Thu. 07/08 – The States Go After Google First
State Attorneys General file an antitrust suit against Google. But why them, first? Visa wants you to spend crypto via their platform. Fintech leads a record first half of the year for VC raises. And ...
8 Jul 202118min
Wed. 07/07 – Pentagon, RE: The JEDI Contract: Jkjkjkjkjk
The Pentagon wants a do-over for that JEDI contract. YC wants to do Tinder but for founder matchmaking. Amazon open sources its gaming engine. How about NFT’s but for the stock market? And if you thin...
7 Jul 202119min
Tue. 07/06 – New Nintendo Switch (Finally/Kinda)
Nintendo finally announces the new Switch, but how new is it really? What the heck is happening with Didi and China? REvil strikes again, and what that might mean for the hacking situation going forwa...
6 Jul 202118min
(SPC CST) The Facebook Antitrust Blowup With @Kantrowitz
lex Kantrowitz of the Big Technology newsletter comes on to try to help us work out what happened with that Facebook Antitrust case blowup. Also, what does this mean for regulating other companies. Ho...
3 Jul 20211h 16min
Fri. 07/02 – Robinhood’s IPO Success Depends On Doge?
Robinhood files for its long-awaited IPO. The Chinese government took the shine off of Didi’s recent IPO. More new features from Twitter. Is Apple the first to take advantage of 3nm chips? And, of cou...
2 Jul 202118min
Thu. 07/01 – Instagram Is “No Longer A Photo-Sharing App”
Instagram and TikTok are on a collision course. Instagram wants to be more like TikTok, while TikTok hopes to move the goalposts first. Amazon wants Lina Khan to recuse herself. Big tech is not only t...
1 Jul 202116min
Wed. 06/30 – Facebook’s Substack Clone
Facebook launches its Substack clone. Emphasis on clone. Shopify joins the platform tax wars by going to zero. A truce between Microsoft and Google has just lapsed. A big raise in the drone space. And...
30 Jun 202118min
Tue. 06/29 – Facebook Beats The Rap
A judge has completely thrown out the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook and sent them back to the drawing board. Microsoft and OpenAI and Github have a tool that will suggest code to you as you...
29 Jun 202118min
