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May 07, 2021Fri. 05/07 – Twitter Introduces Tip Jar
Twitter introduces a tip jar, literally called Tip Jar. Why crypto trading juicing Square’s earnings is worth thinking about. What is the mysterious social space Netflix is surveying users about building? Yes, Substack is letting writers build magazines and newsrooms, so stop pointing out the obvious. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Twitter is testing a new Tip Jar feature for sending money to your favorite accounts (The Verge)
Square gets a bitcoin boost with revenue up 266% (CNBC)
Playlists and podcasts? Netflix is exploring developing ‘N-Plus’ (Protocol)
You can now build a “mini media empire” on Substack (Financial Times)
Everyone yells at the Oversight Board (Platformer)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How Much Energy Does Bitcoin Actually Consume? (Harvard Business Review)
Crypto pros are getting tired of the 79 billion dollar dogecoin joke (Bloomberg)
I'm seeing a lot of people FOMO quit their jobs to join "crypto" (Jon Syu)
THE LAST DAYS OF SATOSHI: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN BITCOIN’S CREATOR DISAPPEARED (Bitcoin Magazine)
John Swartzwelder, Sage of “The Simpsons” (The New Yorker)

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19 min
May 06, 2021Thu. 05/06 – Rage, Rage Against The Dying Of Moore’s Law
IBM says it has created the world’s first 2nm chip. Google really wants everyone to use two factor authentication. Twitter is enacting more speed bumps to get you to stop trolling people in your tweets. Apple’s delicate dance with Netflix over in app payments. And SpaceX finally gets its Mars rocket to… not blow up on landing.
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IBM Creates First 2nm Chip (AnandTech)
Google is going to start automatically enrolling users in two-step verification (ZDNet)
Google relaxes work from home rules to let more staff be remote (Bloomberg)
Twitter rolls out improved ‘reply prompts’ to cut down on harmful tweets (Tech Crunch)
Emails reveal Apple’s attempts to stop Netflix from dropping App Store In-App Purchase support (9to5 Mac)
EXCLUSIVE China's Tencent in talks with U.S. to keep gaming investments -sources (Reuters)
SpaceX successfully lands its massive Starship for the first time (New Atlas)
17 min
May 05, 2021Wed. 05/05 – Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Trump Ban
Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds the Trump account suspension. Signal trolls Facebook using its own ad system. An appeals court has ruled that Section 230 does not apply to app design. Kind of. It’s complicated. And the not complicated reason why some exchanges can’t tell you the price of Berkshire Hathaway stock right now. Think: partying like it’s 1999.
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Facebook’s Trump ban can stay in place, says Oversight Board (The Verge)
Signal Tries to Run the Most Honest Facebook Ad Campaign Ever, Immediately Gets Banned (Gizmodo)
Facebook Workplace reaches 7 million paid subscribers (CNBC)
Facebook takes on Nextdoor with Neighborhoods tool (Cnet)
Dell patches 12-year-old driver vulnerability impacting millions of PCs (The Record)
Snapchat Can Be Sued Over Role In Fatal Car Crash, Court Rules (NPR)
Epic CEO says he would have taken a special App Store deal if Apple had offered (9to5 Mac)
Epic CEO argues Fortnite trial is an existential fight for the future (Protocol)
Berkshire Hathaway’s Stock Price Is Too Much for Computers (WSJ)
18 min
May 04, 2021Tue. 05/04 – How Many People Still Pay For AOL?
Twitter opens up Space more broadly, and buys the startup Scroll. So, what is the larger endgame here with their subscription play? Apple benefits from the turmoil in Google’s AI team. A breakdown of day one of the Apple/Epic Games trial. And how many people still pay a monthly subscription to AOL?
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Twitter expands Spaces to anyone with 600+ followers, details plans for tickets, reminders and more (Tech Crunch)
Twitter is buying Scroll, the subscription service that removes ads from news sites (The Verge)
Twitter makes all of its money from ads. It’s trying to change that. (Recode)
Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after colleagues' firings (Reuters)
Ford backed Argo sees new sensor as key for self driving cars (Bloomberg)
Apple and Epic go head-to-head in fiery opening remarks of highly-anticipated trial (9to5 Mac)
About 1.5 million people still pay for AOL — but now they get tech support and identity theft services instead of dial-up internet (CNBC)
17 min
May 03, 2021Mon. 05/03 – Kuo: Foldable iPhone In 2023!
Kuo says we’re gonna see a foldable iPhone soon. After the iOS privacy changes, Facebook is giving users popups begging them to turn tracking on. The interesting new “green” cryptocurrency that is launching today. And a backgrounder and breakdown of the Apple/Epic games trial that is kicking off today.
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Kuo: Apple to Launch 8-Inch Foldable iPhone in 2023 (Mac Rumors)
Verizon sells media businesses including Yahoo and AOL to Apollo for $5 billion (CNBC)
Facebook and Instagram notices in iOS apps tell users tracking helps keep them ‘free of charge’ (The Verge)
A new green cryptocurrency called Chia uses a less energy-intensive method of minting new coins. Here are 6 things to know about the digital asset before it starts trading on Monday. (Markets Insider)
Microsoft explored reducing its Xbox store cut to shake up console gaming (The Verge)
Apple’s App Store Had 78% Margin in 2019, Epic Expert Says (Bloomberg)
Epic v. Apple: Everything you need to know about the biggest trial in tech (Protocol)

