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End to end encrypted messaging app Signal reveals Santa Clara County and California District Court subpoenaed them for user data. Once again they show that the only data they have on their users is their phone number, when they created their account, and when they last connected to Signal's servers. Truly a technological and cryptographic feat that they can provide such value to users and know so little about them. Signal continues to prove itself as the most secure messaging app.

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The House late Friday night passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also known simply as the "Infrastructure Bill." This is the largest investment in America's infrastructure in over a decade and comes at a crucial time for democrats where Biden's popularity has been dropping and elections in Virginia and New Jersey have democrats shaken. This is not to be confused with the Build Back Better Act which is focused on social programs and climate investment, which has yet to be passed.

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Riff on Dogecoin and latest meme coin Shiba Inu. Really, this just isn't that interesting. They are fun, bring people into crypto sure, but there isn't any hard tech or hard governance problems they are solving. Treat them as collectors items and move on. But shit you never know, my take could age horribly. Game on.

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In what is a pulse check for how the dems are faring since Biden won- Glenn Youngkin wins governorship in Virginia where a Republican has not won in 12 years.

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Riff on cancel culture and attempts to get people fired for making mistakes. Latest example is Southwest pilot says Trump rallying cry "Let's Go Brandon" over the loudspeaker. Twitter hardo tries to rally a bunch of people to get the pilot fired. This isn't the way to operate.

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Former president Trump launched a new "Non-Cancellable" social network called Truth Social. However the ToS stipulates if you talk bad about Truth Social, you will be cancelled. Riff on the deplatforming of Trump and how this shows a well functioning free system. The first amendment protects us from the government, it doesn't stipulate private businesses must give a megaphone to our elected officials. Having said that, giving control of our discourse to a few companies in California just isn't chill. And of course we riff where crypto networks and Web3 plug in.

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On the news of the Hertz and Tesla partnership, Tesla passes $1 trillion in market cap. Making it more valuable than every other car company combined. To the haters of Elon Musk, I'm talking to you. You can come at my man for his tweets about taking the company private, or the Solar City deal, his missing of targets, the progress of autopilot- valid criticisms for sure. But zoom out. He's created the first successful car company in several decades. He's kicked the world's car companies in the ass- they had no interest in going electric before Tesla. His vehicles are literally the safest on the road. Tesla has open sourced their patents. Listen to any of the Tesla shareholder meetings, their north star is moving humanity to sustainable energy as quickly as possible. More than any other company on the planet, Tesla is moving the needle against climate change. Not just with vehicles, but with solar and grid scale battery storage. You going vegan and turning your lights off doesn't do shit. And the reason you think it does is because BP, an oil and gas company, ran a campaign several years back convincing us all tackling climate change was a matter of personal responsibility. The problem is far too big. The world shut down in 2020 due to Covid, and collective emissions dropped only 5%. That's nothing. Technology is the only answer. And this is what it looks like.

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Facebook launched Novi, a crypto payments app with a limited release in the US and Guatemala. Built on the Ethereum blockchain, it allows for zero fee cross border payments. These two countries were chose because 14% of Guatemala's GDP comes from remittances (non commercial transfers from abroad) and 90% of them come from the US alone. The current banking system requires high fees- taking money out of the pockets of those trying to send money back home to their families. Novi tackles that problem head on. Would love to hear from you. Rate, comment, subscribe on Apple Podcasts and for the video edition- YouTube. Follow me on Twitter & Instagram where I always post when a new show drops.

Worldcoin is the most ambitious cryptocurrency project yet with the goal of brining all of humanity into the world of cryptocurrency. Using cutting edge hardware, software, and a guerrilla campaign they intend to verifiably and in a privacy preserving way distribute Worldcoin to each human on the planet. This has legs.

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Google today released their new flagship phones, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Five years ago when Rick Osterloh joined Google as head of hardware, the second day on the job he sat down with Google's CEO Sundar Pichai and said we need to build our own SoC. The Pixel 6 is that plan brought to life. Google has called this their first flagship device and the first time they really think they can compete with Apple and Samsung for market share. As an Android neck beard for over a decade, and a Pixel hardo for half that, I'm skeptical that this device will be a huge breakout success. But five years from now it could be a real contender. Hardware takes time. But the fruits for Google are now just coming home to port (that's three sayings in one).

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