Tech Brew Ride Home

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May 26, 2020Tue. 05/26 – What Does A 3-Day Weekend Even Mean Anymore?
The ARM chips for the next several years are here. End-to-end encryption might be coming to RCS. Jailbreaking might be returning to iPhones. JioMart’s big play arrives and more on the remote work conversation.
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Links:
ARM’s Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU will power 2021’s best Android phones (The Verge)
Google Messages preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages (9to5Google)
There's a Jailbreak Out for the Current Version of iOS (Wired)
JioMart, the e-commerce venture from India's richest man, launches in 200 cities and towns (TechCrunch)
Run The World raises $10.8 million to bring live events online (VentureBeat)
Why Facebook’s Plan to Tie Remote Pay to Location Will Probably Fail (Intelligencer)

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17 min
May 23, 2020 (Bonus) Bryan Salesky, CEO of Argo
The founder and CEO of a company we talk about all the time: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI. Bryan tells us more about the unique Silicon Valley/Detroit hybrid that Argo represents, we discuss the unique business model strategy they’re exploring, and we find out, where the self-driving space is now that Covid-19 has basically put everything on pause.
30 min
May 22, 2020Fri. 05/22 – I Do A Complete 180 on WFH
Yeah, mea culpa on my whole work-from-home/remote work skepticism. Also, I was wrong about Magic Leap being a goner. But that subscription aggregator we’ve all been anticipating is showing up right on time, and in the weekend longreads, let me introduce you to the two men who are about to become nerd superstars.
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Metalab.co
Tovala.com/ride
Links:
MARK ZUCKERBERG ON TAKING HIS MASSIVE WORKFORCE REMOTE (The Verge)
Zuckerberg says employees moving out of Silicon Valley may face pay cuts (CNBC)
IBM Is Latest Tech Giant to Cut Jobs in Midst of Pandemic (Bloomberg)
Magic Leap Raises $350 Million, Withdraws Layoff Notices (The Information)
Just turning your phone on qualifies as searching it, court rules (Ars Technica)
ScreenHits TV to Launch Streaming Aggregator to Combat "Subscription Fatigue" (The Hollywood Reporter)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans (NYTimes)
Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online. The bots are winning. (Washington Post)
This DIY laptop costs as much as a MacBook Air — How is it selling so well? (Laptop)
The State of the Self-Driving Car Race 2020 (Bloomberg)
MEET THE FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS SPACEX WILL LAUNCH TO ORBIT (The Verge)

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19 min
May 21, 2020Thu. 05/21 – The Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition
Twitter is testing another new feature to limit trolls and give users greater control of their threads, the Google and Apple contact tracing API is here, what is the Tactical Edition of a Galaxy phone and why might you need one, and some interesting raises this Thursday.
Sponsors:
Tovala.com/ride
Metalab.co
Links:
Twitter is testing a feature that limits who can reply to your tweets (TechCrunch)
Three US states have signed on to Apple and Google’s exposure notification system (The Verge)
Apple releases final iOS 13.5 with coronavirus exposure alert support (VentureBeat)
Coinbase to Make Working From Home Permanent (The Information)
Samsung launches Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition for Department of Defense (ZDNet)
How a 20-year-old convinced Facebook’s former security chief to invest in his data privacy start-up (CNBC)
Autonomous aviation startup Xwing raises $10M to scale its software for pilotless flights (TechCrunch)
How a 20-year-old convinced Facebook’s former security chief to invest in his data privacy start-up (CNBC)

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18 min
May 20, 2020Wed. 05/20 – Joe Rogan is Podcasting’s Howard Stern Moment
Facebook takes another major run at cracking ecommerce. And why this might be a highly opportune moment to do so. In short: the corona moment might be the moment ecommerce finally wins. Also, will Apple ship iPhones without any EarPods? And why the big Joe Rogan to Spotify news is podcasting’s Howard Stern moment.
Sponsors:
Tovala.com/ride
Metalab.co
Links:
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, making it easier for businesses to list products for sale (CNBC)
Ecommerce penetration graph (Dennis Hong)
Is the e-commerce shift going to last? (TechCrunch)
A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robots Come and Go (NYTimes)
'iPhone 12' predicted to ship without EarPods, will boost AirPods sales (Apple Insider)
Spotify signs 'The Joe Rogan Experience" to an exclusive multi-year deal (TechCrunch)
Bill Simmons Just Wants to Win (Vulture)
With its Joe Rogan exclusive, Spotify’s new podcast strategy is to kill podcasts (Digital Trends)
New Spec Gives SD Cards a Massive Boost in Speed (Gizmodo)

