Thu. 11/18 – So… Who Actually “Takes Delivery” Of The Constitution?
Paytm has a rough IPO. Nvidia has another in a long line of crushed earnings reports. Grammarly is an interesting raise. Twitter wants to take the pulse of the stock market. And if ConstitutionDAO wins its auction today, there are some practical questions to answer like, who actually goes and picks it up? Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Dataiku.com Links: Paytm falls 27% on first trading day after India’s largest IPO (TechCrunch) Nvidia easily beats earnings expectations on strong gaming and data center sales (Yahoo!Finance) Grammarly raises $200M at a $13B valuation to make you an even better writer using AI (TechCrunch) AllTrails raises $150M after COVID accelerates people’s interest in exploring the outdoors (TechCrunch) Nreal’s $599 mixed reality glasses are launching in the US on Verizon (The Verge) Twitter partners with S&P 500 on stock index that crowdsources public opinion (CNET) Crypto Group’s Bid for Constitution Faces Real-World Snags—Who Picks It Up? (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Nov 202117min
Wed. 11/17 – Apple Will Let You Do At-Home iPhone Repairs, Yourself
Hell freezes slightly over. Apple is gonna let you repair your own devices, at home, yourself. The Staples Center goes crypto. Meta wants to bring touch to VR. Netflix now WANTS you to know which shows have been watched the most. And Miramax is suing Quentin Tarantino over NFT’s. Sponsors: Wealthfront.com/techmeme Tovala.com/ride Links: Beginning next year, Apple will send you parts and tools to fix your iPhone and Mac at home (TechCrunch) Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant (WSJ) Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena (LATimes) Meta’s sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets (The Verge) Microsoft states that x64 emulation is only available on Windows 11 on ARM PCs (Windows Central) Netflix’s Expanded Viewing Data Move Is Mainly a Flex (Variety) Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Auction (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Nov 202115min
Tue. 11/16 – The War Between The Furries And The NFTs
Twitter has followed through on its promise to decentralize and play nice with 3rd party developers. Will the Nvidia/ARM acquisition actually happen? Substack reaches a million subscribers. Apple defends buying Google Ads. And I get my answer about the whole civil war between Crypto and NFT folks and… furries? Sponsors: CometBackup.com promocode: ride FindYourFidelity.com Links: TWITTER MAKES BIG CHANGES FOR DEVS AS IT EYES DECENTRALIZED FUTURE (The Verge) Nvidia’s $40 billion takeover of chip designer Arm faces a UK national security probe (CNBC) Newsletter start-up Substack hits 1m subscribers (Financial Times) Apple Defends Its Ads for Third-Party Apps, Says It Regularly Communicates With Developers and Has Been Running Them for Five Years (MacRumors) Right-clickers vs. the monkey JPG owners (Garbage Day) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Nov 202115min
Mon. 11/15 – Why Apple Buying Google Ads Might Be Weird
Some app developers say Apple is buying Google ads to cut App Store work-arounds off at the pass. Huawei thinks it has an end run around US sanctions. The audacious hacker that managed to send fake emails from the FBI’s own servers. The story behind the big Taproot update to Bitcoin. And the DAO of crypto enthusiasts looking to buy a copy of the US Constitution. Sponsors: Betterhelp.com/ridehome HeyLaika.com/techmeme Links: Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue (Fortune) Samsung releases Android 12-powered One UI 4 for Galaxy S21 phones (The Verge) Huawei Recruits Smartphone Partners to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions (Bloomberg) FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks (Bleeping Computer) Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website (KrebsOnSecurity) A major upgrade to bitcoin just activated — here’s what investors should know (CNBC Make It) A crypto group has raised nearly $3 million in Ether to bid on a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution (Fortune) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Nov 202118min
(TWTR SPC) How To Build A Metaverse
Coming at the Metaverse from a different angle. If you're a dev or even just an enthusiast, how, from a technological perspective, will the Metaverse be built? Sponsors: FirstRepublic.com Streak.com/techmeme Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Nov 20211h 34min
Fri. 11/12 – MoviePass Is Coming Back
Beware a watering hole, zero day attack that affected macOS. Spotify is getting into the audiobook game. MoviePass looks like it might be coming back from the dead, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Detectify.com/techmeme FirstRepublic.com Links: Google Caught Hackers Using a Mac Zero-Day Against Hong Kong Users (Vice/Motherboard) Amazon will let you easily share clips from its Prime Video content (The Verge) Spotify expands into audiobooks with acquisition of Findaway (TechCrunch) MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch (Insider) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The 10,000 Faces That Launched an NFT Revolution (Wired) The Metaverse and (near-)infinite economic growth (Noahpinion) Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players (NYTimes) The Craziest Sports Story of 2021 Is FC Sheriff (Futbol With Grant Wahl) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Nov 202118min
Thu. 11/11 – Do Gamers Not Like Crypto?
Discord floats the idea of incorporating crypto, but backs down after a vicious backlash. Apple wants to manage IT for small and medium businesses. YouTube is starting to hide the dislike option. Disney+ growth is suddenly anemic. And say hello to an NFT band. Like, literally, a Bored Ape Band. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Discord pushes pause on exploring crypto and NFTs amidst user backlash (TechCrunch) Apple launches Apple Business Essentials: Device management, storage, onsite repairs, and more for one monthly price (9to5Mac) US sues Uber over 'wait time' fees for disabled passengers (Protocol) YouTube gives dislikes the thumbs-down, hides public counts (The Verge) Disney+ Subscriber Growth Slows, Company Misses Wall Street Expectations (The Hollywood Reporter) The World’s Largest Record Company Is Creating an NFT Super Group (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Nov 202116min
Wed. 11/10 – Big Tech Smacked Down In Court
Apple and Alphabet suffer setbacks in court. More hardware moves in the great Metaverse realignment of the tech landscape. Unity buys Weta Digital. No word on if Andy Serkis is part of the package. And Twitter Blue is finally live. A reminder of what that actually is. Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride Oracle.com/ride Links: Judge orders Apple to allow external payment options for App Store by December 9th, denying stay (The Verge) Google Loses Appeal of $2.8 Billion EU Shopping-Ads Fine (WSJ) Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces try to make it easier to get apps ready for augmented reality (The Verge) Unity is buying Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital for over $1.6B (TechCrunch) Meta plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting categories. (NYTimes) Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Nov 202116min
