effortless cornering.
0:40.0	This vacuum cleaner screamed quality and for a price lower than he ever dreamed.
0:44.0	Five stars from Nigel.
0:47.0	With star reviews from you and star prices from us.
0:50.0	Start your search on Amazon today.
0:55.0	Daily tech news show is made possible by its listeners.
0:58.0	Thanks to all of you, including Paley Glendale, Dr X 17 and Dustin Campbell.
1:03.0	Coming up on DTNS, Meta made an AI that can win at the board game diplomacy.
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