Episodes
Jan. 8, 2020
Wed. 01/08 - CES Day 3
Another interesting Facebook memo from Boz, Intel previews its next generation of mobile GPUs, more troubles in Softbank startup land, Quibi had a bit of a launch event today, and I saw Charmin’s toilet paper delivery robot. ...
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Jan. 7, 2020
Tue. 01/07 - CES Day 2
Sonos goes nuclear on Google, though it really has Amazon in mind also; Facebook bans deep fakes… in a way; a whole bunch of really interesting laptop stuff, Sony makes a car, and you make a fashion statement and protect your...
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Jan. 6, 2020
Mon. 01/06 - CES Day 1
Samsung tries to scoop CES, Amazon’s Fire TV Edition wants to leapfrog Roku TV, Samsung wants the Galaxy Chromebook to change the way you think about Chromebooks, is Softbank ghosting startups even after delivering term sheet...
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Jan. 3, 2020
Fri. 01/03 - What To Expect From CES
Google’s AI has a medical breakthrough, Apple raids HBO for maybe it’s biggest name, Instagram seems to be plateauing by one metric—going gangbusters in another, what to expect from CES and, of course, the Weekend Longreads S...
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Jan. 2, 2020
Thu. 01/02 - A Grand Unified Theory of the Google Civil War
Dell kicks off CES season with two new laptops, Imagination Technologies is back in Apple’s good graces, the IRS is finally sticking it to tax prep software firms, and a grand unified theory of the Google Civil War. Sponsors:...
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Dec. 30, 2019
Mon. 12/30 - The Chinese GPS Is Nigh
A major internet of things data leak, China is about to turn on its GPS competitor, would you like to star in a bitmoji TV show, a look back at the year in unicorns and is the VC gravy train over for us consumers, at least? S...
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Dec. 27, 2019
Fri. 12/27 - All Hail Baby Yoda!
A late holiday gift for YouTube creators, an important new rule for drone operators, to what degree has the Chinese government enabled Huawei’s success, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: GiveWell.org...
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Dec. 26, 2019
Thu. 12/26 - "Peace. Out." - Travis Kalanick
Travis Kalanick has cut all ties with Uber, Sling does indeed have streaming pricing power, livestreams are the new telethons, YouTube considered doing the right thing but passed, and is Catalyst fundamentally flawed? Sponsor...
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Dec. 23, 2019
Mon. 12/23 - A New Competitor For Tesla?
The Government says ToTok is a full on spying app, TikTok wants to distance itself from allegations that it might be a spying app, out of nowhere, could Rivian be Tesla’s biggest competitor, and what does it mean if Travis Ka...
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Dec. 20, 2019
Fri. 12/20 - Now Apple Joins The Space Race?
Does Apple have a secret team to do an end run around telecom carriers, Google buys a game studio, IAC buys Care.com, Ripple is an interesting raise, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Dec. 19, 2019
Thu. 12/19 - What If Apple Owned James Bond?
That big NYTimes piece about location data, is Facebook taking another run at creating its own OS, is Apple considering buying James Bond, is Spotify building a social graph, and do e-athletes need gaming socks? Sponsors: Tin...
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Dec. 18, 2019
Wed. 12/18 - Did Google Almost "Rage Quit" the Cloud?
Everyone comes together to create a smart-home standard, did Google consider walking away from its cloud business, the last holdout comes to streaming, Gary Larson stops holding out on the web and the math behind that gift-wr...
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Dec. 17, 2019
Tue. 12/17 - Alexa Is A Hit, But Is It A Business?
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 thin...
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Dec. 16, 2019
Mon. 12/16 - Give Us A Name For $100MM AAR Startups!
Chrome 79 is wiping data from some apps, Amazon is about to deliver more than FedEx or UPS all by its lonesome, Argo plans to charge by the mile, smart TV’s make margin by watching you, does music lack pricing power and help ...
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Dec. 14, 2019
(Bonus) Year-End Checkin On Crypto With Brady Dale of @coindesk
For the final weekend bonus episode of the year, I wanted to check in with Crypto. What a year for the space! Seemingly dead at the beginning of the year. But then the Crypto Spring™ happened. And then Libra happened. And so…...
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Dec. 13, 2019
Fri. 12/13 - The Next-Gen Xbox
Details about the next-gen Xbox, Apple makes an interesting acquisition around photography, Lyft will rent you a car, why I find Roku so interesting, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Today In Digit...
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Dec. 12, 2019
Thu. 12/12 - Maybe Just Throw A Dart, Seed Investors…
Google releases all the things at once, everyone is mulling over Jack’s decentralized Twitter idea, one last tech IPO of the year, should seed investors just say yes to every deal, why you should know the Canva story, and why...
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Dec. 11, 2019
Wed. 12/11 - @Jack Wants to Decentralize Social Media
A bold new proposal to decentralize social media from Jack Dorsey, YouTube bans “malicious insults,” you can only clean your Pro Display XDR with a special cloth, Silicon Valley is no longer everyone’s favorite place to work ...
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Dec. 10, 2019
Tue. 12/10 - Wheels For Your Mac Pro Are $400 Extra
Apple is suing its former chip architect, the Apple Card finally makes sense to me, wheels on the Mac Pro will run you $400, Softbank abandons Wag, Microsoft brings Office to Linux and I want the new tech bubble to be about e...
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Dec. 9, 2019
Mon. 12/09 - An Interesting Raise From... Us?
China orders its own crackdown on foreign tech, Google is bringing “feature drops” to Pixel Phones, the Mac Pro is here but Wunderlist is exiting stage left, Magic Leap seems to be having issues, and an interesting raise from...
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Dec. 8, 2019
(Bonus) A Human Algorithm With Flynn Coleman
I’ve been trying to read books about AI lately to get a firmer grasp on this important topic, and the best book I’ve read for both a basic grounding of the history and the state of play of AI, but also looking at potential fr...
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Dec. 7, 2019
(Bonus) A Google Civil War? With Bloomberg's Mark Bergen
I had already reached out to Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen this week to talk about the Google Civil War, but then, of course, there was other big Google news this week. So, come for the assessment of Google’s culture at the moment ...
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Dec. 6, 2019
Fri. 12/06 - The Future of the iPhone is NO Ports?
The Uber safety report, more Galaxy S11 rumors, could Apple be about to kill the charging port on iPhones entirely and what would that mean, Samsung’s new chips to make AR mainstream and of course, the weekend longreads sugge...
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Dec. 5, 2019
Thu. 12/05 - Why The New Snapdragon Chips Don’t Have Integrated 5G
The FTC might be broadening its look into Amazon, the new flagship Snapdragon Chips, a disc-free Xbox, checkins with Slack, Imgur and Robinhood, and craigslist enters the 21st century. Sponsors: Metalab.co Vistaprint.com Prom...
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