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This is a really simple one. WWDC happened this week. Rene Ritchie has been attending it, virtually, of course. So he’s here to break down the keynote, which we all saw, but also to let us know what’s been going on in the developer sessions which have been going on all week. Rene is of course a long time prominent Apple watcher and journalist, who actually just struck out on his own with his own YouTube channel. So search YouTube for Rene Ritchie and subscribe to his channel. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com ApolloNeuro.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon is officially in the self-driving car game. Microsoft is officially keeping its retail stores closed… forever. Verizon had joined the Facebook ad boycott. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: TinyCapital.com Tovala.com/ride Links: Amazon to buy self-driving technology company Zoox (CNBC) Microsoft is permanently closing its retail stores (CNBC) Verizon is pulling advertising from Facebook and Instagram (CNBC) TikTok says it will stop accessing clipboard content on iOS devices (The Verge) Weekend Longread Suggestions: How India’s Jio Won Facebook’s Heart (The Information) How a “crazy Dutch guy” won the online food delivery war (Silicon Canals) How Uber Turned a Promising Bikeshare Company Into Literal Garbage (Vice) The Credit-Card Fees Merchants Hate, Banks Love and Consumers Pay (WSJ) Top composers used to head to Hollywood. Now they’re into games (Wired) Reddit turns 15: The dramatic moments that shaped the internet's front page (Mashable) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wirecard is wiped out. Amazon has its own Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Apple quietly made a change that will make things pretty tough on advertisers. Google won’t keep your data forever anymore and Hey basically wins. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride TinyCapital.com Links: 'The money's gone': Wirecard collapses owing $4 billion (Reuters) Google will start paying publishers to license content (Axios) Google will now auto-delete location and search history by default for new users (The Verge) Amazon forms ‘Counterfeit Crimes Unit,’ under pressure to escalate fight against fake products (GeekWire) Apple Just Crippled IDFA, Sending An $80 Billion Industry Into Upheaval (Forbes) SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son and Alibaba’s Jack Ma Part Ways (Bloomberg) Amazon launches cloud service to help non-coders build apps (CNBC) Hey opens its email service to everyone as Apple approves its app for good (The Verge) Michael Hawley, Programmer, Professor and Pianist, Dies at 58 (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brazil puts the breaks on payments via WhatsApp. Advertisers apply pressure on Facebook via a boycott. Oculus is putting an end to the Oculus Go. Olympus is existing the camera business after 80 years. And what might be the first case of a person wrongfully arrested thanks to facial recognition. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride TinyCapital.com Links: Brazilian Authorities Suspend WhatsApp Payments (Bloomberg) Ad Boycott of Facebook Keeps Growing (NYTimes) Facebook To Stop Selling Oculus Go, Vows No More 3DOF Headsets (UploadVR) Olympus to Exit Camera Business After 84 Years (WSJ) watchOS 7 drops Force Touch support, likely ahead of Apple Watch Series 6 hardware changes (9to5Mac) Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm (NYTimes) Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime (Motherboard) Subscribe to the ad-free version of the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wirecard’s former CEO has been arrested. Microsoft pulls out of the other streaming wars by shutting down Mixer. Some analysis and additional details about yesterday’s WWDC news. There’s a new king of the supercomputers. And there’s also a new king of tech companies winning in the post Covid-19 era. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com ExpressVPN.com/techmeme Links: Wirecard’s Former CEO Markus Braun Is Arrested (WSJ) Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming (The Verge) Japanese Supercomputer Is Crowned World’s Speediest (The Verge) Zoom is no longer the best-performing work-from-home stock (CNBC) China launches its final satellite to complete its rival to the US-owned GPS system (CNBC) Apple update to allow iPhone users to choose default apps (The Guardian) Thoughts on WWDC 2020 Day One (Six Colors) The iPadification of the Mac is coming, no touchscreen required (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All of the headlines I can manage to cram in from today’s World Wide Developer Conference from Apple. Hey gets approved, by the way. Google’s ad revenue will decline for the first time probably in, well, ever. And why Animal Crossing might have shied Nintendo away from mobile gaming. Again. Sponsors: Kiwico.com/ride GetRaycon.com/techmeme Links: Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over (The Verge) TikTok Teens and K-Pop Stans Say They Sank Trump Rally (NYTimes) Google's U.S. Ad Revenue Is Expected to Decline in 2020, eMarketer Says (WSJ) Nintendo Chills Mobile Ambitions After Animal Crossing Success (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple officially says no to HEY and people are pissed, kind of just about the WAY they said it. A look at the internal divisions inside Apple over those rumored Apple Glasses. Twitch is growing as a platform for live music. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Links: Interview: Apple's Schiller says position on Hey App is unchanged and no rules changes are imminent (TechCrunch) Apple’s Secretive AR and VR Headset Plans Altered by Internal Differences (Bloomberg Businessweek) Exclusive: Massive spying on users of Google's Chrome shows new security weakness (Reuters) Facebook Removes Trump Ads With Symbol Used By Nazis. Campaign Calls It An 'Emoji' (NPR) Wirecard chief quits as crisis deepens (Financial Times) Japanese insurer Sompo investing $500 million in data analytics firm Palantir (Reuters) Twitch’s Streaming Boom Is Jolting the Music Industry (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Why venture capital doesn’t build the things we really need (MIT Technology Review) Brilliant Hardware in the Valley of the Software Slump (Craigmod.com) The Grandmaster Who Got Twitch Hooked on Chess (Wired) healthOS (Divinations newsletter) The Segway’s Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human Organs (OneZero) We spent a fortune on police body cams. Why haven’t they fixed policing? (Fast Company) What to expect from Apple's WWDC 2020 (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple has rejected a Facebook app five times, so back to that debate again. Twitter lets you add audio to tweets. Door Dash raises a round. Surprise! Reliance Jio raises another monster round. And stick around for the last segment because I’ve got the single weirdest tech story that I think we’ve ever done on this show. Sponsor: DoubleUp.agency Links: Apple Rejects Facebook’s Gaming App, for at Least the Fifth Time (NYTimes) Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS (The Verge) UK virus-tracing app switches to Apple-Google model (BBC News) Zoom to Offer All Users Full Encryption, Bending to Pressure (Bloomberg) Exclusive: DoorDash valued at $16 billion after new funding round (Axios) India's Reliance Jio Platforms to sell $1.5 billion stake to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (TechCrunch) Wirecard says €1.9bn of cash is missing (Financial Times) 6 eBay Executives And Employees Charged With Sending Threats, Bloody Pig Mask To Natick Couple (WBZ Boston) Former eBay Execs Allegedly Made Life Hell for Critics (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We dive deep into the whole HEY brouhaha and wonder if this is the best time for Apple to draw attention to App Store policies. Uber is getting into the software business. TikTok’s business is a pretty good one, it seems like. And the most reliable web business remains the first web business. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency CognitoHQ.com/techmeme Links: A new email startup says Apple’s shaking it down for a cut of its subscriptions (Protocol) BASECAMP’S NEW APP, HEY, FLAGGED IN APP STORE LIMBO FOR NOT USING IN-APP PURCHASE (Daring Fireball) Hey.com exec says Apple is acting like ‘gangsters,’ rejecting App Store updates and demanding cut of sales (The Verge) Apple’s App Store policies are bad, but its interpretation and enforcement are worse (The Verge) Mark Zuckerberg: Historic Facebook campaign will boost voter registration, turnout and voices (USA Today) Uber to Sell Software, Starting With Four-Van Transit Service (Bloomberg) TikTok owner ByteDance first-quarter revenue soared to around $5.6 billion (Reuters) Unbounce raises $38.4M to build better landing pages with automation (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The EU is investigating Apple for antitrust. Is Instagram surpassing Twitter as a news source? A look at that new Hey email service. A look at a whole slew of new services from Dropbox. And if you wanted to get your hands on one of those Boston Dynamics four-legged robots, today is your lucky day. Links: DoubleUp.agency BuyRaycon.com/techmeme Links: EU opens Apple antitrust investigations into App Store and Apple Pay practices (The Verge) Apple says its App Store facilitated $519B in commerce in 2019 (TechCrunch) Instagram 'will overtake Twitter as a news source' (BBC News) Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion (Protocol) Hey YouTube WalkThrough Dropbox officially launches its own password manager and a secure vault for your files (The Verge) Boston Dynamics will now sell any business its own Spot robot for $74,500 (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The zero interest Mac financing is here. Shopify and Walmart team up, as they probably should. Is Mr. Bezos about to go to Washington? Interesting checkins with Quibi and Softbank. And why researchers think people are more honest when responding on their smartphones than on their PCs. