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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 season of Fortnite. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com Capterra.com/ride Links: Intel unveils its first 10th-gen laptop CPUs (Engadget) Bird’s new electric scooter has a better battery and anti-vandalism sensors (The Verge) Dongle life: Galaxy Note 10’s 3.5mm to USB-C adapter pictured ...

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 up on their Portal ambitions and the rise of the livestreamed funeral business. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Links: Apple Reports Third Quarter Results (Apple PR) Samsung's Q2 profit halved from low memory demand (ZDNet) Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 is its...

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, the YouTube creator community is ready for a union.Sponsors:WeWorkRemotely.comPaintYourLife.com: Text the word TECH to 48-48-48Links:Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications (Washington Post)Amazon's cloud was at the heart of the big Cap...

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 Champion. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely Lightstream.com/ride Links: (Don’t) hold the phone: new features coming to Pixel 4 (The KeyWord) GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea (TechCrunch) Amazon Wants to Rule the Grocery Aisles, and Not Just at Whole ...

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 about breaking up Facebook, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Firesideconf/ride Links: T-Mobile and Sprint merger approved by Justice Department (The Verge) Apple and Goldman Sachs Credit Card Targeting August Launch Date (Bloomberg) Trump says App...

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, game and documentary review trifecta.Sponsors:PixelUnion.netSVB.com/nextLinks:Samsung says it has fixed the Galaxy Fold and will release it in September (The Verge)Apple Suppliers See Demand for New IPhones Stabilizing This Year (Bloomberg)Telsa reports larger-than-expec...

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 piracy poised for a major comeback? Sponsors: PixelUnion.net SVB.com/next Links: U.S. government issues stunning rebuke, historic $5 billion fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations (The Washington Post) Google launches Gallery Go, a lightweight alternative to Google...

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 strangers, the NSA consolidates cybersecurity, Uber tests an all-in-one subscription plan, a suit against AT&T over a cryptocurrency theft can proceed, and winking face money bag 100% you should use emoji at work.SponsorsPixel UnionMarketing by MoeLinks:Apple in Advanc...

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, including a decade-old one about Wi-Fi snooping, Apple’s sequel to Tim Cook becomes apparent, and senseless violins.SponsorsCloudbakerPixel UnionLinks:CFPB, FTC and States Announce Settlement with Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach (CFPB)Proving you deserve $20,000 fro...

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, Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings about Technology, from the Telegraph to Twitter tries to look at this question from a historical perspective. Is it really different this time? But more importantly... to what degree has technological change impacted how we think...

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 different stories around the moon landing. They’re all from Charles Fishman, who wrote a book that came out this summer called One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew Us to the Moon. Please buy that book if you want a super great summer long read, literal longread. B...

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.SponsorsCastroFiresideLinks:Microsoft beats on earnings, stock ticks up (CNBC)Trump says he’s looking into a Pentagon cloud contract for Amazon or Microsoft because ‘we’re getting tremendous complaints’ (CNBC)Republican lawmakers urge Trump not to delay the $10 billion Pentagon clo...

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 5G networks give you cancer? No, no they can't. Finally, go ahead! Start that podcast. Don't listen to the naysayers.Sponsors:SVB.com/nextCastroLinks:Netflix subscription adds disappoint, stock drops (Variety)DNC warns candidates to stop using FaceApp, citing Russi...

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.Sponsors:CastroSVB.com/nextLinks:Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of Amazon (The European Commission)A Google VP Told The US Senate The Company Has “Terminated” The Chinese Search App Dragonfly (BuzzFeed News)Apple Pl...

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 digital assistants.Sponsors:SVB.com/nextFiresideconf.com/rideLinks:Senators aren’t sold on Facebook’s Libra project (The Verge)Highlights from Facebook's Libra Senate hearing (TechCrunch)Facebook Cryptocurrency Plans Have a Problem: Facebook’s Reputation (NYTimes)...

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 mobile, and the Air Force warns: do NOT storm Area 51!Sponsors:Rhone.com/ride Promocode RIDE for 20% off!Firesideconf.com/rideLinks:FTC Approves Roughly $5 Billion Facebook Settlement (WSJ)YouTube's Trampled Foes Plot Antitrust Revenge (Bloomberg)Qualcomm's Snapdrag...

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 because I got in touch with the author, Joe Fassler to see what the story is. And yes, there are larger societal and cultural and even cyclical shifts imperiling the traditional grocery market, but yes, it’s tech and ecommerce too. A deeper dive into all this, plus at look a...

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 bit, and actually, I didn’t mention this, but Mike had a second post about this, which was even more in depth an eloquent than the first one. So, I reached out to Mike to talk about this whole thing, not because I wanted to re-litigate it, but because I wanted to poke at… wel...

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.Sponsors:Metalab.coLightstream.com/rideLinks:Amazon Plans High-End Echo, Ramps Up Work on Alexa Home Robot (Bloomberg)Gartner: PC shipments grew 1.5% in Q2 2019 (VentureBeat)Ford-VW alliance expands to include autonomous and electric vehicles (The Verge)Postmates has...

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 losing a lot of money.Sponsors:SVB.com/nextMetalab.coLinks:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server (TechCrunch)Apple disables Walkie Talkie app due to vulnerability that could allow iPhone eavesdropping (TechCrunch)WHO’S LISTENING WHEN Y...

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 investors.Sponsors:SVB.com/nextMetalab.coLinks:Nintendo announces a handheld Nintendo Switch Lite for $199 (TechCrunch)HBO Max will be the exclusive streaming home of 'Friends' (Engadget)BET Streaming Service Taps Netflix Alum as Leader (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Report...

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.Sponsors:SVB.com/nextMetalab.coYouTube.com/jacksontaylortvLinks:Apple stops selling 12-inch MacBook and previous generation MacBook Air (9to5Mac)YouTube is back on the Fire TV, and Prime Video launches on Chromecast starting today (The Verge)Instagram will test a feature that allo...

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 thing goes away, I know my next hustle: professional dungeon master.Sponsors:Metalab.coLegacybox.com/rideLinks:FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches (The Washington Post)Apple tests Face ID and Touch ID sign-in for ...

Part Two of the legendary Gary Kildall Story...Sponsors:Tiny.websiteCognitoHQ.comSubscribe to the ad-free feed!