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(TWTR SPC) Variety Special Jun 25, 2022

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No guest this week (though the great @EvanKirstel does show up at one point) but we covered a wide range of topic, mostly ones that have been under-discussed lately on the show...

Fri. 06/24 – TikTok Turns On The Money Machine Jun 24, 2022

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The fire sale on tech companies has begun. More big important hacks to be aware of. Another crypto bridge has been compromised. Amazon wants you to know about their AI coding tool. TikTok turns on the money spigot. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Zendesk to be acquired by investor group for $10.2 billion (CNBC)
Google is notifying Android users targeted by Hermit government-grade spyware (TechCrunch)
CISA, US Coast Guard warn of Log4Shell attacks after 130GB data breach in May (The Record)
Breaking: Harmony’s Horizon Bridge hacked for $100M (CoinTelegraph)
Amazon launches CodeWhisperer, a GitHub Copilot-like AI pair programming tool (TechCrunch)
TikTok Turns On the Money Machine (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Web3 Use Cases: Today (Not Boring)
Where are all the crypto use cases? (Evan Conrad)
How Russia’s vaunted cyber capabilities were frustrated in Ukraine (Washington Post)
Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready? (WSJ)
How Townscaper Works: A Story Four Games in the Making (Game Developer)

Thu. 06/23 – What If My Voice Was Your Alexa? Jun 23, 2022

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Would you want my voice to be the voice of your Alexa? An interesting raise that can change people’s vocal accents in real time. Instagram rolls out a comprehensive system to check ages on their platform. And is that new Brave search engine becoming a contender?

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Alexa will soon be able to read stories as your dead grandma (TechCrunch)
That agent who sounds like they’re from Paris, Texas? Try Paris, France (TechCrunch)
Cerebras Slays GPUs, Breaks Record for Largest AI Models Trained on a Single Device (Tom's Hardware)
Instagram Tests Child Age Verification, but Falls Short of Full ID Checks (WSJ)
Privacy-focused Brave Search grew by 5,000% in a year (Bleeping Computer)
NBCUniversal, Google Compete to Help Netflix Develop Ad-Backed Tier (WSJ)

Wed. 06/22 – New (Google) News Jun 22, 2022

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News is new again, after Google does a size-able redesign. Copilot AI is available on GitHub, but is it worth paying for? Amazon unveiled some new warehouse robots, but is this partially because they fear running out of workers? The new Twitter Notes feature and why it’s increasingly likely that you’ll buy your next car online, even if you don’t buy it from Telsa.

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Google News gets desktop redesign with focus on customization (9to5Google)
GitHub’s AI-powered Copilot will help you write code for $10 a month (The Verge)
Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature (TechCrunch)
Amazon announces its first fully autonomous mobile warehouse robot (The Verge)
Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire (Recode/Vox)
Why You Might Buy Your Next Car Online (NYTimes)
Announcing StackHawk’s $20.7 Million in Series B Funding to Drive Developer-First Security (StackHawk)

Tue. 06/21 – The Great Crypto Crash Of ‘22 Jun 21, 2022

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Did something happen while I was away? Sort of like everything crashing in crypto? Apple wants to kill the CAPTCHA for you. The first Apple Store has unionized. Is it fair that G Suite is no longer free? And is the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 actually… good now?

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(Portfolio Profile) Juna Jun 20, 2022

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Juna (heyjuna.com) replaces awkward lab visits with at-home STI testing and treatment. Another proud investment of the RideHomeFund. As ever, get in touch with Brian if you'd like to work with Juna directly.

(TWTR SPC) Stock Options; DALL·E; Internet Explorer Jun 18, 2022

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Some thoughts on what startup workers can do with their stock options (in this economy!?). DALL·E blows our collective minds. Considering the legacy of Internet Explorer. Thanks to @adam_keesling and @jnack.

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Fri. 06/17 – Musk Speaks To The Tweeps! Jun 17, 2022

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Elon Musk speaks to his soon to be employees for the first time at Twitter. Snap is testing a new subscription Snapchat. Microsoft debuts Defender for Individuals. Klarna is thinking about raising a massively down round. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

What Should You Do With Your Options During a Downturn? (Every)
‘Wallets and eyeballs’: how eBay turned the internet into a marketplace (The Guardian)
A Billion-Dollar Crypto Gaming Startup Promised Riches and Delivered Disaster (Bloomberg)
Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data (Wired)
What Is Quantum Entanglement? Skip the heady and abstract physics lectures. Let’s talk about socks (IEEE Spectrum)
The Best Sci Fi Books for Beginners (FiveBooks.com)

Thu. 06/16 – Serious Cases Of TikTok Envy Jun 16, 2022

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Google says YouTube Shorts is keeping pace with TikTok. Meta plans to make Facebook more like TikTok in order to keep pace themselves. That new Sonos Voice Control assistant sounds pretty good to me. Why a bunch of folks are going to string internet cables under the shrinking polar ice. And why the Japanese are freaked out about Internet Explorer going away.

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YouTube Says It Is Gaining on TikTok in Short-Video Race (WSJ)
FACEBOOK IS CHANGING ITS ALGORITHM TO TAKE ON TIKTOK, LEAKED MEMO REVEALS (The Verge)
Samsung Wallet is back to organize your ID, keys, and crypto (The Verge)
SONOS VOICE CONTROL REVIEW: A SPEEDY, PRIVATE, MUSIC-FOCUSED ASSISTANT (The Verge)
A Warming Arctic Emerges as a Route for Subsea Cables (WSJ)
Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months' (NikkeiAsia)

Wed. 06/15 – Now The Crypto Hedge Funds Might Be Blowing Up Jun 15, 2022

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Is a major crypto hedge fund about to blow up? How the Celsius network got in such hot water. YouTube lets you make corrections. Why Apple’s deal for Major League Soccer is such a big deal. And pour one out, definitively, for Internet Explorer.

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