Regulation Episodes
Legal and regulatory news and rumors for tech companies.
June 10, 2020
Wed. 06/10 – Robocallers Face The Music
Another day, another flaw in Intel chips discovered. More analysis of Apple’s presumed move away from Intel chips for Macs. Is Just Eat Takeaway about to swallow up Grubhub? What happened to Zynn on the Play Store? And an int...
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May 29, 2020
Fri. 05/29 – The Best Summary of the Executive Order I Can Muster (Replacement)
I do my best to breakdown the who Twitter/executive order situation, at least at the time of this recording. Hall of Fame fundraiser drops mic and rides off into the sunset. TikTok has an interesting new rival. And, of course...
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April 23, 2020
Thu. 04/23 – Privacy Hypocrisy From France?
Custom Mac chips by 2021? Robot nurses already in hospitals? Bill Gurley into the sunset? Why some people are accusing France of digital privacy hypocrisy, and an interesting raise in the remote work space. Specifically: remo...
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Oct. 14, 2019
Mon. 10/14 - Apple's Chinese Conundrum
More China related controversy for Apple, for gaming, for all of tech really… but why Apple suddenly finds itself in a unique bind. More iPhone SE 2 rumors, the latest installment of “Will We Actually Ever See Libra?” and why...
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Sept. 12, 2019
Thu. 09/12 - Uber: We're NOT in the Ride Hailing Business!
Uber says the California contractor law doesn’t apply to it because it is… checks notes… not technically in the ride hailing business, will France block Libra in the EU, dark mode comes to Slack, crowd-sourced answers come to...
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Sept. 11, 2019
Wed. 09/11 - California Borks The Gig Economy (?)
Will a California law change the entire landscape of the gig economy? Can Dutchie build a Shopify-like ecommerce platform for cannabis? Will Switzerland be less welcoming to Libra that Facebook hoped? And a rundown of the fal...
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Aug. 29, 2019
Thu. 08/29 - Apple Bends On "Right To Repair"
Apple makes nice with repair shops (and saves the date for the iPhone launch next month), an undersea cable mostly already built could be axed cause… China stuff, YouTube says it’s made progress on cleaning up its algorithm, ...
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July 16, 2019
Tue. 07/16 - Who Put The Politics In My Tech?
Facebook explains Libra to Congress, Amazon might be next in the EU’s woodshed, Google might be next in Trump’s woodshed, another Tesla lineup shakeup, a couple of interesting raises and Microsoft opens Windows up to all your...
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June 12, 2019
Wed. 06/12 - The DOJ is Telegraphing its Possible Punches to Silicon Valley
The state of the Internet according to Mary Meeker, Houseparty joins the Fortnite party, Uber Elevate is planning some important firsts, the DOJ is telegraphing its possible punches to Silicon Valley, and someone find Have I ...
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May 22, 2019
Wed. 05/22 - The Huawei Mess Metastasizes
The Huawei mess metastasizes, the EU goes after Google again, Qualcomm loses to the FTC, and Comcast—of all people—is getting into health tech.
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May 16, 2019
Thu. 05/16 - The Hammer Comes Down on Huawei
The hammer is coming down on Huawei, China blocks Wikipedia, Google clarifies the Works with Nest shutdown, a 1TB microSD, more 5G rollouts, what should we think of Quibi and you didn’t fall for that porn scam did you?
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May 13, 2019
Mon. 05/13 - The App Store Has A Supreme Court Problem
A Supreme Court ruling might spell trouble for Apple and others, Amazon is automating the boxers out of a job, Discord is doing some serious MAU’s, what the death of Nest means for IOT, and a LITERAL Bitcoin treasure hunt.
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March 26, 2019
Tue. 03/26 - The EU's Copyright Directive Cometh
The EU Parliament approves the “link tax” and the “upload filter.” Uber acquires Careem, McDonald’s makes a tech acquisition, and a wrap-up of the hot-takes from the Apple event.
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March 13, 2019
Wed. 03/13 - Spotify Anti-Trust's Apple
Spotify files a pretty timely anti-trust complaint against Apple, Microsoft tries to get a jump on Google’s steaming video game announcement, is Google scaling back its hardware ambitions, what is Discord and why is it going ...
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March 8, 2019
Fri. 03/08 - Senator Warren Wants To Break Up Big Tech
Senator Warren proposes breaking up big tech, Airbnb buys HotelTonight, why the big platforms are taking down vaccine content, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Feb. 26, 2019
Tue. 02/26 - Might the FTC Undo Some Tech Mergers?
The Game of Thrones when it comes to modern tech platforms is very much up in the air, Satya Nadella defends making the HoloLens for the US Army, could the FTC undo previous tech mergers and that big Casey Newton piece about ...
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Feb. 15, 2019
Fri. 02/15 - FTC To Fine Facebook?
More fallout and analysis of Amazon ghosting NYC, more signs of blockchain actually taking hold on Wall Street, Samsung’s lineup of gadgets leaks and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Feb. 7, 2019
Thu. 02/07 - Facebook Dinged In Germany; Killin' It In China
Germany is this week’s headache for Facebook, Twitter mixes up its MAU and DAU game, Cluno is subscriptions but for cars and Optimus Ride is what we mean by starting small with autonomous vehicles.
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Jan. 17, 2019
Thu. 01/17 - Tim Cook Sayz: Regulate THOSE Guys
Tim Cook calls for a data-broker clearinghouse, a possible criminal case against Huawei, the largest leak of user credentials ever found in the wild, and why we probably need a Unix for machine learning.
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Dec. 14, 2018
Fri. 12/14 - Facebook Faces a GDPR Inquiry
Fri. 12/14 - Facebook Faces a GDPR Inquiryhttps://feedpress.me/RideHome - Direct RSS feed starting this weekend, just in caseThe bomb scare email scam that demanded bitcoin, Facebook’s Photo API gave away too many photos, App...
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Dec. 11, 2018
Tue. 12/11 - Mr. Pichai Goes to Washington
Mr. Pichai goes to Washington, another bug prompts Google to kill Google+ even sooner, Keurig for beer makes no sense, and Doom turns 25.Sponsors:DataDogHQ.com/ridehomeTiny.websiteFlatironSchool.com/podcastLinks:Google moves ...
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Dec. 10, 2018
Mon. 12/10 - iPhone Sales Banned in China
iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be the year of the hole punch.Sponsors:DataDogHQ.com/ridehomeTiny.websiteLinks:Chin...
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Dec. 7, 2018
Fri. 12/07 - Microsoft Calls for Regulation of AI
Microsoft calls for regulation of facial recognition AI, the Crypto market crash is starting to claim casualties, Reddit is quietly doing very well, thank you very much, and the Weekend Longreads suggestions.Sponsors:Metalab....
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Dec. 6, 2018
Thu. 12/06 - Huawai’s CFO Arrested and Stock Markets Quake
Huawai’s CFO arrested and stock markets quake, Google’s Allo joins the crowded Google Deadpool, Lyft files for an IPO and are Amazon’s robots finally rebelling?Sponsors:DatadogHQ.com/RideHomeMetalab.coLinks:Canada arrests Hua...
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