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Tue. 02/09 – Amazon To Release An Alexa ‘Command Center?’ Feb 09, 2021

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Amazon is ginning up a new Echo device that’s like a dashboard for your household. Big changes to Android leaked to the internet. Reddit raises a big round. Mark Cuban is gunning for Clubhouse. And I’ve been warning y’all of industrial hacking. We almost had a big disaster down in Tampa Bay.

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Mon. 02/08 – Tesla Buys Bitcoin While Elon Sends Dogecoin To The Moon! Feb 08, 2021

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The singularity is near, cause all our meme stories are colliding. Tesla has bought a ton of Bitcoin while Elon is tweet-pumping Dogecoin. Clubhouse is blocked in China. Cold water on the Apple Car story from Hyundai itself. TikTok is skipping directly to an ecommerce buildout. And Xiaomi’s big new global flagship phone.

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Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment (CNBC)
Clubhouse is now blocked in China after a brief uncensored period (TechCrunch)
Apple Car Talks Aren’t Happening, Say Automakers Hyundai, Kia (Bloomberg)
Twitter Considers Subscription Fee for Tweetdeck, Unique Content (Bloomberg)
TikTok takes on Facebook with US ecommerce push (FT)
Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2020 Retrospective (Platformonomics)
Xiaomi’s global Mi 11 has a Snapdragon 888 for €749 (The Verge)

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(Bonus) Office Hours With Garry Tan Feb 06, 2021

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Fri. 02/05 – An Apple Ad-pocalypse For Everyone? Feb 05, 2021

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Are Apple’s coming IDFA changes going to have a bigger ripple effect across the entire tech industry than we’re even anticipating? Chinese users are flocking to Clubhouse which… probably means the end of Clubhouse in China. Why a shortage of silicon is causing automakers to cut vehicle production. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Andy Jassy Twitter Thread (@ankithharathi)
This Hedge Fund Made $700 Million on GameStop (WSJ)
PFOF is the Ad Model for Brokerage (Justin Paterno)
Superstar Cities Are in Trouble (The Atlantic)
They’re Flocking to America to Make a Fortune Playing Video Games (NYTimes)

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Thu. 02/04 – The Most Details On Apple’s AR/VR Headset Yet Feb 04, 2021

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Whole bunch of Apple rumors today. The most details yet on the Apple headset. Will the Apple car be an AV first, and does that just mean it will be for delivering things? Is the iPhone 13 getting better cameras? And also, Amazon is deploying cameras on its trucks. And Senator Klobuchar wants to put the burden of proof on the acquirers, when it comes to tech mergers.

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Wed. 02/03 – Bezos Drops Mic Feb 03, 2021

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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, to be replaced by Andy Jassy. Google is losing a ton of money on its Cloud, but YouTube is finally hitting its stride. Apple might formally do an Apple Car-related tie-up with Kia in a matter of weeks. And why I finally got off the fence and decided to investigate the AR/VR space.

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Email from Jeff Bezos to employees (Amazon)
Amazon’s next CEO, Andy Jassy, transformed e-commerce company into a cloud computing giant (CNBC)
Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (Amazon Investor Relations)
Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Results (Alphabet Investor Relations)
Kia Motors Shares Jump After Report Apple to Invest $3.6 Billion (Bloomberg)
Facebook starts rolling out Messenger on Oculus headsets (Engadget)
60+ Oculus Quest Apps Made More Than $1 Million (UploadVR)
Google Meet’s new ‘green room’ lets you do an audio / video pre-check (The Verge)
Zoom adds virtual receptionists for when people start going back to the office (CNBC)

Tue. 02/02 – Ok, But Is Stadia Long For This World? Feb 02, 2021

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Google is getting out of the game development business, but is it getting out of the Stadia business or just pivoting to infrastructure? Apple acknowledges that Covid has basically hobbled Face ID. Uber gets into the liquor delivery business. And Amazon’s plans for its HQ2 architecture shows at least somebody in Silicon Valley is not buying the remote work hype.

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Mon. 02/01 – Google Deadpools The Pixel Slate Feb 01, 2021

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It’s a day ending in -a-y, so that must mean Google discontinued another flagship product. Microsoft reports that its next growth industry is cybersecurity. Ring has basically doubled the amount of police and fire departments that can request access your doorbell videos. And what happened when Elon Musk showed up in Clubhouse last night.

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[Update: Final] Pixel Slate discontinued and removed from Google Store (9to5Google)
Apple’s iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome on Windows is now available (9to5Google)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: There is ‘a big crisis right now’ for cybersecurity (Yahoo Finance)
Facebook Knew Calls for Violence Plagued ‘Groups,’ Now Plans Overhaul (WSJ)
US police and fire departments partnering with Amazon’s Ring passes 2,000 (Financial Times)
New Linux SUDO flaw lets local users gain root privileges (Bleeping Computer)
Augmented Reality Gets Pandemic Boost (WSJ)
Elon Musk busts Clubhouse limit (TechCrunch)
Recording of Musk on Clubhouse (Final Stand/YouTube)

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(Bonus) The First Gadgets Episode Jan 30, 2021

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This Nifty Strap Lets You Control the Apple Watch With Gestures (Gizmodo)
Sony reveals full details on its upcoming 360 Reality Audio speakers (Engadget)
Sony's new premium speaker looks like a giant electric razor (Android Police)
LG TO REINFORCE INDUSTRY DOMINANCE WITH ULTIMATE TV TECHNOLOGY (LG Newsroom)
LG’s 2021 TV lineup includes its brightest OLED ever (The Verge)
This new module keeps Philips Hue bulbs connected even when the wall switch gets flipped (TechCrunch)
Asus’ new Chromebook CX9 offers military-grade durability (The Verge)
Asus ZenBeam Latte projector is as portable as a cup of coffee (SlashGear)
Razer Unveils RGB Face Mask and Immersive Gaming Chair Concepts (IGN)
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i bakes a bigger, better e-ink touchscreen into the lid (SlashGear)
TCL 20 5G and TCL 20 SE are new affordable smartphones for entertainment (GSMArena)
Vuzix’s new microLED smart glasses look like tech you’d actually want to wear on your face (The Verge)
Vuzix’s new microLED-powered smart glasses will arrive this summer (TechCrunch)
This is Sony’s Airpeak drone (The Verge)
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Linksys unveils a next-gen router that senses motion in your home (CNET)
Western Digital SSDs (AnAndTech)
YSL’s lipstick pod gadget will create whatever shade you want (The Verge)
Samsung's new robot vacuum uses lidar and empties its own bin like a fancy Roomba (CNET)
How Samsung’s JetBot 90 AI+ Reimagines Cleaning (Samsung Newsroom)

Fri. 01/29 – Robinhood Is Now The Crazy Stock Story Jan 29, 2021

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What once was a story about Game Stop and Reddit, has suddenly become a story about Robinhood. I’ll catch you up. Everybody wants in on the newsletter game all the sudden. Hyundai is having second thoughts about building an Apple Car, and a special stonks themed edition of the weekend longreads suggestions.

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