# light phone (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover light phone. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?](https://techcrunch.com/video/why-is-the-doj-investigating-andreessen-horowitzs-board-seats/) _2026-08-21 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that’s rarely used against VCs. Board conflicts aren’t… ## [The DOJ is investigating a16z. What does this mean for venture capital?](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/the-doj-is-investigating-a16z-what-does-this-mean-for-venture-capital/) _2026-08-21 · Theresa Loconsolo, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that’s rarely used against VCs. Board conflicts aren’t… ## [Learn what VCs actually want, from a founder who’s raised $1B](https://techcrunch.com/video/learn-what-vcs-actually-want-from-a-founder-whos-raised-1b/) _2026-08-20 · Maggie Nye · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Investors want founders who understand the financial reality of their business. Messy data, misunderstood metrics, or waiting until you’re nearly out of cash to start fundraising can cost founders leverage, valuation, and even a term sheet. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannessen sits down with Sasha Orloff, founder and CEO of Puzzle \[…\] ## [Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute](https://techcrunch.com/video/meet-the-startup-helping-wall-street-put-a-price-on-ai-compute/) _2026-08-19 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes. Silicon Data \[…\] ## [AI has a GPU pricing problem. Silicon Data wants to fix it.](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/ai-has-a-gpu-pricing-problem-silicon-data-wants-to-fix-it/) _2026-08-19 · Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes. Silicon Data \[…\] ## [Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?](https://techcrunch.com/video/does-mark-zuckerberg-really-believe-ai-is-for-everyone/) _2026-08-14 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s \[…\] ## [Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/metas-open-ai-and-a-250m-deal-gone-very-wrong/) _2026-08-14 · Theresa Loconsolo, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, Rebecca Bellan · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s \[…\] ## [Why Stream ring-maker Sandbar says the future of AI wearables is voice](https://techcrunch.com/video/why-stream-ring-maker-sandbar-says-the-future-of-ai-wearables-is-voice/) _2026-08-12 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of \[…\] ## [Why Sandbar thinks it’s voice-enabled ring can avoid the AI hardware graveyard](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-sandbar-thinks-its-voice-enabled-ring-can-avoid-the-ai-hardware-graveyard/) _2026-08-12 · Theresa Loconsolo, Rebecca Bellan · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ AI notetaking hardware has taken off over the past couple of years, with credit-card-sized devices, pendants, pins, and even transcribing earbuds all promising to capture your meetings and turn them into summaries and action items. Now, a whole wave of wearables — rings especially — are betting people want to capture stray thoughts and ideas the same way. One of \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/08/10/131500/) _2026-08-10 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HKrHwPURHu21) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Jill Lepore on the ‘Artificial State’ and why Silicon Valley’s leaders are bad sci-fi readers](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/jill-lepore-on-the-artificial-state-and-why-silicon-valleys-leaders-are-bad-sci-fi-readers/) _2026-08-07 · Anthony Ha, Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Historian Jill Lepore has a theory about why tech companies often use soaring language to describe their products — almost as if they’re forming a new government. And whether you’re thinking of Twitter’s old “town hall in your pocket” or Anthropic’s Claude constitution, it’s a theory that doesn’t paint Silicon Valley in a very flattering light. In Lepore’s upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of the… ## [Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just funds](https://techcrunch.com/video/why-lightspeed-is-going-all-in-on-creator-led-venture-capital/) _2026-08-05 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on… ## [Why Lightspeed is going all-in on creator-led venture capital](https://techcrunch.com/podcast/why-lightspeed-is-going-all-in-on-creator-led-venture-capital/) _2026-08-05 · Dominic-Madori Davis, Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ Venture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on… ## [Sam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI](https://techcrunch.com/video/sam-altman-isnt-the-only-one-who-wants-to-pump-the-brakes-on-ai/) _2026-07-31 · Theresa Loconsolo · Podcast Episodes Archive | TechCrunch_ After years of pushing full speed ahead on AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says maybe it’s time for the AI industry to “pace” itself. The comments came just days after one of OpenAI’s own models broke out of its test environment and got tangled up in a breach at Hugging Face — though as Equity’s hosts point out, sloppy security seems to have \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/07/15/133404/) _2026-07-15 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 ## [This blog is not suitable for kids](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/06/15/this-blog-is-not-suitable/) _2026-06-15 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 2 years ago I wrote an op-ed of that title for a prominent Lib Dem blog \* , arguing that even liberals should support what Labour has announced today: namely banning under-16s unrestricted internet access. To celebrate Britain’s brave move today, I’m releasing an audio narration I recorded for myself before sending off the article: “The internet is not, and probably cannot be,… ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/06/08/this-month-on-smartphone-detox/) _2026-06-08 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 this month on smartphone detox: a BURNER for a William Turner 💷 📚 Vassal State by Angus Hanton ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/05/11/this-month-on-smartphone-detox/) _2026-05-11 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 this month on smartphone detox: I lost my Punkt MP02! What should I replace it with? I’m thinking a rugged CAT phone ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/04/17/this-month-on-smartphone-detox/) _2026-04-17 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 this month on smartphone detox: I accidentally wiped my Light Phone! ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/03/09/this-month-on-smartphone-detox/) _2026-03-09 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 this month on smartphone detox: we’re complacently letting Big Tech monopolies team up vs. humans 💀 ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ImCozU81rehS) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/02/09/this-month-on-smartphone-detox/) _2026-02-09 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 this month on smartphone detox: I heard BTC fell (let’s hope the CO2 can too) ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/01/26/del-linkedin-alt-laurencewarnercomcv-ctrl/) _2026-01-26 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ Del: LinkedIn Alt: LaurenceWarner.com/cv Ctrl: your job-search too with a clean, printable resumé page. Copy my Code: save styles.css & script.js, add your imgs, and edit index.html (leaving a link to mine pls!). NoCode? Try a Profile template on Carrd ## [(untitled)](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2026/01/12/firstweek-flipphone-the-smartphone-detox/) _2026-01-12 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 📵 FirstWeek FlipPhone: The Smartphone Detox continues into 2026: ps see my journey last year from Punkt MP02 to going Light Phone III full-time: all 12x 1min vlogs from 2025 together on my article ..(thanks to M.b Studio!) ## [Ben's Polar Express](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/10/20/bens-polar-express-in-numbers/) _2025-10-20 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ 1.7 thousand pounds + 8 bags of toys delivered to The TOY Project via 120 Metro Light Rail stations (+ lizzie line) Future donations -\> TheTOYProject.co.uk YES BEN Photo Highlights Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens loves “legend” Ben’s Polar Express Light Phone 3 for mental health treading the boards with Tamzin Outhwaite. V. entertaining play to celebrate Ben finishing his… ## [📵 light III is my phone](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/09/25/light-iii-is-my-phone/) _2025-09-25 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ all the month round! First Week Flip Phone is dead, long live Smartphone Detox ​ Unboxing video: it ain’t that Light, and it definitely ain’t Free so when you do order yours use my ref ! All 2025 Vlogs Half the year doing FirstWeek on Punkt MP02, before going light: all the month round! 12 x 1min vids: Jan - back to Punkt MP02 til the Light Phone III arrives in Spring. I may start… ## [🎙️Fulbrighter pod: "Can Music Remake the Internet?"](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/08/26/fulbrighter-pod-can-music-remake/) _2025-08-26 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ Podcast interview on the Outinis \*Date Keepers\* fallback: hit audio below audio | on Spotify | on YT ## [How to get tracks onto Streaming](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/02/10/how-to-get-tracks-on/) _2025-02-10 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ Do you want to be an artist who reaches audiences directly, independent of Big Music / Big Tech? Are you sure? (2026 update) AI Companies will be able to rip off your style IsThisWhatWeWant.com And then claim you ripped off them ( eg ) For their lizzie OK You’ll need: 🎧 Music Distribution 🔊 You need to upload your .wavs to a distributor, who will send out your tunes to stores like Spotify,… ## [My top blogposts of 2023/4](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/01/31/my-top-blogposts-of/) _2025-01-31 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ based on the time you folks spent on them (according to my publicly available SimpleAnalytics.com/blog.laurencewarner.com ) Most Popular Posts from the period covered in these books I just got printed via DayOne: arts 2024: Ben in Daily Echo ( micro orig newspaper link ) 2023: A Pandit & Warner Musical about climate (micro) tech 2024: 📧 “Sent overnight via Proton” - Explaining my… ## [Jan (+ every other month 👋) off SOCIAL](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/01/31/jan-every-other-month-off/) _2025-01-31 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ In reverse order: \\5. IG - deleting! Printed book via DayOne: which they couldn’t scrape til a minute ago :P I hope Threads users will get to follow this blog via ActivityPub at some point. \\3. YT - no new videos! Left most videos Unlisted, and small handful as a Public showcase. leaving the only one of the 7 deadly SOCIAL I’m actively updating: \\1. LinkedIn It started the highest… ## [Dec in SOCIAL](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2025/01/01/dec-in-social-tech/) _2025-01-01 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ SOCIAL New Year, Less Seers 1- LI new job! 3- YT no new music, haven’t decided whether to continue digi detox vlogs, but will be doing a minimalist curation for sure 5- IG closed to public, printing via Day One. I’ll just rely on Threads.Net people being able to follow me across the fediverse eventually ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jBwWXylZgq8e) _2025-01-01 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Hello fellow bloggers,](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2024/12/13/hello-fellow-bloggers/) _2024-12-13 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ In the last of 10 BigTech diss-tracks Ctrl-Alt-Rap , instead of piling on your new “ president ”, I instead celebrate some truly great American technologists, including @signalapp@mastodon.world president @Mer\_\_edith@mastodon.world and M.b founder @manton : Thanks to Manton I can blog Thanks to Manton I can blog The Web is OURSS with Micro.blog Yay! Pro social! Pls consider supporting my efforts… ## [Ctrl-Alt-Rap album out now.](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2024/12/10/ctrlaltrap-album-out-now/) _2024-12-10 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ Time to clean up the tech industry. ## [Ctrl-Alt-Rap spelled out](https://blog.laurencewarner.com/2024/11/13/ctrlaltrap-spelled-out/) _2024-11-13 · Laurence Warner's Far from Social_ During FirstWeek Nov I recorded an album in my hometown of Eastleigh. Having banked a Colombian collab, I had 9 more Big Tech companies to speak to on the South Coast of England. An ocean away from where tech bros were politicking and getting rich. So I’m getting a message to each of them loud & clear. Ctrl-Alt-Rap, that’s Cookies toney rename lizzie -old skool skit- Amusing 💀…