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21 min
May 19, 2020Tues. 05/19 - If You Virtual Build It, They Will Come
Microsoft’s virtual version of its Build conference unleashes an array of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI in camera sensors, a super-fast OpenAI supercomputer built on Azure, and better Linux support in Windows 10? Also, new leaks about Apple’s AR glasses, the Department of Justice slams Apple on phone encryption, Apple in negotiations to buoy Apple+ with a back catalog of programming, Walmart puts Jet.com to bed among a huge sales increase, and finally, a massive database of medical equipment service manuals comes online.
Sponsors
Tiny Capital
MetaLab
Links:
Microsoft’s new PowerToys Run launcher for Windows 10 is now available to download (The Verge)
Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 (The Verge)
Microsoft to adapt its cloud software for healthcare industry (Reuters)
Deliver better experiences, insights, and care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare (Microsoft)
Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids (The Verge)
Microsoft and Sony to create smart camera solutions for AI-enabled image sensor (ZDNet)
Microsoft’s OpenAI supercomputer has 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs (Engadget)
Apple’s AR Glasses! (Front Page Tech on YouTube)
Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News)
Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray Announce Significant Developments in the Investigation of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting (DOJ)
Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News)
Walmart is shutting down Jet.com 4 years after buying the company for $3.3 billion (Business Insider)
Trying to Support a Local Pizza Joint? Just Make Sure It Isn’t Actually Chuck E. Cheese (Food & Wine)
Introducing the World’s Largest Medical Repair Database, Free for Everyone (iFixIt)
22 min
May 18, 2020Mon. 05/18 – Pizza Arbitrage Shows How The Food Delivery Space Is Broken
The tech trade war is really heating up again, in case you missed it. What if Coronavirus is what helps Google win at messaging? Clubhouse is an interesting raise raising eyebrows. And why Pizza arbitrage shows that the food delivery space is not only broken, but basically spits in the face of efficient market theory.
Sponsors:
Metalab.co
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Links:
TSMC halts new Huawei orders after US tightens restrictions (Nikkei Asian Review)
China Injects $2.2 Billion Into Local Chip Firm (Bloomberg)
General Atlantic to invest $870M in India's Reliance Jio Platforms (TechCrunch)
Google Meet surpasses 50 million downloads on the Google Play Store (9to5Google)
Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Voice App Still In Beta, At $100 Million Valuation (Forbes)
London-based Fly Now Pay Later raises £35 million Series A to provide flexible financing to travellers (Tech.eu)
Austin-Based Real Estate Startup Homeward Secures $105M In Debt & Equity (TechCrunch)
Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage (Margins, by Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk)

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20 min
May 16, 2020 (Bonus) Listener Call in I - The "Call-in-an-ing"
Questions about: tech in the time of coronavirus, podcasting in the time of coronavirus, WeWork and co-working spaces after the coronavirus, Netflix's position among the competition right now, are subscriptions the future of podcasting, how I source news, and what are my biases, among other questions and answers....
49 min
May 15, 2020Fri. 05/15 – Facebook Buys GIPHY
The US strikes at Huawei again. Apple acquires a VR startup and there’s conflicting rumors on those AR glasses. Is Silicon Valley really about to become a ghost town? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
U.S. moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers as China eyes retaliation (Reuters)
Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million (Axios)
Apple Acquires Startup NextVR that Broadcasts VR Content (Bloomberg)
Apple’s computerized glasses won’t be ready until 2022 ‘at the earliest,’ top analyst says (Bloomberg)
Latest leak has "sleek" Apple Glasses coming out in 2021 instead of 2022 (Apple Insider)
Uber’s CEO, a Seasoned Dealmaker, Pursues His Biggest One Yet (Bloomberg)
Chrome will start blocking resource-heavy ads in August (VentureBeat)
Tech Workers Consider Escaping Silicon Valley’s Sky-High Rents (Bloomberg Businessweek)
Weekend Longreads:
OnlyFans, Influencers, And The Politics Of Selling Nudes During A Pandemic (Elle.com)
How Sporcle followed trivia fans from bars to Zoom and built a $2.5M business (Protocol)
Founder Of Borders Bookstores, Webvan Returns With Dreams Of Beating Amazon At Food Delivery (Forbes)
Inside HBO Max, the $4 Billion Bet to Stand Out in the Streaming Wars (Variety)
The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet (Wired)
Our weird behavior during the pandemic is messing with AI models (MIT Technology Review)
Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar (The Conversation)

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25 min
May 14, 2020Thu. 05/14 – “Monstrous” Chip News
There is "monstrous" chip news from Nvidia, the world’s first camera sensor with AI built-in, a crypto experiment on Reddit that I feel like might actually have a shot at working, how long will Google stick with hardware, and new members of the $100MM ARR club.
Sponsors:
TinyCapital.com
ExpressVPN.com/techmeme
Links:
Nvidia unveils monstrous A100 AI chip with 54 billion transistors and 5 petaflops of performance (VentureBeat)
Nvidia’s first Ampere GPU is designed for data centers and AI, not your PC (The Verge)
Sony Says It Created World’s First Image Sensor With Built-in AI (Bloomberg)
Reddit to launch Ethereum-based tokens for cryptocurrency and Fortnite subreddits (The Block)
Chrome will soon group tabs together to save pack rats from themselves (Engadget)
The mastermind behind the Pixel's camera has left Google (AndroidCentral)
Adding three more companies to the $100M ARR club (TechCrunch)

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20 min