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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

WhatsApp rolls out privacy features. The battery icon returns to the iPhone. China is growing restless over its silicon industry. HBOMax will stop getting Warner Movies automatically. The really rugged smartwatch from Garmin. And the real reason Amazon is buying One Medical and iRobot. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Links: WhatsApp’s new update makes it easier to avoid your friends (The Verge) WhatsApp now lets users delete messages up to two days after they were sent (9to5Mac) iOS 16 beta 5 finally adds the battery percentage to the status bar (9to5Mac) China Graft Probes Stem From Anger Over Failed Chip Plans (Bloomberg) Warner Bros. Movies Are No Longer Guaranteed To Arrive On HBO Max After A 45-Day Theatrical Window: Source (Decider) Garmin adds another bright spot to its line of multisport watches (Android Authority) What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Masa Son takes another one on the chin, another record loss. The US Treasury is sanctioning a major crypto mixing service. Netflix Gaming is off to a good start or a terrible one, I can’t tell. One of the streaming services is biting the dust. And since we’re aware of the car industry data tracking issue, how much data is Tesla already tracking about your driving? Sponsors: Gusto.com/ride CyberSecurityInside.com/ride Links: SoftBank plans Vision Fund job cuts after record net loss (Reuters) US Treasury sanctions cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash (The Block) Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies (TechCrunch) Nvidia warns on second-quarter revenue, shares dip (CNBC) Netflix is expanding its push into video games, but few subscribers are playing along (CNBC) HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023 (Variety) The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard (IEEE Spectrum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Our friend Alex Kantrowitz returns to my kitchen table for a crossover episode with Big Technology Podcast (subscribe here) to discuss whether or not Meta is going to see its promise land Metaverse? And are we in a recession or just a tech recession? Oh. And tips to survive plane travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon wants to acquire the company that makes the Roomba robot, or as it’s known in my family, Vrrrrooom. We finally know the legal arguments both sides are making in the Elon/Twitter case. Does crashing semiconductor demand prove we’re in a recession or not? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B (TechCrunch) Twitter slams Elon Musk's response to its lawsuit (Axios) Cooling Semiconductor Sales Heighten Fears of a Global Recession (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The endless search for a crypto use case (Networked substack) It’s paintbrushes at dawn as artists feel the pressure of AI-generated art (TechCrunch) CNN Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications (CNN) THE UNSUNG INVENTOR WHO CHASED THE LED RAINBOW (ieee Spectrum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple is delaying releasing iPadOS 16 just because it’s trying to make Stage Manager not suck. I wasn’t imagining it… the majority of the crypto hacks this year have been because of bridges. Would you pay $50k to be a guest on this show? The new OnePlus smartphone. And I’m gonna let you guess what Google did. Again. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Apple Plans to Delay Launch of iPadOS 16 Update by About a Month (Bloomberg) Solana Hack Blamed on Slope Mobile Wallet Exploit (Decrypt) Vulnerabilities in Cross-chain Bridge Protocols Emerge as Top Security Risk (Chainalysis) Twitter to revamp Spaces, tests themed stations and a daily digest (TechCrunch) Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows (Bloomberg) OnePlus 10T review: Speed above all (Engadget) Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn’t going into Meet (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now the hackers are stealing crypto from individual wallets at scale. Robinhood makes a massive layoff announcement. Y Combinator is shrinking its summer cohort. I’ve found an actual use case for NFT’s and it is college textbooks. And, you know, an actual flying car you could buy right now. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Solana, USDC Drained From Wallets in Attack (Decrypt) Robinhood Lays Off 23% of Staff as Retail Investors Fade From Platform (WSJ) Michael Saylor to step down as MicroStrategy CEO, shift to executive chairman role (The Block) Y Combinator narrows current cohort size by 40%, citing downturn and funding environment (TechCrunch) UK regulator makes U-turn on Avast-Norton cyber security deal (Financial Times) Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs (The Guardian) Samson Switchblade flying car is finally ready for takeoff (New Atlas) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seriously, what is it with crypto bridges? Why are they seemingly so easy to hack? New York cracks down on Robinhood. A bunch of Silicon Valley boldfaced names are going to be swept up into the Twitter/Elon