Amazon Episodes

Lululemon wants to buy Mirror. We think Uber is thinking about buying Postmates. Amazon Prime Video launches Watch Party. Android’s AirDrop competitor is rolling out. And why cloud gaming is the impetus for a new data center race. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Lululemon set to acquire home fitness startup Mirror for $500M (TechCrunch) Uber in Talks to Buy Postmates for About $2.6 Billion (WSJ) Amazon Prime Video introduces 'Watch Party,' a social co-viewing experience included with...

Amazon is officially in the self-driving car game. Microsoft is officially keeping its retail stores closed… forever. Verizon had joined the Facebook ad boycott. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: TinyCapital.com Tovala.com/ride Links: Amazon to buy self-driving technology company Zoox (CNBC) Microsoft is permanently closing its retail stores (CNBC) Verizon is pulling advertising from Facebook and Instagram (CNBC) TikTok says it will stop accessing clipboard content on iOS ...

Wirecard is wiped out. Amazon has its own Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Apple quietly made a change that will make things pretty tough on advertisers. Google won’t keep your data forever anymore and Hey basically wins. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride TinyCapital.com Links: 'The money's gone': Wirecard collapses owing $4 billion (Reuters) Google will start paying publishers to license content (Axios) Google will now auto-delete location and search history by default for new users (The Verge) Amazon forms ‘C...

Amazon joins the self-driving race, and actually, why haven’t they before? Google’s plans to get back to the office. HBO Max debuts, but with one major handicap. Facebook faces a novel whistleblower complaint and looking back on 2 years of GDPR. Sponsors: Go.rims.org/ridehome Tovala.com/ride DoubleUp.agency Links: Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy Self-Driving-Car Tech Company Zoox (WSJ) Google to begin reopening offices July 6, will let workers expense $1,000 for equipment while telecommuting (CN...

More reported casualties in the Google Civil War, more strife between Amazon and FedEx, can Amazon turn Alexa into a healthy ecosystem, developers: get busy on Edge extensions, and the top apps of the decade have one big thing in common.Sponsors:TinyCapital.comGiveWell.org/ridehomeLinks:Google accused of firing another worker in union-busting drive (Engadget)Amazon Blocks Sellers From Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments (WSJ)Amazon Learns a New Skill: Making Money From Alexa (The Informa...

Google fires four workers associated with labor organizing, Amazon's ruthless quotas lead to high rates of warehouse injuries, grass-roots opponents to Amazon's power form a coalition, a report cites the public cost of Amazon warehouses on Southern California, the California DMV is selling driver information, the Rev transcription service exposes contractors to horrific recordings, Facebook pays people to take surveys, Zuckerberg mostly listens to old white men, a TikTok teen spreads the news ab...

Amazon’s hardware event gives us more Alexa in just about anything you can think of, Oculus has some news on the VR front, the 2020 iPhones might echo the iPhone 4 design, and those dog like robots from Boston Dynamics are finally leaving the lab, but to adopt one, you need to think through a use case. Sponsors: Metalab.co AirMedcareNetwork.com/tech code: tech Links: Amazon announces high-end $199 Echo Studio speaker (The Verge) Alexa gains multilingual mode, celebrity voices, and frustration de...

If Amazon wants to tip-toe past the regulators, headlines like those from today can’t help, October is going to be filthy with major tech launch events, is TikTok showing us the future of the Chinese web in worrying ways, and let’s pour one out for MoviePass! Links: OpenVPN.net/ride Mealime.com Links: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products (WSJ) Facebook and JP Morgan meet with global central banks to discuss cryptocurrencies (CNBC) Google announces October 15th hard...

The Vox/Recode family has a new podcast, Land of the Giants . And so we’re going to talk to Jason Del Rey, the voice behind the first season of this podcast, which focuses on Amazon. But look, I’ve wanted to get someone on to talk turkey with me about Amazon for a while now, because they're at this weird place where… maybe they’re the most powerful tech company in the land? What does that mean, for them AND for us? Jason Del Rey was the perfect person to ask. Sponsor: Vistaprint.com/ride

Amazon is developing a high-end Echo speaker, the PC market’s not dead yet, Postmates is having second thoughts about going public and might shop itself around instead, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsors:Metalab.coLightstream.com/rideLinks:Amazon Plans High-End Echo, Ramps Up Work on Alexa Home Robot (Bloomberg)Gartner: PC shipments grew 1.5% in Q2 2019 (VentureBeat)Ford-VW alliance expands to include autonomous and electric vehicles (The Verge)Postmates has...

That Wired longread that I suggested yesterday, about Amazon’s warehouse robots really stuck with me for personal reasons you’ll hear in a second. I talked to the author of the piece, Matt Simon, not only cause I wanted more flavor on what it was like to work with these things, but because he also raises interesting ideas about human/robot symbiosis. In short, the robot apocalypse might still be coming, but not today. And for the foreseeable future, that might be the growth industry for humans: ...

Might Amazon get into the cellular carrier game and thus make a Sprint/T-Mobile merger more palatable? Uber’s first quarterly report as a public company, what to expect from WWDC next week, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsors:HappyCog.com/rideMealime.comLinks:Exclusive: Amazon interested in buying Boost from T-Mobile, Sprint - sources (Reuters)Uber stock rises as net losses match expectations (CNBC)APPLE WWDC 2019: MAC PRO, IOS 13, MARZIPAN, AND WHAT ELSE TO EXP...