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19 min
May 01, 2021 (Bonus) Bull-Bear Case For Clubhouse
Last week, the great Ed Zitron (@edzitron) , head of the media relations firm EZPR, put out a post that got a lot of chatter where he laid out a bear case for Clubhouse. So I tweeted out, did anyone want to do a bull case for clubhouse so we could do a bull/bear debate episode? And the great Joseph Flaherty (@josephflaherty) of Founders Collective raised his hand and said he’d be game to do it, so this is what we have today. An episode of two halves. First, Joe makes the bull case, then after the break, Ed gives the bear take. And that’s it? Great conversation. Great points made by both guys. Enjoy.
Here is Ed's piece that we refer to throughout: Clubhouse and Audio's Feature Not A Product Problem (And How It Might Possibly Be Meerkat 2)
57 min
April 30, 2021Fri. 04/30 – The EU Brings The Hammer Down On Apple
The EU does indeed charge Apple with antitrust violations. Roku has indeed followed through on its threats to YouTube TV. Will the Magic Keyboard actually work with the new iPad Pros or not? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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EU Charges Apple With App Store Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case (Wall Street Jounal)
YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google contract dispute (Axios)
Apple says the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro will work with the old Magic Keyboard, but ‘may not precisely fit when closed’ (9to5 Mac)
'A Perfect Positive Storm’: Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech (New York Times)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The new wave of crypto users: migrant workers (Rest of World)
Europe Is Trying to Reclaim Its Lost Chipmaking Glory (Bloomberg)
As Nintendo’s entertainment kingdom expands, it’s still about the games (Fast Company)
Spotify’s Surprise (Stratechery)
Artificial Intelligence Is Misreading Human Emotion (The Atlantic)
mRNA vaccine technology (Peter Attia MD)
How mRNA Technology Could Change the World (The Atlantic)

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20 min
April 29, 2021Thu. 04/29 – What If This Is A Tech Inflection Point?
Another earnings round up leads me to ask, what if the Covid era really is a historical inflection point for tech? AT&T has decided what to charge for HBO with ads, while Verizon is try to get someone to take AOL and Yahoo of their hands. What if we did streaming gaming, but just for browsing the web? Say hello to Mighty. And odds are, you’ve probably never gotten millimeter wave 5G on you fancy new phone.
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Facebook Revenue Grows 48% as Ad Prices Increase (The Information)
Apple warns of supply shortages likely to impact iPad and Mac in Q3 (9to5 Mac)
WarnerMedia plans to charge $9.99 per month for ad-supported HBO Max (CNBC)
Verizon Explores Sale of Media Assets, Including Parts of Yahoo and AOL (Wall Street Journal)
Amazon to spend $1B to boost pay for 500k operations workers by as much as $3 an hour (Geek Wire)
Mighty wants to ‘make Chrome faster’ by streaming a browser from the cloud, starting on macOS (9to5 Google)
Verizon “leads” all US carriers in mmWave 5G availability at 0.8% (Ars Technica)
20 min
April 28, 2021Wed. 04/28 – CES Says: “We’re Doing It Live!”
The Consumer Technology Association says they’re doing it live! As in, an in-person CES once again. Samsung announces two superlight laptops that are nonetheless, still “pro.” Netflix launches a new interface to take away what to watch fatigue. A roundup of tech earnings. And help Microsoft pick a new default font for Office.
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CES will return to Las Vegas as an in-person event in 2022 (The Verge)
Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are lightweight laptops with OLED screens (The Verge)
AirPods demand reportedly falling as Apple cuts production by 25-30% (9 to 5 Mac)
Inside Netflix’s Quest to End Scrolling: How the company is working to solve one of its biggest threats: decision fatigue. (Vulture)
Huawei reports 16.5% drop in revenues in first quarter, warns of ‘another challenging year’ ahead (CNBC)
Microsoft is changing the default Office font and wants your help to pick a new one (The Verge)

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19 min
April 27, 2021Tue. 04/27 – EU To Charge Apple This Week?
Is the EU about to bring the hammer down on Apple? Are Apple M2 chips right around the corner? Spotify launches its Podcast Subscription offering, and it is an interesting contrast to Apple’s. A whole slew of new Fire Tablets from Amazon. Lyft exits the self-driving game. And we’re in a dark new world when it comes to ransomware attacks.
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EU to charge Apple with anti-competitive behaviour this week (Financial Times)
Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app (The Verge)
Apple's follow-up to M1 chip goes into mass production for Mac (Nikkei Asia)
Amazon’s new Fire HD 10 tablet has slimmer bezels and better specs (The Verge)
Lyft sells self-driving unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet for $550M (Tech Crunch)
Ransomware gang threatens to expose police informants if ransom is not paid (The Record)
17 min