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Thu. 06/09 – Who Needs A Gaming Console? Not Xbox Or Samsung.
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06/09/22 • 16 min
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Who needs a gaming console? Not Xbox, not anymore. Twitter is gonna give Elon the firehose treatment. Dell unveils some new XPS goodness. Apple does its own banking. More signs of the NFT market cooling off. And a popular developer tool is riding off into the sunset.
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- Microsoft’s new Xbox TV app streams games without a console later this month (The Verge)
- The Xbox game streaming TV app feels almost like the real thing (The Verge)
- Xbox Project Moorcroft will bring early game demos to Xbox Game Pass (The Verge)
- In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data (Washington Post)
- Dell unveils a slimmer XPS 13 and a detachable 2-in-1 (Engadget)
- Apple Will Handle Lending Itself With New Pay Later Service (Bloomberg)
- Ethereum’s Merge Upgrade Goes Live Today on Ropsten Testnet (Decrypt)
- ApeCoin Owners Vote Against Leaving the Ethereum Blockchain (Bloomberg)
- The NFT slump is real (TechCrunch)
- GitHub sunsets Atom, the software dev environment it launched in 2011 (TechCrunch)
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06/09/22 • 16 min


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Wed. 10/25 – Boo! Tech Earnings Snuck Up On Us!
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10/25/23 • 17 min
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Meta got sued by most the States. California has forced Cruise to stop its autonomous vehicle testing. Will earbuds be key in any AI future? Tech earnings season snuck up on me at least. And is Sam Bankman Fried going to have to take the stand in order to keep himself out of prison?
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- Meta sued by 42 attorneys general alleging Facebook, Instagram features are addictive and target kids (CNBC)
- California DMV immediately suspends Cruise’s robotaxi permit (TechCrunch)
- Qualcomm turns to Wi-Fi to take wireless earbuds and headphones to the next level (The Verge)
- Controversial Chip in Huawei Phone Produced on ASML Machine (Bloomberg)
- Can Sam Bankman-Fried argue his way out of trouble? (FT)
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10/25/23 • 17 min

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Mon. 07/11 – What Happens Now With Elon And Twitter.
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07/11/22 • 21 min
The famous stock market player Bernard Baruch once said, paraphrasing: Whatever men attempt, they seem driven to overdo. When hopes are soaring, I always repeat to myself that two and two still make four. The main purpose of the market is to make fools of as many people as possible. Today, stories of this lesson being learned by both major VC firms and Elon Musk. Oh, and how North Korean hackers infiltrate companies.
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- Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals (The Guradian)
- Here’s how North Korean operatives are trying to infiltrate US crypto firms (CNN)
- Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Go Bargain Hunting for Beaten-Down Tech Stocks (The Information)
- Elon’s Out (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
- Tweet Storm #1
- Tweet Storm #2
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07/11/22 • 21 min

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Thu. 10/14 – LinkedIn Shuts Down In China
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10/14/21 • 18 min
Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China. The first major tech regulation bill of this wave is set to debut in the Senate today. TCL’s cheap smartphones sound pretty good, actually. The gaming industry is serious about combatting cheating. Instacart might be on strike this weekend, and Gitlab celebrates its IPO.
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- Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China (WSJ)
- Effort to Bar Tech Companies From ‘Self-Preferencing’ Gains Traction (WSJ)
- Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do (The Verge)
- Canadian Instacart workers to walk off job in bid to secure better working conditions (Toronto Star)
- TCL’S BUDGET 20S AND 20SE PHONES DEFY EXPECTATIONS (The Verge)
- Call of Duty’s new anti-cheat system includes a kernel-level driver to catch PC cheaters (The Verge)
- Joe Montana prepares for biggest windfall as a venture capitalist ahead of GitLab’s $10 billion IPO (CNBC)
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10/14/21 • 18 min

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Fri. 05/14 – Now Ransomware Is Shutting Down The Irish Health Service
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05/14/21 • 19 min
A ransomware attack has brought down large sections of the Irish health service. Why Disney+ numbers are suddenly looking so weak to investors. A deep dive review on whether or not, or even to what degree, Elon’s internet service from space can free us from ISP hell. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- Cyber attack 'most significant on Irish state' (BBC)
- Disney Plus Hits 103.6 Million Subscribers as Rapid Growth Slows, ESPN Plus Perks Up (Variety)
- STARLINK REVIEW: BROADBAND DREAMS FALL TO EARTH (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- To Understand Amazon, We Must Understand Jeff Bezos (New York Times)
- The PlayStation 5 Is Starting to Look Like the Revolution It Promised (Wired)
- Apple is Holding Back the Creator Economy (Every)
- Robinhood’s Big Gamble (The New Yorker)
- What Is an Entertainment Company in 2021 and Why Does the Answer Matter? (Matthew Ball)
- How the Personal Computer Broke the Human Body (Vice)
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05/14/21 • 19 min

