PERSON DIRECTORY
Casey Newton
Host of Hard Fork. Casey Newton appears in 65 indexed conversations across Hard Fork. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
The Future of Google | EP 126
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonSebastian Mallaby
Google’s AI Mode replaces ten blue links with synthesized answers as it defends a search business that generated $54 billion last quarter, putting the link economy and publishers’ traffic at risk.TollBit found AI interfaces delivered 91% less click-through traffic than conventional search, while Chegg’s collapse shows the exposure; crypto’s expanding ties to ordinary savings and vibe coding’s maintenance debt add further risks to monitor.
Is Google Search Cooked? + We’re Getting a U.S. Crypto Reserve? + What You’re Vibecoding
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonDavid Yaffe-Bellany
Google is putting AI Mode inside Search, a $54 billion last-quarter franchise, replacing 10 blue links with bespoke answers and risking core-business cannibalization.ChatGPT may reach 1% of search by year-end, while defaults could accelerate displacement and Chegg shows the publisher-supplier downside.Trump’s narrower Bitcoin reserve preserves seized holdings, while stablecoin rules, CFTC authority and possible XRP or Solana ETFs could integrate crypto into conventional finance.
Quantum TikTok + Memecoin Mania + Chris Hayes on the Attention Wars
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonChris Hayes
TikTok has become “Schrödinger’s app”: existing US users can access it after Oracle and Akamai accepted Trump’s non-enforcement promise, while Apple and Google keep ByteDance apps out of stores because statutory exposure is $5,000 per user.The same political discretion is monetizing attention through TRUMP, MELANIA, and Pump.fun, with reported family fees of $58 million and concentrated token holdings, while security updates, corruption concerns, and a potential China-US deal remain unresolved.