$5B livestream shopping apps, Nvidia reveals, and the weirdest tech at CES | Equity Podcast

As CES 2025 comes to a close, TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff are back on the mic to discuss the week’s top news, the tech that caught their eye, and the companies still figuring out AI. Listen to the full episode to hear: • What’s driving Meta’s…

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Listen to the full episode to hear:
• What’s driving Meta’s push for “more speech, fewer mistakes” as it ends its third-party fact-checking program.
• Livestream shopping app Whatnot’s $265M raise, and which companies could be capitalizing on livestream shopping next.
• Who is Peterson Conway, and why is he defense tech’s wildest power broker? Margaux couldn’t wait to give us the inside scoop.
• Kirsten and Max’s full CES review, from robot-arm Roomba competitors to smart glasses , and what Nvidia’s Project Digits could mean for future startups.

Equity will be back with a new expert interview on Wednesday, so stay tuned!

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

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CNET

Unboxing the $120 Clicks Power Keyboard

Let your thumbs fly! 👍🏽 The Clicks Power Keyboard works on iPhone and Android phones with Qi wireless charging, like the iPhone Air or iPhone Pro Max as well as the Pixel 10 Pro. Not only is it a nifty Bluetooth keyboard, it can also charge your phone with its 2300mAh battery. Let’s unbox it…

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Let your thumbs fly! 👍🏽

The Clicks Power Keyboard works on iPhone and Android phones with Qi wireless charging, like the iPhone Air or iPhone Pro Max as well as the Pixel 10 Pro. Not only is it a nifty Bluetooth keyboard, it can also charge your phone with its 2300mAh battery. Let’s unbox it with CNET Director of Content Patrick Holland.

📽️: Faith Chihil #allthingsmobile #unboxing #clickskeyboard #clicks #keyboard #clickspowerkeyboard

Science & Technology

Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just funds | Equity Podcast

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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 Instagram and TikTok, to source deals and co-host the firm’s new show, Lightwork, alongside CMO Josh Machiz.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis is joined by Zau and Machiz to dive deep into whether the “creator-investor” is becoming a real function in venture or just something firms are still trying to figure out.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

1:03 Getting hired…via Instagram DM

3:36 Creating for the tech-curious, not just tech Twitter

8:12 What Instagram taught Claire about Gen Z and AI

10:44 Does audience feedback shape investment decisions?

11:19 Do founders now expect investors to be creators?

13:13 Inside the editing grind: hours per video

15:42 Who’s actually doing creator VC well right now

18:52 The risk of being taken less seriously

21:41 Measuring ROI: brand awareness and founder conversion

27:41 What’s next for Lightspeed’s media empire

29:22 Outro

Bloomberg Technology

Cybersecurity Concerns After OpenAI, Anthropic Tests

Evidence of OpenAI and Anthropic models using deception to carry out unsanctioned hacks has alarm bells ringing. Jordan Robertson explains why researchers shouldn’t be surprised. ——– Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube: Watch the latest full episodes of “Bloomberg Technology” with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here: Get the latest…

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Evidence of OpenAI and Anthropic models using deception to carry out unsanctioned hacks has alarm bells ringing.

Jordan Robertson explains why researchers shouldn’t be surprised.
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