Tech Brew Ride Home

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Tech Brew Ride Home episodes

December 08, 2020Tue. 12/08 – Apple’s $549 AirPods Max
Say hello to AirPods Max. Cloudflare and Apple have developed a new internet privacy protocol. Google’s Stadia is finally flipping the switch on one of its biggest selling points. Uber is exiting the self-driving sweepstakes, but what does that mean for its future? And more fallout from that Warner Media streaming decision.
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Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design (Apple Newsroom)
Cloudflare and Apple design a new privacy-friendly internet protocol (TechCrunch)
Google Stadia will let all users livestream games directly to YouTube tomorrow (The Verge)
Samsung’s SmartThings can finally control your Google Nest devices (The Verge)
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband (GeekWire)
Uber sells its self-driving unit to Aurora (CNBC)
Christopher Nolan Rips HBO Max as "Worst Streaming Service," Denounces Warner Bros.' Plan (The Hollywood Reporter)
‘Dune’ Producer Legendary Entertainment May Sue Warner Bros. Over HBO Max Deal (Variety)
18 min
December 07, 2020Mon. 12/7 – ARMpocalypse Soon For The Entire Mac Lineup?
Apple isn’t wasting any time when it comes to ARM-ing up its entire Mac lineup, according to Mark Gurman. Wish is about to go public too. Airbnb and DoorDash are lifting their ranges. Is email signatures a bigger market than I ever imagined? And how drone deliveries might change how we design or homes and neighborhoods.
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Apple Preps Next Mac Chips With Aim to Outclass Top-End PCs (Bloomberg)
Wish plans to price between $22 and $24 per share at up to $14 billion valuation (CNBC)
Airbnb Boosts IPO Price Range to Between $56 and $60 a Share (WSJ)
Sequoia Capital Warned of a ‘Black Swan.’ Instead, 2020 Is One of Its Best Years Ever (Bloomberg)
Exclaimer raises $133 million to help companies manage email signatures (VentureBeat)
DRONES ARE POISED TO RESHAPE HOME DESIGN (WSJ)
Disney faces digital dilemma despite streaming success (Financial Times)
21 min
December 05, 2020(Bonus) Peter Kafka on Media, Hollywood, Substack and TikTok
As promised, here’s Recode’s Peter Kafka, the dean of the media reporters, someone we should have had on the podcast a long time before this. Do checkout his podcast, Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
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30 min
December 04, 2020Fri. 12/04 – CRACK! Warners Blows Up The (Traditional) Hollywood Business Model
Another monumental crack across the land as Warner Brothers has maybe signaled the death of the business model Hollywood has relied on for 100 years. Is Stripe signaling it wants to completely rewire the global monetary system? Have Chinese scientists achieved Quantum Supremacy? Would you be interested in deep sea tourism? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Warner Bros. will release all of its new 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max (The Verge)
WarnerMedia’s CEO explains why he’s blowing up the movie business (Recode)
Stripe to Offer Banking Services in Deal With Goldman Sachs, Citigroup (WSJ)
Stripe: Platform of Platforms (Stratechery)
China Stakes Its Claim to Quantum Supremacy (Wired)
Triton's latest submarine puts six people in a bubble, 3,300 feet under (New Atlas)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Hollywood’s Obituary, the Sequel. Now Streaming. (NYTimes)
Why Most Newsletters Fail (What Went Wrong)
These Tech Startups Want to Sell You Their Life Insurance (WSJ)
A.A. to Zoom, Substance Abuse Treatment Goes Online (NYTimes)
An oral history of the hamburger icon (by the people who were there) (invision)
19 min
December 03, 2020Thu. 12/03 – A Law To Turn Crypto Basic?
A new bill could regulate crypto in a way that crypto folks say would defeat the point of decentralization. Facebook antitrust could be coming next week. Loon is the first to turn the skies over to artificial intelligence. Hackers are targeting the vaccine rollout. And now, you too can contribute to Street View on Google Maps.
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US Lawmakers Introduce Bill That Would Require Stablecoin Issuers to Obtain Bank Charters (Coindesk)
PhonePe raises $700 million, becomes a separate entity (TechCrunch)
FedEx to Buy ShopRunner in Quest for Closer E-Commerce Ties (Bloomberg)
U.S. states plan to sue Facebook next week: sources (Reuters)
Alphabet’s Loon hands the reins of its internet air balloons to self-learning AI (The Verge)
Hackers Are Targeting the Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Cold Chain’ (Wired)
Hulu’s Watch Party feature is now available to all subscribers (The Verge)
Google Maps now lets you create Street View photos with just a phone (The Verge)
18 min
December 02, 2020Wed. 12/2 – A Salesforce/Slack Deal Analysis
A full analysis of the huge Salesforce/Slack deal. What HPE leaving Silicon Valley means, even if only symbolically. Qualcomm’s new flagship Snapdragon chip. All the announcements from AWS re:Invent. A smartwatch with a 9 day battery life and putting holograms right on your mantle might finally be getting practical.
