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April 06, 2022Wed. 04/06 – Twitter Says Yes To An Edit Button?
I told you Elon had no intention of being a passive investor. Twitter says an edit button is probably coming soon. So, you know, that Elon, he gets things done. One-click checkout startup Fast is shutting down completely. A deep dive into how the new Unreal Engine 5 fits into Hollywood, fits into gaming, fits into the metaverse. And beware: “Will Smith” might come into your Elden Ring game and slap you.
Sponsors:
Witful.com

Links:
Musk Refiles Twitter Disclosure to Show He’s an Active Investor (Bloomberg)
Twitter is adding an edit button (The Verge)
Sky Mavis raises $150 million to reimburse Ronin hack victims (The Block)
Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down (The Information)
MicroStrategy Funds Latest Purchase With Bitcoin-Backed Loan (Bloomberg)
Inside Epic's Unreal Engine 5—and What It Means for the Future of Gaming, Movies, and the Metaverse (Time)
How Epic Games is changing gaming—and maybe the metaverse (Fast Company)
Elden Ring players called Will Smith keep invading and slapping people (TechRadar)
20 min
April 05, 2022Tue. 04/05 – Twitter Adds “Passive Investor” Elon Musk To Its Board
So much for that “passive” stake. Twitter has appointed Elon Musk to its board of directors. Amazon is gunning for SpaceX in the race to deliver internet from space. Some datapoints around the whole question of wash trading in the NFT market. And what if I told you there was ANOTHER wildly popular thing from the creator of Wordle?
Links:
Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors, teases ‘significant improvements’ (CNBC)
Elon Musk Bought Some Twitter (Bloomberg/Matt Levine)
Amazon’s Project Kuiper books up to 83 rockets to launch its internet-beaming satellites (The Verge)
Microsoft brings Arm support to Azure virtual machines (ZDNet)
Axie Infinity Was Losing Gamers Even Before Record Crypto Hack (Bloomberg)
The Hottest NFT Marketplace is Mostly Users Selling to Themselves (Bloomberg)
Hackers breach MailChimp's internal tools to target crypto customers (BleepingComputer)
Internet communities are battling over pixels (The Washington Post)
18 min
April 04, 2022Mon. 04/04 – Elon Musk To Take Twitter Private? Funding Secured?
So, Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter. I’d point out that the last time Twitter had an activist investor, it led to Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO. Is drone delivery suddenly, and rapidly, becoming a reality? The nation of the United Kingdom is going to issue an NFT. And Mark Gurman’s math on how an Apple subscription would work.
Sponsors:
Grammarly.com/techmeme

Links:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up (Bloomberg)
Alphabet's Wing will begin drone deliveries in Dallas-Fort Worth on April 7th (Engadget)
AMD Returns to Deal Making with $1.9 Billion Purchase of Chip Specialist Pensando (WSJ)
NFTs to be launched by the Treasury later this year in crypto push (City AM)
It’s a big day at the State Department for U.S. cyberdiplomacy (Washington Post)
Why Apple Is Preparing to Let You Subscribe to Your iPhone (Bloomberg)
17 min
April 02, 2022 (Bonus) Inventing FaceTime And iMessage With Apple Engineer Justin Santamaria
Justin Santamaria was once an Apple lead engineer on iPhone, where he created iMessage, FaceTime, the blue/green text bubbles and even unlocked emojis so people outside Japan could use them. Now, as cofounder of Future, he’s using text communication to pair people with a world-class trainer for unlimited coaching through their phone.
50 min
April 01, 2022Fri 04/01 – Is E3 Dead? Or Just Resting?
E3 is officially cancelled this year, which is making people wonder if it’s officially dead and we just don’t know it yet. More signs of serious trouble in the food delivery space. Facebook has fixed a bug that let harmful content into the news feed for six months. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
Sponsors:
Wealthfront.com/techmeme

Links:
E3 2022 - Digital and Physical - Has Officially Been Canceled (IGN)
Food Delivery Stocks Lose $24 Billion in Just Three Months (Bloomberg)
A FACEBOOK BUG LED TO INCREASED VIEWS OF HARMFUL CONTENT OVER SIX MONTHS (The Verge)
Apple emergency update fixes zero-days used to hack iPhones, Macs (BleepingComputer)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Online shopping in the middle of the ocean (RestOfWorld)
Want to See the Weirdest of Wikipedia? Look No Further. (NYTimes)
Why Moderating Content Actually Does More To Support The Principles Of Free Speech (TechDirt)
A History of Hup, the Jump Sound of Shooting Games (Wired)
In the Shadow of the Star Wars Kid (Waxy.org)
20 min
March 31, 2022Thu. 03/31 – Hackers Forging Emergency Data Requests
Another day of all the hacking news. Now the hackers are forging Emergency Data Requests. Apparently there have been vulnerabilities in Wyze security cameras that no one bothered to fix. TSMC warns of a tech slowdown. Masa Son orders his lieutenants to slow down investing just a bit. And yes, burrito delivery by drone, but probably more impressive is FedEx getting into the drone game.

