Episodes
Oct. 1, 2018
Mon. 10/01 - Tim Berners-Lee's Plan To Save The Web
California ready to do battle over net neutrality, Instagram under new management, Elon settles with the SEC, and Tim Berners Lee kinda wants a do-over on the whole World Wide Web thing.
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The Trump administration is s...
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Sept. 28, 2018
Fri. 09/28 - Facebook Breached, Musk Faces A Ban
A new Facebook scandal—but this time it’s different, Slack is preparing for an IPO, an exciting new episode of Today in Elon Musk, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Slack Actively Preparing for Earl...
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Sept. 27, 2018
Thu. 09/27 - When You Take Being an Apple Fanboi Too Far
Facebook said it doesn’t market certain data; surprise, surprise, researchers prove they do, Amazon doesn’t love unions, is the Oculus Quest VR’s iPhone moment, and do ride sharing companies actually make money?
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Sept. 26, 2018
Wed. 09/26 - Facebook Dirty Laundry
More fallout from the Instagram departures and some pretty dirty laundry aired from inside Facebook, Google reverses course on Chrome, Coinbase opens its doors to alts, and maybe I was right about Amazon Homes!
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Sept. 25, 2018
Tue. 09/25 - The Instagram Founders Ghost Facebook
Instagram’s founders turn in their two weeks notice, Samsung accuses Apple of stealing, lots of changes coming to Google Search, and a “Netflix for open source.”
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Why Instagram's founders are resigning: independence ...
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Sept. 24, 2018
Mon. 09/24 - Office 2019 Is Here
Office 2019 is here, SiriusXM acquires Pandora, the Chrome browser login controversy, more missed revenue numbers in digital media and Eric Schmidt says there could someday be the regular internet and a separate, Chinese inte...
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Sept. 21, 2018
Fri. 09/21 - Instagram Fighting #hashtagoverload
More fallout from that monster Alexa event yesterday, Facebook is gonna take another swing at Portal, Instagram wants to cut down on #hashtagoverload, Gmail was too willing to say “I love you,” and the Weekend Longreads Sugge...
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Sept. 20, 2018
Thu. 09/20 - Alexa For Friggin' Everything!
Amazon announced Alexa for friggin everything, AmazonGos might soon be friggin everywhere, a life insurer will only sell you a policy if you own a smartwatch, and they’ve finally found Spock’s home planet of Vulcan.
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Sept. 19, 2018
Wed. 09/19 - HQ Wants to Play Wheel of Fortune
Amazon’s ad business is already huge, there’s a new retro Playstation console, Evernote is in our prayers, HQ is moving beyond trivia with a new game and a roundup of the Apple Watch Series 4 reviews.
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The ACLU Is Cha...
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Sept. 18, 2018
Tue. 09/18 - Alexa for Microwaves
A reported criminal investigation around Elon Musk’s tweets, Twitter brings back the chronological feed, Alexa for microwaves, and a wrap up of the iPhone XS and XS Max reviews. Links:Tesla Is Facing U.S. Criminal Probe Over ...
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Sept. 17, 2018
Mon. 09/17 - The Benioffs Buy Time
Another Billionaire bails out a major media brand, social network Path is no more, Amazon employees are allegedly taking bribes, Linus Torvalds apologizes for being a jerk, and Steve Jobs had a weird notion about what actuall...
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Sept. 15, 2018
(Bonus) What's Up With Tesla, With the Tesla Daily podcast
Literally, what the f*** is up with Tesla? With the Rob Maurer of the Tesla Daily podcast. Subscribe!
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Sept. 14, 2018
Fri. 09/14 - More Drama Inside Google
More signs of drama inside Google, how Apple cleared the new Apple Watches through the FDA, how the Weather Channel made that insane flooding video, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Links:Google Employees Are Quitting O...
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Sept. 13, 2018
Thu. 09/13 - Where in the World is Larry Page?
The fallout from the Apple event, Google kills another beloved product, the Nintendo Switch online service comes online, and where in the World is Larry Page? Links:The iPhone Franchise (Stratechery)Making sense of the most c...
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Sept. 12, 2018
Wed. 09/12 - Happy iPhone Day!
What else? The iPhone event. Also, the EU strikes again, the T-Mobile/Sprint merger is on “pause” and "Gawker" is coming back. Links:EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload fi...
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Sept. 11, 2018
Tue. 09/11 - ICOs Now Officially Securities?
ICOs now officially securities, some steps backward in the self-driving car space, parsing the Zuckerberg New Yorker profile, and did Facebook disrespect the memory of Burt Reynolds? Stories from: @eosnos Tweets: @ezraklein,...
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Sept. 10, 2018
Mon. 09/10 - The End of the Jack Ma Era
Some juicy new Apple rumors for Wednesday, the end of the Jack Ma era is nigh upon us, there were some naughty apps in the Mac App Store and why following people whose politics you disagree with might not lead to peace in our...
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Sept. 7, 2018
Fri. 09/07 - Today in Elon, the 4:20 Edition
Tim Armstrong might be on his way out of Oath, Alex Jones is permanently off of Twitter, a Cambridge Analytica figure is officially no longer a Facebook employee, Elon Musk smokes a blunt and the weekend longreads suggestions...
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Sept. 6, 2018
Thu. 09/06 - More iPhone Event Rumor Bingo
The 2014 Sony hacker gets charged, Lyft beats Uber to the scooter punch, why Roblox is the biggest thing since Minecraft, Spotify plays chicken with the music industry, and let’s play another round of Apple event rumor bingo....
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Sept. 5, 2018
Wed. 09/05 - Another Congressional Apology Tour
Tech CEOs hauled before Congress again, Theranos is no more, Google mulls big changes to URL’s and maybe the whole the-teens-are-abandoning-Facebook is a real thing after all? Links:Video of the Hearings (The US Senate)Facebo...
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Sept. 4, 2018
Tue. 09/04 - New Trillion-Dollar Baby
Amazon hits a trillion, the EU is giving Netflix quotas, gaming out various Apple rumors ahead of next week’s event and the robots are coming to the drive through window. LinksAmazon falls off $1 trillion market cap, leaving ...
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Aug. 31, 2018
Fri. 8/31 - Is This How The iPhone Leak Happened?
How those iPhone leaks happened (maybe), the scooter permits happened and some big names got snubbed, Google’s secret deal with MasterCard, and the weekend long reads suggestions. Links:Exclusive: This is ‘iPhone XS’ — desig...
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Aug. 30, 2018
Thu. 8/30 - iGlasses? (Pun Not Intended)
An Apple acquisition suggests they’re serious about AR, Uber is serious about escooters, Google lets Kubernetes leave the nest, your IP address is not enough to finger you for a crime, and a fully functional Bugatti made out ...
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Aug. 29, 2018
Wed. 8/29 - Updates To Wear OS Hint At...
A bunch of new laptops from Dell, Amazon might jump into the free tv game, Google updates Wear OS, and why the world’s oldest blockchain has been hiding in plain site since 1995. Links:Dell tempts Pixelbook lovers with premiu...
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