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- Mon. 12/19 – Elon’s Voted Himself Off The Twitter Island?
I dunno. Is Elon not the head of Twitter anymore? He posted a poll, people voted for him to step down. Who knows? I’ll give you the tick tock of what went down this weekend. ? Apple has canceled work on an M2 “extreme” chip. Google goes all in on encrypting Gmail. Why is everyone all in on encryption all of the sudden? And don’t worry, Meta is still all in on the metaverse.
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Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors (The Verge)Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail (The Verge)Binance.US to Buy Voyager Assets in $1.022 Billion Deal (Bloomberg)Bankman-Fried is ready to ‘face the music,’ prison official says (Washington Post)Apple Scales Back High-End Mac Pro Plans, Weighs Production Move to Asia (Bloomberg)Facebook’s Meta Will Devote 20% of Costs to Metaverse Next Year (Bloomberg)17 min - (Bonus) Is This The Moment For Twitter Alternatives With @gabor and @BigTechnology
Emergency bonus episode! Is this the moment for Twitter alternatives? T2.social is one of them and the founder of that project, @gabor, joins us to kick it all around. So does our friend Alex Kantrowitz from @BigTechnology.
52 min - Fri. 12/16 – I Lied. More Twitter News Today.
Elon Musk has once again proven that the flesh is weak because there’s a new Twitter controversy and I can’t help but tell you about it. Is it a good look when the accounting firm writing reports to prove crypto companies are solvent says it will no longer work with crypto companies? Is Netflix’s ad-supported tier not signing up as many eyeballs as advertisers hoped? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Twitter suspends Mastodon’s account and bans links to Mastodon servers (TechCrunch)Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company (NBCNews)Accountant That Vetted Binance Reserves Halts Crypto Work (Bloomberg)Netflix lets advertisers take their money back after missing viewership targets (Digiday)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Spotify’s grand plan to monetize developers via its open source Backstage project (TechCrunch)YouTube Stars Cash In Video Rights for Millions of Dollars (WSJ)ChatGPT and the Imagenet moment (Ben Evans)19 min - Thu. 12/15 – This Again?
I’ll get into the whole Twitter banning private jet tracking accounts thing, but use that to explain how and even if we’re going to cover this whole Elon/Twitter story going forward. Is mobile gaming the latest domino to fall in this year of “line also goes down?” A new consortium hopes to make mapping data better. And let me introduce you to the Battery Belt, every bit as important as the whole onshoring the chip industry trend.
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Twitter Suspends the Accounts Tracking Musk’s Jet and The Man Behind It (Bloomberg)Twitter Suspends Over 25 Accounts That Track Billionaires’ Private Planes (NYTimes)Elon Musk offloads another $3.6bn of Tesla stock (FT)FTX Investor Impact: Timeline of Realized Cryptocurrency Gains and Losses Shows FTX Hit Investor Wallets Less Than Previous Crises (Chainalysis)2022 will go down as the worst year for U.S. IPOs since 1990. (Axios Pro Rata)Mobile games market to decline for first time in over a decade (FT)Creating the ultimate smart map with new map data initiative launched by Linux Foundation (VentureBeat)1 big thing: The "battery belt" widens (Axios)The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland (Axios)20 min - Wed. 12/14 – Apple To Allow Third-Party App Stores
Apple is going to allow third-party app stores, but only in Europe for now. Your Tesla is now a full-fledged gaming rig. Instagram is testing a full-fledged BeReal clone. Has Twitter stopped paying its bills? And there is now actual US legislation to ban TikTok.
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Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws (Bloomberg)Tesla’s latest update adds Steam games and Apple Music (The Verge)Musk Shakes Up Twitter’s Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs (NYTimes)Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of Apple rules (Insider)Binance CEO Zhao Warns Bumpy Road Ahead in Message to His Staff (Bloomberg)Instagram Challenges BeReal and Adds Notes Short-Message Feature (WSJ)Lawmakers unveil bipartisan bill that aims to ban TikTok in the U.S. (CNBC)16 min - Tue. 12/13 – SBF Arrested And Charged
SBF is under arrest. The Feds have charged him. The SEC has charged him. The CFTC has charged him. CZ continues to try to reassure Binance users over withdrawals. I think it’s time I update you on the health I’m seeing of the Twitter platform. And what is “open source” intelligence and why is the US behind in this modern type of spycraft?