Sponsors:
Linode.com/techmeme

Links:
Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests (Bloomberg)
Wyze Cam flaw lets hackers remotely access your saved videos (BleepingComputer)
Google Search’s new highly cited label helps you get to the source of a story (The Verge)
TSMC says demand for smartphones, PCs starting to slow (Nikkei Asia)
SoftBank to slow investments following crash in tech holdings (FT)
Look up: Your burrito is arriving by drone (Axios)
FedEx will test autonomous cargo flights next year (Engadget)
17 min
March 30, 2022Wed. 03/30 – The Axie Infinity Hack
I explain the (latest) biggest crypto hack of all time, this time affecting Axie Infinity. Meta is paying to dish dirt on TikTok. Changes to Google Calendar could kneecap a bunch of startups, while the DOJ is investigating Google Maps. And signs of difficulty in two red-hot startup sectors, the instant delivery sector, and the fast checkout sector.
Sponsors:
AltoIRA.com/techmeme

Links:
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network Suffers $625M Exploit (CoinDesk)
Axie Infinity Owner ‘Fully Committed’ to Reimbursing Players After Hack (Bloomberg)
Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok (Washington Post)
Messenger gets new shortcuts that let you send silent replies (The Verge)
New Google Calendar feature takes the back-and-forth out of scheduling (Ars Technica)
EXCLUSIVE-U.S. probe of Google Maps picks up speed -sources (Reuters)
Gopuff Plans Hundreds of Layoffs to Cut $40 Million in Costs (The Information)
Why Stripe’s ‘Fast’ Horse Is Losing the One-Click Checkout Race (The Information)
17 min
March 29, 2022Tue. 03/29 – And Now NFL+ ?
Sony’s answer to Xbox Game Pass is here. Spotify wants to TikTok-up your podcast listening. Have you ever gotten a spam text from your own phone number? Okta still has some ‘splaining to do. And forget AppleTV+, Disney+, I dunno… BobRoss+, how about NFL+? Isn’t it inevitable?
Sponsors:
Linode.com/techmeme
Masterworks.io/ride
Links:
Sony merges PS Now and PS Plus to create three-tier subscription service (GamesIndustry.biz)
Sony announces new PlayStation Plus subscriptions, its answer to Xbox Game Pass (The Verge)
Spotify puts its Podz acquisition to use with test of new podcast discovery feature (TechCrunch)
My own phone number is now spam texting me (The Verge)
Leaked Details of the Lapsus$ Hack Make Okta’s Slow Response Look More Bizarre (Wired)
NFL considers creating a streaming service of its own (The Athletic)
19 min
March 28, 2022Mon. 03/28 – Apple Wins Best Picture Oscar
Apple wins a best picture Oscar. Bigger camaras mean bigger bumps in upcoming iPhones. Urgent Chrome update you need to be aware of. You probably guessed that that person bugging you on LinkedIn might be faked. And Fashion Week, but in the Metaverse.
Sponsors:
OurCrowd.com/ride
Priceline.com
Links:
Apple Is First Streamer to Win Best Picture Oscar for ‘CODA’ (Variety)
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro's Larger Camera Bump Due to New 48MP Camera System (MacRumors)
Apple to cut iPhone, AirPods output amid Ukraine war uncertainty (NikkeiAsia)
HP buys Poly for $3.3 billion to ride hybrid work boom (TechStartups)
Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day used in attacks (BleepingComputer)
That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake (WNYC/NPR)
NFT Collection Failures Begin to Mount in Flashback to ICO Bust (Bloomberg)
Metaverse Fashion Week Draws Big Brands, Startups (WSJ)
18 min
March 26, 2022 (TWTR SPC) Mark Gurman On Apple
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman comes on to dissuade us of our Apple delusions.
1 hr 15 min