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency MintMobile.com/ride Links: Apple launches new 0% Apple Card financing for iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more (9to5Mac) Shopify Advances After Deal With Walmart Expands Its Reach (Bloomberg) Amazon Says Jeff Bezos Is Willing to Testify Before Congress (NYTimes) Why People Are More Honest When Writing on Their Smartphones (WSJ) Coronavirus contact tracing apps were tech's chance to step up. They haven't. (NBC News) Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman Struggle With Their Startup—and Each Other (WSJ) SoftBank invests in Credit Suisse funds that finance its technology bets (Financial Times) Ad Free Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter takes down a bunch of accounts it says are government propaganda. UK regulators are gonna take a hard look at Facebook’s Giphy acquisition. I explain, in depth, why Chris Cox returning to Facebook is such a big deal. The big PlayStation 5 reveal, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: ApolloNeuro.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Twitter deletes China-linked accounts that spread false information about Hong Kong and Covid-19 (CNN Business) UK competition watchdog launches investigation into Facebook's $400M acquisition of Giphy (TechCrunch) Chris Cox is returning to Facebook as chief product officer (The Verge) Zuckerberg Lieutenant Returns to Facebook, a Year After Departure (WSJ) This is the PlayStation 5 (The Verge) The Weekend Longread Suggestions: With Real-Life Games Halted, Betting World Puts Action on E-Sports (NYTimes) Advertisers eye in-game ads as audiences swell in lockdown (Digiday) This Is How Much More Money Artists Earn From Bandcamp Compared to Streaming Services (Pitchfork) The most interesting man at Microsoft (Protocol) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s regulation news day. The EU might be about to file antitrust charges against Amazon and California officially labeled Uber and Lyft workers as employees. Amazon also hit pause on its facial recognition tech as it waits for Congress to set some ground rules. Photoshop Camera is an interesting app, and Postman is an interesting raise. Sponsors: Go.Rims.org/ridehome Metlab.co CognitoHQ.com/techmeme Links: Amazon to Face Antitrust Charges From EU Over Treatment of Third-Party Sellers (WSJ) Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year (CNBC) Uber and Lyft drivers are employees, California regulatory agency finds (NBC News) Just Eat Takeaway to Buy Grubhub for $7.3 Billion to Enter U.S. (Bloomberg) 'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts (CNET) Adobe launches Photoshop Camera, a free app with tons of elaborate face filters (The Verge) API development platform Postman nabs $150 million at a $2 billion valuation (VentureBeat) Scoop: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups (Axios) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another day, another flaw in Intel chips discovered. More analysis of Apple’s presumed move away from Intel chips for Macs. Is Just Eat Takeaway about to swallow up Grubhub? What happened to Zynn on the Play Store? And an interesting new interactive story startup. Sponsors: Metalab.co Grammarly.com/techmeme Links: Plundering of crypto keys from ultrasecure SGX sends Intel scrambling again (Ars Technica) TSMC on schedule for 3nm Apple 'A16' iPhone and iPad chip in 2022 (Apple Insider) On Apple Announcing the ARM Mac Transition at WWDC This Month (Daring Fireball) Robocallers face $225M fine from FCC and lawsuits from multiple states (TechCrunch) Reddit names Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel as Alexis Ohanian’s replacement (The Verge) Just Eat Takeaway.com Nears All-Stock Deal for Grubhub (WSJ) Zynn, the Hot New Video App, Is Full of Stolen Content (Wired) Interactive Storytelling App Whatifi Launches With $10 Million in Funding (The Hollywood Reporter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The shift to Arm-based chips for Macs might be announced in a matter of days. IBM says it is straight out exiting the facial recognition business. Google Maps will help you avoid Covid-crowding. A deep dive into Nextdoor’s “Karen” problem. And the issue of non-competes in tech rears its head once again. Sponsors: Wipers123.com promocode "ride" at checkout Harrys.com/techmeme Links: Apple Plans to Announce Move to Its Own Mac Chips at WWDC (Bloomberg) IBM is exiting the face recognition business (Axios) New York-Based Wahed Raises $25M For Islamic Investment Platform (Crunchbase News) Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels (Reuters) Get around safely with these new Google Maps features (The Keyword) INSIDE NEXTDOOR’S ‘KAREN PROBLEM’ (The Verge) Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job (GeekWire) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Might we see a V-shaped recovery after all? Airbnb says there IS a lot of pent-up demand out there. Brave got caught doing basically the shadiest thing a web browser can do. Proof that YouTube owns the kids. And soon you might be able to buy anything you want from Apple, interest-free, on the Apple Card. Sponsors: Metalab.co Wipers123.com promocode "ride" at checkout Links: Airbnb Joins Vacation-Rental Sites Seeing Surge in Demand (Bloomberg) Privacy browser Brave under fire for violating users’ trust (Decrypt) Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in US, UK and Spain (TechCrunch) Apple Preparing Monthly iPad, Mac Payment Plans for Apple Card (Bloomberg) Scientists funded by Zuckerberg sent him a letter calling Facebook’s practices ‘antithetical’ to his philanthropic mission (Washington Post) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon and Slack form an interesting alliance. Google outlines evidence hackers are already attacking the Presidential campaigns. What if self-driving cars won’t prevent as many accidents as we hoped? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Go.Rims.org/ridehome TinyCapital Links: Amazon licenses Slack for all employees, while Slack adopts AWS video-calling tech (CNBC) Google says Iranian, Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns (TechCrunch) Twitter has a record-breaking week as users looked for news of protests and COVID-19 (TechCrunch) Study: Autonomous vehicles won’t make roads completely safe (Associated Press) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Worst. Deal. Ever. (Forbes) The Font That Solves The Big Problem With Dark Mode (Forbes) Indie history: How shareware helped build Epic Games (Engadget) Charli D’Amelio is TikTok’s biggest star. She has no idea why. (Washington Post) From RealPlayer to Toshiba, Tech Companies Cash in on the Facial Recognition Gold Rush (OneZero) Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (Nautilus) Subscribe to the Ad-Free Feed Right Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The whole land-grab in the Indian telecom market continues to blow my hair back. A class-action lawsuit around Incognito Mode. More hints at an Apple Prime subscription. CES refuses to give up the ghost, while Kitty Hawk seems to have given up on its Flyer. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com CognitoHQ.com/techmeme Links: Speaking up on racism (Tim Cook/Apple.com) Early Facebook Employees Disavow Zuckerberg’s Stance on Trump Posts (NYTimes) Snap will stop promoting Trump’s account after concluding his tweets incited violence (The Verge) Exclusive: Amazon in talks to buy $2 billion stake in Indian telco Bharti Airtel - sources (Reuters) Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use (Reuters) Suit Claims Google’s Tracking Violates Federal Wiretap Law (NYTimes) iOS 13.5.5 code provides evidence of future Apple services bundle in development (9to5Mac) CES will be held in-person in Las Vegas next year (The Verge) ZoomInfo aiming to price IPO $1 above revised price range (CNBC) Gaming Startup Unity Is Said to Prepare for IPO This Year (Bloomberg) Kitty Hawk ends Flyer program, shifts focus to once-secret autonomous aircraft (TechCrunch) Classified: MezcalDigital.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoom is the new tech earnings report worth covering. Is on-device translation coming to iOS? Google is blocking a Remove China Apps app. The Brave browser is growing. Zuckerberg tries to calm his restless troops. And is FC Barcelona again leading the way for modern sports teams? Sponsors: Go.Rims.org/ridehome TinyCapital Links: Zoom revenue grew 169% during the quarter, and the company doubled its revenue guidance for the year (CNBC) Zoom won’t encrypt free calls because it wants to comply with law enforcement (TNW) iOS 14 to include built-in translator in Safari, full Apple Pencil support on websites (9to5Mac) Google takes down ‘Remove China Apps’ from the Play Store (9to5Google) Brave passes 15 million monthly active users and 5 million daily active users, showing 2.25x MAU growth in the past year (Brave Browser) Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach to Trump’s Posts (NYTimes) FC Barcelona Soccer Team Launches Digital Subscription Service (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook finally lets you clean out your old crap from your basement (I mean, past). AT&T won’t count HBO Max against your mobile data cap. Every tech event is postponed again. A whole bunch of OS update news, and a time capsule from another era. Sponsors: Tiny Capital