Episodes

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 wh…
Oct. 11, 2019

Fri. 10/11 - Gruber Says Tim Cook's Email "Doesn't Add Up"

More on Apple’s China controversy, hands-on with Google’s Pixelbook Go laptop, Twitter returns to the Mac, Africa’s first homegrown smartphone, SpaceX and NASA kiss and make up, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestio…
Oct. 10, 2019

Thu. 10/10 - Apple Removed the App Again...

Apple takes down the Hong Kong app that it reinstated after taking it down in the first place, Waymo will soon let real people into driverless cars, Grammarly is the newest unicorn, and why, if you live in the Bay Area, your…
Oct. 9, 2019

Wed. 10/09 - Where Would We Be Without Lithium-Ion Batteries?

Twitter used your 2-Factor credentials to sell ads against you, the China/Hong Kong/tech controversies roll on, Mark Zuckerberg is going back to Washington, and the Nobel Prize for chemistry gives long overdue recognition to…
Oct. 8, 2019

Tue. 10/08 - The PlayStation 5 Is Coming!

The PlayStation 5 is coming in about a year and Wired has the details, Hulu finally lets you download video, a gamer is banned for voicing support for Hong Kong protesters, how the Galaxy Fold was “fixed,” and Robinhood take…
Oct. 7, 2019

Mon. 10/07 - macOS Catalina is Here!

A Kindle Kids Edition is here, Sonos speakers via subscription is here, macOS Catalina is here, but the following tab is gone from Instagram, PayPal is ghosting Libra, and why investors think the time to jump into Quantum Co…
Oct. 5, 2019

(Bonus) Waymo's Head of Hardware, Satish Jeyachandran

Satish Jeyachandran is the Head of Hardware at Waymo. Before that he lead the self-driving team at Tesla, so he was in charge of the Autopilot team, and his job change lead to headlines at the time. Today Satish gives us a h…
Oct. 4, 2019

Fri. 10/04 - BAD Android Zero-Day Out There...

Really bad Android zero-day discovered, is the scooter space back? Apple makes an interesting acquisition, an exoskeleton allows a paralyzed man to walk again and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Pixel…
Oct. 3, 2019

Thu. 10/03 - These Two Content Recommendation Companies Merged… You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!

Instagram launches Threads, the iPhone SE might ride again, the biggest content recommendation players have merged, Vice Media and Refinery 29 have merged, and why has Apple banned an app for users in Hong Kong? Sponsors: Pi…
Oct. 2, 2019

Wed. 10/02 - Microsoft Is Back In The Smartphone Business

All the news from Microsoft’s Surface event… they’re making smartphones again! Anti-trust scrutiny gets results again as Apple says Siri will soon play nice with others, the Galaxy Fold reviews are in and might the other mem…
Oct. 1, 2019

Tue. 10/01 - The Zuckerberg Tapes

Listen in on Mark Zuckerberg rallying the troops, GoPro hopes newer cameras revive its fortunes, prepping for the Microsoft event tomorrow, the SEC slaps a crypto company on the wrist, and Tesla’s new Smart Summon feature ha…
Sept. 30, 2019

Mon. 09/30 - Has WeWork Slain The Unicorn Market?

IS the new iOS release finally bug free? Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists, WeWork officially “delays” its IPO, which gives us a reason to examine why the Unicorn IPO Parade has mattered, and This Week In Elon Musk is a…
Sept. 27, 2019

Fri. 09/27 - Your Slacks Can Always Come Back To Haunt You

A DoorDash data breach that has a bad new angle, we might see the foldable Razr phone by the end of the year, how long can this alternative app store last before Apple shuts it down, the biggest Tesla software update yet, an…
Sept. 26, 2019

Thu. 09.26 - Uber Wants To Be ‘the operating system for your everyday life’

Uber wants to become “the OS for everyday life,” Peloton’s IPO is a good news/bad news situation, the FTC sues Match.com for allegedly catfishing people, stuff I missed from yesterday’s Amazon event, and an “interesting rais…
Sept. 25, 2019

Wed. 09/25 - It's Alexas All The Way Down!

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 f…
Sept. 24, 2019

Tue. 09/24 - Adam Neumann Out of (We)Work

Adam Neumann out as WeWork CEO, Facebook acquires CTRL-Labs to deliver computing controlled by your brain, Kik officially shuts down its app, and is Microsoft preparing to let users control and monetize their own data? Spons…
Sept. 23, 2019

Mon. 09/23 - Google Play Pass And WeWork Soap Opera

Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talking to the FTC, and has Google ushered in the era of quantum supremacy? S…
Sept. 20, 2019

Fri. 9/20 - Airbnb Plans an Open House in 2020

Airbnb says it will have an IPO in 2020, Twitter exposes more bad state actors, a French court says Steam digital games may be resold in the EU, hold the phone on upgrading your iPhone to iOS 13, Amazon plays free with Allbi…
Sept. 19, 2019

Thu. 09/19 - Huawei Launches a Flagship Without Google Apps

Huawei tries to launch a flagship smartphone without a Google net, could Apple and Disney have merged? Some really interesting raises, for Automattic and Stripe, but also an autonomous construction equipment startup, and why…
Sept. 18, 2019

Wed. 09/18 - Does Anyone Know What "Unlimited" Means?

Facebook debuts Portal TV, and wants to make AR smart glasses to replace your smartphone, Google Fi has an “unlimited” plan that is every bit as unlimited as any other, the Apple Watch Series 5 reviews and autonomous vehicle…
Sept. 17, 2019

Tue. 09/17 - The iPhone 11 Reviews Are In

WeWork’s IPO is off for now, Amazon Music HD is going after Tidal, the Streaming Wars mean big price tags for Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory, and a wrap up of all the iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max reviews. Sponsors: OpenVPN.net/r…
Sept. 16, 2019

Mon. 09/16 - Did Amazon Change its Algorithms to Make Itself More Profitable?

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, an…
Sept. 15, 2019

(Bonus) Building AI We Can Trust With Gary Marcus

As I mentioned in the Weekend Longreads segment, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis had an op ed in the times that has changed the way I think about the state of AI. But they’re also the authors of a great new book, Rebooting AI: …
Guest: Gary Marcus
Sept. 14, 2019

(Bonus) iPhone Event Debrief With John Voorhees of MacStories

We had the big iPhone announcement this week, so to break it down, our good friend at MacStories, John Voorhees is here to dive into… why so much backlash to this event? Was it boring? What did we actually get from Santa Tim…
Guest: John Voorhees