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March 25, 2022Profile Of Ukrainian Startup Lemon.io
Listeners from Ukraine got in touch to tell us what it has been like for one particular tech startup in Ukraine these last few weeks. From the founder of the company: Lemon.io, Alekskandr Volodarsky, @volodarik these are the charities he recommends:
https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/support-the-armed-forces
https://www.1kproject.org/
https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ (including crypto donations)
https://koloua.com/
https://novaukraine.org/donate/
29 min
March 25, 2022Fri. 03/25 – Will Europe’s DMA Force AIM And MSN Messenger To Talk To Each Other?
Will the new EU Digital Markets Act mean that all messaging could soon become as interoperable as email? Some serious smoke around the whole grand unifying Apple subscription fire. Why Instacart is voluntarily lowing its valuation. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
EU negotiators agree new rules to rein in tech giants (Politico)
Apple Is Working on a Hardware Subscription Service for iPhones (Bloomberg)
Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal (BBC News)
Instacart Slashes Its Valuation by Almost 40% to $24 Billion (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
LAPSUS$: How a Sloppy Extortion Gang Became One of the Most Prolific Hacking Groups (Motherboard/Vice)
The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto's Future (Time)
There's something off about ApeCoin (Platformer)
Of Course We’re Living in a Simulation (Wired)
Nicolas Cage Can Explain It All (GQ)
21 min
March 24, 2022Thu. 03/24 – Is A 16-Year-Old Behind Lapsus$?
Have we uncovered the hackers behind Lapsus$, that crazy new hacker group? Another crack in the App Store wall as Google unilaterally decides to test alternative payment systems? Uber is actually teaming up with the Taxi drivers here in New York City. And would you buy a 15 inch MacBook Air?
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Links:
Teen Suspected by Cyber Researchers of Being Lapsus$ Mastermind (Bloomberg)
A Closer Look at the LAPSUS$ Data Extortion Group (KrebsonSecurity)
Google Play to pilot third-party billing option, starting with Spotify (TechCrunch)
Twitter’s DM search will finally actually help you find conversations (The Verge)
Uber Reaches Deal to List All New York City Taxis on Its App (WSJ)
Report: Apple developing new 15-inch MacBook Air that could come in 2023 (9to5Mac)
YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV (The Verge)
17 min
March 23, 2022Wed. 03/23 – Maybe Apple Should Just Start A Bank
Customers are getting frustrated with Okta over that potential Lapsus$ hack. Apple’s acquisition of an open banking startup is interesting. Yuga Labs is the (forgive me) 800lb gorilla of the NFT space. And why Zuckerberg’s personal remote work regimen might explain why he’s so obsessed with having meetings in VR.
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Links:
The Third-Party Okta Hack Leaves Customers Scrambling (Wired)
Apple acquires UK open banking startup Credit Kudos (The Block)
Apple Buys UK Fintech Start-Up Credit Kudos (CNBC)
El Salvador postpones bitcoin bond issue, expects better conditions (Reuters)
Bored Ape Yacht Club creator raises $450 million to build an NFT metaverse (The Verge)
Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1.5 billion, the largest debut fund ever by a female VC (CNBC)
Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s Leadership Take Remote Work to the Extreme (WSJ)
Zoom’s new virtual avatars let you show up to your next meeting as a dog (The Verge)
17 min
March 22, 2022Tue. 03/22 – A Day Of All The Infosec News
When it rains, it pours cybersecurity news. The White House warns that Russian hacks may be incoming. Lapsus$ has now allegedly hit Okta and Microsoft. A big alleged hack to HubSpot might hurt a bunch of crypto companies. And why does that Apple Studio display have 64GB of storage it’s (mostly) not using?
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Links:
Statement by President Biden on our Nation’s Cybersecurity (WhiteHouse.gov)
Is Russia exploring cyberattacks against U.S. in response to hacktivists? (VentureBeat)
Okta hack puts thousands of businesses on high alert (The Verge)
Lapsus$ hackers leak 37GB of Microsoft's alleged source code (BleepingComputer)
Hacker Steals Customer Data From Circle, BlockFi, Other Big Crypto Firms (Decrypt)
Alphabet’s quantum tech group Sandbox spins off into an independent company (CNBC)
Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, But Only 2GB Used (MacRumors)
Roku OS 11 will let you set your own photos as a screensaver (The Verge)
18 min
March 21, 2022Mon. 03/21 – Telegram Was Banned In Brazil Until It Wasn’t
An alternative title to today’s show could be Schrödinger’s Brazilian Telegram Ban. I’ll explain. Ukrainians say Elon Musk’s Starlink donation is proving quite useful. Toronto has become the third-largest tech hub in North America. Should Apple make routers again? And where will the advertising dollars go in 2022?
