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Welcome to Source Code, Protocol’s show about the people, power and politics of tech. Twice a week, we talk to the most important people, and about the most important stories, happening all over the world of tech.

Copyright: © 2020 Protocol Media

Latest Episodes:

Tech vs. researchers and DocuSign vs. everybody Mar 21, 2021

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Issie Lapowsky joins the show to talk about why researchers and social platforms want to work together, and why that’s a lot more complicated than it sounds. Then, Joe Williams explains why the digital signature industry is so hot right now, and where it goes from here.

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How a pipe-smoking alien became the 'digital Mona Lisa' Mar 17, 2021

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Two of the most important sales in NFT history happened last week: Beeple’s $69 million auction through Christie’s, and the $7.5 million sale of CryptoPunk #7804. Dylan Field, the CEO of Figma, was 7804’s previous owner. He joins the show to talk about what selling the punk meant to him, why crypto art is important — and why it’s booming right now — and where the real art lies.

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Hackers, trustbusters, and internet librarians Mar 14, 2021

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Joe Williams joins the show to talk about SolarWinds and the Hafnium hack, and what it means for the future of enterprise software (and for Microsoft). Then Emily Birnbaum explains who Tim Wu, Vanita Gupta and Lina Khan are and what they mean for the Biden administration’s antitrust plan. Finally, Anna Kramer discusses her story about the Internet Archive’s attempt to preserve the internet forever.

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How to avoid the next World War Mar 10, 2021

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Admiral Jim Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman join the show to talk about their book, “2034: A Novel of the Next World War,” and what the future holds for China, the U.S., cyberwarfare and hoverboards.

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Square buys Tidal, App store laws, and Microsoft AR Mar 07, 2021

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First, an update on the Google ad-tracking change. Then Ben Pimentel joins the show to discuss Square buying Tidal, and what it means for the fintech and music worlds. Later, Emily Birnbaum explains the bill moving through the Arizona legislature that has Google and Apple worried about the future of app stores. And finally, Janko Roettgers discusses Microsoft Mesh, the state of AR and VR headsets, and when we’re all going to be doing meetings as holograms.

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Google's vision for the future of work Mar 04, 2021

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Javier Soltero, the head of Google Workspace, joins the show to talk about his ideas about the future of work, building software that helps bosses and employees, work-life balance, privacy, and why calendars matter much more than you might think.

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Vaccine passports, Facebook in Australia, and chess on Twitch Feb 28, 2021

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Mike Murphy joins the show to talk about the tech industry's push for vaccine passports. Then Issie Lapowsky talks about Facebook's latest moves in Australia, before Hirsh Chitkara joins to discuss how chess became a streaming giant.

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Citizen’s plan to keep people safe (and beat COVID) with an app Feb 24, 2021

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Andrew Frame is the CEO of Citizen, an app meant to help people know more about what’s going on in their community. Citizen has been scrutinized for enabling voyeurs, encouraging people to put themselves in danger, and glorifying crime through livestreaming videos. But Frame said that’s not how Citizen works, and that it actually just helps people stay safe and aware.

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Facebook bails on Australia and Airbnb heads to Atlanta Feb 21, 2021

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Issie Lapowsky dissects what's happening between Facebook, Google and the Australian government. Then Anna Kramer joins to explain why Atlanta is the next big US tech hub.

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Bumble’s IPO, digital books and PayPal’s future Feb 14, 2021

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Hirsh Chitkara on Bumble’s big IPO, Anna Kramer on Libby and the future of digital books, and Tomio Geron PayPal’s plan to win the future of finance.

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