Fri. 03/08 – TikTok In Peril?

WeWork files for its IPO, a huge data leak reveals fingerprints, facial recognition data and more, are you going to have trouble taking your MacBook Pro on your next flight, why Two and a Half Men is the next big piece in the streaming wars and why I’m bullish on an Airbnb for boats. Sponsors: Metalab.co MacStadium.com/ridehome Links: WeWork files for long-awaited IPO (Axios) Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms (The Guardian) FAA Bans Recalled MacBook Pros From Flights (Bloomberg) AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy (WSJ) HBO Max eyeing ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Two and a Half Men’ in $1.5 billion deal (The Daily Dot) Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Chats (Bloomberg) Peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace Boatsetter raises $10M as it looks to grow globally (TechCrunch) Subscribe to the ad-free feed right HERE in your podcast browser! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Aug 201919min

Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a prime ransomware target, and yes, Twinfluencers are apparently a thing. Sponsors: MacStadium.com/ridehome Metalab.co Links: Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (WSJ) Snap Unveils a New Version of Video-Recording Spectacles (Bloomberg) Microsoft Cancels Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft (Thurrott.com) Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a 'virtual society' (TechCrunch) Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack (The Verge) Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet (The Atlantic) Design Memes: The Origin of those Helvetica List T-Shirts (HowDesign.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Aug 201916min

Would you want (or need) a 108MP smartphone camera? The “Ninja” Blevins/Twitch breakup explained. The cat-and-mouse between Chrome and paywalls explained. Credit where due for Apple on wearables, and why touchscreens might not be a user interface panacea. Sponsors: Metalab.co Legacybox.com/ride Links: Samsung's 108-megapixel mobile sensor closes in on mirrorless cameras (Engadget) Ninja calls out Twitch after his dormant channel highlights porn (updated) (Engadget) The New York Times is still detecting Chrome Incognito Mode after Google’s fix (9to5Google) Apple Deserves More Credit for Wearables (Above Avalon) How Facebook Is Changing to Deal With Scrutiny of Its Power (NYTimes) Navy Reverting DDGs Back to Physical Throttles, After Fleet Rejects Touchscreen Controls (USNI News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Aug 201919min

Uber and Lyft continue to lose money hand over fist, Huawei has a backup OS plan, Piano has a smarter paywall for news outlets, people are texting their “number neighbors” and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Mealime CognitoHQ.com Links: Uber Posts $5.2 Billion Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate (NYTimes) Huawei reveals HarmonyOS, its alternative to Android (Engadget) Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content (WSJ) How Piano built a propensity paywall for publishers — and what it’s learned so far (NiemanLab) Here's why the internet is obsessed with 'number neighbors,' a viral trend where people text phone numbers one digit away from their own (Business Insider) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (The New Yorker) I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets (Bloomberg Businessweek) How Globalization Broke Gateway, the Cow Computer Company (Motherboard) Python is eating the world: How one developer's side project became the hottest programming language on the planet (ZDNet) With warshipping, hackers ship their exploits directly to their target's mail room (TechCrunch) Scientists Are Stuck on the Mystery of Tape (Engadget) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Aug 201919min

All the headlines from the Galaxy Note 10 event, to what degree does Zuckerberg really want to keep Instagram independent, Google is expanding podcast search capabilities, you can now tell Alexa to slow down, and Netflix bags Benioff and Weiss and what that means to the streaming wars. Sponsors: Mealime Originate.mobi Links: The 7 biggest announcements from the Samsung Note 10 event (The Verge) Google Maps lets you pull up flight and hotel reservations on the go (CNET) Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results (The Verge) Now you can choose how fast Alexa talks on your Amazon Echo (The Verge) Instagram's lax privacy practices let a trusted partner track millions of users' physical locations, secretly save their stories, and flout its rules (Business Insider) 'Game of Thrones' Creators Close $200M Netflix Overall Deal (The Hollywood Reporter)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Aug 201918min

We have a launch date for Disney+ and we also have confirmation of a wicked compelling bundle, FedEx officially breaks up with Amazon, Amazon trades accusations with CVS and Walgreens, iOS API changes make life difficult for Facebook, and why it might be make or break time for TikTok. Sponsors: Originate.mobi Mealime Links: Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ Available At Launch (The Streamable) FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal With Amazon (Bloomberg) Amazon’s PillPack is battling with CVS and Walgreens over getting patient prescriptions (CNBC) Revealed: Microsoft Contractors Are Listening to Some Skype Calls (Vice) Facebook Hit by Apple’s Crackdown on Messaging Feature (The Information) Slack unveils new admin security controls (ITPro) The biggest risks to TikTok (The Interface) End of an era? Microsoft’s MSDN Magazine is ending its run after more than three decades (Onmsft.com) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/join/private Mutant Podcast Army Classic league (Code: rd6c2i) Mutant Podcast Army Head2Head league (Code: bt0y07) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Aug 201917min

The Apple Card is here (for some of you), industrial cyberattacks have doubled, are Yelp and Grubhub partnering to hurt restaurants, Amazon’s scoot robots come to Southern California, 5G comes to New York City and what to expect from tomorrow’s Samsung event. Sponsors: Mealime Joybird.com/ride Promocode: RIDE Links: The Apple Card starts rolling out today (TheVerge) Cyberattacks against industrial targets have doubled over the last 6 months (ZDNet) Microsoft: Russian state hackers are using IoT devices to breach enterprise networks (ZDNet) Microsoft launches Azure Security Lab, expands bug bounty rewards (ZDNet) Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers (Motherboard) Amazon Squeezes Sellers That Offer Better Prices on Walmart (Bloomberg) Amazon’s Scout robots roll out in Southern California (Venture Beat) AT&T rolls out (limited) 5g in (parts of) New York City (TechCrunch) Note 10 Plus? Here’s what to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked on August 7 (Digital Trends) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Aug 201919min

Cloudflare stops doing business with 8chan, two big new smartwatch releases, why the Athletic believes people will pay for sports news, the 22 year old founder of the newest unicorn, and why used electric vehicles might signal EVs are entering the mainstream. Sponsors: Mealime.com MintMobile.com/ride Links: Terminating Service for 8Chan (Cloudflare Blog) 8chan: the far-right website linked to the rise in hate crimes (The Guardian) The Problem Isn't 8chan. It's Americans. (Buzzfeed News) Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 brings back the bezel control (The Verge) Fossil’s latest Wear OS watches have 1GB RAM, smart battery modes, Snapdragon Wear 3100 (9to5Google) Huawei tests smartphone with own operating system, possibly for sale this year: Chinese state media (Reuters) News discovery app SmartNews valued at $1.1b (TechCrunch) Silicon Valley’s Latest Unicorn Is Run by a 22-Year-Old (Bloomberg Businessweek) NOW ON USED CAR LOTS: GREAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CHEAP (Wired) Subscribe to the ad-free feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Aug 201918min