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Links:
Telegram forgot to check its email and now it’s banned in Brazil (The Verge)
Brazil Lifts Its Ban on Telegram After Two Days (NYTimes)
Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails (Washington Post)
Chipmakers face two-year shortage of critical equipment (FT)
Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town (NYTimes)
Apple Should Make Home Wi-Fi Routers Again as Part of Mac Reboot (Bloomberg)
TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising (Ben-Evans.com)
19 min
March 19, 2022 (TWTR SPC) Every.to And Mac Studio
We talked to Nathan Baschez and Dan Shipper, the founders of the media startup Every.to. We talked to them about the realities of being two years in as a modern, from the ground up media company, the shifting landscape in the “creator economy” (remember that?) And a lot about Substack and its business model and philosophy. Around the hour mark, Chris and I have a lengthy conversation about the Mac Studio, my purchasing of one, my cancelling of my order for a Studio Display. And also, Chris has a very interesting 8 dimensional chess theory about where Apple is headed as a company.
1 hr 23 min
March 18, 2022Fri. 03/18 - $APE GMI?
Australia sues Meta for alleged cryptocurrency scam ads. Bored Apes Yacht Club had, what we might call a busted IPO, if that was term we were using. Amazon is now officially the proud owner of James Bond. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
Australian watchdog sues Facebook-owner Meta over scam advertisements (Reuters)
Bored Ape Yacht Club Ethereum NFT Sales Surge as ApeCoin Price Pops, Then Drops (Decrypt)
U.S. antitrust enforcers won't challenge Amazon's MGM deal, dashing hopes of monopoly critics (Politico)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Substack’s Ideology (Divinations)
A Big Bet to Kill the Password for Good (Wired)
Razzlekhan: The Untold Story Of How A YouTube Rapper Became A Suspect In A $4 Billion Bitcoin Fraud (Forbes)
Six months in, El Salvador’s bitcoin gamble is crumbling (Rest Of World)
The neon shortage is a bad sign (Recode)
Beating Japan at Its Own (Video) Game: A Smash Hit From China (NYTimes)
17 min
March 17, 2022Thu. 03/17 – Netflix Wants You To Make Your Freeloaders Pay Up
Google kind of returns to an in person I/O but just a little bit. The harsh new British law that could put tech executives behind bars. Netflix says the free ride of password sharing is over. Though, the gravy train of subsidized 15 minute delivery seems to be back on. Oh, and the rave reviews of the new Mac Studio.
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Links:
Google I/O takes place May 11th and 12th, and it will be fully available online (The Verge)
Tech Executives Threatened With Jail Time Under Proposed U.K. Law (The Information)
Netflix Will Prompt Subscribers to Pay for Users Outside Their Households in New Test to Address Unauthorized Password Sharing (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
Bored Apes NFT project gets official 'ApeCoin' token (TechCrunch)
APPLE MAC STUDIO REVIEW: FINALLY (The Verge)
Two ultra-fast delivery startups shut down in one week (CBS58)
21 min
March 16, 2022Wed. 03/16 – NFTs Coming To Instagram “Soon”
Meta has a new Family Center to keep kids monitored. Zuck says NFTs are coming to Instagram “soon.” Google’s Stadia strategy is coming into focus, and it’s interesting. Is Vimeo threatening longtime users to pay up? And a review of the latest iPad Air iteration.
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Links:
Instagram rolls out new safety tools for parents (TechCrunch)
Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram (Engadget)
Google casually announces Steam for Chrome OS is coming in alpha for select Chromebooks (9to5Google)
Google Stadia is subtly reinventing itself to attract new games and gamers (The Verge)
Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ (The Verge)
Vimeo is telling creators to suddenly pay thousands of dollars — or leave the platform (The Verge)
APPLE IPAD AIR (2022) REVIEW: IT’S THE NICE ONE (The Verge)
FC Barcelona agree to sponsorship deal with Spotify, will rebrand stadium as 'Spotify Camp Nou' (CBS Sports)
16 min