Mon. 06/02 – How DoorDash Has Quietly Been Killing It

Ok. Are you sitting down? Would you believe me if I told you Elon Musk is giving signals that the Twitter deal might be off? Could we fix the whole stablecoin mess if we just turn it off and turn it back on again? The refugees from Meta’s failed crypto project have a new startup to call home. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions™. Sponsors: Superside.com/techmeme Masterworks.io/ride Sponsors: Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘on hold’ after spam / fake account report (The Verge) Terraform Again Halts Blockchain Behind UST Stablecoin, Luna (Bloomberg) Ex-Meta crypto chief David Marcus launches Bitcoin payments startup backed by a16z and Paradigm (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions™: Terra: To the Moon and Back (Not Boring) Why financial engineering has gone full circle with Terra (The Blind Spot) Tech workers in Latin America want to make Spanish the primary language of programming (Rest of World) The Thing That Makes It Work Means It Doesn’t (Garbage Day) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Maj 202219min

Other algorithmic stablecoins are teetering. Meta is cutting back, even when it comes to the Metaverse. Could an Instacart IPO lead us out of this darkness? Disney’s streaming business is holding up. For now. And the AR demo that was the most exciting thing from the I/O keynote yesterday. Sponsors: Ortto.com Links: Terra Crunch Shakes Foundations of Crypto Stablecoin Complex (Bloomberg) Exclusive: Facebook-owner Meta tells hardware staffers to prepare for cutbacks (Reuters) SoftBank Reports Its Biggest-Ever Full-Year Loss (WSJ) Instacart Files Confidentially for an IPO That Could Happen This Year (Bloomberg) Senate confirms Bedoya to FTC, establishing Democratic majority (The Verge) Disney+ Hits 137.7M Subscribers, Beating Wall Street Expectations in Streaming (The Hollywood Reporter) Google releases Android 13 beta 2 with finer privacy controls and improved Material You (Neowin) Google Glass’s successor teased at I/O (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Maj 202217min

All the headlines from Google’s I/O keynote this afternoon. The stablecoin fiasco has gotten rapidly worse. More carnage in tech stocks. Is Apple shifting to USB C for the iPhone at long last? And pour one out for the iPod, the product and brand that very much kicked off our modern era of gadgetry. Sponsors: Superside.com/techmeme HubSpot.com Links: Google Maps bringing a new ‘immersive view’ of select cities, Live View’s AR for other apps (9to5Google) Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint towards an AR glasses future (TechCrunch) Google will let you talk to Assistant on the Nest Hub Max just by looking at the screen (The Verge) Google announces Pixel 6a powered by Tensor processor for $449 (9to5Google) Google gives us our first glimpse of the Pixel 7 (Android Police) Google unveils the Pixel Buds Pro (9to5Google) Google previews the Pixel Watch, coming this fall with Pixel 7  (9to5Google) Google will release a Pixel Tablet… in 2023 (TechCrunch) As Luna holders watch the token slide, many won’t be able to cash out for weeks (The Block) Coinbase revenue drops 27% from a year ago, stock slides (CryptoWorld) Kuo: iPhone 15 to Switch From Lightning to USB-C in 2023 (MacRumors) The iPod is dead (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Maj 202219min

A major algorithmic stablecoin has lost its peg to the dollar. More concerns of a slowdown as Tiger Global has racked up massive paper losses. Match Group sues Google. Has GDPR crushed the European app economy? Amazon engages mom and pop stores to deliver packages. And an interesting raise that is building the GitHub of machine learning. Sponsors: ConstantContact.com Links: UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg for Second Time in 48 Hours, LUNA Market Cap Falls Below UST's (CoinDesk) Crypto’s Audacious Algorithmic Stablecoin Experiment Crumbles (Bloomberg) Tiger Global hit by $17bn losses in tech rout (FT) Europe's GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps (The Register) Match Sues Google Over App Store Billing Rules (Bloomberg) Amazon’s surprising new delivery partners: Rural mom-and-pop shops (Recode) Hugging Face reaches $2 billion valuation to build the GitHub of machine learning (TechCrunch) Watch iconic Broadway theatre rise 30 feet above the ground (Borat voice: MY WIFE!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Maj 202217min

