So Hillel pronounced the word "Packaging" weird, and we couldn't get over it.  

And in other news, we talked about the (upcoming at the time) Apple event! Yeah yeah, old news, but it was Rosh Hashana, so it was hard to find enough time to edit!

Aaaaanyway..  Shoutouts!

• Hillel: Microsoft Israel
• Itamar: Acquired Podcast: Nvidia Part 2
• Guy: NYTimes Connections

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Aaaaand we're back!  For a mid-summer podcast.  It's hot outside and you're here for the hot takes.  Welcome!

We spoke about:

• LK-99 room temperature superconductors https://www.theverge.com/23820077/lk-99-superconductor-experts
• The Most Valuable US Tech Companies Still Aren’t Buying Startups https://news.crunchbase.com/ma/most-valuable-us-tech-companies-aapl-msft-goog-amzn-nvda/ 
• Google incentivizing employees to sleep at company hotel https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/04/hate-your-commute-googlers-can-sleep-on-campus-at-a-discount/
• Voia raises $3 million to bring Hollywood production quality to every phone https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkjlvp7i3 

Aaaaanyway..  Shoutouts!

• Hillel: Sony ZV-1 II
• Itamar: Apple Silicon!
• Guy: NYTimes Mini Crossword

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Yeah, it's been intense recently.  And this episode is later than we would have liked, but loyal Bootstrap listeners know the drill :)

We spoke about being in a post-Threads world, Israeli cyber startups suing one another, why has no one challenged LinkedIn, and more!

Aaaaanyway..  Shoutouts!

• Hillel: Adorama
• Itamar: Arnold on Netflix
• Guy: Google Ads Transparency Center

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Yup- this was recorded back in the day.  Before it all changed.  Before... THREADS.

Those were simpler times, eh?  When Twitter was *the* place to post inane thoughts in 280 characters, and Bluesky, Post, etc. were all trying to catch up.  Ahhhh yes, simpler times.

Now by the time this goes live, who knows?  Maybe Threads will be so big that Meta will be renamed to "Threads"? WHO KNOWS, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN AT THIS POINT!?!

Also, we'd like to remind everyone that we bear no responsibility for Hillel's views, and we've even created a direct link to complain to him on Twitter about how silly and out of touch some of his opinions are here.  Please, use it! 

Aaaaanyway..  Shoutouts!

• Hillel: (Free stuff that) Joby (gave him)
• Itamar: More or Less Podcast, featuring the Morins and Lessins
• Guy: Dave 

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WELCOME BACK!

Episode 74, and kicking ass.

Aaaaand Hillel no longer finds ChatGPT useful.  We went from "this is the greatest tool ever that will take over humanity" to "meh" reeeeeal quick.  (Aka, Classic Hillel :)

We spoke about the Titan submersible, weird TikTok algorithm choices, the current drama at Reddit, and more!

Shoutouts!

• Hillel: TCS Telecom
• Itamar: OpenAI's new function calling
• Guy: Alex Hormzi 

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This episode has been lost thanks to Hillel's audio issues. 

Please check out episode 73.

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Welcome to episode 73 of Bootstrap! Why not 72?  Because we lost the episode.  AND IT WAS A GOOD ONE.

<Serenity now>

Anyway, we were back in saddle this week, and we were shot out of a cannon!

So what did we talk about?

• The NasDaily conference/selfie convention.
• Apple's new VR Pro.

Shoutouts!

• Guy: Bigroom.tv
• Hillel: DJI Mic
• Itamar: Terminal X

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Welcome to episode 71 of Bootstrap! Hillel went to the British embassy's coronation celebration. Why? Because Hillel is a world class British historian, duh.

So what did we talk about?

• The most obscure TikTok genres that the algorithm exposes us to..
• “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the remote work ‘experiment’ was a mistake—and ‘it’s over” - https://fortune.com/2023/05/05/openai-ceo-sam-altman-remote-work-mistake-return-to-office/ 
• “Israel must position itself as one of the three leading AI powers in the world,” says former Prime Minister Bennett” - https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkvaifle3 
• Google announces the Pixel Fold - https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23711353/google-pixel-fold-announced 
• No heads of state on BlueSky - https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/5/23713232/bluesky-no-presidents-no-kings-policy 

Shoutouts!

• Guy: Les Mills Body Combat on Oculus Quest
• Hillel: iPhone 13 mini
• Itamar: Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the playoffs! 

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Welcome to episode 70 of Bootstrap! In this exciting installment, we dive into the hot topic of Twitter's new character limits and the impact it has on users. But the excitement doesn't stop there - during our live recording, our co-host Hillel received an exclusive invite to BlueSky, Jack Dorsey's latest social network venture. Join us as we unpack these events and explore the future of social media together! (Generated by ChatGPT)

So what did we talk about?

• Twitter Blue subscribers can now compose tweets with up to 10K characters and utilize bold or italic fonts  https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/13/twitter-introduces-10000-character-long-tweets-for-blue-subscribers/
• Montana lawmakers approve a first-of-its-kind bill that bans TikTok and bars app stores from offering the app within the state, starting on January 1, 2024
• BlueSky Invites!

Shoutouts!

• Guy: Artifact's two new features- comments and AI article summaries. https://artifact.news/ 
• Hillel: Beef https://www.netflix.com/title/81447461
• Itamar: Succession's last season

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We talk about AI a lot, because that's what's in the news.  But also, this week there was AR news that *wasn't* silly! 

So what did we talk about?

• Twitter released the source code for their for you algo https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/31/twitter-reveals-some-of-its-source-code-including-its-recommendation-algorithm/ 
• 1000 people signed a letter asking ai labs to pause their work for 6 months
• AR glasses coming https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-02/when-is-apple-aapl-announcing-its-mixed-reality-headset-june-5-at-wwdc-2023-lfzggfhe

Shoutouts!

• Guy: Adobe Podcast https://podcast.adobe.com/
• Hillel: Notion https://www.notion.so 
• Itamar: Codium.ai 

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That's right! Hillel wasn't paying attention, and upgraded to Twitter Blue on iOS, instead of desktop.  Oooh, fancy shmancy!

So what did we talk about?

• Twitter Blue is rolling out globally, and legacy verified blue checks are going away.
• TikTok CEO's congressional testimony, and how Hillel doesn't understand why anyone would want to ban TikTok.

Shoutouts!

• Guy: Mailbrew www.mailbrew.com 
• Hillel: Android (Yup, Hillel came *really* prepared*)
• Itamar: iOS 16.4, specifically push notifications for Web Apps!

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