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If Twitter verification is now run by humans, how did so many obvious bot accounts get verified? Why you might start seeing brand logos in your emails, and why that’s actually a good thing. Biden's non-compete clause executive order is a big deal for Big Tech. And a look at the absurdity of the right to repair situation when it comes to gadgets you own. Links: Twitter verified a number of bot accounts—raising questions about security (updated) (DailyDot) Gmail deploys support BIMI security standard (The Record) Android 12 adds ‘Game dashboard’ and ‘Play as You Download’ in Google Play Store (9to5Google) Ring’s end-to-end encryption is rolling out globally (The Verge) Disney Plans to Raise ESPN Plus’ Monthly and Annual Subscription Costs (Variety) Biden's non-compete clause executive order is a big deal for Big Tech (Input Magazine) Biden Executive Order on Non-Competes Could Roil Tech (Bloomberg) Apple AirPod batteries are almost impossible to replace, showing the need for right-to-repair reform (CNBC) Tesla’s $16,000 Quote for a $700 Fix Is Why Right to Repair Matters (The Drive) Link to the Twitter space, tomorrow (07/14) at 4pm eastern Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Heinä 202117min

Is InfoSec the new Fintech when it comes to investor hotness? Did ByteDance make the right move by putting its IPO on ice? Why Amazon looks like it’s going heavy into the sleep gadget game. Why the EU is postponing its digital tax initiative. And why Black Widow’s release this weekend is giving Hollywood streaming hope. Sponsors: Gabi.com/techmeme Gainful.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Cybersecurity Company RiskIQ (Bloomberg) ByteDance Shelved IPO Intentions After Chinese Regulators Warned About Data Security (WSJ) Amazon.com Wants to Monitor You in Your Sleep, for Your Benefit (Bloomberg) Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked device lineup may have been entirely spoiled in huge new leak (The Verge) EU Delays Push for Digital Levy to Focus on Global Tax Deal (Bloomberg) Box Office: Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ Debuts With Dazzling $80 Million in Theaters, $60 Million on Disney Plus (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Heinä 202117min

State Attorneys General file an antitrust suit against Google. But why them, first? Visa wants you to spend crypto via their platform. Fintech leads a record first half of the year for VC raises. And if payment for order flow were nixed by the SEC, what would that do to Robinhood? Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Cybereason.com  Links: 36 states, D.C. sue Google for alleged antitrust violations in its Android app store (Politico) Visa is partnering with over 50 crypto companies to allow clients to spend and convert digital currencies (Markets Insider) OnePlus confirms the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro throttle many popular apps to improve battery life (XDA Developers) Global Venture Funding Hits All-Time High In First Half Of 2021, With $288B Invested (Crunchbase News) London fintech funding soars in first half of the year (Reuters) Twitter Pledges to ‘Fully Comply’ With India Internet Rules (Bloomberg) Robinhood’s Debut Is Clouded by SEC Scrutiny of Payment for Order Flow (Wall Street Journal) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump (New York Times) The U.S. says humans will always be in control of AI weapons. But the age of autonomous war is already here. (Washington Post) GitHub Copilot is not infringing your copyright (Julia Reda) Ireland’s Days as a Tax Haven May Be Ending, but Not Without a Fight (New York Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Heinä 202118min

The Pentagon wants a do-over for that JEDI contract. YC wants to do Tinder but for founder matchmaking. Amazon open sources its gaming engine. How about NFT’s but for the stock market? And if you think China is cracking down on tech companies, wait till you hear how they want to regulate when and how kids can play videogames. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Cybereason.com Links: Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract that Amazon and Microsoft were fighting over (CNBC) Biden Sets Up Tech Showdown With ‘Right-to-Repair’ Rules for FTC (Bloomberg) Y Combinator launches a new way for co-founders to find each other (Protocol) Amazon shifts Lumberyard to open source 3D game engine supported by 20 companies (Venture Beat) Fake Tesla, Apple Stocks Have Started Trading on Blockchains (Bloomberg) China's Tencent Says It'll Use Face Recognition to Keep Minors From Gaming at Night (Gizmodo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Heinä 202119min

Nintendo finally announces the new Switch, but how new is it really? What the heck is happening with Didi and China? REvil strikes again, and what that might mean for the hacking situation going forward. And on a day of big geopolitical news, might big tech platforms be chased out of India and Hong Kong because their employees are in danger of being sent to jail? Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride  Cybereason.com  Links: Nintendo Switch OLED model will go on sale October 8th for $350 (The Verge) Chinese Regulators Suggested Didi Delay Its U.S. IPO (Wall Street Journal) Didi Shows China’s Tech Giants Must First Answer to Beijing (Bloomberg) China’s Big Tech Crackdown Puts Dozens of U.S. IPOs at Risk (Bloomberg) Hundreds of Businesses, From Sweden to U.S., Affected by Cyberattack (New York Times) REvil gang asks for $70 million to decrypt systems locked in Kaseya attack (The Record) Twitter has lost liability protection in India, government says (Tech Crunch) American Internet Giants Hit Back at Hong Kong Doxxing Law (New York Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Heinä 202118min

lex Kantrowitz of the Big Technology newsletter comes on to try to help us work out what happened with that Facebook Antitrust case blowup. Also, what does this mean for regulating other companies. Hosts: @chrismessina @brianmcc Check out Alex's Big Technology Newsletter Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3 Heinä 20211h 16min

Robinhood files for its long-awaited IPO. The Chinese government took the shine off of Didi’s recent IPO. More new features from Twitter. Is Apple the first to take advantage of 3nm chips? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: CreditKarma.com/podcast Calm.com/techmeme Links: Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO (Axios) How Robinhood's explosive growth rate came to be (Tech Crunch) Didi shares fall after China announces cybersecurity review just days after IPO (CNBC) Twitter considers new features for tweeting only to friends, under different personas and more (Tech Crunch) Apple and Intel become first to adopt TSMC's latest chip tech (Nikkei Asia) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Three Weeks with iOS and iPadOS 15: Foundational Updates (Mac Stories) Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built? (Wall Street Journal) ROBBING THE XBOX VAULT: INSIDE A $10 MILLION GIFT CARD CHEAT (Bloomberg) ‘Time and space don’t exist in the spirit world’: How psychics are embracing remote work (Los Angeles Times) The Tin Man Gets His Heart: An Oral History of ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (The Ringer) Subscribe to SpaceCasts on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Heinä 202118min

Instagram and TikTok are on a collision course. Instagram wants to be more like TikTok, while TikTok hopes to move the goalposts first. Amazon wants Lina Khan to recuse herself. Big tech is not only taking over advertising, it’s consolidating it. And anyone can get their hands on Starlink next month, but not everyone might want to. Sponsors: Masterworks.io promocode RIDE Cybereason.com Links: Facebook is testing drastic changes to Instagram to make it more like TikTok (CNBC) TikTok is rolling out longer videos to everyone (The Verge) Federal judge puts Florida 'deplatforming' law on hold, citing First Amendment (NBC News) Amazon Wants FTC Chair Khan Recused Over Past Criticism (Bloomberg) Maine has strictly banned facial recognition from schools and policing (Input) The EU’s 'vaccine passport' and what it means for travel (BBC) Quintopoly? Five tech companies now earn 46% of global ad revenues as news media left behind (Press Gazette) Tim Berners-Lee sells web source code NFT for $5.4m (BBC) Starlink will be open to everyone in August — not that you'll want it (Input) SpaceX's Starlink may bring faster Wi-Fi to commercial planes (Input) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Heinä 202116min