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August 25, 2022Thu. 08/25 – Far Out
The Twitter Whistleblower is a big concern for Twitter, no matter what happens with the Elon stuff. Amazon zags slightly in its healthcare march. iPhone even official announcement. Ethereum merge dates officially solidified. Some new PCs from HP and what to expect from Nvidia’s next generation GPUs.
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Twitter whistleblower to testify in Congress about security failures (Washington Post)
Twitter executives face questions from employees after whistleblower claims (CNN Business)
Internal memo: Amazon Care to shut down, ‘not a complete enough offering’ for corporate customers (GeekWire)
What Apple's September Event Invite May Tell Us About the iPhone 14 (CNET)
Ethereum Foundation confirms September dates for the Merge (The Block)
Crypto’s massive marketing efforts have drawn few new investors (Washington Post)
HP's new PCs include its first Dragonfly Folio and a 34-inch all-in-one (Engadget)
Nvidia to announce next-gen GPU architecture in September amid RTX 4090 rumors (The Verge)
18 min
August 24, 2022Wed. 08/24 – Is The Twitter Whistleblower A “Material Adverse Effect”?
A deep dive into that Twitter whistleblower, because the allegations are getting pretty interesting, and it turns out he’s a bigger deal than I knew. Apple is breaking it’s iPadOS release cadence. Fitbit has unveiled three new wearables. And why just deciding to bring the silicon industry back onshore is not as easy as just passing billions in subsidies.
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India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblower says (Reuters)
Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (Washington Post)
Twitter whistleblower won hacker acclaim for exposing software flaws (Washington Post)
Apple delivers iPadOS 16.1 beta ahead of iOS 16 fall release (TechCrunch)
Plex tells users to reset their passwords after potential data breach (Engadget)
Fitbit Drops 3 New Fitness Trackers—and None Have Wear OS 3 (Wired)
Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants (AP)
18 min
August 23, 2022Tue. 08/23 – The Twitter Whistleblower
The former head of security at Twitter has blown the whistle on the company saying it was… crap at security. Instagram wants to clone Be Real. More details on the new Sony VR headset. Some eth here, some eth there, eventually brands are making real money on NFTs. And get ready for the biggest leap in smartphone camera tech we’ve seen in a while.
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Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (Washington Post)
Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal (Engadget)
Apple’s New iPhone 14 to Show India Closing Tech Gap With China (Bloomberg)
Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming in early 2023 (The Verge)
Microsoft is putting more ads in Outlook on iOS and Android (The Verge)
NFTs Turn Out to Be a Great Channel of Revenue for Businesses, Ask Nike (NFT Gators)
The high-resolution smartphone sensors are coming (The Verge)
15 min
August 22, 2022Mon. 08/22 – Elon Musk Raising Prices Just For Fun
Amazon continues to be serious about becoming your healthcare provider. Elon Musk is raising prices, I guess cause he can. Confirmation that Sam Bankman-Fried does indeed have a mountain of money. I continue to worry about stablecoins and contagion. And the kids are using FindMy as a new sort of social network.
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Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health (WSJ)
Elon Musk says Tesla will hike the price of FSD driver assistance software by 25% in September (CNBC)
FTX grew revenue 1,000% during the crypto craze, leaked financials show (CNBC)
Stablecoin issuers hold $80bn of short-dated US government debt (Financial Times)
How the Find My App Became an Accidental Friendship Fixture (NYTimes)
A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. (NYTimes)
19 min
August 19, 2022Fri. 08/19 – The Biggest Google Search Algo Change In Years?
Looks like Evan Spiegel is retrenching in his dreams of making Snap primarily a camera company. Are we about to see the biggest Google Search algorithm change in years? Does TikTok effectively have a keystroke logger, and will this lead to more calls to crack down on them? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Links:
Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie Pixy Drone (WSJ)
Google search updates will prioritize real reviews over clickbait (The Verge)
New Google Helpful Content Update To Change SEO Much Like Panda Did (Search Engine Roundtable)
TikTok’s in-app browser could be keylogging, privacy analysis warns (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Browser Startups Take Aim at Google Chrome, Apple Safari (WSJ)
The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars (Intelligencer)
Streaming Is Starting to Look A Lot Like Cable TV (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
Woman Pictured In The Viral 'Girl Explaining' Meme Explains The Origins And Her Reaction To Sudden Internet Fame (Know Your Meme News)
How Nokia Ringtones Became The First Viral Earworms (The Verge)
18 min
August 18, 2022Thu. 08/18 – Does Mark Zuckerberg Have No Taste?
