Tech Brew Ride Home

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June 14, 2021Mon. 06/14 – An “Extreme” Apple Watch?
Could we get an extreme sports Apple Watch soon? Google makes Workspace and Chat available to all. Bitcoin’s first major overhaul in four years is a go. TikTok has quickly become an advertising Monster. And I try to explain to you why everyone is suddenly so hype on Miami as a tech hub.
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Apple Plans Faster Watch, Future Temperature and Glucose Sensors (Bloomberg)
Google Workspace and Google Chat are officially available to everybody (The Verge)
Amazon’s game streaming service Luna is opening access to all Prime members June 21 and 22 (The Verge)
Bitcoin just got its first makeover in four years (CNBC)
TikTok Charges Up to $2 Million a Day for Top Advertising Spots (Bloomberg)
Austin Is Biggest Winner From Tech Migration, LinkedIn Data Show (Bloomberg)
20 min
June 11, 2021Fri. 06/11 – Now The Hackers Have Come For Our Hamburgers
Moar… hacking news. McDonalds. Electronic Arts. Le sigh. Apple wants to do away with passwords too. Elon Musk unveils the Model S Plaid. An interesting Apple Car hire. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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McDonald’s Hit by Data Breach (Wall Street Journal)
Hackers Steal Wealth of Data from Game Giant EA (Vice)
Apple says its new logon tech is as easy as passwords but far more secure (Cnet)
Tesla begins deliveries of its new Model S Plaid (CNBC)
Apple Hires Former BMW Executive for Its Rebooted Car Project (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The hard truth about ransomware: we aren’t prepared, it’s a battle with new rules, and it hasn’t near reached peak impact. (Double Pulsar)
When ransomware strikes, this company helps victims make bitcoin payments (CNBC)
APPLE ISN’T JUST A WALLED GARDEN, IT’S A CARRIER (The Verge)
THE APP THAT MONETIZED DOING NOTHING (The Atlantic)
Marcus Graham: Looking back on 10 years of Twitch’s experiment with livestreaming (Venture Beat)
19 min
June 10, 2021Thu. 06/10 – Another Payoff To Ransomware Hackers
Another payoff to Ransomware hackers. Facebook to launch a smartwatch? Microsoft to launch a dedicated game streaming device? Samsung unveils a tiny, tiny camera sensor. Stripe wants to handle your sales tax headache. And can the creator economy take off in a world of App Stores with 30% rakes?
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JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware Attack (Wall Street Journal)
Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor (The Verge)
Microsoft is building its own streaming devices as part of a major Xbox Game Pass expansion (Protocol)
Samsung pushes pixel size even further with new camera sensor (The Verge)
Payments giant Stripe launches Stripe Tax to integrate sales tax calculations for 30+ countries (Tech Crunch)
The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back (The Verge)
19 min
June 09, 2021Wed. 06/09 – The First Country To Adopt Bitcoin As Legal Tender
El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Biden reverses the TikTok and WeChat bans. Did one single customer cause that Fastly internet outage? Interesting raise for a faster Ethereum. Interesting new browser option. And maybe my favorite honey pot operation of all time.
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El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law (CNBC)
Biden revokes and replaces Trump orders banning TikTok and WeChat (The Verge)
Fastly claims single customer responsible for widespread internet outage (The Verge)
Solana Labs raises $314 million in new funding led by A16z and Polychain Capital (The Block)
Vivaldi 4.0 launches with built-in email and calendar clients, RSS reader (Tech Crunch)
FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gangs (The Record)
Encrypted messaging app used by criminals was actually an FBI honeypot (Input)
17 min
June 08, 2021Tue. 06/08 – Fastly Takes Down The Internet
Fastly takes down the internet, highlighting how the internet is still really centralized. The US seized most of the bitcoins those hackers got from the Colonial Pipeline hack, highlighting how Bitcoin is actually eminently traceable. Facebook pokes Apple in the eye on WWDC day, and I give you a wrap-up of the bits a pieces we missed from WWDC yesterday.
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Twitch, Pinterest, Reddit and more go down in Fastly CDN outage (Tech Crunch)
U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers (Wall Street Journal)
Facebook will show creators how much money Apple and Google take from them (The Verge)
EXCLUSIVE Apple in talks with CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car (Reuters)
Adobe launches M1 Mac-native versions of Lightroom Classic and more (The Verge)
iOS 15: Find My network can still find your iPhone when it is powered off, or factory reset (9to5 Mac)
Apple adds digital legacy service so users can prepare for the inevitable (Cnet)
Apple will let users stay on iOS 14 and receive security updates, even after iOS 15 is released (9to5 Mac)
Apple’s iCloud Plus bundles a VPN, private email, and HomeKit camera storage (The Verge)

