Episodes
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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July 6, 2019
(Bonus) The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? (Pt. 1)
Part One of the legendary Gary Kildall Story...
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July 5, 2019
Fri. 07/05 - Apple Waves the White Flag on Keyboards?
A Superhuman mea culpa, no mea culpa but Apple might be ready to tacitly admit the butterfly keyboards were a mistake, inside Walmart’s turf battles over ecommerce, HQ Trivia lays off staff, and the weekend longreads suggesti...
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July 3, 2019
Wed. 07/03 - Why Is Everyone Arguing Over Superhuman?
Telsa sold a lot more Model 3’s than anyone expected, more signs of tech manufacturing fleeing China, Uber’s new Dine-In service is kinda brilliant, and have you seen the whole tech world arguing over Superhuman?
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July 2, 2019
Tue. 07/02 - Are ISP Caps the Achilles Heel of Game Streaming?
We know when the Galaxy Note 10 is coming, we don’t know why Microsoft is teasing Windows 1.0, Nvidia refreshes the RTX line, meditation app Calm is finding success in an interesting way, and Loon is about to have its first b...
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July 1, 2019
Mon. 07/01 - Was Jony Ive Burned Out AT Apple or BY Apple?
Was Jony Ive burned out at Apple or was he burned out BY Apple? Again, Roku as the quiet mega-player in the streaming wars, how TikTok is spending its way to ubiquity (on the backs of those it wants to supplant) and how tech ...
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June 30, 2019
(Bonus) Bitcoin- What the Heck? With CoinTalk's Aaron Lammer
I didn’t cover it, but you might have noticed that this week, bitcoin did indeed cross that magical $10,000 mark, in fact, got to $13,000 a coin only to flash crash back down again almost to $10,000. But look, seemingly the c...
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June 29, 2019
(Bonus) Silicon Valley and Monopoly With Matt Stoller
Is it really different this time? Is the regulatory hammer about to come down on Silicon Valley? Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Open Markets Institute; he’s writing a book on the history of Monopoly power; and he has direct ...
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June 28, 2019
Fri. 06/28 - Jony Ive Leaves Apple
Jony Ive is leaving Apple, health tech is having its first big IPO, Amazon looks like it is finally ready to kill UPS, I’ve got issues with Google’s new reCAPTCHA’s and the weekend longreads suggestions.
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June 27, 2019
Thu. 06/27 - The Mystery That Is Superhuman
Twitter still allows public figures to break its rules, but it will warn you when they do, Zuckerberg says you need him on that wall, the US Wireless Emergency Alert system can be easily spoofed, and the mystery that is Super...
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June 26, 2019
Wed. 06/26 - Apple Acquires Drive.ai
Apple buys Drive.ai, the days of the phone notch might be numbered, the first solar powered electric car, fighting over the streaming rights for The Office, and why streaming music hasn’t been kind to classical music.
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June 25, 2019
Tue. 06/25 - Bill Gates' Biggest Mistake
LinkedIn’s changes mean peak newsfeed is truly behind us, hackers have been stealing a massive amount of phone data without touching phones, early impressions of the recent Apple beta releases and Bill Gates fesses up to his ...
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