Tech Brew Ride Home

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April 30, 2020Thu. 04/30 – Don’t Fight The Tape (Tech Earnings Edition)
Four big earnings reports for four big tech companies, but we’ll leave that to the end. Intel launches a new flagship clip line, Andreessen Horowitz launches a new crypto fund, Zoom fesses up on MAUs, and Reddit goes old school with chat rooms.
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Intel's 10th Gen Comet Lake for Desktops: Skylake-S Hits 10 Cores and 5.3 GHz (AnAndTech)
Andreessen Horowitz raises $515 million for second crypto fund (Axios)
Zoom admits it doesn’t have 300 million users, corrects misleading claims (The Verge)
Reddit adds chat rooms for subreddits (Engadget)
Smartphone Production to Drop by 16.5% YoY in 2Q20, Setting Historical Record in YoY Decline, Says TrendForce (TrendForce)
Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more (CNBC)
Facebook soars after reporting ‘stability’ in ad revenue after fall in March (CNBC)
Press Release & Webcast (Microsoft Investor Relations)
Twitter Q1: sales up 3% to $808M as it swings to a loss on COVID-19, mDAUS hit record 166M (TechCrunch)
Tesla posts profit despite hit from coronavirus (CNN Business)
19 min
April 29, 2020Wed. 04/29 – Here Come the Tech Earnings…
The biggest tech earnings season in a while kicks off and so far, it’s so good for Alphabet. Spotify says its holding up as well. Though Uber might lay off 20% of its workforce, Ford is delaying its self-driving road map, and that has me asking again, why isn’t this the perfect moment for self-driving tech?
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Alphabet earnings hit by ‘significant slowdown’ in ad sales, but revenue boosts stock (Marketwatch)
Google Meet video conferencing is now free for anybody (The Verge)
Spotify Q1 beats on sales of $2B with monthly active users up 31% to 286M (TechCrunch)
Uber Discusses Plan to Lay Off About 20% of Employees (The Information)
Ford postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022 (TechCrunch)
How a handful of Apple and Google employees came together to help health officials trace coronavirus (CNBC)
20 min
April 28, 2020Tue. 04/28 – Deepfakes As A Killer (Advertising) App
Shopify unveils its own shopping app. DJI unveils the Mavic Air 2. The Pixel Buds 2 finally arrive. Tesla pushes out a new auto driving update. What really accounts for Magic Leap’s crash and burn? And why deepfakes are probably going to be in a bunch of commercials soon.
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Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app (TechCrunch)
NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan (BBC News)
DJI’s new Mavic Air 2 has an upgraded camera and much longer flying time (The Verge)
GOOGLE PIXEL BUDS REVIEW: SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM (The Verge)
Tesla says cars can automatically stop for traffic lights (Associated Press)
Magic Leap's $2.6 billion bait and switch (TechCrunch)
Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap (The Blog of Palmer Luckey)
An ESPN Commercial Hints at Advertising’s Deepfake Future (NYTimes)
19 min
April 27, 2020Mon. 04/27 – It’s Always A Good Day When Your Starship Doesn’t Explode
iPhone production might be delayed, but the launch might not be, and actually, that might bounce in Apple’s favor. Autocomplete for coding. A little more background on John Stankey. Progress on my robot burrito delivery. And a crucial SpaceX rocket passes a key test by finally not blowing up.
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Apple Delays Mass Production of 2020 Flagship iPhones (WSJ)
Two Million Australians Download Coronavirus Contact-Tracing App (Bloomberg)
Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing (Reuters)
Codota picks up $12M for an AI platform that auto-completes developers' code (TechCrunch)
Blunt New CEO Inherits Challenge of Turning AT&T Into Media Star (Bloomberg)
John Stankey’s challenge: Making AT&T’s $100 billion bet on Time Warner pay off (CNBC)
The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout future (Ars Technica)
SpaceX’s future deep-space rocket passes key test, paving the way for short flight (The Verge)
19 min
April 26, 2020 (Bonus Bonus) The Alfred P. Sloan Era of the Internet Era
This piece: John Luttig's When Tailwinds Vanish caused me to go on a random jag this afternoon. Since I had nothing better to do than post it to Medium, I read it into the microphone too...
PS: the medium piece I wrote up is here.
17 min
April 25, 2020(Bonus) Why Shopify Is #Winning With James McLeod
As you’re about to hear, I’ve wanted to do a deep dive episode discussion on Shopify and how they’re suddenly the big up and coming, potential tech behemoth… arguably the most successful tech IPO of the last five years; seemingly the only company that can challenge Amazon in ecommerce… so when James McLeod from the Financial Post got in touch wanting to talk about Shopify, it was like someone was reading my mind. You’ll see why I’ve found the Shopify story so interesting because… well, we get right into it…
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James’ recent reporting on Shopify and other tech stories: https://business.financialpost.com/author/jmcleodpostmedia
31 min
April 24, 2020Fri. 04/24 - Google Battens Down The Hatches
AT&T’s CEO rides off into the sunset is both a surprise and not a surprise at all. Whole bunch of interesting Google news all at once. More on that iOS zero-day, more data on tech industry hiring and layoffs, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson to step down, COO Stankey to take over (CNBC)
Google to cut marketing budgets by as much as half, directors warned of hiring freezes (CNBC)
Google ditched tipping feature for donating money to sites (TechCrunch)
Google will make all advertisers prove their identities, so people can see who they are and which country they’re in (CNBC)
Apple Finds No Evidence Hackers Exploited iPhone, iPad Mail Flaw (Bloomberg)
Tech companies pull back on hiring, flashing another grim warning sign for the U.S. economy (CNBC)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
Silicon Valley balanced grueling schedules with workplace perks. Coronavirus is forcing change (CNET)
Preppers Are Quite Prepared to Enjoy Some Vindication (NYTimes)
Following the money in a massive “sextortion” spam scheme (Sophos)
How Instagram managed to survive antitrust scrutiny when it was acquired by Facebook (Fast Company)
IN THE CORONAVIRUS ERA, THE FORCE IS STILL WITH JACK DORSEY (Vanity Fair)

