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A whole bunch of things, including a major US bank getting into crypto custody, paying for Google cloud with crypto, Chromebooks made for gaming, the lack of anyone in the current slate of virtual worlds, the return of the cable bundle example 100, and did you know your Apple AirTags only last a year? Sponsors: Masterworks.com/ride Medcline.com/techmeme Links: America’s Oldest Bank, BNY Mellon, Will Hold That Crypto Now (WSJ) Google selects Coinbase to take cloud payments with cryptocurrencies and will use its custody tool (CNBC) Chips, canvases, and chats: Google Workspace’s plan to crush Office (The Verge) Google is trying to make Chromebooks built for cloud gaming (Engadget) It's Lonely in the Metaverse: DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem (CoinDesk) You Hated Your Cable Package. Your Streaming Services Are Bringing It Back. (WSJ) ‘The Owner of This iPhone Was in a Severe Car Crash’—or Just on a Roller Coaster (WSJ) How to change the AirTags battery (AppleInsider) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s another huge crypto hack and I’ll give you two guesses as to what folks think the culprit is. The Twitter/Elon trial is officially paused. Meta can’t get its own developers to use their metaverse products. Maybe my dream of Death Star style anklebots is over. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Wealthfront.com/techmeme Links: Binance-linked blockchain hit by $570 million crypto hack (Reuters) The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th (The Verge) Meta’s flagship metaverse app is too buggy and employees are barely using it, says exec in charge (The Verge) Amazon Abandons Home Delivery Robot Tests in Latest Cost Cuts (Bloomberg) Samsung Details GDDR7 and 1,000-Layer V-NAND Plans (Tom's Hardware) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere (Bloomberg) The Illustrated Stable Diffusion (Jay Alammar) Swiss Dropout Worth $14 Billion Moves Startup Away From Porn (Bloomberg) The Next Big Battle Between Google and Apple Is for the Soul of Your Car (WSJ) How To Download All of Wikipedia onto a USB Flash Drive in 2022 (Planet of the Paul) A Canticle for Leibowitz (Wikipedia) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from the Made By Google event. Elon sure wants to avoid being deposed. Why a guilty verdict for Uber’s former Chief Security Officer could have broader ramifications in the tech world. And the new text to video AI systems, this time, from Google. Sponsors: Titan.com/ride Ted Tech Podcast Links: Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, 5x telephoto, starts at $899 (9to5Google) Google gets serious about wearables with the Pixel Watch (TechCrunch) Elon Musk’s deposition delayed as he wrangles with Twitter over deal (Financial Times) Former Uber Security Chief Found Guilty of Hiding Hack From Authorities (NYTimes) Former Uber security chief convicted of covering up 2016 data breach (Washington Post) Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yes, we’ll get into the whole Twitter/Elon thing. Seems he wants the original deal again… or does he? Tesla is removing more sensors from their cars. The hugely problematic launch of Overwatch 2. And the tech angle to that whole Chess cheating scandal. Links: Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial (Bloomberg) Elon Musk says Twitter will eventually be part of ‘X, the everything app’ (MarketWatch) Musk offers to proceed with Twitter deal (Axios) Lawyers Lose Out on Millions in Twitter-Musk Legal Fees (Bloomberg) Tesla is now building Model 3 and Model Y vehicles without ultrasonic sensors (TechCrunch) DDoS attack on 'Overwatch 2' servers prevents fans from playing the game on launch day (Engadget) Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster ‘Likely Cheated’ More Than 100 Times (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The EU has made USB-C the charging port law of the land. Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone with a 200MP camera. New Google Nest things. Is YouTube trying new ways to get you to pay up for Premium. And the big new robotics push in the world of… checks notes… retail pharmacy. Links: EU Passes Law to Switch iPhone to USB-C by End of 2024 (MacRumors) Xiaomi’s 12T Pro launches with high-resolution 200-megapixel camera (The Verge) Google debuts new Nest Doorbell Wired, Nest Wifi Pro and launches fully new Google Home app preview (ZDNet) YouTube is asking some users to purchase a Premium subscription to watch in 4K (TechCrunch) Meta launches AI software tools to ease switching between Nvidia, AMD chips (Reuters) Walgreens Turns to Prescription-Filling Robots to Free Up Pharmacists (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Kardashian has settled with the SEC over crypto promotion on social media. I continue to Wonder if, aside from TikTok, the biggest threat to Zuckerberg’s metaverse plans is actually Sony. The Supreme Court is gonna hear cases that could pierce the veil of Section 230. And the other social media law from Texas that Silicon Valley is fighting tooth and nail. Links: Kim Kardashian pays over $1 million to settle SEC charges linked to a crypto promo on her Instagram (CNBC) Celsius Network founder withdrew $10mn ahead of bankruptcy (FT) Sony Betting Big on Next VR Headset With Increased Production Plan (Bloomberg) Social Media Company Liability Draws Supreme Court Scrutiny (Bloomberg) Texas Social-Media Law on Web Censorship Upheld by Federal Appeals Court (Bloomberg) Tech companies are gaming out responses to the Texas social media law (Washington Post) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Google is abandoning a major project, maybe it’s biggest cancellation ever. More cutbacks at Meta. Though one tech company is gonna test the IPO waters soon. Be a fly on the wall as Elon talks to everyone in Silicon Valley about maybe buying Twitter. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Google is shutting down Stadia (The Verge) Meta to Cut Headcount for First Time, Slash Budgets Across Teams (Bloomberg) TripActions reportedly files to go public at $12 billion valuation (TechCrunch) Jack Dorsey tried to get Elon Musk on Twitter’s board but directors were too ‘risk averse,’ texts reveal (CNBC) Elon Musk’s Text Exchanges Show Twitter Deal Going Off The Rails (Big Technology) How Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Parag Agrawal cratered the Twitter deal, in texts (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Google is trying to reinvent search — by being more than a search engine (The Verge) Twitter Is in This Mess Because Jack Dorsey Was Too Busy Being a Bitcoin Influencer (Bloomberg) Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It) (SlashFilm) Someone is pretending to be me. (Connor Tumbleson) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta takes down an app that tried to strip out the cruft from Instagram (but also the ads). Bunch of new Maps features from Google. All the headlines from yesterday’s Amazon event, including a Kindle you can write on. And text to image generators are cool. But you know what’s really cool, text to video generators. Sponsors: Titan.com/ride Links: The OG App promised an ad-free Instagram feed then got pulled from App Store (TechCrunch) The 11 biggest announcements at Amazon’s hardware launch event (The Verge) Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is an E Ink tablet for reading and writing (The Verge) Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps (TechCrunch) SWIFT Partners With Crypto Data Provider Chainlink on Cross-Chain Protocol in TradFi Play (CoinDesk) Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On second thought, Apple is pulling back on iPhone production which suggests demand is not what they anticipated. Intel’s new 13th-Gen chips and new low-end GPU. Checking on the Elon/Twitter trial and the NFT market. And what to expect from this week’s Tesla AI event. Links: Apple Ditches iPhone Production Increase After Demand Falters (Bloomberg) The latest iPadOS 16 beta brings Stage Manager to older iPad Pro models (Engadget) Intel’s 13th Gen processors arrive October 20th with $589 flagship Core i9-13900K (The Verge) Intel Arc A770 graphics card to launch October 12 for $329 (PCGamer) NFT Trading Volumes Collapse 97% From January Peak (Bloomberg) Twitter says Elon Musk’s own data scientists did not back up bots claims (Financial Times) Turnstile is Cloudflare’s latest attempt to rid the web of CAPTCHAs (The Verge) How To Watch Tesla’s AI Day (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Bankman-Fried finally scoops up Voyager’s assets. Meta says Russia has launched the biggest disinformation campaign of the war. Nreal has finally brough the first real contender for the AR wars to American shores for the first time. And would you consider a Metaverse white paper from the sci-fi writer than inspired the very notion of a Metaverse? Sponsors: Online.UC.edu Masterworks.com/ride ** Links: Crypto Exchange FTX Wins Bankrupt Firm Voyager’s Assets (Bloomberg) ‘Smash and grab’: Meta uncovers Russia's ‘largest and most complex’ info op since the war began (Protocol) Meta makes it easier to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts (CNBC) Nreal’s $379 AR glasses launch in the US today (The Verge) If you still miss Google Reader, Substack has a new web-based RSS client (The Verge) Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences aimed at younger shoppers (CNBC) Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse (GamesBeat) **Net est. returns for all realized and unrealized offerings is 15.3%, from inception through 6/30/22. See important Reg A and performance disclosures at masterworks.io/cd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

UK police make an arrest many believe is related to those recent Uber and Rockstar hacks. Will the iPhone get a design overhaul next year? Cloudflare’s interesting new Zero Trust SIM. Maybe the first copyright for that new AI Art stuff? And why AI is allowing Darth Vader’s voice to live on forever. Sponsors: Medcline.com/techmeme ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: UK Police arrests teen believed to be behind Uber, Rockstar hacks (BleepingComputer) One Week with the iPhone 14 Pro Max: Apple’s Not-So-Dynamic Island (Bloomberg) Cloudflare launches an eSIM to secure mobile devices (TechCrunch) TikTok Seen Moving Toward U.S. Security Deal, but Hurdles Remain (NYTimes) Artist receives first known US copyright registration for latent diffusion AI art (ArsTechnica) James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I. (Variety) Darth Vader’s Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If DAO’s are a modern, blockchain take on the corporation, I’ve got a big, worrying thing to tell you about them. Apple looks to cozy up to the NFL as Amazon seems to have found immediate success with Thursday Night Football. Fitbit takes a page out of the Oculus playbook, post-acquisition. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: CFTC Penalizes Blockchain Protocol $250K, Files Action Against Successor DAO (CoinDesk) Apple to Sponsor the Super Bowl Halftime Show (NYTimes) Amazon Scores Big With First ‘Thursday Night Football’ Game (The Hollywood Reporter) Fitbit will require a Google Account to use new devices and features from 2023 onward (9to5Google) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire (Bloomberg) How a Quebec Lithium Mine May Help Make Electric Cars Affordable (NYTimes) Unauthorized Shein boutiques are popping up across Mexico (Rest of World) College Dropout Turns Thiel Fellowship Into a $2 Billion Figma Fortune (Bloomberg) Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On? (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More gaming hacks. Instagram wants to stop unsolicited sending of nudes. Layoffs come for Meta in all but name. The end-run Google wants to do around Dolby. Getty Images bans AI art. Larry Page’s flying car startup is shutting down. And a review of the new Apple Watch Ultra. Links: 2K Games says hacked help desk targeted players with malware (BleepingComputer) Instagram’s finally working on protecting users from unsolicited nude photos (The Verge) Meta Quietly Reduces Staff in Cost-Cutting Push (WSJ) Google wants to take on Dolby with new open media formats (Protocol) Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges (The Verge) TikTok’s BeReal clone app is gaining traction outside the US (The Verge) Google co-founder’s flying car startup is winding down (CNBC) Apple Watch Ultra review: an aspirational debut (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitch is the main character of the show today, for good and bad reasons. YouTube takes a serious swing at TikTok. Microsoft releases Windows 11's first major update. Nividia outlines its next gen GPUs. Can Helium make it as an MVNO? And Google does Google things! Sponsors: Split.io/techmeme Links: Twitch to ban Stake.com streams and other unlicensed gambling content (The Verge) Child Predators Use Twitch to Systematically Track Kids Livestreaming (Bloomberg) YouTube will share ad revenue with Shorts creators (Engadget) Windows 11’s 2022 Update has something new for everyone (The Verge) Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs (The Verge) Helium Founders, T-Mobile Launch Crypto-Powered 5G Mobile Service (Decrypt) Google is finally making its to-do list and reminder tools work together (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now the hackers have come for the crypto market makers. Spotify gets into the Audiobooks game. Slack gets in on the whole productivity apps renaissance. Actual inflation is coming to the app store and 1 Euro apps will soon be no more. And the chat room that only opens its doors when your phone’s battery is about to die. Sponsors: Online.UC.edu Links: Crypto market maker Wintermute hacked for $160 million (The Block) Uber links breach to Lapsus$ group, blames contractor for hack (BleepingComputer) Rockstar comments on GTA 6 leak and claims project won’t be delayed (VideoGameChronicle) Nasdaq is preparing to launch an institutional crypto custody service (The Block) Spotify Launches Audiobooks Business With A La Carte Pricing, No Discounts for Subscribers (The Hollywood Reporter) Slack’s new Canvas feature puts a document editor in your chat window (The Verge) Apple to raise App Store prices in multiple countries next month (9to5Mac) Apple says software update coming next week to fix iPhone 14 Pro camera shake issue (9to5Mac) This Chatroom Only Opens When Your Phone’s About to Die (Motherboard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did the same kid who allegedly hacked Uber allegedly leak GTA VI gameplay over the weekend? Interpol drops a red ball on Do Kwan. iPhone 14 Pro users report their cameras literally shake when they try to take pictures. Instacart wants to break the tech IPO hex. And the bull and bear case for the Figma acquisition. Links: GTA 6 gameplay leaks online in 90 videos (The Verge) South Korean prosecutors ask Interpol to issue red notice for Do Kwon (Financial Times) iPhone 14 Pro camera shaking and rattling in TikTok, Snapchat, and other apps (9to5Mac) 'No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge (PCMag) Instacart Plans to Focus IPO on Selling Employee Shares (WSJ) The Adobe-Figma deal is historic for tech startups — if it goes through (Protocol) Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition (Hunter Walk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Uber is investigating a breach of its systems that has caused it to take some of its most important systems offline. The White House has finally delivered that big “comprehensive framework” for crypto regulation. How did Amazon do with its NFL broadcast last night? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems (NYTimes) Uber suffers computer system breach, alerts authorities (Washington Post) White House Releases ‘Comprehensive Framework’ for Crypto Regulation and Development (Decrypt) The Amazon Experience Comes to the NFL (The Ringer) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The AI Unbundling (Stratechery) Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors, Smart Crop Sprayers (WSJ) The Collectors Who Save Video-Game History from Oblivion (The New Yorker) The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books (The New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adobe plans to acquire Figma for the biggest ever private software company acquisition. Is this a sign of things to come in the productivity space? Happy The Merge Day for Ethereum. TikTok just copies and pastes a BeReal clone. And California launches the first lawsuit against Amazon that might have real consequences. Links: Adobe Tumbles After Agreeing to Buy Figma for About $20 Billion (Bloomberg) Canva moves beyond graphic design to launch a visual worksuite (TechCrunch) Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products to Defend Itself Against Microsoft, Google (The Information) Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake (The Block) TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now (TechCrunch) California Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arrest warrants for those behind LUNA and UST. Anti-cheating technology comes to video games. Apple is going all in on 3nm chips and soon. Mudge’s testimony before Congress yesterday. A first hands-on with the new Playstation VR thingy. And the reviews for the iPhone 14 are out. Sponsors: LadderLife.com/ride Links: Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon Faces Arrest Warrant in South Korea (Bloomberg) U.S. Treasury Department releases Tornado Cash guidance (Axios) Google Suffers Setback in Court Fight to Topple Record EU Fine (Bloomberg) EA will debut new anti-cheat tech with 'FIFA 23' on PC (Engadget) Apple to use TSMC's next 3-nm chip tech in iPhones, Macs next year (NikkeiAsia) We finally got our hands and eyes on the PlayStation VR2 (The Verge) What we learned when Twitter whistleblower Mudge testified to Congress (TechCrunch) Apple iPhone 14 review: meet the iPhone 13S (The Verge) Apple iPhone 14 Pro review: early adopter island (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google does what it does best. Kills a product line. As the Twitter whistleblower testifies before congress, did extreme heat in California almost bring Twitter down recently? Amazon has updated the entry-level Kindle. And a review of the recently released iOS 16. Sponsors: Masterworks.com/ride Online.UC.edu Links: Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it (The Verge) Twitter starts rolling out podcasts to Blue subscribers (Engadget) Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline (CNN) Splatoon 3 has smashed Switch launch records in Japan (VideoGamesChronicle) The Cheapest Kindle Is Now Less Cheap, but It’s Got a Better Screen (Gizmodo) Intel just leaked its 13th Gen processor specs (The Verge) iOS 16 review: unlocking the lock screen (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of those new Meta Quest headsets just happens to have been found in the wild. New Roku gear. Starbucks announces an NFT project. A spinoff Google Moonshot that might be the next generation networking gear. And is TikTok in the crosshairs again, and this time, not just for the US government? Sponsors: Zengo.com/ride code: ride Medcline.com/techmeme Links: ‘Quest Pro’ video shows Meta’s next VR headset a month before its launch event (The Verge) New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities (ArsTechnica) Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey (TechCrunch) Roku to Launch ‘The Buzz’ Short-Form Content Hub on Home Screen, Refreshes $30 Streaming Device (Variety) Google’s Loon Project Gets Resurrected. Without Google. Or Balloons (Bloomberg) TikTok’s Secret To Explosive Growth? ‘Billions And Billions Of Dollars’ Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the US government about to legally curtail proof of work crypto projects? Intel’s big new GPU specs. Uber Eats signs a deal to get into the ankle bots business. What I believe is the oldest startup ever to be acquired by a tech giant. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DataTribe.com, enter by Sept. 23 Ramp.com/techmeme Links: White House report proposes possible restrictions on proof-of-work crypto mining (The Block) Intel Reveals Specifications For Arc Alchemist Desktop GPUs (Tom's Hardware) Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas (The Verge) Amazon is buying Cloostermans, a mechatronics specialist in Belgium, to ramp up its robotics operations (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: With Stable Diffusion, you may never believe what you see online again (ArsTechnica) They built a Minecraft crypto empire. Then it all came crashing down (Rest of World) Inside the World's First No-Coiner Conference (Decrypt) Just a Few People Crowned Some of YouTube’s Earliest Hits (The Atlantic) The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse (The Guardian) Apple's features graveyard: Once heavily marketed, now gone (Apple Insider) The ‘deaditors’ of Wikipedia (HayKranen.nl) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disney’s former CEO throws another lifeline to Elon Musk in his Twitter suit. Crypto folks are suing the US Treasury over an important crypto precedent. Why the current YC batch is still crypto heavy. A very interesting crypto raise. And a deeper look at the iPhone 14 Pro's Dynamic Island. Sponsors: Split.io/techmeme Links: Why Disney didn’t buy Twitter (Vox) Coinbase employees and Ethereum backers sue U.S. Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions (Fortune) Legendary China Bets Unwind as Buffett, SoftBank Sell (Bloomberg) Y Combinator is doubling down on crypto founders despite market volatility (TechCrunch) Mysten Labs, creator of the Sui blockchain, closes $300 million raise led by FTX Ventures (The Block) How the iPhone 14 Pro Transforms Blank Screen Space Into Something Actually Useful (CNET) Apple might have fixed the notch by putting it on an island (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from Apple’s Far Out iPhone event. Not to be outdone, details on the next Google Pixel event and Meta Quest Pro events. Ring brings end to end encryption to all its hardware. And for the first time in history, an alleged cyberattack has led to a severing of diplomatic ties. Sponsors: Go.Factor75.com/techmeme130 and code techmeme130 for $130 off CyberSecurityInside.com/ride Links: The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are official with satellite-based Emergency SOS (The Verge) iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max announced with animated notches and always-on displays (The Verge) The Apple Watch Ultra is finally here (The Verge) Apple’s new AirPods Pro can cancel twice as much noise (The Verge) Google confirms Pixel 7 series will run on new ‘Tensor G2’ chip (9to5Google) Meta Connect Is A One-Day Virtual Event On October 11th (UploadVR) Ring finally brings end-to-end encryption to its flagship video doorbells (The Verge) Albania cuts diplomatic ties with Iran over July cyberattack (APNews) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pretty high priority zero-day to tell you about. Is Binance about to upend the stablecoin market with its muscle? When your electrical utility takes over your smart thermostat. And how that rumored always on iPhone display might work in practice. Sponsors: Online.UC.edu Babbel.com/ride Links: Google Chrome emergency update fixes new zero-day used in attacks (BleepingComputer) Binance, Issuer of Third-Biggest Stablecoin, to Stop Supporting Larger Rival USDC (CoinDesk) CVS Makes $8 Billion Bet on the Return of the House Call (NYTimes) Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency' (Denver7) Ahead of iPhone 14 event, Brazil suspends iPhone sales without power brick and fines Apple (9to5Mac) iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display Behavior in iOS 16 Allegedly Revealed Days Ahead of Unveiling (MacRumors) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking the state of Snap, Substack, and the creator economy generally, with @kyurieff, @simonowens, @MattNavarra, @corinne_podger & @BullishStudio! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iPhone install base has surpassed the Android install base in the US for the first time basically since Android began. Apple settled with a developer for the first time any of us can remember. Meta signs a VR chip deal with Qualcomm. The really good and really annoying bits of the new USB standard. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Apple overtakes Android to pass 50% share of smartphones used in US (Financial Times) Apple settles lawsuit with developer over App Store rejections and scams (TechCrunch) Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips (Reuters) Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast, using cables you may already own (The Verge) More USB-C speed won't fix users' problems with cables (Apple Insider) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: An Apple Watch for Your 5-Year-Old? More Parents Say Yes. (NYTimes) Interview: Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum (Noahpinion) Exploring 12 Million of the 2.3 Billion Images Used to Train Stable Diffusion’s Image Generator (Waxy.org) The Rise of Tech Blogs in the Mid-2000s (Nirit Weiss-Blatt) Kids Yell “Poop” At Alexa, And These Musicians Profit (BuzzFeed) AMAZON’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER IS SMALL-SCREEN HIGH FANTASY DONE RIGHT (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At long last, an edit button has come to Twitter. Nvidia and AMD say the US has imposed restrictions on exporting chips for AI-related applications to Russia and China. How Apple is gonna handle its new holepunch configuration. Disney wants its own Prime. And an AI art-creation bot you can try, right now, for free. Links: Twitter starts testing an edit button, but you have to pay for it (The Verge) Nvidia, AMD warned of new US export restrictions on AI chips (Protocol) Source: iPhone 14 Pro display cutout to show camera plus microphone privacy indicators; redesigned Camera app also coming (9to5Mac) Disney Explores Membership Program Like Amazon Prime to Offer Discounts and Perks (WSJ) Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold Gen 2 is bigger, better, and way more powerful (XDA Developers) An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed (Motherboard) Stable Diffusion is a really big deal (Simon Willison's Weblog) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Huge, huge layoffs at Snap. Say hello to Apple Xcode Cloud Subscriptions. Say hello to “can’t be evil” NFT licenses. Forget foldable phones, I have a very interesting foldable laptop to tell you about. And if your crypto exchange fat fingered you $10 million dollars as a mistake, what would you buy? Sponsors: Split.io/techmeme Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Snap plans to lay off 20 percent of employees (The Verge) Xcode Cloud Subscriptions Now Available for Developers (MacRumors) A16z Wants to Standardize NFTs by Giving You a License for Your Token (CoinDesk) Ticketmaster taps the Flow blockchain to let event organizers issue NFTs tied to tickets (TechCrunch) Comcast and Charter face a grim new reality: actual competition (Fast Company) ASUS ZENBOOK 17 FOLD OLED REVIEW: THE BEST FOLDABLE YET (The Verge) Crypto.com Sues Woman After Sending Her $10 Million by Mistake: Report (Decrypt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon looks like he’s grabbing onto the Twitter whistleblower as a new argumentative lifeline. The big new CPU lineup from AMD. Gopuff is borrowing money to buy some time. Why did Twitter shelve plans for an OnlyFans clone? And is AI about to unlock our ability to understand what animals are saying? Sponsors: TrueClassic.com code Ride for 25% off Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Elon Musk Attacks Twitter Deal Over Whistle-Blower as Feud Escalates (Bloomberg) Musk Tries a New Way Out of Twitter (Matt Levine/Bloomberg) Twitter is launching its ‘Close Friends’ feature Circle globally (TechCrunch) HOW TWITTER’S CHILD PORN PROBLEM RUINED ITS PLANS FOR AN ONLYFANS COMPETITOR (The Verge) AMD Details Ryzen 7000 Launch (AnandTech) Gopuff Tries to Raise Money Again (WSJ) The Animal Translators (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Really, Apple? THAT is what you’re going to call your AR/VR glasses? I tell you what “that” is. A look at the passkeys Apple is bringing us soon. More deets on the Netflix ad-supported tier. WhatsApp’s super-app ambitions seem to be bearing fruit in India. And is it too late for Eminem and Snoop Dogg to save the NFT market? Sponsors: Kolide.com/ride Links: Trademark Filings Suggest Apple May Be Securing ‘Reality’ Names for AR/VR Headset (Bloomberg) Apple says 95% of iCloud users already have 2FA enabled ahead of Passkeys launch (9to5Mac) Snapchat brings 'Dual Camera' recording to in-app camera (Engadget) Netflix Eyes $7-to-$9 Price for Its New Ad-Supported Plan (Bloomberg) Meta and Jio launch grocery shopping on WhatsApp in India (TechCrunch) WhatsApp’s super app ambitions are starting to come true in India (The Verge) MTV VMAs: Eminem and Snoop Dogg Perform as Bored Apes in the Metaverse (CNET) Looks bare: OpenSea turns into NFT ghost-town after volume plunges 99% in 90 days (CoinTelegraph) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First up, we have @KevinTDugan to give us deeper insight into the whole Twitter whistleblower situation. And then, @KylanGibbs of @inworld_ai convinces me we are maybe closer to the Metaverse than I ever thought possible. TLDR: AI might really be at a tipping point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forget 5G, T-Mobile and SpaceX are teaming up to offer Zero-G Services. LastPass has gotten hacked, but we think your passwords are safe. When we can expect the new VR headset from Meta to be revealed. Twitter puts podcasts in your feed. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year (The Verge) LastPass developer systems hacked to steal source code (BleepingComputer) Twilio hackers breached over 130 organizations during months-long hacking spree (TechCrunch) Meta to debut new VR headset in October, Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan (CNBC) Twitter is becoming a podcast app (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Crypto World Can’t Wait for ‘the Merge’ (NYTimes) Ethereum Overhaul Risks Creating a New Class of Kingpins (Bloomberg) TikTok, Hospitals And Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles Of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance (Forbes) After the Zodiac Killer's '340' Cipher Stumped the FBI, Three Amateurs Made a Breakthrough (Popular Mechanics) ‘BlackBerry’: Story of Doomed Smartphone Company Casts Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton, XYZ Films Boards Sales for TIFF (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Twitter Whistleblower is a big concern for Twitter, no matter what happens with the Elon stuff. Amazon zags slightly in its healthcare march. iPhone even official announcement. Ethereum merge dates officially solidified. Some new PCs from HP and what to expect from Nvidia’s next generation GPUs. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Twitter whistleblower to testify in Congress about security failures (Washington Post) Twitter executives face questions from employees after whistleblower claims (CNN Business) Internal memo: Amazon Care to shut down, ‘not a complete enough offering’ for corporate customers (GeekWire) What Apple's September Event Invite May Tell Us About the iPhone 14 (CNET) Ethereum Foundation confirms September dates for the Merge (The Block) Crypto’s massive marketing efforts have drawn few new investors (Washington Post) HP's new PCs include its first Dragonfly Folio and a 34-inch all-in-one (Engadget) Nvidia to announce next-gen GPU architecture in September amid RTX 4090 rumors (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into that Twitter whistleblower, because the allegations are getting pretty interesting, and it turns out he’s a bigger deal than I knew. Apple is breaking it’s iPadOS release cadence. Fitbit has unveiled three new wearables. And why just deciding to bring the silicon industry back onshore is not as easy as just passing billions in subsidies. Sponsors: Split.io/techmeme Links: India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblower says (Reuters) Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (Washington Post) Twitter whistleblower won hacker acclaim for exposing software flaws (Washington Post) Apple delivers iPadOS 16.1 beta ahead of iOS 16 fall release (TechCrunch) Plex tells users to reset their passwords after potential data breach (Engadget) Fitbit Drops 3 New Fitness Trackers—and None Have Wear OS 3 (Wired) Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants (AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The former head of security at Twitter has blown the whistle on the company saying it was… crap at security. Instagram wants to clone Be Real. More details on the new Sony VR headset. Some eth here, some eth there, eventually brands are making real money on NFTs. And get ready for the biggest leap in smartphone camera tech we’ve seen in a while. Sponsors: CyberSecurityInside.com/ride Links: Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (Washington Post) Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal (Engadget) Apple’s New iPhone 14 to Show India Closing Tech Gap With China (Bloomberg) Sony says the PlayStation VR2 is coming in early 2023 (The Verge) Microsoft is putting more ads in Outlook on iOS and Android (The Verge) NFTs Turn Out to Be a Great Channel of Revenue for Businesses, Ask Nike (NFT Gators) The high-resolution smartphone sensors are coming (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon continues to be serious about becoming your healthcare provider. Elon Musk is raising prices, I guess cause he can. Confirmation that Sam Bankman-Fried does indeed have a mountain of money. I continue to worry about stablecoins and contagion. And the kids are using FindMy as a new sort of social network. Sponsors: DraftKings Daily Fantasy App Promocode- Techmeme Links: Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health (WSJ) Elon Musk says Tesla will hike the price of FSD driver assistance software by 25% in September (CNBC) FTX grew revenue 1,000% during the crypto craze, leaked financials show (CNBC) Stablecoin issuers hold $80bn of short-dated US government debt (Financial Times) How the Find My App Became an Accidental Friendship Fixture (NYTimes) A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looks like Evan Spiegel is retrenching in his dreams of making Snap primarily a camera company. Are we about to see the biggest Google Search algorithm change in years? Does TikTok effectively have a keystroke logger, and will this lead to more calls to crack down on them? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie Pixy Drone (WSJ) Google search updates will prioritize real reviews over clickbait (The Verge) New Google Helpful Content Update To Change SEO Much Like Panda Did (Search Engine Roundtable) TikTok’s in-app browser could be keylogging, privacy analysis warns (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Browser Startups Take Aim at Google Chrome, Apple Safari (WSJ) The Crypto Geniuses Who Vaporized a Trillion Dollars (Intelligencer) Streaming Is Starting to Look A Lot Like Cable TV (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) Woman Pictured In The Viral 'Girl Explaining' Meme Explains The Origins And Her Reaction To Sudden Internet Fame (Know Your Meme News) How Nokia Ringtones Became The First Viral Earworms (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the date of Apple’s iPhone event is interesting. Why Netflix will take away downloads for its ad-tier. Is the VPN built into iOS a lie? Streaming has finally slain linear television. Cameo will let you actually call celebrities. And does Mark Zuckerberg have no aesthetic taste? Sponsors: Zengo.com/ride code: ride Sponsors: Apple Targets Sept. 7 for iPhone 14 Launch in Flurry of New Devices (Bloomberg) Netflix’s Ad-Supported Plan Will Block Downloads of Shows, Films (Bloomberg) VPNs on iOS are a scam (Michael Horowitz) U.S. Streaming Tops Cable TV Viewing for First Time, Nielsen Says (Variety) Windows 11’s widgets can now trigger notifications on your taskbar (The Verge) Cameo Now Lets You Have 10-Minute Calls With Celebs (Gizmodo) Does Mark Zuckerberg Not Understand How Bad His Metaverse Looks? (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cracking down on house parties as a service. Apple makes moves to diversify the supply chain. Another worrying datapoint from the semiconductor industry. Have the banks been using WhatsApp to avoid scrutiny from regulators? And can large language models make our dreams of robot butlers a reality? Sponsors: KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Manscaped.com code RIDE for 20% off Links: Exclusive: Airbnb rolls out new anti-party tech to prevent unapproved gatherings (Fast Company) MacBook design changes enable Vietnamese production for the first time; Apple Watch too (9to5Mac) Chipmakers Are Flashing More Warnings on the Global Economy (Bloomberg) Wall Street's Record Fines Over WhatsApp Use Were Years in the Making (Bloomberg) Amazon is raising seller fees for the holidays to manage through surging inflation (CNBC) Mid-year Crypto Crime Update: Illicit Activity Falls With Rest of Market, With Some Notable Exceptions (Chainalysis) Google invested a whopping $1.5B into blockchain companies since September (CoinTelegraph) Google’s New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was the Twilio breach really about hacking into Signal users? Apple’s serious about returning to the office. Tired: a global chip shortage. Wired: a global chip glut? Amazon says the FTC is harassing its executives. And how far can Uber go to raise prices? Sponsors: DraftKings Daily Fantasy App; Promocode: Techmeme Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach (TechCrunch) Apple Sets Return-to-Office Deadline of Sept. 5 After Covid Delays (Bloomberg) Chipmakers’ Pandemic Boom Turns to Bust as Recession Looms (Bloomberg) Twitter Has to Give Musk Only One Bot Checker's Data: Its Ex-Product Head (Bloomberg) Amazon accuses FTC of harassing executives including Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy (FT) Walmart+ members will soon get Paramount+ streaming as part of their subscription (Engadget) Uber Raises Prices by About 5% in London to Attract More Drivers (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Galaxy Digital shows Elon Musk real reasons to terminate an acquisition deal. a16z is making its biggest ever single investment. You’ll never guess with whom. Snap has more than a million paying subscribers. Cable Internet is losing subscribers for the first time ever. And that time Apple tried to talk Facebook into creating a subscription version of its services. Sponsors: Kolide.com/ride Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Galaxy Digital terminates its acquisition of BitGo (The Block) Unity rejects AppLovin's takeover bid, to go ahead with ironSource buyout (Reuters) Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer (NYTimes/DealBook) Court Documents Confirm Xbox One Sold Less Than Half PS4 Numbers (GameLuster) Snapchat+ Tops 1 Million Paying Customers, Adds Four New Features (Variety) Cable Finally Loses Broadband Market Share in Q2 with First Negative Growth Quarter Ever (NextTV) The Secret Talks That Could Have Prevented the Apple vs. Facebook War (WSJ) The job openings at Sensel: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Sensel/jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We speak today with Bloomberg Economics columnist Noah Smith. Are we in a recession? Are we in store for an actual shooting war with China? Is bitcoin due for one more big pump? Come for all of that, and stick around for Chris and I to hit some stories that fell through the cracks this week, like Google’s ad campaign against iMessage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dutch authorities have arrested a developer related to Tornado Cash. But is there a grey area here that is a bit messy? LinkedIn seems ready to go all in on the creator and influencer economy. Apple seems to have confidence that there’s not going to be a slowdown in iPhone sales. And of course, the weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Masterworks.com/ride Links: Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam (The Block) LinkedIn rolls out new tools to give creators more ways to share visual content (TechCrunch) Apple Expects to Sustain iPhone Sales in 2022 as Market Slows (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Did Two Unknown Latin Music Operators Make $23 Million From YouTube? The IRS Says They Stole It (Billboard) Tornado Cash Crackdown Shows Limits of Regulating Cryptocurrency Services (WSJ) Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes (ArsTechnica) New – AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network (AWS Blog) The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs (Wired) The End of Manual Transmission (The Atlantic) The job openings at Sensel: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Sensel/jobs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disney embraces inflation because it kind of has to. How Facebook and Instagram are sneakily still tracking you, even after Apple’s ATT changes. The FCC has rejected SpaceX for a big rural broadband deal. And where the teens are hanging out online, these days. You kind of know the answer, but the data is still interesting. Sponsors: MacGeekGab.com Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Disney+ Ad Plan Price and Launch Date Set — Along With Fee Hikes for Disney+ Premium, Hulu (Variety) Cisco hacked by Yanluowang ransomware gang, 2.8GB allegedly stolen (BleepingComputer) CISA warns of Windows and UnRAR flaws exploited in the wild (BleepingComputer) iOS Privacy: Instagram and Facebook can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser (Felix Krause) FCC denies Starlink’s application for $885M subsidy (TechCrunch) Ethereum's final proof-of-stake 'test merge' is live on Goerli (The Block) Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022 (PEW Research Center) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from this morning’s Galaxy Unpacked event. Walmart wants to ad video to keep up with Prime. Spotify quietly begins selling tickets. And if someone sends you some dirty ETH, and you can’t block receipt of it, are you in trouble? Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: The new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 is a little better and still too expensive (The Verge) Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed (Engadget) Samsung goes big on battery with the Galaxy Watch 5 series (The Verge) Walmart Ponders Streaming Deal With Paramount, Disney and Comcast (NYTimes) Spotify starts selling live music tickets to fans directly (TechCrunch) Someone Is Trolling Celebs by Sending ETH From Tornado Cash (CoinDesk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices