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Thu. 03/05 - Apple Allows Ads in Push Notifications!? Mar 05, 2020

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More Cornavirus worries, Apple is allowing ads in push notifications, Google is switching to mobile first indexing, hackers can hack your car keys, Samsung’s 4k and 8k tv lineup is here, and why I’m struggling to find a reason NOT to subscribe to DoNotPay at this point.

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Microsoft tells Bay Area and Puget Sound employees to work from home if possible as coronavirus spreads (CNBC)
Apple Warns Stores About a Shortage of Replacement iPhones (Bloomberg)
Ex-Uber self-driving head declares bankruptcy after $179 million loss to Google (Reuters)
Apple now lets apps send ads in push notifications (The Verge)
Microsoft, Cisco Integrate Their Cloud and IoT Services (Redmond Channel Partner)
Google to switch completely over to mobile-first indexing by September 2020 (Search Engine Land)
Hackers Can Clone Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia Keys (Wired)
VSCO's new editing tool Montage lets you edit and layer both photos and videos (TechCrunch)
Google starts rolling out 4K Stadia gaming on the web (9to5Google)
Samsung launches its 2020 lineup of 4K and 8K QLED TVs (The Verge)
Exclusive: For $3, a ‘robot lawyer’ will sue data brokers that don’t delete your personal and location info (Fortune)

Wed. 03/04 - Are Fleets On Fleek? Mar 04, 2020

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You already know Tweets, but let me introduce you to Fleets. Robinhood explains its outages. Google assistant can now read you webpages out loud. Netlify is an interesting raise. And why getting a big-named VC in your seed round might actually be detrimental to your startup.

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Twitter Is Finally Doing Stories (Buzzfeed)
Robinhood offers $15 discount, blames outage on record trades (TechCrunch)
Robinhood offers traders $15 for going down as markets gained $1.1T (TNW)
Google cancels ‘physical’ I/O 2020 due to coronavirus concerns (9to5Google)
Amazon employee in Seattle tests positive for coronavirus (GeekWire)
Tesla downgraded Model 3 chip in China thanks to coronavirus (BBC News)
Google Assistant can now read or translate websites and Android app content (VentureBeat)
$75M legal startup Atrium shuts down, lays off 100 (TechCrunch)
After attracting 800K web developers, Netlify wins $53M in funding (SiliconAngle)
New AngelList data set sheds light on the signaling risks of seed-stage investments (TechCrunch)
Streamer Quibi Raises Additional Funds Ahead of Launch (WSJ)
Hulu’s live TV service is now on PS4 consoles after PlayStation Vue shutdown (The Verge)
Roku is in talks for original programming, following the footsteps of Netflix and Amazon (Digiday)

Tue. 03/03 - What If Golf Is The Most Like Fortnite? Mar 03, 2020

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Waymo has an interesting raise. Interesting for what it says about self-driving and about Google Moon Shots. Robinhood has the worst possible outages at the worst possible time. A new player in the quantum computing race. And sports tech offers a new way to watch… golf?

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Mon. 03/02 - I Don't Think Streaming Platforms Have Coke Habits Mar 02, 2020

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Some investors want Jack out as Twitter CEO. Apple settles a class action lawsuit for half a billion dollars. If you listen regularly, I bet you can guess why some game developers don’t want to work with Stadia. Spotify wants artists to pay to promote their own songs. And AT&T TV is a new way to re-invent the cable bundle.

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Rajeev Suri to step down as Nokia CEO; Pekka Lundmark to take over (TechCrunch)
Singer’s Elliott Seeks to Replace Twitter CEO Dorsey (Bloomberg)
Apple to pay up to $500 million to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow iPhones (Reuters)
Google's ambitious push into gaming is floundering, and it's due largely to too few games on its Stadia platform — here's why developers have held back (Business Insider)
AT&T TV now available nationwide with Android TV set-top box — and a two-year contract (The Verge)
Spotify’s Newest Pitch to Labels and Musicians: Now You Pay Us (Bloomberg)
The Week in Tech: Coronavirus Disrupts the Industry (NYTimes)
Airbnb’s Path to 2020 Stock Listing Imperiled by Coronavirus (Bloomberg)
Kuo: iPhone Production Will Not Significantly Improve Until Second Quarter of 2020 (MacRumors)

Fri. 02/28 - Is Apple Gonna Give the iPad a Trackpad? Feb 28, 2020

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Are S10 sales in Korea the first indication of the Covid-19 effect? Is the FCC gonna fine the wireless carriers enough for selling location data? Is Apple going to release an iPad Pro with a trackpad? A hybrid scooter/tiny car. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus claims (Reuters)
Initial sales of Galaxy S20 series downbeat amid virus fears (The Korea Herald)
FCC to propose $200 million fines for U.S. cellphone carriers over consumer data disclosures (Reuters)
Apple Planning iPad Keyboard with Trackpad (The Information)
An iPhone with no ports? It could happen in the very near future (Macworld)
Second proof of concept of under-display camera, but won’t come to iPhone soon (9to5Mac)
Citroën's new EV is a tiny two-seater that only costs $22 a month (Engadget)