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23 min
April 23, 2020Thu. 04/23 – Privacy Hypocrisy From France?
Custom Mac chips by 2021? Robot nurses already in hospitals? Bill Gurley into the sunset? Why some people are accusing France of digital privacy hypocrisy, and an interesting raise in the remote work space. Specifically: remote whiteboarding.
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Links:
Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021 (Bloomberg)
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is helping hospitals remotely treat coronavirus patients (The Verge)
Magic Leap Cuts Half of Jobs In Major Restructuring (Bloomberg)
Worldwide Digital Video Game Spending Hits All-Time High of $10B in March (The Hollywood Reporter)
Venture Capitalist Bill Gurley Isn’t Joining Benchmark’s Next Fund (WSJ)
France urges Apple and Google to ease privacy rules on contact tracing (The Guardian)
French Hypocrisy: Fines Google For Being Soft On Privacy; Now Angry That Google Won't Let It Spy On Users (TechDirt)
Mire lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges (TechCrunch)

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18 min
April 22, 2020Wed. 04/22 – Facebook’s Big Play In India
Huge Facebook investment in India. Tech earnings season is back, and this promises to be a super interesting one for all the reasons you can imagine. Two iPhone zero days found out in the wild. Patreon does do layoffs but says creator numbers are holding up. And a roundup of the iPhone SE reviews.
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Links:
Facebook invests $5.7B in India's Reliance Jio Partners (TechCrunch)
Facebook Invests $5.7 Billion in Indian Internet Giant Jio (NYTimes)
Netflix blows away new subscriber expectations (CNBC)
Snap has the pieces in place to fight off the coronavirus downturn in advertising better than rivals, and the stock is soaring (CNBC)
Researchers Say They Caught an iPhone Zero-Day Hack in the Wild (Vice)
Patreon lays off 13% of workforce (TechCrunch)
APPLE IPHONE SE REVIEW: EVERYTHING YOU NEED (The Verge)
iPhone SE Review: An iPhone for People Who Don’t Like New iPhones (WSJ)
Review: Apple iPhone SE (2020) (Wired)
18 min
April 21, 2020Tue. 04/21 – Sonos Radio
Sonos launches its own streaming radio service, huge trove of Facebook accounts purchased on the dark web, Google goes with free to compete with Amazon in product search, Kickstarter is seeing a huge drop in project launches and we finally have a date for the HBO Max launch.
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Sonos launches its own streaming radio service (The Verge)
267 million Facebook profiles sold for $600 on the dark web (BleepingComputer)
Apple launches App Store, Music, Arcade, Podcasts, and iCloud in new countries (9to5Mac)
In major shift, Google Shopping opens up to free product listings (Search Engine Land)
Facebook removes some events calling for protests of stay-at-home orders (NBC News)
Google's Head of Quantum Computing Hardware Resigns (Wired)
WarnerMedia Sets Late May HBO Max Launch (The Hollywood Reporter)
AT&T’s HBO Max Will Dive Into Crowded Streaming Market on May 27 (Bloomberg)
Kickstarter plans layoffs after new projects on the site drop off by 35 percent (The Verge)
18 min