ExpressVPN.com/techmeme Links: Facebook finally makes it way easier to trash your old posts (TechCrunch) HBO Max won’t hit AT&T data caps, but Netflix and Disney Plus will (The Verge) White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter (NBC News) Twitter takes action against Rep. Matt Gaetz for glorifying violence (The Verge) Cisco, Sony postpone events amid continued protests (Axios) Third Pixel feature drop improves AI-powered Adaptive Battery, integrates Recorder and Google Assistant (VentureBeat) Android update delivers new 'Bedtime' features focused on improving sleep (TechCrunch) Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 and watchOS 6.2.6 with ‘important security updates’ (9to5Mac) YouTube’s Chase for Streaming-TV Ad Dollars Faces Hurdles (WSJ) Samsung’s rotating mobile-friendly TV goes on sale for $1,999 (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What I believe is the first ever walkout in Facebook history, the biggest acquisition in Zynga history, Samsung Access is an interesting ARR play to get ahead of an Apple Prime subscription, and an Android event this week was cancelled, but a PlayStation one was announced. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Kiwico.com/ride Links: Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts (NYTimes) Facebook, Snapchat join chorus of companies condemning George Floyd death, racism (Reuters) Twilio, Box, Spotify, and Other Tech CEOs Speak Out Against Racism and Police Brutality; Others Stay Silent (The Plug) Facebook staff angry with Zuckerberg for leaving up Trump’s ‘looting ... shooting’ post (CNBC) Zynga to Buy Peak for $1.8 Billion in Its Largest Deal Ever (Bloomberg) Samsung Access launches in the US w/ extended warranties, Microsoft 365, more (9to5Google) Eye-catching advances in some AI fields are not real (Science) Google delays next week’s Android 11 Beta release and virtual launch event (9to5Google) Sony confirms PS5 will have exclusive games playable only on next-gen hardware (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I do my best to breakdown the who Twitter/executive order situation, at least at the time of this recording. Hall of Fame fundraiser drops mic and rides off into the sunset. TikTok has an interesting new rival. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Tovala.com/ride Links: Trump signs executive order targeting protections for social media platforms (Axios) ‘Rammed it through’: Trump's Twitter order riles staffers and tech reformers (Protocol) Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Donald Trump (NYTimes) The Two Things To Understand About Trump's Executive Order On Social Media: (1) It's A Distraction (2) It's Legally Meaningless (TechDirt) Trump Executive Order Misreads Key Law Promoting Free Expression Online and Violates the First Amendment (The EFF) Scheduled tweets and tweet drafts are now available on Twitter's website (Neowin) Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is stepping down (VentureBeat) The Rise of New Short-Form Video App Zynn Could Spell Trouble for TikTok (Social Media Today) Weekend Longreads Suggestions Amazon’s Big Breakdown (NYTimes) Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming (NYTimes) Who Will Own the Cars That Drive Themselves? (NYTimes) The rise of React (Increment) 'We had no idea how to do it': YouTube's founders, investors, and first employees tell the chaotic inside story of how it rose from failed dating site to $1.65 billion video behemoth (Business Insider) Poolside.fm is the chillest place you should be hanging out right now (The Verge) Podcast Survey: https://www.ridehome.info/survey/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the Trump administration finally willing to go to war with big tech? Another Apple startup acquisition, but also why Fraggle Rock might indicate a strategy shift for Apple TV+. Remember 4k TV’s? And the microcredit app that will threaten to shame you if you fall behind on your payments. Sponsors: DoubleUp.Agency Tovala.com/ride Links: Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias (Washington Post) Zuckerberg knocks Twitter for fact-checking Trump, says private companies shouldn't be 'the arbiter of truth' (Fox News) Apple Buys Machine-Learning Startup to Improve Data Used in Siri (Bloomberg) Apple TV Plus acquires past Fraggle Rock seasons ahead of reboot (The Verge) What developers want, what they don't, and what you can do to attract top talent (TechRepublic) LG's $1,500 48-inch 4K OLED TV goes on sale next month (Engadget) This lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan payment (Rest of World) Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will transport medicine to CVS customers in Texas (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon joins the self-driving race, and actually, why haven’t they before? Google’s plans to get back to the office. HBO Max debuts, but with one