SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer explore the key stories influencing software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the wider tech industry.
In this episode, they cover Perplexity’s notable bid to acquire Google Chrome, the U.S. government’s significant investment in Intel, Meta’s sudden halt on AI recruitment, and a reality check on what current “agentic” systems truly achieve versus the hype.
They also focus on prominent discussions from Hacker News, including a suggestion to reduce “ghost job” postings with more stringent transparency requirements, an engaging Big-O tutorial, and other topics.