Episodes
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 memb...
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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 has...
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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 al...
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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, and...
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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 raise...
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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 fi...
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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? Sponso...
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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?
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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 Allbir...
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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 ...
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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 vehicles...
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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/ri...
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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, and...
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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: B...
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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?...
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Sept. 13, 2019
Fri. 09/13 - Cloudflare IPO: Good. WeWork IPO: (???...)
Cloudflare has a successful IPO, but will WeWork’s planned IPO be considered a success even if it actually has one? Is another investment bubble popping in the AR/VR space? Will the streaming wars kill the back-end deal in Ho...
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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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Sept. 10, 2019
Tue. 09/10 - The iPhone 11 Event
All the news from the iPhone launch. Also, the Attorneys General officially go after Google… but why is California sitting this one out? And… is Masa Son pressuring WeWork to cancel its IPO or is it full speed ahead? Sponsors...
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Sept. 9, 2019
Mon. 09/09 - Apple Hides Its Own Apps (Sorta)
The MIT Media Lab director steps down, Apple sort of hides its own apps in App Store searches, why big tech should worry about the states as much as Uncle Sam, reviews of the Google Nest Hub Max and why hands-free games actua...
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Sept. 6, 2019
Fri. 09/06 - Sonos Goes Portable and Apple Music Goes To The Web
Apple might have just given us the final reason to delete iTunes, Sonos has its first portable speaker, the Attorney’s General are targeting Facebook as well, it’s duplicating Google services all the way down, and, of course,...
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Sept. 5, 2019
Thu. 09/05 - Know When To Unfold Them
China tracked Uyghur travelers by hacking Asian telcos, the company formerly known as WeWork drops its IPO target, Samsung has found a fold fix, Apple may bring back both Touch ID and a cheaper iPhone, MIT Media Lab’s founder...
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Sept. 4, 2019
Wed. 09/04 - A Phone to Save You From The Internet?
Google gets a fine and is about to be investigated by all the states, Android 10 is here, a $14k gaming chair is here, a slew of new Fire TV devices are here, and the Light Phone 2 wants to save you from the Internet. Sponsor...
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Sept. 3, 2019
Tue. 09/03 - Foldable Phones Refuse To Die
Samsung is gonna take another crack at foldable phones with a different design, sleep tracking is coming to the Apple Watch, Firefox 69 locks down everything, and a deep dive into the whole Ring Doorbell and Neighborhood cont...
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