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Brian McCullough
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Thu. 08/29 - Apple Bends On "Right To Repair"
Apple makes nice with repair shops (and saves the date for the iPhone launch next month), an undersea cable mostly already built could be axed cause…...
Wed. 08/28 - Apple Walks Back the Siri Thing
Apple walks back the Siri grading program, Peloton’s S-1 reveals an interesting company, Fitbit’s interesting new smartwatch, don’t travel if you use...
Tue. 08/27 - Anthony Levandowski Arrested
Anthony Levandowski is arrested, Facebook is taking another run at Snapchat with something called Threads, Yelp adds personalized results for the firs...
Mon. 08/26 - The Most Powerful Chromebooks Ever
Google and Dell team up for enterprise-grade Chromebooks, Baidu makes big leaps in smart-speaker market share, Binance lets you lend crypto for intere...
(Bonus) Taking Elon's Temperature With Tesla Daily
About a year ago, Elon Musk was doing so much crazy stuff, I was desperate for someone to tell me what was going on. So, I reached out to Rob Maurer f...
Fri. 08/23 - Are "Partners" Looking To Exit Libra?
YouTube shuts down channels over Hong Kong content, some of Facebook’s Libra partners are having second thoughts, the WSJ finds some shady items on Am...
Thu. 08/22 - Google Deserts Desserts (h/t The Verge)
Will we see an iPhone Pro next month? Google has a new proposal for ad tracking, Android deserts dessert nomenclature, why hasn’t tech solved parking...
Wed. 08/21 - The Bull Case For WeWork
Next gen chips from Intel, the real HQ2 for Amazon is in India, the controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps is a real case for King...
Tue. 08/20 - Is Apple TV+ DOA?
Twitter suspends a bunch of China-linked accounts, is Apple TV+ dead on arrival? 23 towns in Texas are hit with ransomware, and why isn’t Alexa in you...
Mon. 08/19 - The Silicon Chip To Define The AI Era?
Libra gets competition, Spotify and Roku get family friendly, Amazon is sitting out the launch of Disney+ (for now), Ikea is serious about becoming a...
(Bonus) Is The Netflix Algo Broken? With Julia Alexander @loudmouthjulia
On a recent weekend longreads segment, I recommended a piece by The Verge’s Julia Alexander asking whether Netflix’s recommendation algorithms were br...
Fri. 08/16 - Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us
Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us, Apple sues a “virtualization” company, was Amazon offering vendors a pay to play scheme with Ama...
Thu. 08/15 - Three Words And An App That Could Save Your Life
Facebook tweaks groups, Google Assistant lets you remind family members, can we be training voice AI in a better way, say hello to the Sega Genesis Mi...
Wed. 08/14 - “We” Files, a MacBook Pro “No Fly List” and “Boatbnb”
WeWork files for its IPO, a huge data leak reveals fingerprints, facial recognition data and more, are you going to have trouble taking your MacBook P...
Tue. 08/13 - Automattic & Tumblr & Snap & Spectacles 3
Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a...
Mon. 08/12 - Your 108 Megapixel Smartphone Camera
Would you want (or need) a 108MP smartphone camera? The “Ninja” Blevins/Twitch breakup explained. The cat-and-mouse between Chrome and paywalls explai...
Fri. 08/09 - Can Ride Hailing EVER Make Money?
Uber and Lyft continue to lose money hand over fist, Huawei has a backup OS plan, Piano has a smarter paywall for news outlets, people are texting the...
Thu. 08/08 - I Put Zero Thought Into This Episode Title (explained in the episode)
All the headlines from the Galaxy Note 10 event, to what degree does Zuckerberg really want to keep Instagram independent, Google is expanding podcast...
Wed. 08/07 - The Disney+ Bundle Is Nuts
We have a launch date for Disney+ and we also have confirmation of a wicked compelling bundle, FedEx officially breaks up with Amazon, Amazon trades a...
Tue. 08/06 - The Apple Card is Here, And It's A... Credit Card...
The Apple Card is here (for some of you), industrial cyberattacks have doubled, are Yelp and Grubhub partnering to hurt restaurants, Amazon’s scoot ro...
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