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Beware a watering hole, zero day attack that affected macOS. Spotify is getting into the audiobook game. MoviePass looks like it might be coming back from the dead, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Detectify.com/techmeme FirstRepublic.com Links: Google Caught Hackers Using a Mac Zero-Day Against Hong Kong Users (Vice/Motherboard) Amazon will let you easily share clips from its Prime Video content (The Verge) Spotify expands into audiobooks with acquisition of Findaway (TechCrunch) MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch (Insider) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The 10,000 Faces That Launched an NFT Revolution (Wired) The Metaverse and (near-)infinite economic growth (Noahpinion) Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players (NYTimes) The Craziest Sports Story of 2021 Is FC Sheriff (Futbol With Grant Wahl) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discord floats the idea of incorporating crypto, but backs down after a vicious backlash. Apple wants to manage IT for small and medium businesses. YouTube is starting to hide the dislike option. Disney+ growth is suddenly anemic. And say hello to an NFT band. Like, literally, a Bored Ape Band. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Discord pushes pause on exploring crypto and NFTs amidst user backlash (TechCrunch) Apple launches Apple Business Essentials: Device management, storage, onsite repairs, and more for one monthly price (9to5Mac) US sues Uber over 'wait time' fees for disabled passengers (Protocol) YouTube gives dislikes the thumbs-down, hides public counts (The Verge) Disney+ Subscriber Growth Slows, Company Misses Wall Street Expectations (The Hollywood Reporter) The World’s Largest Record Company Is Creating an NFT Super Group (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple and Alphabet suffer setbacks in court. More hardware moves in the great Metaverse realignment of the tech landscape. Unity buys Weta Digital. No word on if Andy Serkis is part of the package. And Twitter Blue is finally live. A reminder of what that actually is. Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride Oracle.com/ride Links: Judge orders Apple to allow external payment options for App Store by December 9th, denying stay (The Verge) Google Loses Appeal of $2.8 Billion EU Shopping-Ads Fine (WSJ) Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces try to make it easier to get apps ready for augmented reality (The Verge) Unity is buying Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital for over $1.6B (TechCrunch) Meta plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting categories. (NYTimes) Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robinhood has been compromised by some true brigands. If you’ve got a Robinhood account, double down on being wary of phishing attacks. Netflix takes a page out of the TikTok playbook. And whole bunch of announces about new DRAM chips, new AMD chips, new custom voicebot toolkits from Nvidia, and Niantic doesn’t want to get left behind in the Metaverse race it arguably helped set off. Sponsors: Enterprise.Spectrum.com/techmeme Napjitsu.com/techmeme Links: Robinhood says millions of customer names and email addresses taken in data breach (TechCrunch) US seizes $6 million in ransom payments and charges Ukrainian over major cyberattack (CNN) Netflix to Roll Out TikTok-Like Short Clip Feature Aimed at Kids (Bloomberg) Samsung’s new LPDDR5X DRAM is 1.3x faster and consumes 20% less power than LPDDR5 DRAM (XDA Developers) AMD lands Meta as customer and takes on Nvidia, sending shares up 11% (Reuters) Nvidia’s Riva Custom Voice lets companies create custom voices powered by AI (VentureBeat) Niantic launches platform to build ‘real-world metaverse’ apps (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

McAfee is taken private. The recently passed Infrastructure Bill complicates the tax picture for crypto. Also, playing NFT games could seriously complicate your tax bill. The latest installment of Today In Elon Musk, and since we’re hitting old features today, let’s check in with how Masa Son is doing. Sponsors: OurCrowd.com/ride Overland.com/techmeme Links: McAfee to Be Taken Private in $14 Billion Deal Including Debt (Bloomberg) House Sends Infrastructure Bill With Crypto Tax Provision to US President (CoinDesk) NFT games are fun. Filing taxes afterward is a nightmare. (Protocol) Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll Results Favor Tesla Stock Sale (WSJ) A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won't Be the Last (Wired) SoftBank Vision Fund Posts a Record Loss on Coupang’s Plunge (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poking some holes in the Metaverse hype and also examining the financial realities of the Creator Economy. Simon Owen's Media Newsletter Zealous.app The Charlie Warzel leaving substack essay we discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Meta going to open actual physical retail stores to try to sell folks on the promise of the Metaverse? More tangible signs Apple’s silicon is leaving everyone, but especially Intel in the dust. The new Mavic 3 drone from DJI. