Wed. 06/16 – A Nightmare FTC Chair For Big Tech?
Lina Khan has not only been confirmed as FTC commissioner, she’s also been named FTC chair. Waymo raises a big new round, which is soops interesting. Spotify joins the audio rooms sweepstakes. A Windo...
16 Jun 202117min
Tue. 06/15 – Automattic Acquires Day One
Automattic acquires the popular iOS and iPad OS journaling app, Day One. Everybody wants a piece of Stripe. Stripe wants to be the “Stripe for Identity” all by itself. With HBO vanquished, now Netflix...
15 Jun 202116min
Mon. 06/14 – An “Extreme” Apple Watch?
Could we get an extreme sports Apple Watch soon? Google makes Workspace and Chat available to all. Bitcoin’s first major overhaul in four years is a go. TikTok has quickly become an advertising Monste...
14 Jun 202119min
Fri. 06/11 – Now The Hackers Have Come For Our Hamburgers
Moar… hacking news. McDonalds. Electronic Arts. Le sigh. Apple wants to do away with passwords too. Elon Musk unveils the Model S Plaid. An interesting Apple Car hire. And of course, the weekend longr...
11 Jun 202118min
Thu. 06/10 – Another Payoff To Ransomware Hackers
Another payoff to Ransomware hackers. Facebook to launch a smartwatch? Microsoft to launch a dedicated game streaming device? Samsung unveils a tiny, tiny camera sensor. Stripe wants to handle your sa...
10 Jun 202118min
Wed. 06/09 – The First Country To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Biden reverses the TikTok and WeChat bans. Did one single customer cause that Fastly internet outage? Interesting raise for a fa...
9 Jun 202116min
Tue. 06/08 – Fastly Takes Down The Internet
Fastly takes down the internet, highlighting how the internet is still really centralized. The US seized most of the bitcoins those hackers got from the Colonial Pipeline hack, highlighting how Bitcoi...
8 Jun 202117min
Mon. 06/07 - WWDC 2021
All the headlines from WWDC 2021. Bezos in space! France brings the first hammer down on this round of anti-competitive action, this time against Google. And Jane Manchun Wong has the details on the u...
7 Jun 202119min
