Wed. 11/30 – Am I On Your Spotify Wrapped This Year?
The Covid lockdown at that Foxconn factory has lifted. The surprising strength of the smartwatch sector. The surprising failure of the Kindle Scribe. Gorilla Glass Victus 2. And Sony has an actual new idea for the Metaverse. Sponsors: InternetSociety.org/techmeme Links: China’s Zhengzhou, home to world’s largest iPhone factory, ends Covid lockdown. Other cities do the same (CNN Business) India Becomes Biggest Smartwatch Market in Q3 2022 (Counterpoint) Amazon Security Lake is a standards-based data lake for security data (TechCrunch) Amazon Kindle Scribe review: absolutely adequate (The Verge) Apple Music reveals top music in 2022 and listener charts (AP News) Gorilla Glass Victus 2 could save your big phone from disastrous falls on concrete (TechRadar) Sony is getting into the metaverse with a new motion-tracking system (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Nov 202218min
Tue. 11/29 – Is Elon Going To War With Apple?
Elon says he’s willing to go to war with Apple. Why now? Is Apple really threatening Twitter’s status in the App Store, as he claims? Where, exactly, is the money for Binance’s crypto recovery fund coming from? Amazon wants kids to get in on the generative AI game. And with all the explosion of AI tools, why aren’t we seeing more adoption of AI for the very tangible and very important use case of medical imaging? Sponsors: ZenGo.com/ride and code: ride Links: Elon Musk Claims Apple Has 'Mostly Stopped' Offering Ads on Twitter and Is Making Moderation Demands (MacRumors) Why some tech CEOs are rooting for Musk (Platformer) Twitter’s $5bn-a-year business hit as Elon Musk clashes with advertisers (Financial Times) Binance clarifies initial $1 billion recovery fund deposit came from own assets (The Block) Amazon’s Create With Alexa generates unique animated children’s stories on Echo Show (Engadget) Google partners with med tech company to develop AI breast cancer screening tools (The Verge) Special Series Part 3: AI Could Transform Medical Imaging — So Why Don’t We See It More? (Crunchbase News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
29 Nov 202218min
Mon. 11/28 – The China Protests
All of the protests erupting in China have, not only a definite tech angle, but might have been triggered by those lockdowns at that Foxconn factory. BlockFi officially files for bankruptcy. Binance attempts to prove its reserves. How to message yourself on WhatsApp. And how Minecraft might have led to a major new breakthrough in AI. Sponsors: LetsTalkInTouch.com Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests (Washington Post) US Bans Huawei, ZTE Telecom Equipment on Data-Security Risk (Bloomberg) Crypto Lender BlockFi Filing for Bankruptcy and Conducting Major Layoffs as FTX Contagion Claims Another: Source (Decrypt) Binance releases proof-of-reserves system, starting with bitcoin (The Block) WhatsApp rolls out a feature that makes it easier to message yourself (WhatsApp) A bot that watched 70,000 hours of Minecraft could unlock AI’s next big thing (MIT Technology Review) Special Series Launch: The Promises And Perils Of A Decade Of AI Funding (Crunchbase News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Nov 202215min
(Bonus) Internet From Space! With The Internet Society
Check out the extensive paper on LEO satellites and Internet from space at InternetSociety.org/techmeme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Nov 202234min
Wed. 11/23 – Foxconn Riots?
Actual rioting happening at the major Foxconn factory that produces iPhones. Microsoft fully embraces Linux. Advertisers continue to flee from Twitter. What if your wifi router and mesh network was actually a fashionable home décor choice? And surprise! The weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: InternetSociety.org/techmeme Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Violent Protests Erupt at Apple’s Main iPhone Plant in China (Bloomberg) Windows Subsystem for Linux generally available via Microsoft Store (BleepingComputer) Advertisers are dropping Twitter. Musk can’t afford to lose any more. (Washington Post) Nest Wifi Pro review: better, faster, shinier (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Tiny and Nightmarishly Efficient Future of Drone Warfare (The Atlantic) Robert Iger Returns to Disney Facing Radically Different Streaming Landscape (WSJ) America has an earthquake early-warning system now — on your phone (Washington Post) The Weird-Looking, Fuel-Efficient Planes You Could Be Flying in One Day (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Nov 202218min
Tue. 11/22 – The Alexa Deathwatch Is Real
The contagion in crypto continues to teeter on a knife’s edge. Why were Sam Bankman Fried’s parents allegedly buying property in the Bahamas? Elon says Twitter is hiring again. Turns out the Alexa deathwatch is very real. And is Apple really the privacy company, or just like everybody else when it comes to ads? Sponsors: InternetSociety.org/techmeme RocketMoney.com/ride Links: Crypto Brokerage Genesis Is Said to Warn of Bankruptcy Without Funding (Bloomberg) Hedge funds left with billions stranded on FTX (FT) Exclusive: Bankman-Fried's FTX, parents bought Bahamas property worth $121 million (Reuters) Elon Musk says Twitter is done with layoffs and ready to hire again (The Verge) Amazon is gutting its voice assistant, Alexa. Employees describe a division in crisis and huge losses on 'a wasted opportunity.' (Insider) Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but New Tests Say That's Not True (Gizmodo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 Nov 202218min
Mon. 11/21 – More Crypto Trouble?
Ruh roh. Storm clouds gathering in crypto land again. This time it’s DCG and Genesis. The shocking CEO revolving door over at Disney. The surprising return of SwiftKey. What you missed this weekend in Twitter. And you’ve heard of Stable Diffusion; let me introduce you to Unstable Diffusion. Stable Diffusion but for porn. Sponsors: LetsTalkInTouch.com Masterclass.com/ride ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: Grayscale won’t share proof of reserves, citing ‘security concerns’ (The Block) Grayscale refuses to share proof of reserves due to ‘security concerns’ as shares trade at a 45% discount to bitcoin (CNBC) Disney Shocker: Bob Iger Returning as CEO, Bob Chapek Exits (The Hollywood Reporter) SwiftKey is unexpectedly back on iOS (The Verge) Twitter’s Broken Its Copyright Strike System, Users Are Uploading Full Movies (Forbes) Kite is saying farewell (Kite.com) Meet Unstable Diffusion, the group trying to monetize AI porn generators (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 Nov 202217min
(Bonus) Vibe Shift (?) Twitter (Also ?) With @anildash
The great Anil Dash joined us to talk about... well, what do you think we talked about? But also, a broader discussion about the crazy year that the tech industry has had. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Nov 20222h 4min