Everything is down, not just tech stocks, but now crypto too. More signs of belt tightening and possible hiring freezes, this time from Uber. Twitter has avoided the overall market route thanks to Elon’s bid, but could the downturn effect that as well? Instagram launches an NFT pilot. And what to expect from Google’s I/O later this week. Sponsors: OurCrowd.com/ride Links: Bitcoin’s Unraveling Hits 50% From Peak With Drop Below $33,000 (Bloomberg) Uber CEO tells staff company will cut down on costs, treat hiring as a ‘privilege’ (CNBC) Why Musk’s Twitter Bid Has Shaken Tesla Investors (NYTimes) Meta to start testing digital collectibles on Instagram (The Block) Costa Rica declares national emergency after Conti ransomware attacks (BleepingComputer) What to expect from Google I/O 2022 (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Maj 202217min

With Apple, Google and Microsoft all signed up to offer FIDO Alliance technology, are we about to hear about some big passwordless tech at all the developers conferences this summer? China wants the whole country to turn in their foreign made laptops. Fortnite is available everywhere, including iOS, thanks to Microsoft. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: HubSpot.com Ortto.com Links: Apple, Google, Microsoft Back 'FIDO' Tech to Dump Passwords on Websites and Apps (CNET) China Orders Government, State Firms to Dump Foreign PCs (Bloomberg) Epic's Fortnite Now Free to Play on Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming for Mobile, Desktop, Console (CNET) Exclusive: Crypto.com passes the 50 million user mark (Axios) Weekend Longreads Suggestions ™ Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control: Inside Shein’s Sudden Rise (Wired) Elon Musk’s Fixer Is Quietly Tending the World’s Biggest Fortune (Bloomberg) Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine – to find they’ve been remotely disabled (CNN) A VISIT TO THE HUMAN FACTORY (The Verge) The Endgame (Newcomer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Maj 202215min

Elon gets some friends to join his Twitter deal. And does he expect to be Twitter CEO soon? A Google acquisition shows their metaverse aspirations. Sonos to launch a voice assistant. A hiring slowdown at Meta. How can there be need for layoffs at Cameo? And is anyone other than me and the US Government concerned about quantum computing breaking encryption? Sponsors: HubSpot.com Links: Ellison, Binance and Sequoia back Musk’s $44bn bid for Twitter (FT) Google bought a MicroLED display company that could help make AR headsets better and cheaper (The Verge) Exclusive: Sonos is about to introduce its own voice assistant (The Verge) Facebook plans to reduce hiring as revenue growth slows and inflation concerns increase (CNBC) Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives (Protocol) Stripe flexes its fintech muscle with Financial Connections to pull banking data automatically (TechCrunch) White House wants nation to prepare for cryptography-breaking quantum computers (The Record) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Maj 202217min

Uber is seeing rider usage return to pre-Covid levels. New, better flash storage. Twitter tests the ability to only tweet to certain circles. An interesting laptop and an interesting raise. And Spotify wants you to hang out, in Roblox. Sponsors: AthleticGreens.com/ride Links: Uber reports surging revenue as drivers return, but posts massive loss on investments (CNBC) NFT Sales Are Flatlining (WSJ) Samsung's UFS 4.0 flash storage is a major upgrade, especially for 5G phones (Android Authority) Twitter Testing New 'Twitter Circle' Feature for Sharing Tweets With a Smaller Number of People (MacRumors) Meta has built a massive new language AI—and it’s giving it away for free (MIT Technology Review) Razer’s Blade 15 is the first laptop with a 240Hz OLED display, but you’ll have to wait a while (The Verge) Larry Ellison leads $21.5 million Series A in cancer treatment startup Imagene AI (CTech) Spotify becomes first music streamer to launch on Roblox (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Maj 202218min