Amazon wants all Prime deliveries to be one-day shipping, Slack files for its IPO and Uber sets its price range, someone with a personal vendetta to fix Gmail and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.Sponsors:Tech.FidelityCareers.comTiny.websiteLinks:Amazon smashes earnings expectations (CNBC)Slack files to go public, revealing $400 million in revenue and $139 million in losses (CNBC)Uber sets IPO terms, could be valued at $84 billion (Axios)Regulators Around the World Are Cir...

Yes, there are people listening in on your Alexa recordings, but it’s complicated; Jeff Bezos challenges competitors to pay their workers more, the third big unicorn IPO of the year happened today, and a rundown of noteworthy recent startup raises.Sponsors:Tiny.websiteLogiAnalytics.com/rideLinks:Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa (Bloomberg)Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to outdo Amazon’s $15 minimum wage (The Verge)YouTube TV Hikes Price to $50 per Month for All ...

Google scraps the AI ethics board, Alexa is coming for AirPods, the Bezos’ divorce is settled, Snap reminds everyone they’re pretty darned good at inventing weird stuff and the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsors:Metalab.coFlatironSchool.com/techmemeLinks:Exclusive: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry (Vox)Amazon Is Making a Rival to Apple’s AirPods as Its First Alexa Wearable (Bloomberg)Jeff Bezos, in divorce settlement, retains 75 percent of the Amazon stock he...

Facebook. Data. Exposure. Another one. Could Intel issues delay a 5G iPhone? Apple cuts the price of the HomePod, Amazon is going to launch Internet satellites, and the trouble with AI ethics boards.Sponsors:Imagekit.io/rideMetalab.coLinks:Researchers find 540 million Facebook user records on exposed servers (TechCrunch)Inside Apple’s shaky plan to deliver a 5G iPhone in 2020 [Updated] (FastCompany)MIT suspends ties with China's Huawei and ZTE (CNN Business)Apple drops HomePod price d...

Amazon Day gives you the ability to schedule your Prime Deliveries, Motorola teases more details about the foldable resurrection of the Razr phone, the state of the smartwatch market, and seemingly every messaging platform might soon have a crypto coin.Sponsors:Tiny.WebsiteDataDogHQ.com/ridehomeLinks:Amazon Prime members can choose a weekly delivery date with launch of 'Amazon Day' (TechCrunch)Motorola confirms its foldable phone is coming (Engadget)Apple self-driving car layoffs hit 1...

Amazon says thank you, but no thank you, to New York City, JP Morgan has its own crypto token, Google might try to come at the iPhone on price, and the legendary Lee Clow retires. Sponsors:Tiny.websiteDataDogHQ.com/ridehomeLinks:Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters (NYTimes)JP Morgan is rolling out the first US bank-backed cryptocurrency to transform payments business (CNBC)Google plans cheaper smartphone to draw users into internet empire (Nikkei Asian Review)Softwa...

Amazon acquires Eero, Apple is putting marketing muscle behind AR, looks like everyone was abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program, and the new video game sensation giving Fortnite a run for its money.Sponsors:DataDogHQ.com/ridehomeTiny.websiteLinks:Why Amazon buying Eero feels so disappointing (The Verge)Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed (Bloomberg)Apple Taps iPhone Executive to Be First Head of Marketing for AR (Bloomberg)Apple fails to block porn...

Yes, we’re gonna talk about the Bezos thing, is Amazon reconsidering HQ2, Sprint sues over 5G, maybe digital media is just fine, and the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsors:FlatironSchool.com/techmemeMetalab.coLinks:No thank you, Mr. Pecker (Jeff Bezos on Medium)Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders NY headquarters site, two officials say (Washington Post)Sprint sues AT&T over its fake 5G branding (Engadget)Google warns about two iOS zero-days 'exploited in the wild' (ZDNet)Can Su...

AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvideTweets: @ajassy, @AlexSchleberLinks:Amazon Web Services introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, promises 45 percent lower costs for some workloads (GeekWire)Facebook's YouTube competitor is pivoting to older audiences as teens tune out and publishers balk (CNBC)Half of all Ph...

AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvideTweets: @ajassy, @AlexSchleberLinks:Amazon Web Services introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, promises 45 percent lower costs for some workloads (GeekWire)Facebook's YouTube competitor is pivoting to older audiences as teens tune out and publishers balk (CNBC)Half of all Ph...

Amazon’s HQ2 officially lands in Queens and Crystal City; Waymo is launching a driverless car service in December; Apple locks down repairs on modern Macs; get ready for cloud gaming; Pandora applies its music technology to podcasts; and a magic act that’ll make your day.Links:Amazon selects New York City and Northern Virginia for new headquarters (Amazon DayOne Blog)Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York (The Washington Post)Pandora brings its Genome te...

The great winter of tech worker discontent is definitely here, Disney’s streaming service has a name, Vine might be coming back, Github hits a major milestone and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.Links:Amazon is finally selling new iPhones after a long and complicated 'turf war' with Apple (BusinessInsider)A note to our employees (Google)#GoogleWalkout update: Collective action works, and we need to keep working. True equity depends on it. (Google Walkout For Real Change)Amaz...