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Federal prosecutors, SEC unveil charges against Sam Bankman-Fried (Washington Post)FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges (CNBC)- Jim Edwards thread summarizing the SEC complaint
Binance CEO addresses USDC outflows: 'feel free to withdraw any other stablecoin' (The Block)AI art apps are cluttering the App Store’s Top Charts following Lensa AI’s success (TechCrunch)Elon says Twitter will remove all legacy verifications ‘in a few months’ (TechCrunch)Radeon 7900 XTX and XT review: Faster, hotter, and cheaper than the RTX 4080 (ArsTechnica)Rise of Open-Source Intelligence Tests U.S. Spies (WSJ)Tickets to my comedy show at the end of January in San Francisco
20 min - Mon. 12/12 – The New Xiaomi 13 Flagships
Xiaomi has released its newest flagship smartphones. A bunch of worrying headlines surrounding Binance. Twitter Blue is back. Have scientists finally made a major breakthrough in fusion energy tech? And why Google is hesitant to release its answer to ChatGPT.
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The Xiaomi 13 series launches as true Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 darling (Android Police)Binance Is Trying to Calm Investors, but Its Finances Remain a Mystery (WSJ)'Abnormal' Altcoin Trading on Binance 'Just Market Behavior,' Says CEO (Decrypt)US Prosecutors Look to Charge Binance, Executives on Possible Money Laundering Violations: Reuters (Coindesk)Twitter Blue to Relaunch Monday, With Blue Check Mark, Higher iOS Price, Company Says (CNET)US Says Scientists Make Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy (Bloomberg)The New Chatbots Could Change the World. Can You Trust Them? (NYTimes)Why Google Missed ChatGPT (Big Technology)18 min - (TWTR SPC) 2022 Year End Review And Look Ahead To 2023
What were the biggest stories of 2022? What will be the biggest tech stories of 2023?
1 hr 21 min - Fri. 10/09 – FTC Sues To Block The Microsoft/Activision Deal
This is going to make the situation in the gaming industry downright chaotic. The FTC has sued to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition. Sam Bankman Fried says he’s going to testify, under oath, before Congress. Why the salute emoji is hands down the symbol of the year 2022. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Twin complaints signal new FTC strategy to rein in tech industry (Washington Post)FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried agrees to testify at U.S. House hearing on Tuesday (CNBC)We Couldn’t Have Made It Through This Year Without the Saluting Emoji (Rolling Stone)Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How AI That Powers Chatbots and Search Queries Could Discover New Drugs (WSJ)The Hype Around Esports Is Fading as Investors and Sponsors Dry Up (Bloomberg)Programmable Ink (InkAndSwitch)How CoinDesk’s FTX scoop left a hole in its corporate overlord (The Verge)Enter the wind tunnel (Driving Conformity)36 Hours - Wellington, New Zealand (NYTimes)17 min - Thu. 12/08 – Explaining Those Lensa Magic Avatars
Apple is going back all in on privacy in a big way with Advanced Data Protection. I’ll explain. Did Sam Bankman-Fried also kill Terra and Luna? A look at those magic avatars from Lensa that everyone is using for their profile picture all of the sudden. And the winner for the most post-pandemic product goes to Dyson.
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Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data (WSJ)- @matthew_d_green's twitter thread on Apple's new encryption push
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Said to Face Market Manipulation Inquiry (NYTimes)Coinbase CEO Sees Revenue Falling 50% or More on Crypto Rout (Bloomberg)AI selfies — and their critics — are taking the internet by storm (Washington Post)Ask these questions before you make your Lensa Magic Avatars (TechRadar)Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949 (Gizmodo)17 min
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