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Thu. 07/07 – Apple Lockdown Mode Jul 07, 2022

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Apple has a new lockdown mode to triage a whole range of cyberattacks. Also, Mark Gurman has some details on that new, expected, “rugged” Apple Watch. Twitter is testing co-tweets. More details on the new version of Meta’s VR headset. And the weekend longreads suggestions. I’ll explain.

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Apple Announces New Lockdown Mode on iOS 16 With 'Extreme' Level of Security (MacRumors)
Apple Plans Extreme Sports Watch With Larger Screen, Metal Case (Bloomberg)
Heads of FBI, MI5 Issue Joint Warning on Chinese Spying (WSJ)
Reddit is launching a new NFT avatar marketplace (TechCrunch)
Twitter starts testing new CoTweets feature that lets two accounts co-author a tweet (The Verge)
Meta Plans to Call New Virtual Reality Headset the ‘Quest Pro’ (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Keeping Phones Running in Wartime Pushes Kyivstar to the Limit (Bloomberg)
The Metaverse in 2040 (Pew Research Center)
Not Just a Tennis Podcast, but Rather ‘The’ Tennis Podcast (NYTimes)
Inside a Superfan's Secret Friendship With Eddie Van Halen (Rolling Stone)

Wed. 07/06 – How To Beat The Quantum Rap Jul 06, 2022

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Will regulators wreck the great gaming consolidation? Can the US bully it’s way to blocking China’s chip development? Are Dilithium crystals the key to saving crypto from quantum computing? And why the crypto crash has been a footnote for Wall Street. At least, so far.

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Tue. 07/05 – What Did I Miss? Jul 05, 2022

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The Crypto Crash goes ever onward. Klarna is going on a realty tv show called, Now That’s what I Call A Haircut! The hackers have come for the Chinese surveillance state. The World Cup is going to have the robots call offsides. And Steve Jobs is getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Crypto platform Vauld suspends withdrawls, trading and deposits amid financial challenges. (TechCrunch)
Number Three (Entrepreneurs Handbook)
Meta to Shut Down Novi Service in September in Crypto Winter (Bloomberg)
Klarna in Talks to Raise Fresh Cash at Slashed $6.5 Billion Valuation (WSJ)
Hackers Claim Theft of Police Info in China’s Largest Data Leak (Bloomberg)
AI-powered technology will be used to speed up VAR offside calls at World Cup (The Guardian)
Google patches new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer)
President Biden to award Steve Jobs with posthumous Medal of Freedom (9to5Mac)

(IHP) The eBay Story Part 1 Jul 04, 2022

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From my original Internet History Podcast, the first of my two episodes outlining the story of eBay, in-depth, as I make the strong case that it was maybe the most important and overlooked startup of the Web 1.0 era. Part 2 of this story coming on Friday.

(TWTR SPC) Aprés Spotify w/ Anchor Founder @mignano Jul 02, 2022

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Time for some deep analysis of the podcast industry. Is Spotify gonna take over all of audio? Is the blockchain useful for podcasting? What is the great Michael Mignano doing next, after leaving Spotify and Anchor?

Google Talk (Dec. 2018) Jul 01, 2022

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While I'm away briefly for vacation, here's a talk I gave at Google in December 2018 around the time my book came out. Just a condensed dose of my entire thesis of the technology industry's history from 1994-2006. Nothing much new if you've read my book, but if you want the cliff's notes version, here it is.

Thu. 06/30 – If Sam Bankman-Fried Is Afraid To Give You Money… Jun 30, 2022

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One good thing about the crypto crash is you can get affordable graphics cards again. Layoffs come to the Metaverse. Samsung is producing the first 3nm chips. Apple wants you to pay for your gas without getting out of your car. Though, you’d still have to get out to pump, I suppose. And, bit of a surprise, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Genesis Faces ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in Losses as 3AC Exposure Swamps Crypto Lenders: Sources (CoinDesk)
Nvidia Game Card Prices Fall Along With Crypto Mining Demand (Bloomberg)
Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers [Update] (Kotaku)
Samsung Electronics starts 3-nanometer chip production ahead of TSMC (TechCrunch)
Fuel Purchases Directly Within Apple CarPlay to Be Available This Fall (MacRumors)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Did Razzlekhan and Dutch Pull Off History’s Biggest Crypto Heist? (Bloomberg)
Cyber Pirates Prowling Ship Controls Threaten Another Big Shock (Bloomberg)
The Accidental Media Critics of YouTube (NYTimes Magazine)
HOW ONE OF GAMING’S MOST INTIMIDATING GENRES SPAWNED A LEGION OF HITS (The Verge)

Wed. 06/29 – Netflix Running Up That Hill Jun 29, 2022

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I joke its Groundhog Day, but if you’re a crypto billionaire, you probably want the repetition to end as much as anyone. Wait, is TikTok suddenly in trouble with the US government again? A new line of chips from Arm. Sony wants to play to PC gamers. And why Netflix doling out Stranger Things in portions is one of the biggest experiments being run in Hollywood right now.

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Crypto Crash Widens a Divide: ‘Those With Money Will End Up Being Fine’ (NYTimes)
Crypto crash threatens North Korea's stolen funds as it ramps up weapons tests (Reuters)
U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores (CNBC)
Ray tracing and 64-bit only: What you should know about Arm's 2023 CPUs and GPUs (Android Authority)
Sony targets PC gamers with new hardware brand, Inzone (Washington Post)
Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things (Recode)

Tue. 06/28 – Elon Could Let Me Do This Show From A Campsite Jun 28, 2022

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Why there’s a HUGE tech angle to the whole Roe V. Wade controversy. Google’s shutting down one of their chat apps, but even I can’t be bothered to figure out which one or why. Airbnb is permanently putting the kibosh on parties. And will StarlinkRV allow all of us to take off into the wild and still do our work?

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Without Roe, data will become a company headache and a user nightmare (Axios)
Period tracker Stardust surges following Roe reversal, but its privacy claims aren’t airtight (TechCrunch)
Google Hangouts is shutting down in November (The Verge)
Elon Musk Has Twitter’s Data, but Getting Answers on Spam Accounts May Be Tougher (WSJ)
Amazon plans two Prime shopping events this year, with second one in Q4 (CNBC)
Airbnb’s party ban is now permanent (The Verge)
STARLINK RV REVIEW: THE DAWN OF SPACE INTERNET TO GO (The Verge)

Mon. 06/27 - Après Mai, Le Apple Déluge? Jun 27, 2022

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Are we in for the biggest deluge in new Apple products, maybe ever? Why, though, are the new MacBook Pros with M2 chips sporting slower SSD drives? Is your phone plan about to get more expensive? Is VC activity actually going down? How much should we worry about Tether? And something something, are DAO’s really that decentralized?

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Apple Readies iPhone 14 and HomePod Upgrade in Flood of New Products (Bloomberg)
Base 13-Inch MacBook Pro With M2 Chip Has Significantly Slower SSD Speeds (MacRumors)
AT&T, Verizon Raise Prices and Test Consumer Budgets (WSJ)
Venture Funding Set to Hit Lowest Level Since 2020 (Bloomberg)
More Hedge Funds Are Betting Against Tether as Crypto Melts Down (WSJ)
Dissecting the DAO: Web3 Ownership is Surprisingly Concentrated (Chainalysis)

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