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(Bonus) Is Tech Making Us- Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid?

Is technology really rotting our brains, destroying our society... or is that what everyone has always worried about with every technological advance,...

Jul 21, 2019 38m

(Bonus) The Moon Landing With Charles Fishman

So, today, July 20th 2019 is the 50th anniversary of human beings walking on the moon for the first time. As Glenn mentioned on Friday’s weekend longr...

Jul 20, 2019 38m

Fri. 7/19 - This Pentagon Contract Is Not the One You’re Looking For

Microsoft makes boring pay dividends, Trump says he’ll use JEDI mind tricks to examine a Pentagon bid, Orlando ends a controversial facial-recognition...

Jul 19, 2019 16m

Thurs. 07/18 - Netflix's Numbers Visit the Upside Down

Netflix's growth disappoints, but Stranger Things have happened. The Democratic National Committee tells candidates to avoid the photo-aging simulator...

Jul 18, 2019 16m

Wed. 07/17 - Neuralink and Boston Dynamics Are Ready For Their Closeup

Google says Project Dragonfly is dead, Apple might be producing its own original podcasts, the Switch regular gets a refresh, and two long-time intere...

Jul 17, 2019 18m

Tue. 07/16 - Who Put The Politics In My Tech?

Facebook explains Libra to Congress, Amazon might be next in the EU’s woodshed, Google might be next in Trump’s woodshed, another Tesla lineup shakeup...

Jul 16, 2019 18m

Mon. 07/15 - Don't Naruto-Rush Area 51

The FTC is readying a record fine for Facebook, but is it just a parking ticket? Qualcomm refreshes the Snapdragon lineup, governments want to make mo...

Jul 15, 2019 19m

(Bonus) Is Ecommerce Gonna Kill The Grocery Store? With Joe Fassler

Remember that longread from Friday? I knew lots of physical retail was under threat from ecommcerce, but do we have to worry about the grocery store t...

Jul 14, 2019 28m

(Bonus) The Superhuman Brouhaha With Mike Davidson

Remember the whole Superhuman kerfuffle of the last week or so? Mike Davidson wrote a blog post calling out some shady stuff in the Superhuman email p...

Jul 13, 2019 30m

Fri. 07/12 - Amazon Developing A High-End Echo Speaker

Amazon is developing a high-end Echo speaker, the PC market’s not dead yet, Postmates is having second thoughts about going public and might shop itse...

Jul 12, 2019 16m

Thu. 07/11 - Bird In Trouble Or Turning The Corner?

Apple quietly brings the hammer down on Zoom’s hidden web server, Apple also turns off Walkie Talkie in order to fix it, Google Assistant is listening...

Jul 11, 2019 16m

Wed. 07/10 - The New Switch Lite Drops The... "Switching"

The Nintendo Switch Lite is a smaller cheaper Switch that doesn’t “switch,” HBO Max is ready for the streaming thunderdome, is Slack falling behind Mi...

Jul 10, 2019 20m

Tue. 07/09 - Apple Culls The MacBook Herd

Apple culls the MacBook herd, YouTube returns to FireTV, a weird zero day exploit in Zoom’s video conferencing app, Elon Musk shakes up his autopilot...

Jul 9, 2019 16m

Mon. 07/08 - The Rise of the Professional Dungeon Master

Your driver’s license is already being used for facial recognition surveillance, VC investment in Chinese startups is plummeting, I have an answer to...

Jul 8, 2019 16m

(Bonus) The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? (Pt. 2)

Part Two of the legendary Gary Kildall Story... Sponsors: Tiny.website CognitoHQ.com Subscribe to the ad-free feed! Learn more about your a...

Jul 7, 2019 59m

(Bonus) The Man Who Could Have Been Bill Gates? (Pt. 1)

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Jul 6, 2019 43m

Fri. 07/05 - Apple Waves the White Flag on Keyboards?

A Superhuman mea culpa, no mea culpa but Apple might be ready to tacitly admit the butterfly keyboards were a mistake, inside Walmart’s turf battles o...

Jul 5, 2019 18m

Wed. 07/03 - Why Is Everyone Arguing Over Superhuman?

Telsa sold a lot more Model 3’s than anyone expected, more signs of tech manufacturing fleeing China, Uber’s new Dine-In service is kinda brilliant, a...

Jul 3, 2019 17m

Tue. 07/02 - Are ISP Caps the Achilles Heel of Game Streaming?

We know when the Galaxy Note 10 is coming, we don’t know why Microsoft is teasing Windows 1.0, Nvidia refreshes the RTX line, meditation app Calm is f...

Jul 2, 2019 15m

Mon. 07/01 - Was Jony Ive Burned Out AT Apple or BY Apple?

Was Jony Ive burned out at Apple or was he burned out BY Apple? Again, Roku as the quiet mega-player in the streaming wars, how TikTok is spending its...

Jul 1, 2019 17m

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