Adobe has announced it will acquire the much-loved design platform Figma. What does it all mean, and why does everyone hate Adobe so much?


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Adobe has announced it will acquire the much-loved design platform Figma. What does it all mean, and why does everyone hate Adobe so much? Down Round investigates. (By which we mean we discussed it, with no investigation or reporting whatsoever.) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://downround.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">downround.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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#15 - Adobe: The most hated company on Earth rides again

Well, it happened: the US passed legislation to force ByteDance to divest TikTok in the country. Now, the company technically has 12 months to make it happen. But is that the end of the story? In this episode, we discuss how we arrived at this point, what avenues TikTok has left, and who or what might acquire TikTok if it comes down to that.

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TikTok could soon be sold. Here's how much it's worth and who could buy it. – CBS
Byte-Dance was told to sell TikTok or face a ban. There are legal complications – NPR
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Well, it happened: the US passed legislation to force ByteDance to divest TikTok in the country. Now, the company technically has 12 months to make it happen. But is that the end of the story? In this episode, we discuss how we arrived at this point, what avenues TikTok has left, and who or what might acquire TikTok if it comes down to that.
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<li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-is-tiktok-worth-2024/#:~:text=Who%20could%20buy%20TikTok%3F,and%20others%2C%22%20Ives%20said.">TikTok could soon be sold. Here's how much it's worth and who could buy it. – CBS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/28/1247702973/byte-dance-was-told-to-sell-tiktok-or-face-a-ban-there-are-legal-complications">Byte-Dance was told to sell TikTok or face a ban. There are legal complications – NPR</a></li>
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TikTok Ban Watch 2024: The Final Chapter (?)

Everything is chatbots now. Every company must become a purveyor of bespoke chatbots.The latest cab off the rank is Meta, which just unveiled Llama 3, the latest version of its open source LLM. But this time they have integrated it deeply into Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, whacking a big nasty chatbox over the searchbar in all these apps.

In this episode, we talk about Meta's strategy in AI, and what Zuck might be cooking.

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The Dwarkesh pod with Zuckerberg
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Everything is chatbots now. Every company must become a purveyor of bespoke chatbots.The latest cab off the rank is Meta, which just unveiled <a href="https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3/">Llama 3</a>, the latest version of its open source LLM. But this time they have integrated it deeply into Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, whacking a big nasty chatbox over the searchbar in all these apps.
In this episode, we talk about Meta's strategy in AI, and what Zuck might be cooking.
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6uFV9CJGg">The Dwarkesh pod with Zuckerberg</a></li>
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#15 - Adobe: The most hated company on Earth rides again

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