(Bonus) CoinDesk's Brady Dale On Libra and the "Crypto Spring"

Wrapping up the Samsung event with @samrutherford of Gizmodo, taking stock of the state of foldable phones, and the 1Password engineering and founding team joins for the entire second half! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Aug 20211h 29min

Disney reported some surprisingly strong streaming numbers. A recent Nvidia keynote included a virtual replica of its CEO. What if USDC becomes a stablecoin defacto backed by the US Fed. And in the weekend longreads suggestions, why stablecoins generally have become the lynchpin of the crypto universe. Sponsors: Gainful.com/techmeme Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code Podcastcode Links: Disney+ beats expectations to reach 116 million subscribers in Q3 (TechCrunch) Nvidia Reveals Its CEO Was Computer Generated in Keynote Speech (Motherboard) How Circle could create a U.S.-backed digital currency (Axios) Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 'bug bounty' (Reuters) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Why the Stablecoin Issuers Will Inherit the Earth (Bloomberg) I Joined a Penguin NFT Club Because Apparently That’s What We Do Now (NYTimes) Status Monkeys (Not Boring) How Figma Became Design’s Hottest Startup, Valued At $10 Billion (Forbes) Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Aug 202118min

There is officially a bill to crack open the App Store. DoorDash wanted to buy Instacart, but fear of regulators scuppered the deal. WhatsApp will let you migrate your chat history. Lionel Messi’s new club is paying him partially in crypto. And there’s still money in digital piracy. Sponsors: Calm.com/techmeme Metalab.co Links: App Store Competition Targeted by Bipartisan Senate Bill (WSJ) DoorDash Recently Held Talks to Buy Instacart (The Information) TikTok to add more privacy protections for teenaged users, limit push notifications (TechCrunch) WhatsApp will let you transfer your chat history between Android and iOS (Engadget) Researchers Create 'Master Faces' to Bypass Facial Recognition (Motherboard) Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens (Reuters) Pirated-Entertainment Sites Are Making Billions From Ads (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Aug 202116min

All the flipping and folding phone news from today’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. A big crypto crime in the DeFi space. Did AWS beat out Microsoft for a secret NSA contract? And why are all the major tech platforms so concerned about protecting kids all of the sudden? Not that that’s a bad thing! Sponsors: Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code Podcastcode Metalab.co Links: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 delivers S Pen, better screen durability, IPX8 for $1,799 (9to5Google) Samsung breaks the triple-digit barrier w/ Galaxy Z Flip 3 priced at $999 (9to5Google) THE GALAXY WATCH 4 INJECTS SAMSUNG’S CAPABLE HARDWARE WITH GOOGLE SOFTWARE (The Verge) At least $611 million stolen in massive cross-chain hack (The Block) Poly Network attacker returns $256 million of the stolen cryptocurrency (The Block) NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon (Nextgov) OpenAI launches Codex, an API for translating natural language into code (The Machine) Google restricts ad targeting of minors and will delist photos of kids at their request (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Aug 202119min

Time for iPhone rumor season to hit fever pitch. Will the next iPhone take a page out of the Apple Watch’s book when it comes to screens? Has Apple run afoul of US labor law? The Crypto fix fails in the Senate, so now folks have to hope for reconciliation with the House. An interesting raise that is up 5X in 5 months. And a possible explanation for the Buy Now Pay Later craze. Sponsors: Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code Podcastcode SetApp.com Links: Apple Readies New iPhones With Pro-Focused Camera, Video Updates (Bloomberg) APPLE KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN EMPLOYEE-RUN SURVEYS ON PAY EQUITY — AND LABOR LAWYERS SAY IT’S ILLEGAL (The Verge) Bitcoin Lobby Loses: Senate Rejects Revised Crypto Tax Provisions in Infrastructure Bill (Decrypt) Google’s new Titan security key lineup won’t make you choose between USB-C and NFC (The Verge) Crypto Platform FalconX Quintuples Valuation to $3.75 Billion (Bloomberg) Square's $29 billion deal for buy-now, pay-later player Afterpay is the starting gun for the race to build a money super app (Insider) Exclusive: Salesforce enters the streaming wars (Axios) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Aug 202116min

Crypto flexes its lobby muscle in an attempt to craft that infrastructure bill. Apple tries to beat back the controversy around its photo scanning plans. The Cybertruck is delayed. And what if the whole democratization of investing thing moves beyond options and even NFTs into angel and venture investing. Sponsors: Kiwico.com/ride Voices.com Links: Senators Near Deal On Crypto Oversight, But May Be Too Late (Bloomberg) Apple CSAM FAQ addresses misconceptions and concerns about photo scanning (9to5Mac) Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Initiatives, and the Slippery Slope (Daring Fireball) An Unsurprising But Sad Update for Tesla Cybertruck Fans: Production Has Been Pushed to 2022 (Gizmodo) Google is planning a new Silicon Valley campus with hardware hub, plans show (CNBC) Uber, Lyft Prices at Records Even as Drivers Return (WSJ) Even Your Allergist Is Now Investing in Start-Ups (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Aug 202117min

All things metaverse! Why is it on everybody's lips at the moment? When will it arrive? Is it already (kinda) here? With @janineyorio from Republic.co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Aug 20211h 18min

I try to explain this whole controversy about Apple scanning your photos. Yelp will list business’ vaccination policies. I guess I’m bullish on autonomous tractors. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code PODCASTCODE Metalab.com Links: Apple confirms it will begin scanning iCloud Photos for child abuse images (TechCrunch) Yelp will let businesses list their vaccination policies (The Verge) John Deere buys autonomous tractor startup Bear Flag Robotics (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The End of Venture Capital as We Know It (The Information) Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall (Forbes) The Metaverse Has Always Been a Dystopian Idea (Vice) How Olympic Surfing Is Trying to Ride the Machine Learning Wave (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Aug 202116min