What Did Nvidia Get Right? - DTNS 4706 Extended (Patreon)

How did Nvidia go from gaming company to AI darling worth a total market cap just behind Apple and Microsoft? Plus how did a South African based company dethrone Netflix as top streamer on the African continent? And Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a video of his views comparing the Vision Pro to the Meta Quest 3.

Sometimes Innovation is an Accident - GDI 4706 starts at 33:41

Waymo issues were not as bad as the headline says. Autonomous car talk takes over. Are autonomous car issues over reported? Scott celebrates the 2600th episode of TMS. Tom has some cool Nerdtacular memorabilia. What happened to Mendoza? Have you got your girl scout cookies yet?  How many sports matches are too many? Who wants a Slurm? Why does Utah have so many Zs? What’s a good name for a Utah Football team?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.

Quick Hits:

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s24-february-update-camera-display-improvements-3414616/

https://www.engadget.com/sony-predicts-itll-sell-fewer-ps5s-than-first-thought-091816189.html

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24070590/slack-ai-launch-thread-summaries-search-recap

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24071815/duckduckgo-browser-device-syncing-privacy-encryption

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24072706/microsoft-openai-cyberattack-tools-ai-chatgpt

Top Stories:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/13/24072413/mark-zuckerberg-apple-vision-pro-review-quest-3

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3VgT-oJ0Yu/?igsh=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ==

https://restofworld.org/2024/showmax-subscription-africa-netflix/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/18/amazon-prime-video-is-discontinuing-support-for-african-and-middle-east-originals/

https://thetechjawn.com/

Discussion Story:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-outstrips-alphabet-third-largest-us-company-by-market-value-2024-02-14/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/aarontilley/2016/11/30/nvidia-deep-learning-ai-intel/?sh=518a091b7ff1

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3299703/what-is-cuda-parallel-programming-for-gpus.html

https://www.polymersearch.com/glossary/parallel-processing

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Today’s guest:

Scott Johnson

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https://frogpants.substack.com

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