trial. And if Chromebooks and gaming are suffering post-Covid hangovers, is Uber a post-covid Phoenix? Sponsors: Babbel.com/ride for 60% off go.factor75.com/techmeme130 and code techmeme130 to get $130 off Links: Nomad token bridge drained of $190M in funds in security exploit (CoinTelegraph) Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Fined $30 Million by New York’s Top Financial Regulator (WSJ) Twitter is probing Elon Musk’s social circle in broad legal requests (Washington Post) As worldwide tablet shipments grow, Chromebooks face a different reality (ZDNet) Activision Blizzard Sales Fall on Weak Call of Duty Release (Bloomberg) The Morning After: Did Microsoft just neg Activision Blizzard? (Engadget) Uber reports another big loss but beats on revenue, shares pop 14% (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple opens up Apple Pay a tiny bit. But again, from pressure from the Europeans. Meta is accused of abetting sectarian violence in another developing nation. A deep dive into the seeming demise of the entire e-scooter industry. How much good will the CHIPS Act actually do? And a review of the new Dell XPS 13 Plus. Sponsors: KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Links: Apple Pay may finally work on Chrome, Edge, and Firefox in iOS 16 (The Verge) Why dangerous content thrives on Facebook and TikTok in Kenya (Washington Post) Bolt Mobility has vanished, leaving e-bikes, unanswered calls behind in several US cities (TechCrunch) Japan, U.S. to launch R&D for 2-nm chip mass production (NikkeiAsia) Chipmakers battle for slice of US government support (Financial Times) DELL XPS 13 PLUS REVIEW: XPS PLUS, BATTERY MINUS (The Verge) Join the Mutant Podcast Army Fantasy League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/i8t2k1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Matthew Ball comes on to talk about his new book: The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything. Then, Jason Del Rey @DelRey talks to us about how Amazon has been faring in the post-Jeff Bezos era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even a weak earnings report from Apple can still break records. Instagram’s been in a stare down with the Kardashians, and Adam Mosseri just blinked. Congress just passed a ton of money to jump start domestic chip production. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Kolide.com/ride Links: Apple iPhone Sales Remain Resilient as Company Reports 11% Decline in Profit (WSJ) Instagram walks back its changes (Platformer) CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Buy Now, Pay Later Juggernaut Is About to Be Tested (Bloomberg) F.T.C. Chair Upends Antitrust Standards With Meta Lawsuit (NYTimes) Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car? (The Markup) TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants (The New Yorker) RollerCoaster Tycoon taught me to be a ruthless capitalist (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta has reported its first-ever YoY quarterly revenue decline. The FTC has moved to block a Meta acquisition, the first big regulatory move of the Lina Khan era. Google delays it’s cookie cleanup. Again. You’re not seeing things. There’s been a Gmail redesign. And DeepMind has solved one of the oldest problems in biology. Sponsors: StitchFix.com/ride for $20 off Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Facebook Parent Meta Platforms Reports First Ever Revenue Drop (WSJ) F.T.C. Sues to Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal as It Confronts Big Tech (NYTimes) Jack Ma Plans to Cede Control of Ant Group (WSJ) Google delays when Chrome will phase out third-party cookies to 2024 (9to5Google) Gmail’s new look is now rolling out to everyone (The Verge) DeepMind's protein-folding AI cracks biology's biggest problem (NewScientist) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ll wrap up the earnings from Microsoft, Alphabet, Spotify and Shopify. Proof that the cost of a data breach for companies is skyrocketing. What ever happened to the legislative crackdown on Big Tech? Inflation comes to the Metaverse as Meta is jacking up the prices on Quest headsets. And a big update to Google Maps. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Techmeme headlines from this morning running down earnings (Techmeme, 8:25am eastern today) IBM Security report finds data breaches are costlier than ever before (SiliconAngle) Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us (ArsTechnica) Senate’s Antitrust Crackdown Sputters as Schumer Signals Doubts (Bloomberg) Quest 2 Price Jumps To $399 As Meta Costs Rise (UploadVR) Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the SEC about to crack down on Coinbase? Why is Kylie Jenner mad at Instagram? Why are all the big tech companies mad at the leap second, of all things? And a deep dive look at what Amazon probably wants to do with its big healthcare acquisition. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Cybersecurityinside.com/RIDE Links: Coinbase Faces SEC Probe on Crypto Listings; Shares Tumble (Bloomberg) Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian tell Instagram to 'stop trying to be TikTok,' which could spell major trouble for the platform (Insider) Creators on Facebook can now earn money through videos that use licensed music (TechCrunch) Shopify to Lay Off 10% of Workers in Broad Shake-Up (WSJ) Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet (CNET) The Amazon + One Medical Post (Out Of Pocket) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NFL+ arrives, and at the end of the show, we’ll take a deep dive into sports rights as the great free radical in the streaming wars and the evolution in sports in general. In between that, people accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of lowballing them. More details on the so-called Apple Watch Pro. And if I told you there’s a global shortage of fiber optic cable, would you be surprised? Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme ZocDoc.com/techmeme Links: NFL+ Enters Sports Streaming Wars As League Launches New Service (The Hollywood Reporter) Voyager Responds to FTX’s Offer, Calling It a ‘Low-Ball’ Bid (Bloomberg) Apple Begins to Show Rare Vulnerability Ahead of Economic Slowdown (Bloomberg) Intel bags deal to make chips for MediaTek, that other Android processor designer (The Register) Global shortage of fibre optic cable threatens digital growth (FT) Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saoud Kalifah of FakeSpot.com joins us to discuss what I guess we could call, the fake review economy. Chris made a compelling case for the new Browser Company browser Arc. I try to find my way to a Brian’s Unified Theory of what makes new social networks succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, things weren’t so rosy with Twitter earnings, and downright abysmal over at Snap. The Feds bring the first ever case for insider trading in the crypto space. Your next smart lock might draw its power from your phone as you use it. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Work Check podcast Links: Twitter misses earnings expectations, partially blames revenue drop on Elon Musk takeover bid (CNBC) Snap shares dive 35% following poor earnings report (CNBC) Ex-Coinbase Manager Arrested in US Crypto Insider-Trading Case (Bloomberg) Your next smart lock could ditch the battery by harvesting energy from your phone (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Chiplets helped save AMD. They might also help save Moore’s law and head off an energy crisis. (Protocol) Meta’s next big bet: The ‘metaversity’ (Protocol) Amazon C.E.O. Andy Jassy Breaks From the Bezos Way (NYTimes) The Great Fiction of AI (The Verge) The Re-Reinvention of the Travel Agent (Skift) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon is acquiring actual doctors offices. Facebook splits the newsfeed to make it more TikTok-y. Minecraft foreswears NFTs. The big tech platforms are pausing hiring now too. Did Tesla cause the crypto crash? And DALL-E 2 is now more widely available. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Links: Amazon is buying primary care tech provider One Medical for $3.9B (TechCrunch) Facebook doubles down on algorithms in the main feed (The Verge) Minecraft team says NFTs and blockchain are, well, blocked (Polygon) Microsoft Cuts Many Open Job Listings in Weakening Economy (Bloomberg) Google Announces Hiring Pause (The Information) Elon Musk’s Tesla Has Sold 75% of Its Bitcoin Holdings (Decrypt) @CryptoKaleo Tweet TextExpander, which lets users build shortcuts to speed up business communications, raises $41.4M, its first-ever funding (TechCrunch) OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Netflix reported earnings that weren’t as bad as even they had been telegraphing. So that’s something. The court case is already going against how Elon Musk hoped it would go. What’s up with everyone leaving Neuralink? And a deep-dive look at BeReal. Is it the next big thing or just the latest fad? Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome AthleticGreens.com/ride Links: Netflix loses fewer subscribers than expected and says cheaper ad tier is coming in early 2023 (CNBC) Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay (CNBC) A Neuralink cofounder left Elon Musk's brain-chip company, leaving it with just 2 of its 8 founding members (Insider) Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses (CNET) Fad or frenzy, BeReal is having a real moment right now (FastCompany) Why BeReal is breaking out (Platformer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon is stepping up its war against bogus product reviews. Netflix is testing more crackdowns on password sharing. Slack is raising prices. ESPN+ is raising prices. But one streaming service is actually LOWERING prices? And mark your calendars, cause the Fall product launch season is upon us. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Amazon sues admins from 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews (TechCrunch) Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing (Bloomberg) Apple Sued Over Apple Pay, Accused of Antitrust Violations (Bloomberg) Slack is increasing prices and changing the way its free plan works (TechCrunch) ESPN+ Monthly Subscription to Rise $3 as Disney Strives for Streaming Profits (Variety) Crunchyroll is lowering monthly subscription fees in almost 100 regions (Engadget) Samsung confirms August 10th Unpacked event date with ‘cryptic’ puzzle (The Verge) WD begins shipping 22TB Red Pro, Purple Pro and Gold HDDs (Club386) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everything we cover is in a full vibe shift of… pulling back. Coinbase sent some eyebrows up over the weekend, but insolvency is off the table. Right? Right? Adam Newmann’s crypto startup is hitting the pause button. All the rapid delivery startups that flooded New York City last year seem to be done. Poof. And is Silicon Valley itself definitively shrinking? Sponsors: Zapier.com/ride Gusto.com/ride Links: Snap launches Snapchat for Web to bring the app's core features to desktop (TechCrunch) Leaked emails: Crypto exchange Coinbase is 'temporarily shutting down' its US affiliate-marketing program (Insider) Coinbase stirs rumors of liquidity woes as it halts affiliate-marketing program (Insider Bitcoins) Crypto Crash Stalls WeWork Founder Adam Neumann’s Climate Venture (WSJ) The Speedy Downfall of Rapid Delivery Startups (Wired) Tiger Global-backed Missfresh faces fight for survival (FT) 71 Cities and Towns Are Paying Tech Workers to Abandon Silicon Valley. It’s Working. (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Now the haircuts have come for Stripe, but they took theirs voluntarily. Who’s responsible for the big hole on Celsius’ balance sheet? Twitter wants to let devs make their own timelines. Will Amazon voluntarily exit the white label business. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: Manscaped.com code RIDE for 20% off Kolide.com/ride Links: Stripe Cuts Internal Valuation by 28% (WSJ) Celsius Discloses $1.19 Billion Deficit in Bankruptcy Filing (Bloomberg) Twitter is testing custom timelines, and first one is about The Bachelorette (TechCrunch) Amazon Has Been Slashing Private-Label Selection Amid Weak Sales (WSJ) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Three Arrows Capital Blew Up and Set Off a Crypto Contagion (Bloomberg) The Standards Innovation Paradox (Michael Mignano Medium) Siberia or Japan? Expert Google Maps Players Can Tell at a Glimpse. (NYTimes) Advanced E.V. Batteries Move From Labs to Mass Production (NYTimes) How the Webb sends its hundred-megapixel images a million miles back to Earth (TechCrunch) The Webb Space Telescope’s Profound Data Challenges (iee Spectrum) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celsius files for bankruptcy. Tesla loses a key Autopilot exec. Netflix chooses Microsoft for it’s ads partnership. Could TikTok be a long-term problem for Google Search? And the reviews are in for the new Macbook Airs with M2 chips. Sponsors: Ahead Of Its Time podcast WorkCheck Podcast Links: Embattled crypto lender Celsius files for bankruptcy protection (CNBC) Inside Celsius: how one of crypto’s biggest lenders ground to a halt (Financial Times) Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy announces he’s leaving the company (CNBC) Netflix is partnering with Microsoft for its new ad-supported tier (The Verge) Google Cloud launches its first Arm-based VMs (TechCrunch) Google exec suggests Instagram and TikTok are eating into Google’s core products, Search and Maps (TechCrunch) APPLE’S NEW MACBOOK AIR M2 IS THE START OF A WHOLE NEW AIR-A (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter officially sues Elon Musk and by the sound of things, has decided to go to the mattresses. Has Apple officially cut ties with Jony Ive? Here come the tech mergers and acquisitions. How streaming has officially killed traditional tv by at least one measure. And an interesting new gadget. Nothing. I’ll explain. Sponsors: StoryBlok.com/ridehome KeeperSecurity.com/techmeme Links: Twitter Sues Musk After He Tries Backing Out of $44 Billion Deal (NYTimes) 15 Revelations in Twitter’s Suit Against Elon Musk (Intelligencer) Apple Ends Consulting Agreement With Jony Ive, Its Former Design Leader (NYTimes) Unity is merging with Ironsource in an all-stock deal valuing Ironsource at $4.4B in a big consolidation play for gaming (TechCrunch) Read the memo Google’s CEO sent employees about a hiring slowdown (The Verge) Nothing officially announces flashy Phone 1, starting at £399 (The Verge) HBO & HBO Max Smash Past Netflix In Total Emmy Nominations As Hulu & Apple Score Strong Showings (Deadline) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liquidators say they can't find the Three Arrows Capital founders. The FTC will crack down on data-anonymization claims. Another smart home company decides to brick some of the hardware that people paid good money for. Hopin is the latest highflyer to fall to earth with layoffs. And what it’s like to work at Twitter right now. Sponsors: Storyblok.com/ridehome Links: Three Arrows Founders’ Whereabouts Unknown, Liquidators Say (Bloomberg) FTC to Crack Down on Sites That Claim Your Data Is 'Anonymized' When It's Not (PCMag) Hive’s abandoned smart home devices will cease operation starting in 2023 (The Verge) Live events startup Hopin, valued at $7.8 billion, is laying off 29% of staff in its second wave of job cuts in 2022 (Insider) Twitter Lawyers Call Musk’s Deal Termination ‘Wrongful’ (Bloomberg) As Elon Musk Walks, Twitter Workers Say No One’s in Charge (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices