(Portfolio Profile) Cognitive Talent Solutions
Check out Cognitive Talent Solutions here, or get in touch with me to put you in touch with them. And if you'd like to invest in CTS, subscribe and invest to the Ride Home Fund by August 30th here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 Heinä 202241min
(TWTR SPC) Mathew Ball On The Metaverse And Jason Del Rey On Amazon After Bezos
Matthew Ball comes on to talk about his new book: The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything. Then, Jason Del Rey @DelRey talks to us about how Amazon has been faring in the post-Jeff Bezos era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Heinä 20221h 17min
Fri. 07/29 – Instagram Listens To The Kardashians
Even a weak earnings report from Apple can still break records. Instagram’s been in a stare down with the Kardashians, and Adam Mosseri just blinked. Congress just passed a ton of money to jump start domestic chip production. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Kolide.com/ride Links: Apple iPhone Sales Remain Resilient as Company Reports 11% Decline in Profit (WSJ) Instagram walks back its changes (Platformer) CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Buy Now, Pay Later Juggernaut Is About to Be Tested (Bloomberg) F.T.C. Chair Upends Antitrust Standards With Meta Lawsuit (NYTimes) Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car? (The Markup) TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants (The New Yorker) RollerCoaster Tycoon taught me to be a ruthless capitalist (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 Heinä 202217min
Thu. 07/28 – Meta Goes Backwards For The First Time Ever
Meta has reported its first-ever YoY quarterly revenue decline. The FTC has moved to block a Meta acquisition, the first big regulatory move of the Lina Khan era. Google delays it’s cookie cleanup. Again. You’re not seeing things. There’s been a Gmail redesign. And DeepMind has solved one of the oldest problems in biology. Sponsors: StitchFix.com/ride for $20 off Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Reports First Ever Revenue Drop (WSJ) F.T.C. Sues to Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal as It Confronts Big Tech (NYTimes) Jack Ma Plans to Cede Control of Ant Group (WSJ) Google delays when Chrome will phase out third-party cookies to 2024 (9to5Google) Gmail’s new look is now rolling out to everyone (The Verge) DeepMind's protein-folding AI cracks biology's biggest problem (NewScientist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Heinä 202215min
Wed. 07/27 – Inflation Hits The Metaverse
I’ll wrap up the earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Spotify and Shopify. Proof that the cost of a data breach for companies is skyrocketing. What ever happened to the legislative crackdown on Big Tech? Inflation comes to the Metaverse as Meta is jacking up the prices on Quest headsets. And a big update to Google Maps. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Techmeme headlines from this morning running down earnings (Techmeme, 8:25am eastern today) IBM Security report finds data breaches are costlier than ever before (SiliconAngle) Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us (ArsTechnica) Senate’s Antitrust Crackdown Sputters as Schumer Signals Doubts (Bloomberg) Quest 2 Price Jumps To $399 As Meta Costs Rise (UploadVR) Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 Heinä 202217min
Tue. 07/26 – Why Big Tech Hates The Leap Second
Is the SEC about to crack down on Coinbase? Why is Kylie Jenner mad at Instagram? Why are all the big tech companies mad at the leap second, of all things? And a deep dive look at what Amazon probably wants to do with its big healthcare acquisition. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Cybersecurityinside.com/RIDE Links: Coinbase Faces SEC Probe on Crypto Listings; Shares Tumble (Bloomberg) Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian tell Instagram to 'stop trying to be TikTok,' which could spell major trouble for the platform (Insider) Creators on Facebook can now earn money through videos that use licensed music (TechCrunch) Shopify to Lay Off 10% of Workers in Broad Shake-Up (WSJ) Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet (CNET) The Amazon + One Medical Post (Out Of Pocket) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Heinä 202217min
Mon. 07/25 – NFL+
NFL+ arrives, and at the end of the show, we’ll take a deep dive into sports rights as the great free radical in the streaming wars and the evolution in sports in general. In between that, people accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of lowballing them. More details on the so-called Apple Watch Pro. And if I told you there’s a global shortage of fiber optic cable, would you be surprised? Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: NFL+ Enters Sports Streaming Wars As League Launches New Service (The Hollywood Reporter) Voyager Responds to FTX’s Offer, Calling It a ‘Low-Ball’ Bid (Bloomberg) Apple Begins to Show Rare Vulnerability Ahead of Economic Slowdown (Bloomberg) Intel bags deal to make chips for MediaTek, that other Android processor designer (The Register) Global shortage of fibre optic cable threatens digital growth (FT) Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Heinä 202217min
(TWTR SPC) - Fake Review Economies And How Social Networks Win
Saoud Kalifah of FakeSpot.com joins us to discuss what I guess we could call, the fake review economy. Chris made a compelling case for the new Browser Company browser Arc. I try to find my way to a Brian’s Unified Theory of what makes new social networks succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Heinä 20221h 33min
