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Tue. 11/19 - An Apple Awards Ceremony? (The App-ies?) Nov 19, 2019

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Apple’s planning an awards ceremony? Amazon has a new fire TV accessory, Spotify launches Your Daily Podcast, Google announces Your News Update, Ransomware comes for the vets, and the hidden cost hurdle for electric cars.

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Apple announces press event on Dec. 2 (CNBC)
Amazon’s latest Fire TV accessory is an IR blaster that lets your Echo control your TV (The Verge)
AMAZON EXPANDS FREE MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE TO APPLE, ANDROID DEVICES (MusicBusinessWorldwide)
Google is putting an algorithmic audio news feed on its Assistant (The Verge)
Ransomware Bites 400 Veterinary Hospitals (Krebs on Security)
Why the electric-car revolution may take a lot longer than expected (MIT Technology Review)

Mon. 11/18 - Google Stadia and the Mustang Mach-E Nov 18, 2019

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The Mustang Mach-E wants to out Tesla Tesla, John Legere is stepping down from T-Mobile, .org domain names might be getting a lot more expensive, and the reviews on Google Stadia are decidedly mixed, but at least it works.

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FORD’S MUSTANG MACH-E IS AN ELECTRIC SUV WITH UP TO 300 MILES OF RANGE (The Verge)
UP CLOSE WITH FORD’S ELECTRIC MUSTANG SUV, THE MACH-E (The Verge)
Wayve raises $20 million to give autonomous cars better AI brains (VentureBeat)
John Legere to step down as T-Mobile CEO next year (CNBC)
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company (The Verge)
ByteDance to take on rivals with music streaming launch (Financial Times)
HP board unanimously rejects Xerox’s bid to acquire the company (CNBC)
GOOGLE STADIA REVIEW: THE BEST OF CLOUD GAMING IS STILL JUST A BETA (The Verge)
Stadia the Technology? Awesome. Stadia the Service? Not So Much (Vice)
Stadia tech review: the best game streaming yet, but far from ready (EuroGamer)

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(Bonus) The Razr and the Reality of 5G with QZ's Mike Murphy Nov 16, 2019

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So, that Razr event, out in LA... obviously I didn’t get to cover it live… and if there was ever a recent hardware event crying out for “hands-on” reporting, this was one. So, I reached out to someone who was there: QZ.com’s Mike Murphy, and actually, his take was pretty different than some of the others I read to you on Thursday. Come for that, and stay for the reality check about what will really make the 5G revolution happen.

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Fri. 11/15 - Apples Says: Vapers, No Vaping! Nov 15, 2019

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Apple takes down vaping apps from the App Store, why is Google going ahead with the Stadia launch this month? Amazon protests the JEDI decision, the TikTok juggernaut rolls on—especially in India—and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

WeFail: How the doomed Masa Son-Adam Neumann relationship set WeWork on the road to disaster (Fast Company)
How VCs Make Money (VCStarterKit)
Superhero or Supervillain? Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books (NYTimes)
AN ORAL HISTORY OF LIMEWIRE: THE LITTLE APP THAT CHANGED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOREVER (MelMagazine)
As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots (LATimes)
Managing Your Friendships, With Software (The Atlantic)
From Instagram to Candy Crush: These are the most important apps of the decade (CNET)

Thu. 11/14 - The Razr Returns! Nov 14, 2019

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There’s a new Razr phone with a foldable screen that might actually work? That Apple Prime bundle might be coming sooner rather than later. That Apple Research app is here right now. Why did 1Password raise a bunch of money for the first time ever? And can Netflix use Nickelodeon to fend off Disney?

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Motorola's foldable Razr: Inside the remaking of a flip phone icon (CNET)
MOTOROLA RESURRECTS THE RAZR AS A FOLDABLE ANDROID SMARTPHONE (The Verge)
Apple Plans Mega Bundle of Music, News, TV as Early as 2020 (Bloomberg)
Apple launches Research app, US users can enroll in three health studies (9to5Mac)
In Its First Funding In 14 Years, Toronto’s 1Password Raises $200M Series A Led By Accel (Crunchbase)
Netflix and Nickelodeon partner on original programming, following Disney+ launch (TechCrunch)
First ‘Tuned by THX’ home theater speakers need no A/V receivers — or wires (Digital Trends)

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Wed. 11/13 - The AI That Can Predict When You'll Die Nov 13, 2019

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The new 16-inch MacBook pro might actually have a keyboard that works! Google wants you to bank with them. The Brave browser comes out of beta. And there’s an AI that can predict if you’ll die in the next year… but doctors don’t know how it does it.

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APPLE’S 16-INCH MACBOOK PRO IS HERE AND IT HAS A GOOD KEYBOARD (The Verge)
16-Inch MacBook Pro First Impressions: Great Keyboard, Outstanding Speakers (Daring Fireball)
Next in Google’s Quest for Consumer Dominance: Banking (WSJ)
Brave 1.0 launches, bringing the privacy-first browser out of beta (The Verge)
DoorDash Picks Up Another $100 Million at Nearly $13 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
Border officials can’t have ‘boundless’ access to search devices, court rules (The Verge)
AI can predict if you'll die soon - but we've no idea how it works (New Scientist)

Tue. 11/12 - Google Wants Your Medical Records Nov 12, 2019

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Google has hoovered up the health records of millions of folks without telling anyone, Instagram debuts a TikTok competitor, Facebook debuts Facebook Pay, WordPress.com debuts recurring payments and Disney+ literally just debuts.

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Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans (The Wall Street Journal)
Instagram Stories launches TikTok clone Reels in Brazil (TechCrunch)
Facebook Pay is a new payment system for WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook (The Verge)
Facebook finally lets you banish nav bar tabs & red dots (TechCrunch)
Whoop, the sports tech and analytics company that makes discreet wearables, raises $55M (TechCrunch)
WordPress.com sites can now accept subscriptions with new 'Recurring Payments' feature (TechCrunch)
Disney+ experiencing ‘unable to connect’ errors on launch day (The Verge)
Here’s what time every episode of The Mandalorian and other Disney+ shows go live (The Verge)

Mon. 11/11 - Apple Eyes An iPhone Replacement Nov 11, 2019

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New York State is investigating the Apple Card for alleged gender bias, sources say Apple thinks AR glasses could someday replace the smartphone, Dara Khosrowshahi said some things he regrets, and Amazon is gonna launch a grocery store not called Whole Foods.

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Viral Tweet About Apple Card Leads to Goldman Sachs Probe (Bloomberg)
@dhh Thread
About the Apple Card (dhh.dk)
Uber CEO backtracks after calling Saudi murder of Khashoggi "a mistake" (Axios)
Apple Eyes 2022 Release for AR Headset, 2023 for Glasses (The Information)
Amazon will launch new grocery store as alternative to Whole Foods (CNET)
DoorDash Won Food Delivery by Seizing the Suburbs and $2 Billion (Bloomberg)

(Bonus) Jay & Farhad Show Reunion #3 Nov 09, 2019

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Hello! @jyarow and @fmanjoo are back!

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Fri. 11/08 - Twitter Is Weirdly Awake All Of The Sudden Nov 08, 2019

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Disney Plus will be on Amazon’s Fire TV when it launches next week, Andreessen Horowitz launches a completely free crypto school, Twitter seems to have woken up all of the sudden, T-Mobile really wants that merger with Sprint to happen, and, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Disney stock rises after beating on top and bottom lines (CNBC)
Andreessen Horowitz launches free crypto startup school (TechCrunch)
Twitter Is Trying To Fix The Dunk And Ratio (BuzzFeed)
T-Mobile dangles $15 plan, 5G gains, big freebies to get Sprint deal done (CNET)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Pessimists Archive Podcast
The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising (The Correspondent)
THE BIG BITCOIN HEIST (Vanity Fair)
We are living in Hideo Kojima’s dystopian nightmare. Can he save us? (Washington Post)
A critical analysis of scroll bars throughout history (The Verge)
The Making of the World’s Greatest Investor (WSJ)
How Cheap Robots Are Transforming Ocean Exploration (Outside)

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