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Fri. 07/24 – The US Has A Quantum Internet Plan Jul 24, 2020

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Might Twitter have too many cooks in the kitchen to have decent op-sec? Intel has to delay its next gen chip process. Again. The US unveiled official plans for a quantum internet. AT&T announced its nationwide 5G network is operational. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Exclusive: More than 1,000 people at Twitter had ability to aid hack of accounts (Reuters)
Intel's 7nm is Broken, Company Announces Delay Until 2022, 2023 (Tom's Hardware)
Big Tech CEO hearing is 'likely' to be postponed (Protocol)
U.S. hatches plan to build a quantum Internet that might be unhackable (Washington Post)
AT&T's low-band 5G network is now available nationwide (CNET)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Robinhood Has Lured Young Traders, Sometimes With Devastating Results (NYTimes)
Robinhood and How to Lose Money (The Margins)
Want to buy a parrot? Please login via Facebook. (Rest Of World)
The Inside Story of How a Sleep Tracker Became the Hottest Device of the Pandemic (Marker)
How Harvard’s Star Computer-Science Professor Built a Distance-Learning Empire (The New Yorker)
The case for and against banning TikTok (Vox)
The App of the Summer Is Just a Random-Number Generator (The Atlantic)

Thu. 07/23 – Corning Introduces A New Gorilla Glass: Victus! Jul 23, 2020

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Corning has introduced what it is calling it’s best Gorilla Glass ever, with a tough new name: Victus! HBO Max already has more than 4 million customers. It was Nvidia that was inquiring about buying ARM. And more on the whole ad supported free streaming tv angle.

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Corning’s new Gorilla Glass Victus could let your phone survive a six-foot drop, plus scratch resistance (The Verge)
Plex launches a live TV service with over 80 free channels, most available worldwide (TechCrunch)
HBO Max has more than 4 million subscribers, AT&T says (The Verge)
Twitter admits hackers accessed DMs of dozens of high-profile accounts (TechCrunch)
Nvidia Eyes Biggest-Ever Chip Deal in Pursuit of SoftBank’s Arm (Bloomberg)
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Instacart Customers’ Personal Data Is Being Sold Online (BuzzFeed.News)
Tesla reports fourth straight quarter of profits (CNBC)

Wed. 07/22 - Samsung Announces the Galaxy Z Flip 5G Jul 22, 2020

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Samsung announces the Galaxy Z Flip 5G! TikTok’s US-based investors are considering buying it out as a last resort. Slack files an antitrust complaint against Microsoft. Fiat Chrysler signs a deal with Waymo that points to that pivot we were just talking about. And an interesting raise involving ugly fruit.

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Samsung announces Galaxy Z Flip 5G for $1,449.99 (The Verge)
Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown (NBC News)
ByteDance Investors Discuss TikTok Purchase (The Information)
Slack Accuses Microsoft of Illegally Crushing Competition (NYTimes)
Waymo and Fiat Chrysler's next big project is to develop self-driving Ram vans (TechCrunch)
Misfits Market raises $85 million Series B to send you 'ugly' fruits and veggies (TechCrunch)
Apple Lining up Periscope Telephoto Lens Suppliers for 2022 iPhone (MacRumors)
Jeff Bezos hated ads — now Amazon is America's top advertiser (Axios)

Tue. 07/21 – Apple Pledges 100% Carbon Neutrality by 2030 Jul 21, 2020

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Apple says it will be 100% carbon neutral by 2030. Microsoft has been talking to Congress ahead of next week’s hearings. LinkedIn is cutting jobs cause of Covid. Smartphone sales took a hit last quarter for the same reason. Coinbase kept its customers from sending BTC to those Twitter hackers. And might the entire autonomous driving industry be pivoting to less autonomy?

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Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030 (Apple Newsroom)
Microsoft President Met With House Antitrust Committee (The Information)
LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs as pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring (Reuters)
iPhone SE attracting Android switchers, unlikely to cannibalize iPhone 12 sales (9to5Mac)
Coinbase says it prevented over 1,000 customers from sending $280,000 worth of bitcoin to Twitter hackers (The Block)
AMD’s first 7nm Ryzen 4000 desktop chips bring the fight to Intel (The Verge)
Self-driving industry takes to the highway after robotaxi failure (Financial Times)

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Mon. 07/20 – eBay to Sell Its Classified Ads Business? Jul 20, 2020

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eBay seems to be selling every last thing it can before all it's left with is its marketplace and its pride. Disney has quietly cut its Facebook advertising too. When might we actually seen Windows 10x? And what is GPT-3 and why was everyone freaking out about it over the weekend?

