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(Bonus) Elon Check-in With The Tesla Daily Podcast Feb 22, 2020

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Well, we mentioned it a couple weeks ago, but Tesla has had quite the month. Maybe one of the banner months of its entire life as a company. No better time to check in on the world of Elon Musk with Rob Mauer of the always excellent Tesla Daily podcast. Why did Tesla’s stock shoot to the moon, come back down a bit, and then inch back up toward the moon this month? What are the fundamentals behind that excellent earnings report? Is this it? Have the Tesla bulls won? Such a fascinating company…

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Fri. 02/21 - Libra Gets A (Shopify) Win! Feb 21, 2020

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Shopify joins the Libra Association, Facebook will pay you for your data in one specific instance, Google is cutting down on apps using background location, more Coronavirus cancellations and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Shopify joins Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra Association (TechCrunch)
Google Resists Demands From States in Digital-Ad Probe (WSJ)
Facebook will now pay you for your voice recordings (The Verge)
Google is cracking down on Android apps that track your location in the background (The Verge)
PlayStation and Facebook cancel GDC appearances citing coronavirus concerns (GamesIndustry.biz)

Weekend Longreads:

Did the Early Internet Activists Blow It? (Slate)
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet (Wired)
How the BBC’s Netflix-killing plan was snuffed by myopic regulation (WiredUK)
Could micro-credentials compete with traditional degrees? (BBC)
Debt is Coming (AlexDanco.com)
The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software) (A16Z)
Aircraft, Big and Small, Are Changing Our Relationship With Flight (NYTimes)

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Thu. 02/20 - What’s a Pirate’s Favorite Business Model? ARR… Feb 20, 2020

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Apple might let users choose third-party default apps, Twitter further embraces tweet storms, Morgan Stanley buys E*Trade, a rundown of all the stuff in the new Android developer preview, and if anything, it looks like cord cutting is just accelerating.

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Wed. 02/19 - It’s Friggin’ App News Wednesday Feb 19, 2020

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The ways in which Twitter might be taking a page out of Facebook’s book, and Facebook might be trying some Twitter-like feed experiments. Spotify finally starts showing lyrics. Ring finally requires two factor authentication. And be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to hear about our new Gaming Ride Home podcast.

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Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs (TechCrunch)
Facebook prototypes tabbed News Feed with Most Recent & Seen (TechCrunch)
Firefox releases Android app for its VPN service (Android Police)
Spotify finally starts showing proper, complete song lyrics synced with music (Android Police)
Google Docs autocorrect widely rolling out as Smart Compose exits G Suite beta (9to5Google)
Adobe brings more desktop-quality Photoshop tools to the iPad (Engadget)
Microsoft’s new Office app arrives on iOS and Android with mobile-friendly features (The Verge)
Ring now requires two-factor sign-ins for its home security devices (Engadget)
Record labels rush to IPO amid music streaming boom (Axios)
Larry Tesler, the Apple employee who invented cut, copy and paste, dies at 74 (Cult of Mac)

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Tue. 02/18 - Apple's Coronavirus Warning Feb 18, 2020

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The Coronavirus crisis forces Apple to miss their already cautious revenue guidance. Wait. Is the Galaxy Z Flip using real glass or not? Qualcomm claps back at Apple with its next gen 5G modem. And Jeff Bezos plans to donate $10 billion dollars to combat climate change.

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Investor update on quarterly guidance (Apple Newsroom)
APPLE WARNS THAT CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN CHINA WILL AFFECT REVENUE THIS QUARTER (Daring Fireball)
Forget foldable: These leaked images show a phone concept with a slide-out screen (CNET)
Galaxy Z Flip durability test calls Samsung’s Ultra Thin ‘Glass’ into question (The Verge)
Qualcomm's New 3rd Generation 5G Modem (AnAndTech)
Microsoft's new all-in-one Office app is now available for all, but tablets aren't supported (Android Police)
Pay Up, Or We’ll Make Google Ban Your Ads (Krebs on Security)
Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change (The Verge)

Mon. 02/17 - HQ Trivia Into The Deadpool Feb 17, 2020

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The world’s most powerful climate supercomputer, HQ Trivia joins the Deadpool, Apple isn’t happy with Qualcomm’s chips again, foldable phones are having crease issues again, and a bit of an explainer about the Indian e-commerce gold rush.

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UK to spend $1.6 billion on the world's fastest weather supercomputer (Engadget)
Game over for HQ Trivia (CNN Business)
Exclusive: Apple is designing its own antenna for this year’s 5G iPhone (Fast Company)
Our Motorola Razr's display is already breaking and peeling at the fold (Input)
US Army testing all terrain electric scooter for tactical use (Electrek)
In India, mom-and-pop stores are proving to be the holy grail for tech startups (KrASIA)

(Bonus) The Samsung Event With Gizmodo's Sam Rutherford Feb 15, 2020

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When a company does one of their big product events late in the day, it’s always a mad rush for me to get it out. Apple events are hard, but at least they start a bit earlier. The Samsung event this week just felt like me making a mad list of everything announced and hoping I wasn’t missing anything. So I really felt it was worth sitting back, taking a breath, and looking at everything that was announced in depth. We’re speaking to Gizmodo’s Sam Rutherford today who has actually be hands on with the S20s, so we’ll lay out in a more granular way, the differences between them all, and also, speculate on whether or not the Z Flip is actually the foldable phone we’ve all been waiting for. A foldable phone that might not suck.

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Fri. 02/14 - Is It Time For a $500 PlayStation? Feb 14, 2020

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The DOJ charges a bitcoin mixing service. A judge has blocked Microsoft’s JEDI contract. What happens if the PlayStation 5 is $500? Google takes down some malicious browser extensions. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook (Wired)
THE HIGH COST OF A FREE CODING BOOTCAMP (The Verge)
Cost Cutting Algorithms Are Making Your Job Search a Living Hell (Vice)
Are Algorithmically-Generated Term Papers the Next Big Challenge to Academic Integrity? (EdSurge)
SoftBank’s $375 Million Bet on Pizza Went Really Bad Really Fast (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)
How a Space Engineer Made Her Own Rotary Cell Phone (Wired)

Thu. 02/13 - Modular Apple Watches and Quantum Internets? Feb 13, 2020

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The US charges Huawei with racketeering. Could the future of the Apple Watch be modular? Uber trials ordering an Uber via 800 number. Interesting raises in robotics and in space. And why quantum entanglement could lead to a truly secure internet.

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The US is charging Huawei with racketeering (TechCrunch)
Andy Rubin’s Start-Up, Essential Products, Shuts Down (NYTimes)
Apple Watch of the future could have a modular back for upgrades & new sensors (Apple Insider)
Broadcom launches Wi-Fi 6 extended combo processor, aims to hit 2 Gbps speeds (ZDNet)
Uber's latest test books rides with a phone call, not the app (Engadget)
Intuition Robotics raises $36 million to bring AI companions to everyone (VentureBeat)
Astranis raises $90 million for its next-gen satellite broadband internet service (TechCrunch)
Dieter Bohn's Processor newsletter (The Verge)
Quantum entanglement over 30 miles of fiber has brought super secure internet closer (MIT Technology Review)

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Wed. 02/12 - Is CISO A Thankless Job? Feb 12, 2020

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Does Uncle Sam have a smoking gun when it comes to Huawei? Could Airbnb’s recent financials imperil its IPO plans? Is Apple Pay eating the payments market? Is the CISO job actually a miserable one? And might the Z Flip actually be the first good foldable phone?

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