Snapchat's Business Trouble, Adobe's AI Worries, Are Aliens Real?

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Management, Religion, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, Marketing, News Commentary, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Tech News, Philosophy, Government, Technology

4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back in New York for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Snapchat's disappointing earnings 2) The Advertising market's rebound 3) Threads' declining user count 5) Twitter's wonky rebrand to "X" 6) TikTok selling Made in China goods to U.S. users 7) Adobe's AI strategy threatening their core business model 8) The room temperature superconductor 9) Aliens walking among us. --- 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	Snapchat is struggling, but the ad market is rebounding.
0:04.6	Blue skies ahead for the economy.
0:06.5	Adobe employees are worried.
0:08.5	They're putting designers out of work, and a room temperature semiconductor might be on the horizon,
0:14.5	or maybe it's just another academic fraud.
0:17.0	All that and more as we break down the headlines this Friday coming up right after this.
0:21.7	Will AI improve our lives or exterminate the species?
0:26.4	What would it take to abolish poverty?
0:29.7	Are you eating enough fermented foods?
0:31.9	These are some of the questions we've tackled recently on the next big idea.
0:36.0	I'm Rufus Griscombe, and every week I sit down with the world's leading thinkers for in-depth conversations that will help you live, work, and play smarter.
0:45.4	Follow the next big idea wherever you get your podcasts.
0:51.8	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:58.5	I'm here with Ron John Roy.
1:00.6	As always, joining us to break down the week's news, Ron John.
1:04.2	Welcome back.
1:05.5	I'm back in New York.
1:06.9	Excited to be back on the podcast as well.
1:09.4	Great.
1:09.8	Well, I think it's time for us to fight about
1:12.2	snapchat because this week i following snapchats dismal earnings i went on cnbc and said that the
1:19.4	company's ad tech just isn't there compared to its competitors and company leadership has
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