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EBay Nears Deal to Sell Classified-Ad Unit to Adevinta (WSJ)
Reliance Jio: World’s First ‘Super Operator’? (Counterpoint)
Disney Slashed Ad Spending on Facebook Amid Growing Boycott (WSJ)
The easiest way to start meditating is now in... Snapchat? (Mashable)
Microsoft plans for single-screen Windows 10X rollout in spring 2021; dual-screen in spring 2022 (ZDNet)
Quick thoughts on GPT3 (Operators & Delian's Ramblings)
Giving GPT-3 a Turing Test (Kevin Lacker's Blog)
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(Bonus) Listener Call-In 2- The Revenge! Jul 18, 2020

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The Twitter hack! Can Apple REALLY buy Arm? The Ad-tier being key to Peacock's strategy. Will open standards ever make a comeback? And much more!

Fri. 07/17 – Is A 21-Year-Old British Hacker Behind The Great Twitter Hijacking? Jul 17, 2020

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Brian Krebs has a theory of who specifically he thinks was behind the Twitter hijack, but other people have theories too. Netflix kicks off tech earnings season, but also makes a pretty interesting executive move. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Who’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack? (Krebs on Security)
130 high-profile Twitter accounts targeted in hacking attack (The Guardian)
Netflix shares fall after earnings miss, weak subscriber guidance for third quarter (CNBC)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions

Some of Reddit's Wildest Relationship Stories Are Lies. I'd Know – I Wrote Them (Motherboard)
Google’s secretive ATAP lab is imagining the future of smart devices (Fast Company)
Inside Peacock’s Ambitious Plan to Crash a Crowded Streaming Field (Variety)
Everything you need to know about Palantir, the secretive company coming for all your data (Recode)
Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of Ethereum’s 2014 Premine (Coindesk)
Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel (MondayNote)

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Thu. 07/16 – The Great Twitter Hijack of 2020 Jul 16, 2020

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I run down the whole mess of the great twitter hijacking from last night. Facebook is rolling out more labels for politicians. Facebook might also be positioning itself for a TikTok diaspora. Amazon now lets influencers run home shopping-network-style shows on the website. And Apple officially has a podcast.

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Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam (TechCrunch)
A hacker used Twitter’s own ‘admin’ tool to spread cryptocurrency scam (TechCrunch)
Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts (Motherboard)
The Interface (Casey Newton)
Facebook to label posts about voting from presidential candidates (Axios)
Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor (NBC News)
Amazon Influence Program opens to live streamers for broadcasting Amazon Life (TechCrunch)
How to subscribe to Apple’s free daily news podcast (9to5Mac)

Wed. 07/15 – Is It Too Early To Start Talking About 6G? Jul 15, 2020

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Apple wins its big tax fight with the EU. Sony is doubling PlayStation 5 production because: Covid. Zoom has its own hardware device. An early review of the new Peacock streaming service. And forget 5G. Is it too early to talk about what to expect from 6G?

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Apple Wins Fight Over $14.9 Billion Tax Bill in Blow to EU (Bloomberg)
Sony Boosting Output of PlayStation 5 to Meet Surge in Demand (Bloomberg)
Google invest $4.5 billion in India's Reliance Jio Platforms (TechCrunch)
Zoom introduces all-in-one home communications appliance for $599 (TechCrunch)
Samsung: Expect 6G in 2028, enabling mobile holograms and digital twins (VentureBeat)
Peacock’s interface aims to recreate the feeling of live TV, but it comes up short (The Verge)
Peacock is live: Prices, free trials, devices, shows and movies (CNET)

Tue. 07/14 – What If Apple Bought Arm? Jul 14, 2020

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Softbank looks like it might want to unload Arm, so let me blow your mind for a second: what if Apple bought Arm? The UK has completely flip flopped on Huawei, now going the full ban route. Is Google the next to line up an investment in Reliance Jio? And Amazon has unveiled a cashier negating shopping cart.

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