Book Recommendation: Network Effect by Martha Wells
18 min
June 07, 2021Mon. 06/07 - WWDC 2021
All the headlines from WWDC 2021. Bezos in space! France brings the first hammer down on this round of anti-competitive action, this time against Google. And Jane Manchun Wong has the details on the upcoming Twitter Super Followers thingy.
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Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight with auction winner (TechCrunch)
Google Settles Antitrust Case Over Advertising Practices (WSJ)
Twitter may be close to launching Super Follows, as new research shows what it could look like (The Verge)
20 min
June 05, 2021 (Bonus) SpaceCasts Sampler!
A sampler of four different spaces from our new feed SpaceCasts! Search your podcast app for SpaceCasts and subscribe!
2 hr 3 min
June 04, 2021Fri. 06/04 – iPad Pro Rumors And WWDC Pre-Hype
Is MagSafe charging coming to iPads? Is the Biden administration actually cracking down harder on China than the Trump administration did? Is the recent slate of ransomware attacks the new normal or the sign of something bigger brewing? And, in the weekend longreads suggestions, we meet a guy who’s job is to negotiate with ransomware hackers.
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Links:
Apple Working on iPad Pro with Wireless Charging, New iPad Mini (Bloomberg)
Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban (The Verge)
Biden Expands Trump-Era Ban on Investment in Chinese Firms Linked to Military (New York Times)
Exclusive-U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says (Reuters)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How to Negotiate with Ransomware Hackers (The New Yorker)
Inside The ‘World’s Largest’ Video Game Cheating Empire (Motherboard)
The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No (Kotaku)
Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics (Wall Street Journal)
Developer relations (Marco Arment)
Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect (The Verge)

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18 min
June 03, 2021Thu. 06/03 – Twitter Launches Twitter Blue!
Twitter takes the wrapping off its subscription product, Twitter Blue. Multi-device support hints at a future WhatsApp app for iPads. Stack Overflow is the latest part of the developer ecosystem to sell for big bucks. And taking the temperature of Google’s Ethical AI team.
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Links:
Twitter launches its first subscription service (CNBC)
Apple asks staff to return to office three days a week starting in early September (The Verge)
WhatsApp to Roll Out Multi-Device Support, Hints at Future iPad App (Mac Rumors)
Cybersecurity firm NortonLifeLock will let customers mine crypto (CNN)
Stack Overflow Sold to Tech Giant Prosus for $1.8 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
Google says it’s committed to ethical AI research. Its ethical AI team isn’t so sure. (Recode)
21 min
June 02, 2021Wed. 06/02 – Facebook’s F8 Refresh
All the headlines from Facebook’s F8 Refresh. Etsy buys a used clothes marketplace. Another ransomware attack shutting down a major player in a vital industry, this time, literally in the meat-space. And you can start trading Dogecoin on Coinbase tomorrow.
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Links:
Facebook opens its Messenger API for Instagram to all (Tech Crunch)
Microsoft to reveal its next generation of Windows on June 24th (The Verge)
Amazon Prime Day set for June 21 and 22 (CNBC)
Etsy is buying the fashion resale app Depop for $1.6 billion. (New York Times)
U.S. says ransomware attack on meatpacker JBS likely from Russia; cattle slaughter resuming (CNBC)
Meat Buyers Scramble After Cyberattack Hobbles JBS (Wall Street Journal)
Coinbase Lists Dogecoin on Professional Trading Platform (Coindesk)
Judge dismisses charges against Apple security chief in gun-permit probe (Reuters)
16 min