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: GoTeleport.com/techmeme Links: To Build the Metaverse, Meta First Wants to Build Stores (NYTimes) Apple’s Road Map for Mac Chips Shows Likely Advantage Over Intel (The Information) DJI Launches New Mavic 3 Drone With Longer Flight Time, Improved Cameras and New Safety Features (MacRumors) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Hackers are stealing data today so quantum computers can crack it in a decade (TechnologyReview.com) The Booming Underground Market for Bots That Steal Your 2FA Codes (Motherboard) Farewell Offshoring, Outsourcing. Pandemic Rewrites CEO Playbook. (WSJ) Silicon Valley wants to power the U.S. war machine (Fast Company) The Metaverse Takes Manhattan (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Instagram is playing nice with Twitter all of the sudden. But Meta has some new creator tools that try once again to shiv the App Stores. That South Korean law is actively cracking open the App Stores in that country. Google might be back in the defense contract business. And why it MIGHT be worth paying $30 for a keyboard with only 3 keys. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Instagram brings back Twitter Card preview support for posts (TechCrunch) Facebook skirts Apple’s App Store fees with custom subscription links for creators (The Verge) Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t. (Recode) Google Allows Alternate In-App Payment Options in South Korea, Though Familiar Fees Remain (WSJ) Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns (NYTimes) STACK OVERFLOW’S COPY / PASTE KEYBOARD IS NO JOKE (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook shuts down its decade-old face scanning and photo tagging feature. Zillow shuts down its house flipping business entirely. Netflix’s foray into games officially launches widely. And Microsoft says hey Zuckerberg, if you think the Metaverse is going to be about work meetings with cartoonish avatars and virtual whiteboards? Hold our beer! Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride TinyCapital.com Links: Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System (NYTimes) Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2,000 employees as its big real estate bet falters (GeekWire) CISA creates catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, orders agencies to patch (The Record) Netflix games are coming to all members on Android, starting this week (TechCrunch) Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings (The Verge) Loop app from Microsoft keeps projects in sync across Microsoft 365 (VentureBeat) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple is cutting iPad production in order to allocate more components to iPhone production. The Biden administration is getting serious about stablecoins. Zoom is going to start showing you ads unless you pay up. Zillow misjudged the housing market. And a security flaw has been found, inside, of all things: Unicode. Sponsors: BoxOfAwesome.com code "techmeme" for 20% off your first box Arm Viewpoints Podcast Links: Apple trims iPad production to feed chips to iPhone 13 (Nikkei Asia) Nintendo to make 20% fewer Switch consoles due to chip crunch (Nikkei Asia) Biden Administration to Congress: Put Stablecoins Under Federal Supervision – Or We Will (CoinDesk) Zoom is testing showing ads to free users (The Verge) ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code (KrebsonSecurity) Zillow Seeks to Sell 7,000 Homes for $2.8 Billion After Flipping Halt (Bloomberg) Yahoo Pulls Out of China, Ending Tumultuous Two-Decade Relationship (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Much Money Is Apple’s ATT Costing Snap, Facebook, Twitter and the like? $10B or more? The chip shortage is hitting Apple at the Worst Time. But new iOS devices might have crash detection built in. Why was Roblox down for so long? And why Hollywood thinks there’s money in their old banana stands after all. Sponsors: HeyLaika.com/techmeme Links: Snap, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube lose nearly $10bn after iPhone privacy changes (Financial Times) The Chip Shortage Slams Into Apple at the Worst Possible Time (Bloomberg) Global Chip Shortage ‘Is Far From Over’ as Wait Times Get Longer (WSJ) Apple Wants iPhones to Detect Car Crashes, Auto-Dial 911 (WSJ) Roblox Servers Are Turning Back On (Slowly) After 60+ Hour Outage (Kotaku) 5D data storage technology offers 10,000 times the density of Blu-ray (New Atlas) Snapchat Inks Deal With NBCUniversal to Use Audio From ‘SNL,’ ‘The Office’ and More (Exclusive) (The Hollywood Reporter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tons of meta commentary about the Meta move by Facebook, including the appearance of a Meta smartwatch. Small bit of earnings fallout for Apple and Amazon. Very important detail from the reviews of the new MacBook Pros involving battery life. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Leaked Photo Shows Meta’s Planned Competitor to Apple Watch (Bloomberg) Meta (Stratechery) The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Escape Hatch (NYTimes) APPLE MACBOOK PRO 14 AND 16 REVIEW: RETURN TO FORM (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: MARK ZUCKERBERG ON WHY FACEBOOK IS REBRANDING TO META (The Verge) What the metaverse will (and won’t) be, according to 28 experts (Fast Company) Why Apple’s Privacy Changes Hurt Snap and Facebook but Benefited Google (WSJ) Why Your Group Chat Could Be Worth Millions (Intelligencer/NYMag) Life in the FAST Lane: Free Streaming, Big Money (Vulture/NYMag) A Very Big Little Country (Afar) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook’s new name is… Meta. All the headlines from Facebooks’ Connect event today. Also, is Copilot taking over Github? The new Raspberry Pi device. And how to handle the notch on the MacBook Pro if its driving you crazy. Sponsors: Wealthfront.com/techmeme Dataiku.com Links: Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse (VentureBeat) Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest (TechCrunch) Facebook says it doesn’t want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it (Engadget) Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse (VentureBeat) Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest (TechCrunch) Facebook says it doesn’t want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it (Engadget) Facebook tells employees to preserve all communications for legal reasons. (NYTimes) Nearly a third of new code on GitHub is written with AI help (Axios) The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is ideal for DIY projects (Wired) Apple Reveals 'Scale to Fit' Setting to Prevent a Mac App's Menu Bar Items From Being Hidden Under Notch (MacRumors) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microsoft and Google continued to report earnings that boggle the mind. Meanwhile, Robinhood discovered that if you live by crypto trading revenues, you can be wounded by them too. Will the Facebook Files force some sort of FTC action? AWS goes after Google’s tensor processing units. And do you think I could produce this show on MS-DOS? Probably not, but Dune was written on it. Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride Tovala.com/ride Links: Microsoft beats revenue expectations, reporting 22% growth (CNBC) Robinhood shares tank as revenue falls way short of expectations on lighter crypto trading (CNBC) FCC kicks China Telecom Americas out of US, cites Chinese government control (ArsTechnica) Federal Trade Commission Scrutinizing Facebook Disclosures (WSJ) Amazon launches AWS instances powered by Habana’s AI accelerator chip (VentureBeat) Biden appoints Jessica Rosenworcel to lead the FCC (The Verge) The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in MS-DOS (Motherboard/Vice) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook whistles past the ATT graveyard, but Zuckerberg wants to target ‘da yoots.’ Adobe adds support for NFTs. Amazon is coming after Clubhouse, joining the Quantum Computing race, and lending Project Kuiper to Verizon. And the big review of Apple’s new chips calls their performance "downright absurd." Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Stripe.com Links: Facebook delivers light Q4 revenue guidance, mixed Q3 results (ZDNet) Facebook says it’s refocusing company on ‘serving young adults’ (The Verge) Photoshop will get a ‘prepare as NFT’ option soon (The Verge) Amazon is building a Clubhouse competitor that turns hosts into DJs (The Verge) Amazon joins race for quantum computer with new Caltech center (The Washington Post) Amazon’s broadband satellite venture Kuiper teams up with Verizon to expand 5G coverage (The Verge) Blue Origin reveals plans for future commercial space station called Orbital Reef (The Verge) Apple's M1 Pro, M1 Max SoC's Investigated: New Performance and Efficiency Heights (AnandTech) Pixel 6 Pro Review: The flagship Google needs right now is the one buyers deserve (9to5Google) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Running down the headlines from all of those Facebook stories that we were promised would land this week. PayPal backs away from Pinterest, Tesla rolls back Full Self Driving, Microsoft keeps its eye on the ransomware gangs and a listener gives us an explainer on why Worldcoin wants to scan your eyeball. Sponsors: Betterhelp.com/ridehome enterprise.spectrum.com/techmeme Links: Here are all the Facebook Papers stories (Protocol) The case against Mark Zuckerberg: Insiders say Facebook’s CEO chose growth over safety (Washington Post) PayPal Says It’s Currently Not Pursuing Pinterest Deal (Bloomberg) Tesla pulled its latest ‘Full Self Driving’ beta after testers complained about false crash warnings and other bugs (The Verge) Hertz orders 100,000 Teslas in deal reportedly worth $4.2 billion (The Verge) Microsoft: Russian SVR hacked at least 14 IT supply chain firms since May (BleepingComputer) Privacy by Design (WorldCoin) How the Launch Works (Worldcoin) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

F*** it! We did it live! Chris and me and @Kantrowitz around my kitchen table! Are we in for the biggest week of Facebook's life? Check out Big Technology! Sponsors: VPLS.com/goit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Snap’s earnings suggest Apple’s ATT bite is having an impact, and what might that mean for others like Facebook? Google lowers Play Store fees and piles pressure on Apple. Did law enforcement give REvil a taste of its own medicine? What the heck is Worldcoin, I still can’t figure it out. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Dataiku.com RealVision.com/techmeme Links: Snap plummets 22% after missing on revenue expectations (CNBC) Google lowers Play Store fees for subscriptions and music streaming apps (The Verge) Amazon launches in-store pickup option for items from local businesses (CNBC) Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline (Reuters) Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman wants to scan your eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency (CNBC) Weekend Longreads Suggestions The Metaverse Is Bad (The Atlantic) DeFi Is Like Nothing Regulators Have Seen Before. How Should They Tackle It? (CoinDesk) Inside Wheel of Time, Amazon’s Huge Gamble on the Next Game of Thrones (GQ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PayPal wants to buy Pinterest and everybody is trying to figure out why. Devs, you can now begin testing Android apps on Windows 11. Gamers, you can now do some powerful gaming for the low, low price of $100 a month. Some, just, spectacularly monster raises in the crypto space. And I get talked out of the Microsoft Surface Duo again. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: PayPal Is Exploring a Purchase of Pinterest (Bloomberg) Plaid Pushes Into Payments Business After Scuttled Visa Deal (WSJ) Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 (The Verge) A first look at Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Android apps support (The Verge) Nvidia Supercharges GeForce Now Cloud Gaming Service With RTX 3080 GPUs (Gizmodo) Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Crypto Exchange Adds $7 Billion of Value in Three Months (Bloomberg) Fanatics’ NFT company is worth $1.5 billion, and NFL legend Peyton Manning now owns a stake (CNBC) Meet the New Owners of the Wu-Tang Clan’s One-of-a-Kind Album (NYTimes) MICROSOFT SURFACE DUO 2 REVIEW: DUO-OVER OR STRIKE TWO? (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dropping the “the” from The Facebook isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Dropping Facebook as a name entirely. All the news from today’s Samsung event. Spotify and Shopify finally team up in the greatest crossover event of tech naming confusion. And a first look at that Comcast branded smart TV. Sponsors: HeyLaika.com/techmeme Kiwico.com promocode ride Links: Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name (The Verge) Galaxy Watch 4 gets its first major update w/ Fall Detection, new watchfaces, more (9to5Google) First Bitcoin Futures ETF Rises in Trading Debut (WSJ) Facebook Fined $69 Million by U.K. Authority for Breaching Order During Giphy Merger Investigation (Variety) Brave Removes Google as its Default Search Engine (Thurrott.com) Spotify Adds Virtual Merch Tables for Music Artists in Pact With Shopify (Variety) Comcast Launches XClass TV, Its First TV Sets in the U.S., Taking Streaming Platform Direct-to-Consumer (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from Google’s latest Pixel event with the new Pixel 6. Some odds and sods from yesterday’s Apple event. Maybe Facebook’s crypto project is about to debut. How much money can the delivery space attract or even support? And more signs that YouTube is becoming a monster business that is increasingly supporting all of Alphabet. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com CometBackup.com, Promocode: Ride Links: Android 12 is now rolling out to Pixel phones (Engadget) GOOGLE PIXEL 6 AND 6 PRO HAVE BIG SCREENS, BIG AMBITIONS, AND SMALL PRICES (The Verge) The “Google Silicon” team gives us a tour of the Pixel 6’s Tensor SoC (Ars Technica) Pixel Pass bundles a phone with Google services for $45 per month (Engadget) Facebook’s Novi Taps Paxos, Coinbase Ahead of Diem Rollout (CoinDesk) Delivery Hero Leads $1 Billion Funding Round for Gorillas (Bloomberg) Apple Selling New $49 Braided MagSafe Cable and $99 140W Power Adapter for 16-Inch MacBook Pro (MacRumors) Tweet I mentioned comparing the M1Max to the PS5 (@ZONEofTech) YouTube Has Surpassed $3 Billion in Consumer Spend on iOS — Giving The World Access to Tailored Quality Content (App Annie) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines from Apple’s event today. The Bitcoin future’s ETF is real, as of tomorrow. Apple’s privacy changes have indeed upended the mobile advertising space… in Apple’s favor. Steam doesn’t want to play the NFT game. And putting a value on Squid Game’s impact for Netflix. Sponsors: Enterprise.Spectrum.com/TechmemeRideHome Napjitsu.com/techmeme Links: Apple unveils next-generation M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for new Macs (9to5Mac) Apple announces 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro: new design, display notch, 120Hz, M1 Pro chip, HDMI, MagSafe, more (9to5Mac) Bitcoin Comes to the Big Board (NYTimes) Apple’s privacy changes create windfall for its own advertising business (Financial Times) Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work (The Verge) Netflix Estimates ‘Squid Game’ Will Be Worth Almost $900 Million (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the Metaverse? Why is everyone talking about it? Why is Mark Zuckerberg talking SO MUCH about it lately? And come to think of it, what is Facebook's play for the future? Sponsors: Betterhelp.com/ridehome Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The SEC is poised to let the first Bitcoin futures ETFs trade a soon as next week. Google finally does away with pagination on the mobile web. Why are Waymo autonomous taxis all piling up on one dead end street in San Francisco? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Dataiku.com Links: SEC Set to Allow Bitcoin Futures ETFs as Deadline Looms (Bloomberg) Google modernizes US mobile search results with continuous scrolling (TechCrunch) Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around ‘Every 5 Minutes’ (KPIX CBS) Reliable Robotics lifts $100M to take autonomous cargo planes where none have gone before (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Axie Infinity is turning gaming on its head (Platformer) Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions? (Bloomberg Businessweek) SLACKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! (The Atlantic) Starbucks Is 50 and Emboldening Its Rivals More Than Ever (Bloomberg Opinion) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microsoft is shutting down LinkedIn in China. The first major tech regulation bill of this wave is set to debut in the Senate today. TCL’s cheap smartphones sound pretty good, actually. The gaming industry is serious about combatting cheating. Instacart might be on strike this weekend, and Gitlab celebrates its IPO. Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com Dataiku.com Links: Microsoft Folds LinkedIn Social-Media Service in China (WSJ) Effort to Bar Tech Companies From ‘Self-Preferencing’ Gains Traction (WSJ) Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do (The Verge) Canadian Instacart workers to walk off job in bid to secure better working conditions (Toronto Star) TCL’S BUDGET 20S AND 20SE PHONES DEFY EXPECTATIONS (The Verge) Call of Duty’s new anti-cheat system includes a kernel-level driver to catch PC cheaters (The Verge) Joe Montana prepares for biggest windfall as a venture capitalist ahead of GitLab’s $10 billion IPO (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple is forced to cut iPhone 13 production due to lack of parts. Are health features coming to the AirPods? NFT’s are coming to Coinbase. Stripe is hiring for a big push into crypto. Would you like a laptop with a 3D screen? And G4 TV is back, everybody, to remind you how you fell in love with tech in the first place. Sponsors: Postie.com/techmeme UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Links: Apple Set to Cut iPhone Production Goals Due to Chip Crunch (Bloomberg) Apple Studying Potential of AirPods as Health Device (WSJ) Sony to join TSMC on new $7bn chip plant in Japan (Nikkei Asia) G4 TV returns November 16th with Attack of the Show, Xplay and more (The Verge) Coinbase Follows FTX.US Into NFT Trading (CoinDesk) Stripe Is Hiring a Crypto Team 3 Years After Ending Bitcoin Support (CoinDesk) Acer’s new ConceptD 7 SpatialLabs Edition laptop uses eye-tracking cameras for a glasses-free 3D display (The Verge) APPLE WATCH SERIES 7 REVIEW: TIME AND TIME AGAIN (The Verge) Samsung announces Unpacked 2 event for Wednesday Oct 20th, right after Apple and Google (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter lets you remove followers without having to block them. Magic Leap is back with a fresh $500 million dollars. Canva gets into video while 1Password wants to make it easier to share your password. Microsoft and Nvidia claim to have trained the largest AI language model yet. And when it comes to AI, is China about to dominate everyone else, or are they only focused on one thing? Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride Gainful.com/techmeme Links: Twitter's tool for removing unwanted followers arrives for web users (Engadget) Facebook whistleblower to brief Facebook Oversight Board, U.K. parliament (Axios) A second Facebook whistleblower says she's willing to testify before Congress and that she's shared documents with a US law agency (Insider) Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation (TechCrunch) Canva is getting into video (TechCrunch) 1Password's new feature lets you safely share passwords using just a link (Engadget) Microsoft said it mitigated a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever (The Record) Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models (VentureBeat) US has already lost AI fight to China, says ex-Pentagon software chief (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Google aiming to take back the smartphone camera crown with next week’s Pixel event? That Twitch leak reinforces the idea that on platform ecosystems, there very much is a 1%. The Chinese Tesla competitors that are hitting milestones faster than Tesla ever did. When and should Disney give ESPN streaming religion? And would you buy Squid Game merch? Sponsors: Oracle.com/goto/ride OurCrowd.com/ride Links: Google says Pixel 6 camera captures ‘150% more light,’ shows ‘Magic Eraser’ on leaked marketing site (9to5Google) Twitch Streamer Earnings Increase for Top Gamers, Data From Hack Shows (WSJ) EV Sales At BYD, XPeng Soar In Sept., Underscoring Strong China Demand (Forbes) China’s booming electric car industry is much bigger than just Nio and Xpeng (CNBC) Emerson Plans to Merge Industrial-Software Businesses With AspenTech (WSJ) Disney’s shift to streaming puts ESPN in awkward position of clinging to the past (CNBC) Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ T-Shirts Are Coming to a Walmart Near You (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions where we ask the question: is Google’s famous hiring gauntlet broken? Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com RealVision.com/techmeme Links: Tesla to Move Headquarters From California to Texas, Elon Musk Says (WSJ) Apple Is Building a Massive New Campus Straddling L.A. and Culver City (Variety) YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive) (TubeFilter) Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (Slate) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How WhatsApp Swallowed Half The World (Gizmodo) Brazil’s Central Bank Built a Mobile Payment System With 110 Million Users (Bloomberg Businessweek) WeBack (Ramp Recap) Google’s recruiting system is famously brutal. Many workers think it’s also failing. (Protocol) HEY SIRI, WHAT HAPPENED? (The Verge) Planet Squid Game (Vulture) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forget the iCar, Apple wants to take over your existing car. The first candidate to test the App Store cracks has stepped forward. AMD warns that if you install Windows 11, your computer could run slower. GM gets me closer to the self-driving future I want sooner rather than later. And a weird new NFT hybrid lets you play fantasy sports with startups. Sponsors: Wealthfront.com/techmeme Dataiku.com Links: Apple’s Plan for Cars: Using iPhone to Control A/C, Seats, Radio and More (Bloomberg) Paddle Plans to Launch Alternative In-App Purchase System on iOS That Circumvents Apple's Fees (MacRumors) AMD: Windows 11 Slows Our CPUs Up To 15%, Patch Coming (Tom's Hardware) Facebook Slows New Products for ‘Reputational Reviews’ (WSJ) GM reveals Ultra Cruise ‘hands-free’ system that covers ‘95 percent’ of driving scenarios (The Verge) ‘Fantasy equity’ NFT game wants you to spend real money buying fake shares of real startups (TechCrunch) ‘Fantasy startup investing’ NFT platform Visionrare shuts down paid marketplace after a day in open beta (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The entirety of Twitch has allegedly been leaked. Like, everything from the source code to a creator payout spreadsheet. Snap gears up in the creator economy platform wars. Some AirPods gain Find My Support. The SEC says it has no plans to ban crypto. But worrying stories of alleged fraud have started trickling out of the NFT space. Sponsors: UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Dataiku.com Links: The entirety of Twitch has reportedly been leaked (VideoGamesChronicle) Telegram says it added 70M users during day of Facebook and WhatsApp outage (TechCrunch) Snapchat Adding New Creator Monetization Programs, Including Spotlight Challenges (Variety) Apple rolling out new Find My features for AirPods Pro and AirPods Max (9to5Mac) EXCLUSIVE Apple to face EU antitrust charge over NFC chip - sources (Reuters) SEC Chair Gensler: A Ban on Crypto Would Be ‘Up to Congress’ (CoinDesk) Investors Spent Millions on ‘Evolved Apes’ NFTs. Then They Got Scammed. (Motherboard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About that Facebook outage yesterday… A Google moonshot project has a surprise profit. But only because its propping up other Alphabet bets. And then, it’s review day. What you can expect if you download Android 12. What you can expect if you download Windows 11. And what you’ll get if you buy one of those Microsoft Surface Laptop Studios. Sponsors: Grammarly.com/techmeme Stripe.com Links: PSA: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp went down for 6+ hours; here’s why [U] (9to5Mac) Gone in Minutes, Out for Hours: Outage Shakes Facebook (NYTimes) Google’s AI unit DeepMind makes first-ever profit (Financial Times) ANDROID 12 REVIEW: IT’S MOSTLY ABOUT THE LOOKS (The Verge) WINDOWS 11 REVIEW: A FAMILIAR HOME THAT’S STILL BEING RENOVATED (The Verge) Microsoft's Surface Laptop Studio Does It All (Gizmodo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Facebook whistleblower reveals her identity on 60 Minutes. You can preorder the Apple Watch Series 7 this week. New MacBook Pros could still be coming “this month.” Apple is actually the biggest force in the gaming industry, by far. And signs of a product shipping renaissance at YouTube. Sponsors: Overland.com/techmeme KiwiCo.com promocode: ride Links: The Facebook Whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Says She Wants to Fix the Company, Not Harm It (WSJ) Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew (NYTimes) Apple Watch Series 7 Pre-Orders to Start This Friday, Available on October 15 (MacRumors) Gurman: M1X MacBook Pro still on track for this year, likely ‘in the next month’ (9to5Mac) Apple Doesn’t Make Videogames. But It’s the Hottest Player in Gaming. (WSJ) Amazon Prime members can now send gifts with just a phone number or email address (The Verge) YouTube․com adds ‘Continue watching’ to resume unfinished videos on your phone (9to5Google) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who wins? Jobs? Gates? Musk? Bezos? Collison, even? The grand finale of our #WorldCupOfEntreprenurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TikTok has joined the NFT craze, so the singularity must be nigh. USB-C tries to clear up its customer confusion problem. Zoom abandons a huge acquisition. And a crypto developer is begging users to give $90 million dollars in tokens back, after an all-time screw up. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Links: TikTok announces NFT collection led by top creators (The Block) USB-C group hopes new logos will solve customer confusion (Apple Insider) Zoom and Five9 abandon $14.7 billion acquisition (CNBC) DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return it (CNBC) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How EA got into mobile — and figured out the future of gaming (Protocol) Toast built a $30 billion business by defying Silicon Valley and surviving a ‘suicide mission’ (CNBC) How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum (The Pragmatic Engineer) APPLE’S FORTRESS OF SECRECY IS CRUMBLING FROM THE INSIDE (The Verge) Facebook's Latest Scandals: The Banality Of Hubris; The Messiness Of Humanity (TechDirt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook finally releases the controversial slides to let them speak for themselves, but doesn’t actually let them speak for themselves. A 4K Nintendo Switch was apparently coming, but now is it never coming? Nreal has some AR glasses for binge watching. And Fairphone has released a smartphone that they want you to think of as your “forever phone.” At least, as far as these things go. Links: TinyCaptial.com Modern Finance Podcast Links: Facebook Downplays Internal Research Released on Eve of Hearing (NYTimes) Developers Are Making Games for a Nintendo 4K Console That Doesn’t Exist (Bloomberg) GM’s new software platform will enable over-the-air updates, in-car subscriptions, and maybe facial recognition (The Verge) Researchers find Apple Pay, Visa contactless hack (BBC News) Nreal’s new AR sunglasses are made for binge watching TV (The Verge) Fairphone’s latest sustainable smartphone comes with a five-year warranty (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon’s Astro Robot apparently has a tendency to throw itself down stairs. Netflix acquires its first game studio. The interesting company that acquired Genius and now Imgur. Explaining Facebook’s interest in the Tween audience. And Angellist wants to offer founders startup foundation as a service. Sponsors: BankNovo.com/ride TinyCapital.com Links: Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do (Motherboard) Netflix acquires its first game studio in deal with Oxenfree creator Night School Studio (VentureBeat/GamesBeat) Imgur has been bought by the owner of Kik, Genius, and WorldStarHipHop (The Verge) Microsoft opens its Windows store up to third-party app stores (The Verge) Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show (WSJ) AngelList returns to its founder-focused roots, with a twist (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As many headlines from the Amazon hardware event as I can manage to squeeze in. Facebook defines the Metaverse as it sees it. Cloudflare wants to be the 4th big player in the cloud. And Satya Nadella himself dishes on that time Microsoft almost bought Tik Tok. His words, the “strangest thing I’ve ever sort of worked on.” Sponsors: Masterworks.io/ride TinyCapital.com Links: Amazon introduces Amazon Glow, an interactive, video calling device for kids and families (TechCrunch) SAY HELLO TO ASTRO, ALEXA ON WHEELS (The Verge) Astro Intro YouTube Video Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince: ‘We’re aiming to be the fourth major public cloud’ (Protocol) Facebook will publish some of its research on teens and Instagram (Engadget) Coinbase dives deeper into banking by letting users deposit paychecks into their accounts (CNBC) 1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins (Engadget) Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Mosseri pumps the breaks on Instagram Kids but still says it’s a good idea. Tesla is letting people into the “full self-driving” beta, and some folks think that’s a bad idea. Apple knows about that Apple Watch bug. What if the factories are the next worries in China. And Cloudflare wants to tackle email now. Sponsors: Kiwico.com promocode ride UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Links: Pausing “Instagram Kids” and Building Parental Supervision Tools (Instagram Blog) Facebook is ‘pausing’ work on Instagram kids app after widespread criticism (The Verge) Facebook Rebuts Report Calling Instagram ‘Toxic’ for Teen Girls (Bloomberg) Tesla owners can now request ‘Full Self-Driving’, prompting criticism from regulators and safety advocates (Washington Post) Apple to Fix Issue Preventing iPhone 13 Users From Unlocking With Apple Watch in Upcoming Software Update (MacRumors) Some Apple, Tesla suppliers suspend production in China amid power pinch (Reuters) Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores (CNBC) Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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While I was off observing my wedding anniversary, your host @chrismessina spoke with @justinhendrix and @AuthorPMBarrett about Facebook's recent controversies as well as their own research into social media and political polarization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China really, really, really wants you to know it’s serious about its Crypto crackdown. Google brought some Pixel-only features to everybody. Leaks ahead of next week’s Amazon event. New York passes a law on gig worker pay. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Blockchain.com Links: China’s central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are illegal, vows harsh crackdown (CNBC) Google Brings More Pixel-Exclusive Features to All Android Phones (Gizmodo) Amazon Working on Large Wall Echo, Sound Bar and New Auto Device (Bloomberg) New York City Council Passes Sweeping Food Delivery Protections (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Would-Be NFT Millionaires Throw Darts And Hit Duds (Bloomberg) FILE NOT FOUND (The Verge) How Apple built the iPhone 13’s Cinematic Mode (TechCrunch) How to move Google Authenticator to your new iPhone (Apple Insider) Nirvana in Bloom (The Ringer) Nirvana’s “Nevermind” (New Yorker) My Time with Kurt Cobain (New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all sort of want the gadget world to move to USB-C, right? But do we want that to be government mandated? Very interesting executive departure from Facebook. Apple is telling leakers they don’t belong in Cupertino. Apple is still telling Fortnite to talk to the hand. And an interesting AR raise. Sponsors: UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Blockchain.com Links: One to charge them all: EU demands single plug for phones (AP) Facebook Chief Technology Officer Schroepfer to Step Down (Bloomberg) Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong at Apple, according to leaked memo (The Verge) Apple won’t let Fortnite back on iOS until the Epic v. Apple verdict is final (The Verge) iPhone 13 and Apple Silicon (CreativeStrategies.com) YouTube gets official video downloads on the web, saving you from using some very sketchy sites (Android Police) Softorino YouTube Converter Chinese augmented reality glasses maker Nreal valued at $700 million after fresh funding (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the headlines and releases from today’s Microsoft Surface Event. Robinhood wants to get in the crypto wallet game. Microsoft finds Phishing as a Service on the darker corners of the web. And a rundown of some new Facebook controversies. Sponsors: Blockchain.com UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft announces Surface Pro 8 with bigger 13-inch 120Hz display and Thunderbolt (The Verge) The Surface Go 3 gets new Intel processors (The Verge) Microsoft’s new Surface Duo 2 has all the features that were missing the first time around (The Verge) Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s new powerful flagship laptop (The Verge) Robinhood to launch cryptocurrency wallets as bitcoin becomes a bigger part of business (CNBC) Microsoft uncovers giant Phishing-as-a-Service operation (The Record) No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image (NYTimes) The Oversight Board wants