Why the date of Apple’s iPhone event is interesting. Why Netflix will take away downloads for its ad-tier. Is the VPN built into iOS a lie? Streaming has finally slain linear television. Cameo will let you actually call celebrities. And does Mark Zuckerberg have no aesthetic taste?
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Apple Targets Sept. 7 for iPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of New Devices (Bloomberg)
Netflix’s Ad-Supported Plan Will Block Downloads of Shows, Films (Bloomberg)
VPNs on iOS are a scam (Michael Horowitz)
U.S. Streaming Tops Cable TV Viewing for First Time, Nielsen Says (Variety)
Windows 11’s widgets can now trigger notifications on your taskbar (The Verge)
Cameo Now Lets You Have 10-Minute Calls With Celebs (Gizmodo)
Does Mark Zuckerberg Not Understand How Bad His Metaverse Looks? (Forbes)
18 min
August 17, 2022Wed. 08/17 – “Anti Party” Technology
Cracking down on house parties as a service. Apple makes moves to diversify the supply chain. Another worrying datapoint from the semiconductor industry. Have the banks been using WhatsApp to avoid scrutiny from regulators? And can large language models make our dreams of robot butlers a reality?
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Exclusive: Airbnb rolls out new anti-party tech to prevent unapproved gatherings (Fast Company)
MacBook design changes enable Vietnamese production for the first time; Apple Watch too (9to5Mac)
Chipmakers Are Flashing More Warnings on the Global Economy (Bloomberg)
Wall Street's Record Fines Over WhatsApp Use Were Years in the Making (Bloomberg)
Amazon is raising seller fees for the holidays to manage through surging inflation (CNBC)
Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions (Chainalysis)
Google invested a whopping $1.5B into blockchain companies since September (CoinTelegraph)
Google’s New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web (Wired)
19 min
August 16, 2022Tue. 08/16 – Was The Twilio Breach A Route Into Signal?
Was the Twilio breach really about hacking into Signal users? Apple’s serious about returning to the office. Tired: a global chip shortage. Wired: a global chip glut? Amazon says the FTC is harassing its executives. And how far can Uber go to raise prices?
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Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach (TechCrunch)
Apple Sets Return-to-Office Deadline of Sept. 5 After Covid Delays (Bloomberg)
Chipmakers’ Pandemic Boom Turns to Bust as Recession Looms (Bloomberg)
Twitter Has to Give Musk Only One Bot Checker's Data: Its Ex-Product Head (Bloomberg)
Amazon accuses FTC of harassing executives including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy (FT)
Walmart+ members will soon get Paramount+ streaming as part of their subscription (Engadget)
Uber Raises Prices by About 5% in London to Attract More Drivers (Bloomberg)
17 min
August 15, 2022Mon. 08/15 – Adam Neumann To Take Another Crack At Real Estate
Galaxy Digital shows Elon Musk real reasons to terminate an acquisition deal. a16z is making its biggest ever single investment. You’ll never guess with whom. Snap has more than a million paying subscribers. Cable Internet is losing subscribers for the first time ever. And that time Apple tried to talk Facebook into creating a subscription version of its services.
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Links:
Galaxy Digital terminates its acquisition of BitGo (The Block)
Unity rejects AppLovin's takeover bid, to go ahead with ironSource buyout (Reuters)
Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer (NYTimes/DealBook)
Court Documents Confirm Xbox One Sold Less Than Half PS4 Numbers (GameLuster)
Snapchat+ Tops 1 Million Paying Customers, Adds Four New Features (Variety)
Cable Finally Loses Broadband Market Share in Q2 with First Negative Growth Quarter Ever (NextTV)
The Secret Talks That Could Have Prevented the Apple vs. Facebook War (WSJ)

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19 min
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28 min