Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken, tech journalist and historian; Owen Thomas, SF business reporter; Molly White, critic of crypto and web3. They wrestle with Anthropic refusing Pentagon demands and the PR ripple as Claude tops app charts. Conversation jumps to AI deployment models, industry layoffs and Gemini's cutbacks, Netflix pulling from the Warner bid, Samsung product news, and worrying new cyber and privacy threats.

Clint Rainey, a Fast Company contributor, reveals insights into Beyond Meat's rebranding to 'Beyond,' tackling the challenges of a competitive market. Kristen Toussaint, staff editor, discusses the company’s strategic shifts and evolving identity in the alternative protein sector. The conversation also shifts to tech nostalgia, as Harry McCracken and Jared Newman reminisce about 1995's technological milestones, like Windows 95, and their impact on modern innovations, celebrating how far tech has come since those early days.

In a captivating discussion, Harry McCracken, a respected tech journalist, reflects on Yahoo's legacy, once the titan of the internet. He examines the nostalgic essence of Yahoo Groups and what their closure signifies about the fleeting nature of online communities. The conversation dives into Yahoo's identity crisis, where it faltered while trying to redefine itself amid competition from giants like Google and Facebook. McCracken highlights missed opportunities in Yahoo's tech evolution and how these elements contribute to our collective yearning for the early days of the web.