Facebook to explain its controversial rules for VIPs (Engadget) Facebook paid billions extra to the FTC to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege (Politico) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HP refreshes its entire lineup. Those new Kindles are here. PayPal wants to super-app. Sorare is a very interesting raise. Coinbase backs down. Apple wants to detect cognitive decline. And the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro reviews are here. Sponsors: UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Blockchain.com Links: HP revamps consumer PC lineup with 16-inch Spectre x360, 34-inch Envy all-in-one PC (ZDNet) PayPal launches its ‘super app’ combining payments, savings, bill pay, crypto, shopping and more (TechCrunch) Fantasy soccer NFT platform Sorare scores $680 million raise led by SoftBank (The Block) Coinbase Drops Crypto Lending Program Plans After SEC Balks (Bloomberg Wealth) Amazon unveils three new Kindles with bigger screens, longer battery life (CNBC) Google to Buy New York City Office Building for $2.1 Billion (WSJ) Apple Is Working on iPhone Features to Help Detect Depression, Cognitive Decline (WSJ) IPHONE 13 REVIEW: YEP, BIGGER BATTERIES ARE BETTER (The Verge) IPHONE 13 PRO REVIEW: A BETTER DISPLAY, THE BEST CAMERA, AND INCREDIBLE BATTERY LIFE (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gadget news galore. New Roku Sticks officially announced. New Kindles officially leaked. New Surface Pro’s unofficially leaked ahead of this week’s event. Rumors of foldable Pixels. The NTSB wants Elon Musk to pump the breaks on Full Self-Driving. And why the Emmy’s last night was a milestone for streaming platforms generally. Sponsors: UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Blockchain.com Links: Roku debuts new Streaming Stick 4K bundles, software update with voice and mobile features (TechCrunch) Amazon is going to release Kindle Paperwhite 5 Signature Edition Soon (GoodEReader) Surface Pro 8 leaks with 120Hz display and Thunderbolt support (The Verge) Galaxy Fold-style Pixel foldable, ‘Jumbojack,’ spotted in Android 12.1 (9to5Google) Elon Musk’s Push to Expand Tesla’s Driver Assistance to Cities Rankles a Top Safety Authority (WSJ) The App Store is the Games Store. Apple should recognize this. (Mobile Dev Memo) Netflix and Apple TV+ clean up at the Emmys with 'The Crown' and 'Ted Lasso' (Engadget) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is THE entrepreneur of the Internet Era? In this episode, we cover the round of 16 matchups as voted on by YOU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive summary of the rolling Facebook controversies this week from the ongoing Wall Street Journal reporting. Apple and Google remove an app from Russian opposition after their employees were threatened in that country? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, this time with extra NFT goodness. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Links: Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. (WSJ) How Facebook Hobbled Mark Zuckerberg’s Bid to Get America Vaccinated (WSJ) The Algorithm Tweaks Won't Save Us (Galaxy Brain/Charlie Warzel) Google and Apple Remove App Aimed at Spurring Protest Voting in Russia (NYTimes) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: A Very, Very Crypto Insider-Trading Scandal (Intelligencer) What is Bored Ape Yacht Club? The Celebrity NFT of Choice (Decrypt) Jay-Z’s NFT Feud Spotlights Legal Peril in Hot Investment Trend (Bloomberg) THE PENTAGON’S ARMY OF NERDS (The Atlantic) Greg LeMond and the Amazing Candy-Colored Dream Bike (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alright, let’s settle this iPhone 13 chip specs debate. Walmart+ might quietly be competitive with Amazon Prime. The first electric car with a 500 mile range. China has succeeded in downsizing its biggest companies. And if you’ve got a spare $1.7 million dollars, I’ve got a 325 inch tv to sell you. Sponsors: Canva.me/techmeme Tovala.com/ride Links: The iPhone 13 is a pitch-perfect iPhone 12S (The Verge) Walmart+ is gaining momentum, hits 32 million members, Deutsche Bank estimates (CNBC) The Lucid Air is the first electric car with a 520-mile EPA-rated range (The Verge) No Chinese Stock Left Among Global Top 10 as Tencent Slides (Bloomberg) Chat App Discord Is Worth $15 Billion After New Funding (Bloomberg) Former Startup Darling Genius Sells to Media Lab for $80 Million (Bloomberg) LG now makes a 2,000 pound TV that costs $1.7 million (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xiaomi’s new flagship phone can apparently charge in just 17 minutes. Why Apple was so coy about the performance of its latest chips yesterday. The SEC has charged App Annie with securities fraud. And Canva is becoming a mega unicorn to watch, even as its founders are pledging to give a third of the company away. Sponsors: BankNovo.com/ride Postie.com/techmeme Links: Xiaomi announces 11T Pro with 120W fast charging (The Verge) Apple releasing iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 on September 20 (9to5Mac) iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro feature dual eSIM support for the first time (9to5Mac) Apple CPU Gains Grind To A Halt And The Future Looks Dim As The Impact From The CPU Engineer Exodus To Nuvia And Rivos Starts To Bleed In (SemiAnalysis.substack.com) Solana Has Been Down for Hours Due to ‘Resource Exhaustion’ (Decrypt) SEC charges App Annie with securities fraud in $10 million settlement (Protocol) Canva Raises At $40 Billion Valuation — Its Founders Are Pledging Away Most Of Their Wealth (Forbes) Microsoft accounts can now go fully passwordless (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices