Episodes
Nov. 29, 2018
Thu. 11/29 - YouTube Jumps on the Stories Bandwagon
Amazon gets into self-driving cars… in a way, Google Assistant adds some familiar features, YouTube rolls out Stories, and WTF is happening in Crypto?
Stories from: @RolfeWinkler
Tweets: @CrankGameplays, @SavinTheBees
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Nov. 28, 2018
Wed. 11/28 - Google Fi (née Project Fi) Comes to iPhones
The biggest ad fraud ever? Amazon gets into medical records, Project Fi comes to iPhones, one of Elon’s LA tunnels is canceled, and the Big Mouth Billy Bass enters the 21st Century.
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8 People Are Facing Charges As A R...
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Nov. 27, 2018
Tue. 11/27 - Why Is Shopping On Amazon So Hard? (Replacement)
AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?
Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvide
Tweets: @ajassy, @AlexS...
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Nov. 27, 2018
Tue. 11/27 - Why Is Shopping On Amazon So Complicated?
AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?
Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvide
Tweets: @ajassy, @AlexS...
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Nov. 26, 2018
Mon. 11/26 - Apple Visits the Supreme Court
Apple heads to the Supreme Court over antitrust concerns about its App Store; Facebook’s internal documents are seized by the British Parliament; what’s behind the resurgence of Atari; the human story of Black Friday inside A...
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Nov. 20, 2018
Tue. 11/20 - Worse Shape: Tech Stocks or Crypto?
Storm clouds everywhere! Tech stocks in bear market territory, crypto in full-on meltdown territory… but video games might help solve science’s gender problem and this one spacebar trick might make your iPhone insanely more u...
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Nov. 19, 2018
Mon. 11/19 - Are iPhone Sales Really Underwhelming (This Time)?
Skype calls on Amazon Echos, Tumblr disappears from iOS, Facebook on a war footing, iPhone sales storm clouds, and the Bitcoin Cash hard fork explained.
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Skype calling now available on Alexa (The Verge)
Tweet Storm on...
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Nov. 16, 2018
Fri. 11/16 - How Much Money Does Airbnb Make?
Airbnb opens the kimono, a disc-less Xbox, Facebook pushes back on controversy, SpaceX gets a key go-ahead, and the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Airbnb booked more than $1 billion in third quarter revenue (CNBC)
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Nov. 15, 2018
Thu. 11/15 - The Bombshell NYTimes Story on Facebook
That huge New York Times story behind the scenes of Facebook, Google adds business messaging to Google Maps, Uber eats is a monster business, Amazon Go has a rival and there’s a new King of YouTube.
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Delay, Deny and D...
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Nov. 14, 2018
Wed. 11/14 - Why Was Google's Traffic Diverted From Nigeria Through China?
Why was Google’s traffic routed from Nigeria through China, Ford partners with Walmart on driverless cars, Amazon’s HQ2 stunt seems to be backfiring, and Uber gets a customer loyalty program.
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Nigerian firm takes blam...
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Nov. 13, 2018
Tue. 11/13 - LeBron's "The Decision" But For Amazon HQ2
Amazon’s HQ2 officially lands in Queens and Crystal City; Waymo is launching a driverless car service in December; Apple locks down repairs on modern Macs; get ready for cloud gaming; Pandora applies its music technology to p...
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Nov. 12, 2018
Mon. 11/12 - What Exactly Is TikTok?
SAP buys Qualtrics, the Galaxy S10 might be coming in February and the Galaxy F might be coming in March, what exactly is TikTok and why you should care, and Jony Ive has an exclusive new product design.
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SAP to buy Q...
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Nov. 9, 2018
Fri. 11/09 - Amazon and Apple Cut a Deal
The great winter of tech worker discontent is definitely here, Disney’s streaming service has a name, Vine might be coming back, Github hits a major milestone and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Amazon...
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Nov. 8, 2018
Thu. 11/08 - Foldable Phones Are Officially A Thing
Foldable phones are officially a thing, Tesla names a new board chair, Amazon’s mailing a physical toy catalog, Ford doesn’t want to miss out on scooters, and Comcast doesn’t want to miss out on home hubs.
Stories from: @alb...
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Nov. 7, 2018
Wed. 11/07 - Why Robocalls Have Taken Over Your Phone
Silicon Valley’s special election day vote, why robocalls have taken over your phone, Jeff Bezos’ clever HQ2 bonus, making 911 calls better and why Jake Tapper is a digital media pioneer.
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San Francisco has passed a f...
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Nov. 6, 2018
Tue. 11/06 - Schrodinger's Amazon HQ2
Facebook takes down more accounts ahead of the election, the new Chrome might block ALL ads on some websites, Macbook Air reviews, and why you might not be able to read election results in tomorrow’s newspaper.
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Mediu...
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Nov. 5, 2018
Mon. 11/05 - iPad Pro Reviews Are Mixed
Has Amazon decided on the location of its new HQ? What do people think of the new iPad Pros? Why are recently IPO’d tech companies hoarding cash? And why you might want to think twice about taking a selfie in the voting booth...
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Nov. 2, 2018
Fri. 11/02 - Apple Earnings Up, Stock Down
Apple makes a pile of money and their stock tanks, Flickr ends its mega-free-storage plan, a classic internet cartoon gets a 4K makeover, browser extensions steal Facebook private messages, testing the latest smartphones to s...
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Nov. 1, 2018
Thu. 11/01 - The Google Employee Walkout
Google employees stage a walk-out protest around the globe, Vox swallows Recode, the new devices this week continue Apple’s push to increase ASP, and maybe it’s subscriptions that are eating the world.
Stories from: @rustybr...
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Oct. 31, 2018
Wed. 10/31 - Facebook's Earnings Are Not a Disaster
Facebook earnings were not a disaster, another Alphabet employee is out because of scandal, Waymo has a permit to test real driverless cars on California roads, and if you don’t know what computational notebooks are, let me t...
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Oct. 30, 2018
Tue. 10/30 - New MacBook Airs, Mac Minis and iPad Pros
Today MacBook Airs, Mac Minis and new iPad Pros, Coinbase raises a round, the UK has a new tech tax, interesting executive musical chairs, and why reCAPTCHA’s might be a thing of the past.
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Oct. 29, 2018
Mon. 10/29 - Big Blue Gets Red Hat
IBM buys Red Hat, museums get new ways to preserve video games, Sony announces the full list of titles for its retro PlayStation mini-console, DJI has a drone for first responders, and a look at the service Gab.
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Oct. 26, 2018
Fri. 10/26 - AI “Art” Fetches $400,000 at Auction
The Tech earnings season earnings roundup, new DRM rules allow jailbreaking… for some things, China’s rival GPS system, AI “art” fetches $400,000 at auction and the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Oct. 25, 2018
Thur. 10/25 - The Andy Rubin Scandal
How Google paid Andy Rubin on his way out the door despite allegations of sexual misconduct, Uber Eats and the rise of virtual restaurants, Kickstarter sunsets its Drip service but plans a nice replacement, and older people a...
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