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Dutch authorities have arrested a developer related to Tornado Cash. But is there a grey area here that is a bit messy? LinkedIn seems ready to go all in on the creator and influencer economy. Apple seems to have confidence that there’s not going to be a slowdown in iPhone sales. And of course, the weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Masterworks.com/ride Links: Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam (The Block) LinkedIn rolls out new tools to give creators more ways to share visual content (TechCrunch) Apple Expects to Sustain iPhone Sales in 2022 as Market Slows (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Did Two Unknown Latin Music Operators Make $23 Million From YouTube? The IRS Says They Stole It (Billboard) Tornado Cash Crackdown Shows Limits of Regulating Cryptocurrency Services (WSJ) Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes (ArsTechnica) New – AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network (AWS Blog) The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs (Wired) The End of Manual Transmission (The Atlantic) The job openings at Sensel: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Sensel/jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Aug 202217min

Disney embraces inflation because it kind of has to. How Facebook and Instagram are sneakily still tracking you, even after Apple’s ATT changes. The FCC has rejected SpaceX for a big rural broadband deal. And where the teens are hanging out online, these days. You kind of know the answer, but the data is still interesting. Sponsors: MacGeekGab.com Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Disney+ Ad Plan Price and Launch Date Set — Along With Fee Hikes for Disney+ Premium, Hulu (Variety) Cisco hacked by Yanluowang ransomware gang, 2.8GB allegedly stolen (BleepingComputer) CISA warns of Windows and UnRAR flaws exploited in the wild (BleepingComputer) iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser (Felix Krause) FCC denies Starlink’s application for $885M subsidy (TechCrunch) Ethereum's final proof-of-stake 'test merge' is live on Goerli (The Block) Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 (PEW Research Center) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Aug 202217min

All the headlines from this morning’s Galaxy Unpacked event. Walmart wants to ad video to keep up with Prime. Spotify quietly begins selling tickets. And if someone sends you some dirty ETH, and you can’t block receipt of it, are you in trouble? Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a little better and still too expensive (The Verge) Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed (Engadget) Samsung goes big on battery with the Galaxy Watch 5 series (The Verge) Walmart Ponders Streaming Deal With Paramount, Disney and Comcast (NYTimes) Spotify starts selling live music tickets to fans directly (TechCrunch) Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash (CoinDesk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Aug 202217min

WhatsApp rolls out privacy features. The battery icon returns to the iPhone. China is growing restless over its silicon industry. HBOMax will stop getting Warner Movies automatically. The really rugged smartwatch from Garmin. And the real reason Amazon is buying One Medical and iRobot. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Links: WhatsApp’s new update makes it easier to avoid your friends (The Verge) WhatsApp now lets users delete messages up to two days after they were sent (9to5Mac) iOS 16 beta 5 finally adds the battery percentage to the status bar (9to5Mac) China Graft Probes Stem From Anger Over Failed Chip Plans (Bloomberg) Warner Bros. Movies Are No Longer Guaranteed To Arrive On HBO Max After A 45-Day Theatrical Window: Source (Decider) Garmin adds another bright spot to its line of multisport watches (Android Authority) What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Aug 202215min

Masa Son takes another one on the chin, another record loss. The US Treasury is sanctioning a major crypto mixing service. Netflix Gaming is off to a good start or a terrible one, I can’t tell. One of the streaming services is biting the dust. And since we’re aware of the car industry data tracking issue, how much data is Tesla already tracking about your driving? Sponsors: Gusto.com/ride CyberSecurityInside.com/ride Links: SoftBank plans Vision Fund job cuts after record net loss (Reuters) US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash (The Block) Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies (TechCrunch) Nvidia warns on second-quarter revenue, shares dip (CNBC) Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few subscribers are playing along (CNBC) HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023 (Variety) The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard (IEEE Spectrum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Aug 202217min

Stashpad is the developer notepad. Devs! Download the app at Stashpad.com and help us finalize everything before the big launch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Aug 202223min

Our friend Alex Kantrowitz returns to my kitchen table for a crossover episode with Big Technology Podcast (subscribe here) to discuss whether or not Meta is going to see its promise land Metaverse? And are we in a recession or just a tech recession? Oh. And tips to survive plane travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Aug 20221h 10min

Amazon wants to acquire the company that makes the Roomba robot, or as it’s known in my family, Vrrrrooom. We finally know the legal arguments both sides are making in the Elon/Twitter case. Does crashing semiconductor demand prove we’re in a recession or not? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B (TechCrunch) Twitter slams Elon Musk's response to its lawsuit (Axios) Cooling Semiconductor Sales Heighten Fears of a Global Recession (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The endless search for a crypto use case (Networked substack) It’s paintbrushes at dawn as artists feel the pressure of AI-generated art (TechCrunch) CNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications (CNN) THE UNSUNG INVENTOR WHO CHASED THE LED RAINBOW (ieee Spectrum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Aug 202219min