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Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal (TechCrunch)
Why Salesforce bought Slack (Divinations)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the latest tech company to leave Silicon Valley, and is moving to Houston (CNBC)
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 is a glimpse into how much better your next Android phone will be (CNET)
Amazon to roll out tools to monitor factory workers and machines (Financial Times)
Techmeme Snapshot of re:Invent headlines
Wyze announces $20 smartwatch with nine-day battery life (The Verge)
Looking Glass’s next product is a holographic digital photo frame (TechCrunch)
19 min
December 01, 2020Tue. 12/01 - Amazon Launches EC2 Mac Instances
Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances. Don’t call it Libra. At least, not the Libra Association. Is Samsung thinking about discontinuing the Galaxy Note line? Why DeepMind solving the protein folding problem is such a big deal. Are VR and AR about to blend? And the interesting case surrounding our main computer hacking law that was argued before the US Supreme Court yesterday.
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AWS brings the Mac mini to its cloud (TechCrunch)
Libra Rebrands to ‘Diem’ in Anticipation of 2021 Launch (CoinDesk)
Airbnb seeks valuation of up to $35 billion in its IPO (CNBC)
Samsung may discontinue high-end Galaxy Note smartphones - sources (Reuters)
Reddit Claims 52 Million Daily Users, Revealing a Key Figure for Social-Media Platforms (WSJ)
London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery (NYTimes)
AI Protein Breakthrough Tweetstorm (@adamRutherford)
Varjo's lidar-enabled XR-3 VR headset shows where VR and AR are bound to blend (CNET)
Justices express qualms about sweeping computer crime law (Politico)
19 min
November 30, 2020Mon. 11/30 – DoorDash’s IPO Seems To Be Cresting The Wave
DoorDash lines up for its IPO and seems to be cresting the wave perfectly. Airbnb is right behind it, swelling a bit as well. Salesforce looks like it will be buying Slack as soon as tomorrow. The UK finally, officially bans Huawei. The monster computer display I want very badly. And remembrances Tony Hsieh, gone, tragically, way too soon.
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DoorDash seeks valuation of up to $32 billion in IPO, double what it was in June (CNBC)
Airbnb, DoorDash Aim for Higher-Than-Expected Valuations Ahead of Debuts (WSJ)
Salesforce deal to buy Slack expected to be announced Tuesday after market close (CNBC)
U.K. Bans Installation of Huawei 5G Gear From September (Bloomberg)
Bitcoin Hits New Record, This Time With Less Talk of a Bubble (NYTimes)
SAMSUNG’S ODYSSEY G9 DOES THE WORK OF THREE MONITORS (The Verge)
Apple Suppliers’ Exodus From China Won’t Slow Down Under Biden (Bloomberg)
Tony Hsieh, RIP (Om.co)
Tony. (Paul Bradley Carr)
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s Legacy, From Tech Leaders Who Knew Him Well (Forbes)
18 min
November 25, 2020Wed. 11/25 – The Blue Checkmarks Are Returning To Twitter
Twitter is revving the little blue checkmark engine back up, but it will work slightly differently than before. Stripe is either already impossibly big, or not nearly as big as it should be, depending on your point of view. Are you ready to speculate about the next generation of Apple Silicon chips? And, uniquely for this week, the week… end longreads suggestions.
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Twitter to relaunch account verifications in early 2021, asks for feedback on policy (TechCrunch)
Payments Startup Stripe in Talks for Funding at $70 Billion Valuation or More (Bloomberg)
MacBook Pro 16-inch M1X chip just leaked — and it's game over for Intel (Tom's Guide)
Kuo: iPhone 12 demand strong, new form factor Apple Watch and MacBooks in late 2021 (9to5Mac)
Ethereum 2.0’s Genesis Day Is Officially Set for Dec. 1 (Coindesk)
Week-end Longread Suggestions:
Can Shopify Compete With Amazon Without Becoming Amazon? (NYTimes Magazine)
Hollywood’s ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ Moment (NYTimes)
How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism (The New Yorker)
Substack got lucky, and so did Margins (Margins)
Why a Paid Newsletter Won't Be Enough Money for Most Writers (And That's Fine): The Multi-SKU Creator (Hunter Walk)
If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (Anil Dash)
20 min
November 24, 2020Tue. 11/24 – Apple’s Head Of Global Security Indicted On Bribery Charges
Apple’s head of global security is indicted on bribery charges. But… it’s a little nuanced. Facebook turned back the dial on divisive news stories after the election. Forget Substack; why OnlyFans might be the biggest story in terms of creator platforms right now. How Elon Musk became the second richest man in the world, and why Werner Herzog is mad at him.
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Undersheriff, Apple security chief, businessman indicted in bribery schemes (PaloAltoOnline)
Roiled by Election, Facebook Struggles to Balance Civility and Growth (NYTimes)
OnlyFans Chief Talks Sports Ambitions and Role of Adult Content in Site (The Information)
Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world’s second richest person behind Jeff Bezos (The Verge)
SPACEX MARS CITY: WERNER HERZOG ISSUES A STARK WARNING TO ELON MUSK (Inverse)
16 min