Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

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Mon. 06/06 – WWDC 2022

All the headlines from WWDC. All the new OS’s and a new MacBook Air with a new M2 chip, but I’ll save you the speculation. Nothing on the AR/VR front....

Jun 6, 2022 20m

Fri. 06/03 – Time To Get Your Driverless Ride On?

It’s increasingly looking like we might be approaching a tipping point in terms of driverless ride hailing becoming a reality. Twitter will let you se...

Jun 3, 2022 16m

Thu. 06/02 – Something Something, A Joke About Leaning Out?

Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Meta after 14 years. Who is Javier Olivan, who is replacing her as Meta’s COO? I’ll let you know. Why the feds cracking dow...

Jun 2, 2022 16m

Wed. 06/01 – Surface Laptop Go Update

The Surface Laptop Go gets a refresh. The Supreme Court has blocked that Texas social media law. For now. Twitter is really gonna take TweetDeck away...

Jun 1, 2022 16m

Tue. 05/31 – The New Fastest Computer In The World

The new fastest computer in the world sees the crown return to the US. Will we not see Sony’s next-gen VR rig until next year? Ride hailing fares are...

May 31, 2022 15m

(Portfolio Profile) Check-in With Rownd (How To Raise A Round Right Now)

A checkin with Rownd about what it's like to close a round right now, and what actually being on stage at YC Demo Day is like.To book at meeting with...

May 30, 2022 16m

Fri. 05/27 – An Xbox Gaming Dongle

Microsoft is creating an HDMI dongle to turn any tv or monitor into an Xbox gaming console. Now the lawsuits are popping off in the whole Elon/Twitter...

May 27, 2022 16m

Thu. 05/26 – Apple Raises Wages

Apple is attempting to fend off a unionization movement by… paying people more. That Broadcom/VMware deal is real. You can now pay close to $1000 for...

May 26, 2022 15m

Wed. 05/25 – Seth Green Wants His Apes Back

Seth Green has lost a film role… for his Ape. Cause he lost his Ape to a fishing scam. a16z launches their biggest ever crypto fund. Headlines from Mi...

May 25, 2022 17m

Tue. 05/24 – Does Apple REALLY Want You To Repair Your Own iPhone?

Google Research says to Open AI: “Hold my beer.” They’ve announced a new AI-based text-to-image generator to rival DALL-E 2. Is the shocking earnings...

May 24, 2022 17m

Mon. 05/23 – Big Tech Consolidation Coming?

Is a big mergers and acquisition wave about to hit the tech industry. I make the case from several different angles. AMD releases its next generation...

May 23, 2022 15m

(TWTR SPC) - a16z's Chris Dixon (@cdixon) On The State Of Crypto And Web3

Friend of the show, Chris Dixon (@cdixon) of a16z's crypto and web3 investing initiatives comes on to talk about the recent report: 2022 State of...

May 21, 2022 41m

Fri. 05/20 – The Apple Headset Has Been Demoed!

A new high end Snapdragon chip. The Apple AR/VR headset has been demoed, but only 9 people got to see it in action. A YC backed startup is facing laws...

May 20, 2022 17m

Thu. 05/19 – TikTok To Get Into Games?

A code red alert about vulnerabilities in VMware products. TikTok has a clever new program to crowdsource ad content from TikTok users. Oh, and they’r...

May 19, 2022 18m

Wed. 05/18 – Apple Takes A Covid Step Back

Apple is delaying its recent return to work policy indefinitely. If crypto mining is banned in China, how come it still the second biggest contributor...

May 18, 2022 15m

Tue. 05/17 – Sigh… More Elon/Twitter Stuff

Now Elon says he can’t move forward with the deal until he gets solid answers from Twitter about the bot issue, even though, we have the paperwork of...

May 17, 2022 18m

Mon. 05/16 – F It! Netflix Is Doin’ It Live! (Maybe)

Is Netflix about to experiment with actual live broadcasts? Where did all the bitcoin go in the whole Luna/UST backstop debacle? Spotify is testing NF...

May 16, 2022 17m

(TWTR SPC) Techpocalypse Now! W/ @EricNewcomer @loganbartlett & @alexrkonrad

Techpocalypse Now! W/ @EricNewcomer @loganbartlett & @alexrkonradHow bad is it? How bad can it get? How do we get out of this?See Privacy Policy a...

May 14, 2022 77m

Fri. 05/13 – Elon Puts Twitter Bid On “Hold,” But Is “Still Committed”

Ok. Are you sitting down? Would you believe me if I told you Elon Musk is giving signals that the Twitter deal might be off? Could we fix the whole st...

May 13, 2022 18m

Thu. 05/12 – The Everything Everywhere All At Once File Overflows

Other algorithmic stablecoins are teetering. Meta is cutting back, even when it comes to the Metaverse. Could an Instacart IPO lead us out of this dar...

May 12, 2022 16m

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