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Fri. 06/10 – The Next Big—And Small—Things From Apple.
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06/10/22 • 16 min
Time to refresh those Yao Ming and Verne Troyer Powerbook ads from the early ‘aughts. Could Meta not release its big metaverse hardware play for years? The NHTSA’s investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot seems to be getting serious. Speaking of Austin Powers actors, Seth Green ransomed his Ape. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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- 14-Inch iPad Pro With Mini-LED Display Rumored to Launch in Early 2023 (MacRumors)
- Apple Plans 15-Inch MacBook Air for 2023 and New 12-Inch Laptop (Bloomberg)
- Meta Scales Back AR Glasses Plan Amid Reality Labs Shakeup (The Information)
- AMD Zen Architecture Roadmap: Zen 5 in 2024 With All-New Microarchitecture (AnandTech)
- The federal government’s Tesla Autopilot investigation is moving into a new phase (The Verge)
- Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape Is Back Home (BuzzFeed News)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- These Drones Could Bring You 5G Networking After a Hurricane (CNET)
- Facebook Made This 29-Year-Old Rich; War Made Him A Billionaire (Forbes)
- The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge (New Yorker)
- Nintendo's Big Piracy Case Is A Very Sad Story (Kotaku)
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06/10/22 • 16 min

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Mon. 05/17 – Better Quality Streaming Audio (Basically) For Free
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05/17/21 • 16 min
Apple Music and Amazon Music HD bring better audio quality to everyone. AT&T throws in the towel on Warner Media by doing a shotgun marriage with Discovery. GitHub now lets you add video. Jane Manchun Wong says the subscription service is going to be called Twitter Blue. And what we might be able to expect from Google’s I/O tomorrow.
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- Apple announces lossless Apple Music is coming in June at no added cost (The Verge)
- Amazon Music Drops HD Tier to $9.99, Shaking Up Hi-Fi Streaming Market (Billboard)
- AT&T to spin off and combine WarnerMedia with Discovery in deal that would create streaming giant (CNN Business)
- Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling (The Verge)
- GitHub now lets all developers upload videos to demo bugs and features (Venture Beat)
- ‘Twitter Blue’ subscription service to include undo tweets feature and ‘Collections,’ priced at $2.99 (9to5 Mac)
- Bill Gates Left Microsoft Board Amid Probe Into Prior Relationship With Staffer (Wall Street Journal)
- Google's Android 12 redesign leaks with theme support, new animations, more (Phone Arena)
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05/17/21 • 16 min

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(TWTR SPC) Tipping As The Currency For The Creator Economy
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05/15/21 • 89 min
From Friday, May 14, 2021. A long discussion about tipping as the base unit (???) of the creator economy? Featuring @gregarious as well as @NigelKofi (check out Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/) and @reeshahoward.
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05/15/21 • 89 min

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Thu. 05/27 – Upgraded Nintendo Switch Imminent
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05/27/21 • 14 min
An upgraded Nintendo Switch is maybe days away from being announced. Twitter Spaces can now happen on the desktop. The behind the scenes details of the MGM buy. Snowflake has left Silicon Valley for... checks notes... Montana. And Clubhouse makes a high profile hire that shows they’re still full steam ahead.
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- Nintendo Plans Upgraded Switch Replacement as Soon as September (Bloomberg)
- You can join Twitter’s Clubhouse-like Spaces rooms from a browser starting Wednesday (The Verge)
- James Bond, Meet Jeff Bezos: Amazon Makes $8.45 Billion Deal for MGM (New York Times)
- Facebook to Limit Reach of Personal Accounts That Spread Misinformation (Bloomberg)
- PayPal to Let Users Send Bitcoin Off PayPal (Decrypt)
- App Store Scam App Required a Good Review to Function at All (Mac Rumors)
- Snowflake relocates executive office from California to Bozeman, Montana, as company goes distributed (CNBC)
- Stadia’s loss is Clubhouse’s gain: the social audio company has poached a longtime Google engineer (The Verge)
- Andy Jassy will become Amazon’s CEO on July 5th (The Verge)
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05/27/21 • 14 min

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Thu. 11/04 – Instagram Can Post To Twitter Again
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11/04/21 • 17 min
Instagram is playing nice with Twitter all of the sudden. But Meta has some new creator tools that try once again to shiv the App Stores. That South Korean law is actively cracking open the App Stores in that country. Google might be back in the defense contract business. And why it MIGHT be worth paying $30 for a keyboard with only 3 keys.
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- Instagram brings back Twitter Card preview support for posts (TechCrunch)
- Facebook skirts Apple’s App Store fees with custom subscription links for creators (The Verge)
- Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t. (Recode)
- Google Allows Alternate In-App Payment Options in South Korea, Though Familiar Fees Remain (WSJ)
- Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns (NYTimes)
- STACK OVERFLOW’S COPY / PASTE KEYBOARD IS NO JOKE (The Verge)
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11/04/21 • 17 min

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