Thu. 08/26 – The Big Cybersecurity Summit
Big tech offered some big cybersecurity commitments after that White House meetup. TSMC raising chip prices might mean gadget price increases across the board. Looks like everyone remembered they like PCs. Drone delivery hits a milestone in Australia. And another secretive startup that wants to create a battery revolution. Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride Wealthfront.com/techmeme Links: Biden tells top CEOs at White House summit to step up on cybersecurity (Washington Post) World’s Largest Chip Maker to Raise Prices, Threatening Costlier Electronics (WSJ) Silicon Valley Exchange Lists First Two Companies in ESG Push (Bloomberg) Canalys: US PC sales up 17% YoY for quarter, even as tablet sales stagnate (TechCrunch) Wing approaches 100,000 drone deliveries two years after Logan, Australia launch (TechCrunch) Stealthy battery company backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos has a lot to prove (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Aug 202117min
Wed. 08/25 – JK, JK, JK! OnlyFans Reverses Course On Porn Ban
OnlyFans says it loves porn. Doesn’t want to ban porn from its platform after all. Says it wants to be an inclusive platform for all creators. Even the naked ones. The new Fitbit Charge 5. New Messenger features on the occasion of its 10th birthday. Is T-Mobile winning the 5G war? And I guess bigger really is better for neural networks. Sponsors: OurCrowd.com/ride KiwiCo.com promocode Ride for 50% off your first month Links: OnlyFans no longer plans to ban porn, saying in abrupt U-turn that it wants to be a 'home for all creators' (Insider) FITBIT’S NEW CHARGE 5 HAS A ROUNDED DESIGN AND A COLOR SCREEN (The Verge) Messenger celebrates its 10th anniversary with new features and a plan to become the ‘connective tissue’ for real-time experiences (TechCrunch) Microsoft to launch cloud gaming service on Xbox consoles (CNBC) Fastest Mobile Networks 2021 (PCMag) A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Aug 202116min
Tue. 08/24 – Cybersecurity Meetup At The White House
President Biden is gathering the tech five families to discuss cybersecurity. Instagram is retiring swipe up. Facebook is testing a rebundle of Messenger. Airbnb will house Afghan refugees. SpaceX hits some milestones and a Samsung review roundup. Sponsors: Voices.com Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code Podcastcode Links: Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Plan to Visit White House (Bloomberg) Instagram is retiring the swipe up (The Verge) Facebook Retools Messaging Again by Adding Calling to Main App (Bloomberg) Airbnb says it will host 20,000 Afghan refugees (CNN Business) SpaceX ships 100,000 Starlink terminals to customers, eyes future launches using Starship (TechCrunch) Poly Network says it has recovered all $610 million it lost in cryptocurrency heist (Engadget) SAMSUNG GALAXY Z FOLD 3 REVIEW: NEARLY NORMAL (The Verge) SAMSUNG’S GALAXY Z FLIP 3 IS THE FIRST FOLDING PHONE FOR NORMAL PEOPLE (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Aug 202116min
Mon. 08/23 – M1X Mac Mini Incoming…
Mark Gurman says when a new high end M1X Mac mini might be coming. The USDC stablecoin looks to get right with the accounting Gods. Visa buys a CryptoPunk. Did Giphy pay dividend to lower its value for Facebook to acquire it? And do we now know the real reason why OnlyFans is attempting to abandon porn? Sponsors: Oracle.com/goto/ride Modern Finance Podcast Links: High-End 'M1X' Mac Mini With New Design and Additional Ports Expected to Launch in the 'Next Several Months' (MacRumors) The world’s second-largest stablecoin is undergoing a massive change (CNBC) Visa buys a CryptoPunk as it takes first steps into 'NFT commerce' (The Block) Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging in a mouse (BleepingComputer) Facebook’s Stealth M&A Puts Focus on Deals Under Antitrust Radar (Bloomberg) Facebook says post that cast doubt on covid-19 vaccine was most popular on the platform from January through March (The Washington Post) Post-Culture Review Twitter Thread Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Aug 202117min
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21 Aug 20215min
Fri. 08/20 – OnlyFans Pulls A Tumblr
OnlyFans wants to get out of the porn business, which makes sense to nobody on the Internet. Elon Musk says Tesla is building a humanoid robot, and I love you Elon, but you’ve really opened the door to your critics with this one. Microsoft is raising prices, and of course, the weekend longread suggestions. Sponsors: Postie.com/techmeme TinyCapital.com Links: OnlyFans has tons of users, but can't find investors (Axios) OnlyFans to Bar Sexually Explicit Videos Starting in October (Bloomberg) Microsoft will raise Office 365 business subscription prices in 2022 (CNBC) Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots (The Verge) Elon Musk Unveils His Funniest Vaporware Yet (Gizmodo) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The FBI’s warning to Silicon Valley: China and Russia are trying to turn your employees into spies (Protocol) Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough? (Nature) Waymo Is 99% of the Way to Self-Driving Cars. The Last 1% Is the Hardest (Bloomberg Businessweek) These People Who Work From Home Have a Secret: They Have Two Jobs (WSJ) Amazon Killed the Name Alexa (The Atlantic) Afghanistan - Part 1 (The Rest Is History Podcast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Aug 202118min
Thu. 08/19 – FTC Files Its Facebook Mulligan
Headlines out of time: Amazon wants to do department stores. Google partners with GE Appliances. But Intel continues to look to the future with its new hybrid architecture chips. Facebook wants your next conference call to take place in VR. And has Robinhood put all its eggs in the Doge basket? Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Canva.me/techmeme Links: Amazon Plans to Open Large Retail Locations Akin to Department Stores (WSJ) GE Appliances announces partnership with major cloud company to focus on data capabilities (Courier Journal) Intel previews its Alder Lake chip, promises hybrid CPUs for desktops and laptops (The Verge) FTC files renewed antitrust complaint against Facebook (CNBC) INSIDE FACEBOOK’S METAVERSE FOR WORK (The Verge) Facebook is sharing data to prove it’s not a political hellhole (Protocol) Robinhood says dogecoin accounted for 62% of crypto revenue in Q2 (CNBC) Venture Investment In Cryptosecurity Jumps 10x Over Last Year As Sector Hits Sweet Spot With Venture Capitalists (Crunchbase News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 Aug 202117min
Wed. 08/18 – WhatsApp Shuts Down Taliban “Helpline”
A look at how all the platforms are dealing with the Taliban being a modern social media enterprise. Amazon is bigger than Walmart for the first time. Samsung stops cluttering its phones with ads. Attempting to hire the hacker who hacked you. And I get my answer to why all the platforms want to protect kids all the sudden. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Quantummetric.com/podoffer offer code Podcastcode Sponsors: WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul (Financial Times) Platforms struggle with Taliban policy amid chaotic US withdrawal (The Verge) People Now Spend More at Amazon Than at Walmart (NYTimes) Samsung confirms it’s removing ads from its stock apps later this year (The Verge) Victim of Major DeFi Cyberattack Offers Its Hacker a Job (Bloomberg) TechScape: How the UK forced global shift in child safety policies (The Guardian) Eve Online’s yearlong war ends with an epic retreat (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Aug 202117min
