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9 Nov 201935min

Disney Plus will be on Amazon’s Fire TV when it launches next week, Andreessen Horowitz launches a completely free crypto school, Twitter seems to have woken up all of the sudden, T-Mobile really wants that merger with Sprint to happen, and, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co Netgear.com/bestwifi SVB.com/next Links: Disney stock rises after beating on top and bottom lines (CNBC) Andreessen Horowitz launches free crypto startup school (TechCrunch) Twitter Is Trying To Fix The Dunk And Ratio (BuzzFeed) T-Mobile dangles $15 plan, 5G gains, big freebies to get Sprint deal done (CNET) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Pessimists Archive Podcast The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising (The Correspondent) THE BIG BITCOIN HEIST (Vanity Fair) We are living in Hideo Kojima’s dystopian nightmare. Can he save us? (Washington Post) A critical analysis of scroll bars throughout history (The Verge) The Making of the World’s Greatest Investor (WSJ) How Cheap Robots Are Transforming Ocean Exploration (Outside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Nov 201918min

Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia, those weird text messages a whole bunch of people received overnight, the most powerful desktop CPUs in the world, Ghost Locomotion wants to turn existing cars into autonomous vehicles, Wrench will repair your car on demand, and what smart speaker seems to be unhackable? Sponsors: Metalab.co SVB.com/next Links: Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia by digging into the accounts of kingdom critics (Washington Post) Alphabet’s board of directors is investigating executives over inappropriate relationships (CNBC) A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day (The Verge) AMD unveils world's most powerful desktop CPUs (ZDNet) Uber faces costly choices after expert finds it uses Waymo self-driving tech (Reuters) Ghost raises $63.7 million to develop an aftermarket kit that gives cars self-driving capabilities (VentureBeat) Wrench's on-demand vehicle repair and maintenance service picks up $20 million (TechCrunch) Facebook Portal survives Pwn2Own hacking contest, Amazon Echo got hacked (ZDNet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Nov 201917min

Twitter announces Topics, Xerox might take a run at HP, Uber’s getting into the ads business, Ford’s electric Mustang makes Tech Crunch angry, and the best blockchain startup idea I’ve heard of in a long time. Sponsors: Metalab.co Leap.FidelityCareers.com Links: Twitter is rolling out Topics, a way to follow subjects automatically in the timeline (The Verge) Xerox Considers Takeover Offer for HP (WSJ) California Says Facebook Failed to Comply With Subpoenas (NYTimes) California asks for court order forcing Facebook to hand over Cambridge Analytica documents (The Verge) Self-Driving Uber in Crash Wasn’t Designed to See Jaywalkers (Bloomberg) Uber is entering the ads business (TechCrunch) Neural Magic raises $15 million to boost AI inferencing speed on off-the-shelf processors (VentureBeat) How Arweave's Permaweb cheaply hosts sites & apps forever (TechCrunch) Ford built an electric Mustand with a manual transmission. And we're mad. (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Nov 201917min

How are things in Masa Son’s world post-WeWork? How long until Uber will be profitable? How is the new Surface Pro X to use? Why is iOS aggressively quitting background apps? And why data scoring companies are maybe worse than credit score companies. Sponsors: SVB.com/next Metalab.co Links: SoftBank imposes new standards to rein in start-up founders (Financial Times) WeWork Isn’t the Only Stumble for SoftBank’s Vision Fund (WSJ) Uber Books Another Quarterly Loss as Revenue Climbs (WSJ) MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO X REVIEW: HEARTBREAKER (The Verge) Xiaomi unveils its 108-megapixel smartphone (Engadget) Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy (ArsTechnica) IOS 13.2 IS OVERZEALOUSLY KILLING APPS IN THE BACKGROUND (Daring Fireball) I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Nov 201916min

Your smart speakers aren’t secure in a wild new way, crazy product announcement day from Microsoft and Adobe, crazy new logo design day from everyone but especially Facebook, and Wikipedia makes a big change to citations. Sponsors: Metalab.co go.conga.com/techmeme SoFi.com/ride Links: Hackers Can Use Lasers to ‘Speak’ to Your Amazon Echo or Google Home (Wired) Microsoft’s new Office app for iOS and Android combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (The Verge) Microsoft's Chromium Edge browser arrives January 15th (Engadget) Microsoft Teams is getting Outlook integration, tasks support, and more (The Verge) Microsoft Ignite 2019: Meet Project Cortex, Office 365 knowledge-management service (ZDNet) Microsoft is bringing Cortana to Outlook for iOS and Android with a new ‘masculine’ voice (The Verge) Introducing Our New Company Brand (Facebook Newsroom) Photoshop for iPad is now available in the App Store (WCCFTech) The Internet Archive Is Making Wikipedia More Reliable (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Nov 201917min

Steve Case is obviously an internet and technology legend, as the founder of America Online. But as I said when I did a segment about it this week, I’ve always been fascinated with his Rise of the Rest Tour and Fund because, look, the whole basic principle of the project is to try new things, try to find new ideas and new people in new places. So after doing the segment on the new Rise of the Rest Fund II, I reached out to Steve to learn more about what he’s been learning as he’s been barnstorming the country to try to find exciting new companies outside of the major tech hubs. Sponsor: WeWorkRemotely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Nov 201921min

Google acquires Fitbit, Apple TV+ officially launches, might the US Government be about to bring the hammer down on TikTok, and of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Tiny Capital Leap.FidelityCareers.com Links: Google to acquire Fitbit, valuing the smartwatch maker at about $2.1 billion (CNBC) Maps Incognito is launching for Google Maps Android Users (Google Maps Help) Apple TV+ is now live in the TV app: Start watching Apple’s original TV shows and movies (9to5Mac) Exclusive: U.S. opens national security investigation into TikTok - sources (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: 50 years ago today, the internet was born in Room 3420 (Fast Company) Talking with former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos (CJR) Everything is Amazing, But Nothing is Ours (AlexDanco.com) The Gross Margin Problem: Lessons for Tech-Enabled Startups (Craft) The Ransomware Superhero of Normal, Illinois (ProPublica) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Nov 201917min