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I wanted to talk to Dave Bittner of CyberWire because the CyberWire podcasts are my go to source for keeping up with the security space in a broad way. And I’m glad I did, Dave is a super knowledgeable pro, and we do get into things like those huge credential dumps, password best practices and that Triton virus that has me so worried. But we started off by going on a weird tangent about Facebook where I found myself arguing for Facebook for some reason, and we ended by really going off the rails and talking about the Fermi Paradox and aliens. It ended up being a really fun chat. :)

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This one requires a bit of explaining. Remember that segment I did about Change A View, that subreddit that was becoming its own site to try to create a platform for healthy discourse and debate online? They got backing from—and technical support from—an Alphabet subsidiary called Jigsaw. So, I went down a rabbit hole with Jigsaw, because they weren’t on my radar, and I learned that their remit is to… seemingly… try to make the Internet not suck as much. So, long story short, I reached out to some people and got put in touch with Dan Keyserling of Jigsaw to see what they’re up to. Combatting radicalization, online censorship, trolls, bias in AI… there ARE still some folks who believe technology can make the world better… not just break it. Huge, if true!  But seriously, this is a bit of a palate cleanse for me, and for you… but really… mostly for me. 

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Amazon wants all Prime deliveries to be one-day shipping, Slack files for its IPO and Uber sets its price range, someone with a personal vendetta to fix Gmail and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Amazon smashes earnings expectations (CNBC)

Slack files to go public, revealing $400 million in revenue and $139 million in losses (CNBC)

Uber sets IPO terms, could be valued at $84 billion (Axios)

Regulators Around the World Are Circling Facebook (NYTimes)

The former lead designer of Gmail just fixed Gmail on his own (Fast Company)

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How Fortnite’s success led to months of intense crunch at Epic Games (Polygon)

Red Dead Redemption 2: six months later (Polygon)

WE’VE BEEN WARNED ABOUT AI AND MUSIC FOR OVER 50 YEARS, BUT NO ONE’S PREPARED (TheVerge)

How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell (Fortune)

These home security startups aren’t afraid of Amazon and Google (Fast Company)

Amazon Has Gone From Neutral Platform to Cutthroat Competitor, Say Open Source Developers (OneZero)

I Sell Onions on the Internet (Deep South Ventures)

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It is just an earnings bonanza: Facebook? Good! Tesla? Bad! Microsoft? Really good! In fact, king of the world again! Nintendo? Not so good. Oh, and the whole Luminary, podcasting wars, Game of Phones and Nick Quah called it, had a crazy new wrinkle today…

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Facebook Reports First Quarter 2019 Results (Facebook Investor Relations)

Facebook jumps as Stories users and ads show promising growth (CNBC)

Nintendo Disappoints With Tepid Outlook, No Date for New Switch (Bloomberg)

Verizon’s Galaxy S10 5G launches as it unveils next 20 5G cities (CNET)

Podcast startup Luminary’s launch week keeps getting worse (The Verge)

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iFixit thinks it knows why the Galaxy Fold is having issues, Wing becomes the first drone delivery operator cleared by the FAA, why Netflix has gone deep into debt and have the podcasting wars begun?

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Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown (iFixit)

Here’s Why We Think Galaxy Folds Are Failing (iFixit)

May to ban Huawei from providing 'core' parts of UK 5G network (TheGuardian)

Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval (Bloomberg)

Kuo: Two new AirPods models in Q4 2019 – Q1 2020, one features an all-new design and higher price (9to5Mac)

Snap rally fades after earnings beat (CNBC)

Microsoft Paint to remain part of Windows 10 after all (The Verge)

Netflix offers $2 billion more in debt to fund its content spending (TechCrunch)

The Joe Rogan Experience to withdraw from Luminary (HotPod)

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Tesla has an event that some people say is all reality distortion field, Facebook makes some interesting hires, Twitter is quietly chirping a tune Wall Street likes and Amazon Key is here to deliver inside your house.

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Here are Elon Musk’s wildest predictions about Tesla’s self-driving cars (The Verge)

Facebook’s new chief lawyer helped write the Patriot Act (The Verge)

Twitter stock surges more than 15% on earnings beat (CNBC)

Key by Amazon in-home delivery comes to Las Vegas, 12 other cities (CNET)

How Otonomo, with nearly $55 million in funding, is illegally cloning our product (SmartCar)

HackerNews thread about all this

SoftBank Founder Masayoshi Son Lost $130 Million on Bitcoin (WSJ)

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The Samsung Galaxy Fold is delayed, Sri Lanka blocking social media is complicated, how you’re being tracked in the airport and at work, and why there’s no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to free apps.

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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold Smartphone Release Delayed (WSJ)

Sri Lankan government blocks social media and imposes curfew following deadly blasts (The Washington Post)

Zillow launches AI-powered 3D home tours in the U.S. and Canada (VentureBeat)

The US wants to scan the faces of all air passengers leaving the country (QZ)

Employee privacy in the US is at stake as corporate surveillance technology monitors workers’ every move (CNBC)

That mental health app might share your data without telling you (The Verge)

Turns Out, Meal Kits Might Not Suck for the Planet (Earther)

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Lyft has gone public. Uber will do so soon. So will Airbnb. Quartz’s Alison Griswold covers this stuff every day, and she has a great newsletter, covering this stuff every week. It’s called Oversharing, you can get it for free at oversharing.substack.com… Because she covers the sharing everything… we talk to her today about the ride sharing companies… but also about the deliver me something companies and especially, the e-scooter companies… the economics of all things sharing!

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Facebook finds a new way to handle the privacy scandal of the day, free, ad supported music from Amazon and Google, Dieter ended up reviewing the Samsung Galaxy Fold as best he could, and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Facebook says it stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted on its servers (Recode)

Emtek announces they will be closing BBM consumer services on May 31 (CrackBerry)

Amazon Music Launches Free Streaming Tier, Through Alexa Only (for Now) (Variety)

SAMSUNG GALAXY FOLD REVIEW: BROKEN DREAM (TheVerge)

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Google Maps Is Ready to Transform the World of Superapps: A Skift Deep Dive (Skift)

These Women Are Only On Facebook For The Groups (BuzzFeed News)

Beyond Prime: Inside the Race to Deliver Shipments to the Moon (OneZero)

Robo-Rigs: The Scientist, The Unicorn And The $700 Billion Race To Create Self-Driving Semi-Trucks (Forbes)

The Coming Obsolescence of Animal Meat (The Atlantic)

Russian Gamer Brothers Are the Newest Hidden Billionaires (Bloomberg)

 

29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee shot dead in Northern Ireland violence (CNN)

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