The Silicon Insider

On this week's episode of The Silicon Insider Podcast, hosts Mike Malone and Scott Budman are hunkered down in their respective compounds, waiting like the rest of us for the pandemic to peter out. Today's topics include: telecommuting takes over, Zoom lives down its security scarlet letter, the market's inexplicable 27% rise, Yelp lay-offs and furloughs, the future of quarantine-oriented entertainment, and much more.

On the latest Silicon Insider Podcast, now a few weeks into the Coronavirus quarantine, Mike and Scott analyze the nation's--and tech's--response to the increasingly frightening, society disrupting pandemic. Topics include the staggering, historically high unemployment numbers, the rapid, controversial fall of last week's darling video-conferencing company Zoom, surprising tech gains for Netflix, Tesla, and Apple, conflict for Amazon on Long Island, and much more.

On this week's episode of the Silicon Insider Podcast, Mike and Scott discuss another week of Coronavirus chaos as the virus shutters society and radically transforms the economy. Topics include record unemployment, tech companies stepping up to produce much-needed health supplies, the $2 trillion stimulus package, and more. Wash your hands!

Another week, another step towards the complete paralysis of society. Even though the entire state of California is under quarantine, The Silicon Insider Podcast is back with a new episode. This week, Mike and Scott survey the various ways tech companies are adapting to the new reality or disintegrating. Topics include biotech firms stepping up to the pandemic plate, Elon Musk's billionairesque tendency to inject himself and Telsa into any current news story, Intel's channeling of smell-o-vision for its new computer chip, the government's controversial plan to use people's location data to track the virus, and more.

On this week's episode of The Silicon Insider Podcast, Mike and Scott reckon with another week of increasingly concerning news about the coronavirus pandemic. What was speculation has quickly transformed into sober reality, with the virus effectively grinding the tech world, the economy, and society-at-large to a grinding halt. As such, Mike and Scott discuss the latest tech closures, cancellations, and consequences. Other less alarming topics include, Comcast's breach of hundreds of thousands unlisted phone numbers, growth of virtual meeting software company Zoom, and more.

On this week's episode, Mike and Scott discuss the increasing coronavirus disruptions to tech, media festivals, the stock market, and more. Other topics include increasing scrutiny over Twitter, particularly its leadership, the unveiling of TCL's bendable screen cellphones, HP's rebuff of Xerox's buyout offer, and more.

On this week's episode of The Silicon Insider Podcast, Mike and Scott reckon with everything from the tech fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to a potentially landmark case ruling private forums like YouTube are not protected by the First Amendment, and much more.

On this week's episode of The Silicon Insider Podcast, Mike and Scott discuss space travel, coronavirus and its increasing effects on Silicon Valley, a new lawsuit against Google, and much more.

On this week's episode of The Silicon Insider Podcast (Valentine's Day Edition), Mike and Scott discuss the growing prosperity in tech, particularly in Silicon Valley, its paradoxical consequences, and much more.

On this week's episode, Mike and Scott discuss the fiasco surrounding the app used for voting in the Iowa Caucus, the tech ramifications of the Corona Virus chaos, and more.