Episodes
Feb. 17, 2020
Mon. 02/17 - HQ Trivia Into The Deadpool
The world’s most powerful climate supercomputer, HQ Trivia joins the Deadpool, Apple isn’t happy with Qualcomm’s chips again, foldable phones are having crease issues again, and a bit of an explainer about the Indian e-commer...
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Feb. 15, 2020
(Bonus) The Samsung Event With Gizmodo's Sam Rutherford
When a company does one of their big product events late in the day, it’s always a mad rush for me to get it out. Apple events are hard, but at least they start a bit earlier. The Samsung event this week just felt like me mak...
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Feb. 14, 2020
Fri. 02/14 - Is It Time For a $500 PlayStation?
The DOJ charges a bitcoin mixing service. A judge has blocked Microsoft’s JEDI contract. What happens if the PlayStation 5 is $500? Google takes down some malicious browser extensions. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Su...
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Feb. 13, 2020
Thu. 02/13 - Modular Apple Watches and Quantum Internets?
The US charges Huawei with racketeering. Could the future of the Apple Watch be modular? Uber trials ordering an Uber via 800 number. Interesting raises in robotics and in space. And why quantum entanglement could lead to a t...
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Feb. 12, 2020
Wed. 02/12 - Is CISO A Thankless Job?
Does Uncle Sam have a smoking gun when it comes to Huawei? Could Airbnb’s recent financials imperil its IPO plans? Is Apple Pay eating the payments market? Is the CISO job actually a miserable one? And might the Z Flip actual...
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Feb. 11, 2020
Tue. 02/11 - The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event
All of the headlines from the big Samsung Unpacked event, the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is officially a go… mostly, Brandless is the first Softbank company to shut down entirely, a Sirius lifeline for Soundcloud, and has the CIA...
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Feb. 10, 2020
Mon. 02/10 - The Race To Make The Cloud Redundant (For AI)
The DOJ says the Chinese were behind the Equifax hack, MWC is becoming a ghost conference, the Razr reviews are in, the Corp.com domain name is a weird story, and why ARM’s new edge chips could revolutionize the Internet of T...
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Feb. 7, 2020
Fri. 02/07 - Uber Can See The Promised Land
Uber says it will be profitable quicker than it had expected to, yet another entrant into the lists at the Streaming Wars, what’s it like to use a 64-core processor, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors:...
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Feb. 6, 2020
Thu. 02/06 - Google Maps Freshens Up For Its Birthday
Google Maps turns 15 and puts on a fresh coat of paint, it turns out you WILL be able to unlock your car via iPhone and really soon, Huawei is suing Verizon, Twitter impresses investors, Casper has a rollercoaster IPO, and do...
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Feb. 5, 2020
Wed. 02/05 - It Turns Out…
Spotify officially buys The Ringer, we have the official Disney+ subscriber numbers, Jeff Weiner is officially stepping down as LinkedIn CEO, a Rockstar Games co-founder is apparently leaving the company, and what languages d...
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Feb. 4, 2020
Tue. 02/04 - Tech Is the Angle In Iowa
We finally know how big a business YouTube is, the tech angle on that Iowa Caucuses mess IS the only angle, Mastercard explains why it pulled out of Libra, and why has the US Government decided to break up Big Razor, before i...
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Feb. 3, 2020
Mon. 02/03 - Is THIS the End of the BlackBerry Era?
The end might truly be nigh for Blackberry this time. Will the Corona Virus mean we won’t have an Apple event next month after all? Leaked video of the Galaxy Z Flip. Did Jeff Bezos succumb to Elon Musk envy? And why one of t...
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Feb. 1, 2020
(Bonus) A16Z's Angela Strange On Why Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company
This is the promised interview with Angela Strange from Andreessen Horowitz. I told you about it on the weekend longreads segment yesterday, so no more need to explain it: let’s talk about why soon, every company could be a F...
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Jan. 31, 2020
Fri. 01/31 - Did Uber and DoorDash Almost Merge?
Amazon earnings, the new Apple Maps is rolling out in the US, Uber and DoorDash held merger talks at Softbank’s behest, who’s number two to TikTok in short form videos, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponso...
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Jan. 30, 2020
Thu. 01/30 - Tesla's Earnings Home Run
Its Earnings Bonanza Day! Tesla, Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung… Facebook pays a record fine to Illinois, the Switch has outsold the SNES, three interesting Apple stories, Avast changes its business model and the new Fantastica...
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Jan. 29, 2020
Wed. 01/29 - Apple Has More Active Devices Than Microsoft
Apple earnings, Google is testing another chat app, we know Uncle Sam is wary of Huawei but did you know he doesn’t trust DJI either, Lime is testing AI scooters and the new app that will let you skip the ads without screwing...
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Jan. 28, 2020
Tue. 01/28 - Gruber's iPad Disappointment
The UK government will allow Huawei to build SOME 5G components, the coronavirus is testing the Great Firewall of China, Product Hunt has a social network, Gruber is critical of the iPad at 10, and would you stay at an Atari ...
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Jan. 27, 2020
Mon. 01/27 - The AI That Spotted the Wuhan Virus Early
Vine has a spiritual successor in Byte, the new razr might have “bumps and lumps,” your anti-virus program might be selling all your clicks, Seamless might be inventing restaurants from whole cloth, and the AI algorithm that ...
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Jan. 25, 2020
(Bonus) The Curious Case of Casper (with Dan Frommer)
One of my favorite newsletters—I’ve really gotta give you all a list of all the newsletters I subscribe to if you’re interested at some point—one of my favorite newsletters is The New Consumer ( subscribe here ) by Dan Fromme...
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Jan. 24, 2020
Fri. 01/24 - RIP Clayton Christensen
Quick Share is coming to challenge AirDrop, how iOS 13 has blown up location marketing, Google takes the wrapping of Dataset Search, an interesting eSports raise and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Do...
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Jan. 23, 2020
Thu. 01/23 - Security Features As A Feature
More Samsung phone rumors, Match Group invests in safety features as a feature, the Bezos phone hack story gets a lot murkier, and everyone seems to have noticed that Google search has gotten crufty. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency...
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Jan. 22, 2020
Wed. 01/22 - The Bezos Phone Hacking Thing
The whole Jeff Bezos phone-got-hacked thing blows up into something crazy. That rumored “cheap” iPhone might be mere weeks away. Is Amazon Music almost as big as Apple Music? Cruise unveils the Origin self-driving car. And th...
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Jan. 21, 2020
Tue. 01/21 - Why Didn't Apple Encrypt iCloud Backups?
Apple could have encrypted iCloud backups… but didn’t… ostensibly to play nice with the government? Getting an Uber from the airport is about to get more expensive. Digital media is actually making money??!! Is IGTV on the wa...
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Jan. 18, 2020
(Bonus) Sports Tech With Will Martin
As I said on Friday, we’re going to delve into Sports Tech in a meaningful way for the first time. This will cover the streaming wars from a new angle because, where is sports in all that? This will be esports, the streaming ...
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