Perplexity teases its upcoming web browser and shares a wait list. ASUS debuts a new computer mouse you can smell. Google is pricing its new video generation model Veo 2 at $0.50/sec. And researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have conducted unbiased sampling of YouTube videos uncovering data Google itself won’t share.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Quick Hits:

Apple to make major investment following meeting with Trump and Tim Cook
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/24/apple-investment-trump-tim-cook

Anthropic launches a new AI model that thinks as long as you want
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/anthropic-launches-a-new-ai-model-that-thinks-as-long-as-you-want/

Microsoft reportedly canceled some planned datacenter capacity
https://www.thurrott.com/microsoft/317633/microsoft-reportedly-canceled-some-planned-datacenter-capacity

Robinhood says SEC dismissed crypto unit investigation in latest sign of easier regulation for industry
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/24/robinhood-says-sec-dismissed-crypto-unit-investigation-in-latest-sign-of-easier-regulation-for-industry.html

Gmail wants to switch from SMS authentication to QR codes
https://www.androidpolice.com/gmail-wants-to-switch-from-sms-authentication-to-qr-codes/

Prosus to acquire Just Eat Takeaway
https://techcabal.com/2025/02/24/prosus-to-acquire-just-eat-takeaway/

Discussions:

Google’s new AI video model Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/23/googles-new-ai-video-model-veo-2-will-cost-50-cents-per-second/

Asus' new 'Fragrance Mouse' is a wireless mouse that also smells
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/asus-new-fragrance-mouse-is-a-wireless-mouse-that-also-smells/

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Perplexity teases a web browser called Comet
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/perplexity-teases-a-web-browser-called-comet/

YouTube at 20: A computer that drunk dials online videos reveals statistics that Google doesn’t want you to know
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250213-youtube-at-20-a-computer-that-drunk-dials-online-videos-reveals-statistics-that-google-doesnt-want-you-to-know

The Journal QD article
https://journalqd.org/article/view/4066/3766

Today’s guest:

Justin Robert Young
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