Mon. 09/16 - Did Amazon Change its Algorithms to Make Itself More Profitable?
If Amazon wants to tip-toe past the regulators, headlines like those from today can’t help, October is going to be filthy with major tech launch events, is TikTok showing us the future of the Chinese ...
16 Sep 201917min
(Bonus) Building AI We Can Trust With Gary Marcus
As I mentioned in the Weekend Longreads segment, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis had an op ed in the times that has changed the way I think about the state of AI. But they’re also the authors of a great ...
15 Sep 201923min
(Bonus) iPhone Event Debrief With John Voorhees of MacStories
We had the big iPhone announcement this week, so to break it down, our good friend at MacStories, John Voorhees is here to dive into… why so much backlash to this event? Was it boring? What did we act...
14 Sep 201926min
Fri. 09/13 - Cloudflare IPO: Good. WeWork IPO: (???...)
Cloudflare has a successful IPO, but will WeWork’s planned IPO be considered a success even if it actually has one? Is another investment bubble popping in the AR/VR space? Will the streaming wars kil...
13 Sep 201918min
Thu. 09/12 - Uber: We're NOT in the Ride Hailing Business!
Uber says the California contractor law doesn’t apply to it because it is… checks notes… not technically in the ride hailing business, will France block Libra in the EU, dark mode comes to Slack, crow...
12 Sep 201917min
Wed. 09/11 - California Borks The Gig Economy (?)
Will a California law change the entire landscape of the gig economy? Can Dutchie build a Shopify-like ecommerce platform for cannabis? Will Switzerland be less welcoming to Libra that Facebook hoped?...
11 Sep 201916min
Tue. 09/10 - The iPhone 11 Event
All the news from the iPhone launch. Also, the Attorneys General officially go after Google… but why is California sitting this one out? And… is Masa Son pressuring WeWork to cancel its IPO or is it f...
10 Sep 201919min
Mon. 09/09 - Apple Hides Its Own Apps (Sorta)
The MIT Media Lab director steps down, Apple sort of hides its own apps in App Store searches, why big tech should worry about the states as much as Uncle Sam, reviews of the Google Nest Hub Max and w...
9 Sep 201918min