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How Monzo brought Silicon Valley’s ‘wild ideas’ to Britain’s staid banking system (CNBC)
The bank manager will see you now: is Monzo ready to grow up? (The Guardian)
Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth (MIT Technology Review)
A parody Twitter account hits a nerve with Silicon Valley VCs (Protocol)
How North Korean Hackers Rob Banks Around the World (Wired)
YC’s New Guide to Raising a Series A (Y Combinator)
Printing’s Not Dead: The $35 Billion Fight Over Ink Cartridges (Bloomberg Businessweek)

Thu 02/27 - The Year Of No Conferences Feb 27, 2020

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What else? More Coronavirus stuff. F8 8'nt gonna happen. Roblox is the most interesting raise in a long time. DoorDash files for an IPO but don’t expect it soon. Nokia is exploring its options. Oh, and the first reviews for the Galaxy S20 Ultra suggest the cameras are having issues.

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Facebook cancels F8 developers conference over coronavirus (CNET)
Microsoft warns it will miss guidance for segment that includes Windows because of coronavirus (CNBC)
Roblox raises $150M Series G, led by Andreessen Horowitz, now valued at $4B (TechCrunch)
DoorDash preps for IPO, confidentially files documents with SEC (CNBC)
Nokia to Weigh Strategic Options as Profit Pressure Mounts (Bloomberg)
It took Google three years to add Firefox, Edge and Opera support to Google Earth (Ghacks.net)
Timex is releasing a GPS smartwatch with 25 days of battery life (The Verge)
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 ULTRA REVIEW: SHUTTER BUG (The Verge)

Wed. 02/26 - Bad Guys Can’t Use iPhones Feb 26, 2020

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Facebook bans ads around the Cornavirus, a deeper dive into how the Coronavirus crisis might be affecting iPhone development, Bob Iger is no longer Disney’s leader (kinda), why Waymo is hiring like crazy in hopes of a self-driving breakthrough, and if you see someone using an iPhone in a mystery movie, guess what? They’re probably not the bad guy.

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Facebook is banning ads that promise to cure the coronavirus (BusinessInsider)
Coronavirus clouds Apple's timeline for new iPhones (Reuters)
Disney has a new CEO, but its old CEO isn’t going away quite yet (Recode)
Inside Waymo’s Hiring Binge (The Information)
Plume raises $85 million to bring smarter Wi-Fi networks to more homes (VentureBeat)
Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain (Vice)
Smithsonian Institute just released 2.8 million high-quality images for free (TNW)
Apple won’t let bad guys use iPhones in movies, says Knives Out director (The Verge)
Jif settles the great debate with a GIF peanut butter jar (CNN Business)

Tue. 02/25 - Is Signal The Next Big App? Feb 25, 2020

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Netflix launches Top 10 lists, Firefox rolls out DNS over HTTPS, Amazon Go Grocery means no cashiers or checkout lines, consolidation or super app in the Southeast Asian on demand transport space, and why this might be Signal’s moment to go mainstream.

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New Netflix feature reveals the top 10 most popular programs on its service (TechCrunch)
Netflix added a top 10 list of its most-watched content — here’s how to find it (The Next Web)
Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs (Ars Technica)
Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock (TechCrunch)
Inside ‘Amazon Go Grocery’: Tech giant opens first full-sized store without cashiers or checkout lines (GeekWire)
Grab raises up to $856M to boost payments business as rumors swirl of a merger with rival Gojek (TechCrunch)
EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app (Politico.eu)
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Mon. 02/24 - ARM-based Macs By Early 2021? Feb 24, 2020

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The phantom announcements from MWC start trickling in. Safari might be getting strict with HTTPS certificates. Apple might release an ARM-based Mac as soon as early 2021. TONS of specs revealed concerning the Xbox Series X. And Fintech continues to be on a roll.

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Huawei unveils the Mate Xs and MatePad Pro 5G w/ no Play Store access (9to5Google)
Intel debuts 5G server and base station chips, plus a PC network card (VentureBeat)
Apple drops a bomb on long-life HTTPS certificates: Safari to snub new security certs valid for more than 13 months (The Register)
Microsoft reveals more Xbox Series X specs (Polygon)
Apple to release first ARM Mac without Intel processor in next 18 months, predicts Kuo (9to5Mac)
Intuit Near Deal to Buy Credit Karma for $7 Billion (WSJ)
Fintech startups raised $34B in 2019 (TechCrunch)
Enveil raises $10 million for enterprise-scale homomorphic encryption (VentureBeat)

(Bonus) Stanford's Medical School Dean Lloyd Minor On The Promise of Precision Health Feb 23, 2020

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I am honored to be speaking today to Lloyd Minor, the Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has a new book out called Discovering Precision Health, and if you are interested in health tech at all, ESPECIALLY if you are interested in trying your hand at a health tech startup? This is required reading. And for the rest of us, it’s also a great primer on how tech is about to transform health, and what we can (hopefully) look forward to as tech finally (again, hopefully) disrupts the health care space… in a positive sense!

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