Episodes
Aug. 1, 2019
Thu. 08/01 - Chips Get Faster, Scooters Get Rugged-er
Intel’s faster new chips, Bird’s more durable new scooters, Samsung’s new lack of a headphone jack, Cisco settles with the government, IBM’s facing an age discrimination lawsuit, Cloudflare’s planning an IPO and the new seaso...
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July 31, 2019
Wed. 07/31 - Apple: What, Me Worry?
Apple isn’t selling as many iPhones, but they want you to know that that’s just fine. Samsung isn’t selling as many high end smartphones as they’d like, but seemingly no one is. There’s a new Galaxy Tab, Facebook hasn’t given...
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July 30, 2019
Tue. 07/30 - The Capital One Breach Is A Weird One
Another day, another data breach… but this Capital One breach has some odd new wrinkles, the Android smartphone industry continues to be a tough gig for most manufacturers, I’m ready for smart contact lenses and apparently, t...
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July 29, 2019
Mon. 07/29 - Google Leaks, So We Don't Have To
Google continues to leak Pixel 4 details itself, Github bans users from specific countries, will we eventually see a TikTok phone? Consolidation in the food delivery space, and all hail our first official Fortnite World Cup C...
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July 26, 2019
Fri. 07/26 - The T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Is Approved
The T-Mobile/Sprint merger gets the go-ahead, a whole bunch of odds-n-ends Apple stories, SoftBank announces a new Vision Fund, the biggest earnings wrap-up of the calendar quarter, turns out that Chris Hughes was serious abo...
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July 25, 2019
Thu. 07/25 - The Galaxy Fold Lives!
Samsung says we will finally see the Galaxy Fold in September, Tesla has a bad earnings miss, Deep Mind and Waymo partner to hopefully speed up AV development, AT&T can’t stop dialing up new streaming services and a gadget, g...
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July 24, 2019
Wed. 07/24 - Is Media Piracy Coming Back?
The FTC comes down on Facebook, but is the new DOJ probe really what Silicon Valley should worry about? Cruise won’t be self-driving taxis in San Francisco this year, Snap really seems to be on the rebound, and is media pirac...
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July 23, 2019
Tues. 7/23 - Intel Outside
Apple may buy Intel’s floundering 5G chip division, new rumored iPhone models seem like modest bumps, the attorney general dreams of an impossible encryption backdoor, a Facebook design flaw potentially exposed children to st...
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July 22, 2019
Mon. 7/22 - Just the Equifax, Ma'am
Equifax agrees to a settlement over its massive 2017 data breach, Microsoft invests a billion dollars in an generalized AI startup, Huawei is linked to North Korea’s cellular network buildout, Google settles multiple lawsuits...
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July 21, 2019
(Bonus) Is Tech Making Us- Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid?
Is technology really rotting our brains, destroying our society... or is that what everyone has always worried about with every technological advance, going back to tv, or telephones, or even writing letters? The new book, Bo...
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July 20, 2019
(Bonus) The Moon Landing With Charles Fishman
So, today, July 20th 2019 is the 50th anniversary of human beings walking on the moon for the first time. As Glenn mentioned on Friday’s weekend longreads segment, Fast Company has been doing a 50 days to the moon thing. 50 d...
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July 19, 2019
Fri. 7/19 - This Pentagon Contract Is Not the One You’re Looking For
Microsoft makes boring pay dividends, Trump says he’ll use JEDI mind tricks to examine a Pentagon bid, Orlando ends a controversial facial-recognition test with Amazon, and your weekend long read suggestions.
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July 18, 2019
Thurs. 07/18 - Netflix's Numbers Visit the Upside Down
Netflix's growth disappoints, but Stranger Things have happened. The Democratic National Committee tells candidates to avoid the photo-aging simulator FaceApp. Don't expect driverless cars any time soon, despite the hype. Can...
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July 17, 2019
Wed. 07/17 - Neuralink and Boston Dynamics Are Ready For Their Closeup
Google says Project Dragonfly is dead, Apple might be producing its own original podcasts, the Switch regular gets a refresh, and two long-time interesting companies: Neuralink and Boston Dynamics are ready for the spotlight....
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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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July 15, 2019
Mon. 07/15 - Don't Naruto-Rush Area 51
The FTC is readying a record fine for Facebook, but is it just a parking ticket? Qualcomm refreshes the Snapdragon lineup, governments want to make money off of selling your data also, Microsoft Office quietly winning in mobi...
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July 14, 2019
(Bonus) Is Ecommerce Gonna Kill The Grocery Store? With Joe Fassler
Remember that longread from Friday? I knew lots of physical retail was under threat from ecommcerce, but do we have to worry about the grocery store too? As I said, this was something I’ve never considered. So read the piece ...
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July 13, 2019
(Bonus) The Superhuman Brouhaha With Mike Davidson
Remember the whole Superhuman kerfuffle of the last week or so? Mike Davidson wrote a blog post calling out some shady stuff in the Superhuman email product, all of silicon valley debated it, Superhuman walked things back a b...
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July 12, 2019
Fri. 07/12 - Amazon Developing A High-End Echo Speaker
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.
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July 11, 2019
Thu. 07/11 - Bird In Trouble Or Turning The Corner?
Apple quietly brings the hammer down on Zoom’s hidden web server, Apple also turns off Walkie Talkie in order to fix it, Google Assistant is listening in on you also, Amazon Music is a streaming dark-horse and dang is Bird lo...
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July 10, 2019
Wed. 07/10 - The New Switch Lite Drops The... "Switching"
The Nintendo Switch Lite is a smaller cheaper Switch that doesn’t “switch,” HBO Max is ready for the streaming thunderdome, is Slack falling behind Microsoft Teams, and an effort to close a funny tax loophole for crypto inves...
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July 9, 2019
Tue. 07/09 - Apple Culls The MacBook Herd
Apple culls the MacBook herd, YouTube returns to FireTV, a weird zero day exploit in Zoom’s video conferencing app, Elon Musk shakes up his autopilot team, and Stranger Things 3 breaks records for Netflix.
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July 8, 2019
Mon. 07/08 - The Rise of the Professional Dungeon Master
Your driver’s license is already being used for facial recognition surveillance, VC investment in Chinese startups is plummeting, I have an answer to my question around cities paying ransom to hackers, and if this podcast thi...
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July 7, 2019
(Bonus) The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? (Pt. 2)
Part Two of the legendary Gary Kildall Story...
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