major handicap. Facebook faces a novel whistleblower complaint and looking back on 2 years of GDPR. Sponsors: Go.rims.org/ridehome Tovala.com/ride DoubleUp.agency Links: Amazon in Advanced Talks to Buy Self-Driving-Car Tech Company Zoox (WSJ) Google to begin reopening offices July 6, will let workers expense $1,000 for equipment while telecommuting (CNET) Advertisers Seek to Revise Deal Terms With Streamer Quibi (WSJ) HBO Max debuts without the two most popular streaming platforms, Roku or Amazon (USAToday) ByteDance Hit $3 Billion in Net Profit Last Year (Bloomberg) Whistleblowers say Facebook has not warned investors about illegal activity, in new SEC complaint (Washington Post) Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact check for the first time (Washington Post) Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive (WSJ) EU privacy enforcer hits make-or-break moment (Politico) Tech Giants’ Top EU Privacy Watchdog Attacked Over Slow Pace (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ARM chips for the next several years are here. End-to-end encryption might be coming to RCS. Jailbreaking might be returning to iPhones. JioMart’s big play arrives and more on the remote work conversation. Sponsor: Tovala.com/ride Links: ARM’s Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU will power 2021’s best Android phones (The Verge) Google Messages preparing end-to-end encryption for RCS messages (9to5Google) There's a Jailbreak Out for the Current Version of iOS (Wired) JioMart, the e-commerce venture from India's richest man, launches in 200 cities and towns (TechCrunch) Run The World raises $10.8 million to bring live events online (VentureBeat) Why Facebook’s Plan to Tie Remote Pay to Location Will Probably Fail (Intelligencer) https://www.youtube.com/techmemepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The founder and CEO of a company we talk about all the time: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI. Bryan tells us more about the unique Silicon Valley/Detroit hybrid that Argo represents, we discuss the unique business model strategy they’re exploring, and we find out, where the self-driving space is now that Covid-19 has basically put everything on pause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yeah, mea culpa on my whole work-from-home/remote work skepticism. Also, I was wrong about Magic Leap being a goner. But that subscription aggregator we’ve all been anticipating is showing up right on time, and in the weekend longreads, let me introduce you to the two men who are about to become nerd superstars. Sponsors: Metalab.co Tovala.com/ride Links: MARK ZUCKERBERG ON TAKING HIS MASSIVE WORKFORCE REMOTE (The Verge) Zuckerberg says employees moving out of Silicon Valley may face pay cuts (CNBC) IBM Is Latest Tech Giant to Cut Jobs in Midst of Pandemic (Bloomberg) Magic Leap Raises $350 Million, Withdraws Layoff Notices (The Information) Just turning your phone on qualifies as searching it, court rules (Ars Technica) ScreenHits TV to Launch Streaming Aggregator to Combat "Subscription Fatigue" (The Hollywood Reporter) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: A Case for Cooperation Between Machines and Humans (NYTimes) Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online. The bots are winning. (Washington Post) This DIY laptop costs as much as a MacBook Air — How is it selling so well? (Laptop) The State of the Self-Driving Car Race 2020 (Bloomberg) MEET THE FIRST NASA ASTRONAUTS SPACEX WILL LAUNCH TO ORBIT (The Verge) Support what I do every day directly. The ad-free feed is here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter is testing another new feature to limit trolls and give users greater control of their threads, the Google and Apple contact tracing API is here, what is the Tactical Edition of a Galaxy phone and why might you need one, and some interesting raises this Thursday. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Twitter is testing a feature that limits who can reply to your tweets (TechCrunch) Three US states have signed on to Apple and Google’s exposure notification system (The Verge) Apple releases final iOS 13.5 with coronavirus exposure alert support (VentureBeat) Coinbase to Make Working From Home Permanent (The Information) Samsung launches Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition for Department of Defense (ZDNet) How a 20-year-old convinced Facebook’s former security chief to invest in his data privacy start-up (CNBC) Autonomous aviation startup Xwing raises $10M to scale its software for pilotless flights (TechCrunch) How a 20-year-old convinced Facebook’s former security chief to invest in his data privacy start-up (CNBC) YouTube Link! Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7NVTTsi0_04LjqMfOhp5Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook takes another major run at cracking ecommerce. And why this might be a highly opportune moment to do so. In short: the corona moment might be the moment ecommerce finally wins. Also, will Apple ship iPhones without any EarPods? And why the big Joe Rogan to Spotify news is podcasting’s Howard Stern moment. Sponsors: Tovala.com/ride Metalab.co Links: Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, making it easier for businesses to list products for sale (CNBC) Ecommerce penetration graph (Dennis Hong) Is the e-commerce shift going to last? (TechCrunch) A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robots Come and Go (NYTimes) 'iPhone 12' predicted to ship without EarPods, will boost AirPods sales (Apple Insider) Spotify signs 'The Joe Rogan Experience" to an exclusive multi-year deal (TechCrunch) Bill Simmons Just Wants to Win (Vulture) With its Joe Rogan exclusive, Spotify’s new podcast strategy is to kill podcasts (Digital Trends) New Spec Gives SD Cards a Massive Boost in Speed (Gizmodo) Subscribe to the ad free feed right here, inside your podcast app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microsoft’s virtual version of its Build conference unleashes an array of news, including Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, a new component system for live document editing, a collaboration with Sony on embedded AI in camera sensors, a super-fast OpenAI supercomputer built on Azure, and better Linux support in Windows 10? Also, new leaks about Apple’s AR glasses, the Department of Justice slams Apple on phone encryption, Apple in negotiations to buoy Apple+ with a back catalog of programming, Walmart puts Jet.com to bed among a huge sales increase, and finally, a massive database of medical equipment service manuals comes online. Sponsors Tiny Capital MetaLab Links: Microsoft’s new PowerToys Run launcher for Windows 10 is now available to download (The Verge) Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 (The Verge) Microsoft to adapt its cloud software for healthcare industry (Reuters) Deliver better experiences, insights, and care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare (Microsoft) Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids (The Verge) Microsoft and Sony to create smart camera solutions for AI-enabled image sensor (ZDNet) Microsoft’s OpenAI supercomputer has 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs (Engadget) Apple’s AR Glasses! (Front Page Tech on YouTube) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News) Attorney General William P. Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray Announce Significant Developments in the Investigation of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooting (DOJ) Apple Buys Older Shows for TV+, Stepping Up Netflix Challenge (Bloomberg News) Walmart is shutting down Jet.com 4 years after buying the company for $3.3 billion (Business Insider) Trying to Support a Local Pizza Joint? Just Make Sure It Isn’t Actually Chuck E. Cheese (Food & Wine) Introducing the World’s Largest Medical Repair Database, Free for Everyone (iFixIt) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The tech trade war is really heating up again, in case you missed it. What if Coronavirus is what helps Google win at messaging? Clubhouse is an interesting raise raising eyebrows. And why Pizza arbitrage shows that the food delivery space is not only broken, but basically spits in the face of efficient market theory. Sponsors: Metalab.co Mintmobile.com/ride Links: TSMC halts new Huawei orders after US tightens restrictions (Nikkei Asian Review) China Injects $2.2 Billion Into Local Chip Firm (Bloomberg) General Atlantic to invest $870M in India's Reliance Jio Platforms (TechCrunch) Google Meet surpasses 50 million downloads on the Google Play Store (9to5Google) Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Voice App Still In Beta, At $100 Million Valuation (Forbes) London-based Fly Now Pay Later raises £35 million Series A to provide flexible financing to travellers (Tech.eu) Austin-Based Real Estate Startup Homeward Secures $105M In Debt & Equity (TechCrunch) Doordash and Pizza Arbitrage (Margins, by Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk) Subscribe to the ad-free feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions about: tech in the time of coronavirus, podcasting in the time of coronavirus, WeWork and co-working spaces after the coronavirus, Netflix's position among the competition right now, are subscriptions the future of podcasting, how I source news, and what are my biases, among other questions and answers.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US strikes at Huawei again. Apple acquires a VR startup and there’s conflicting rumors on those AR glasses. Is Silicon Valley really about to become a ghost town? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Classified Ad: IbisWritingAcademy.com Links: U.S. moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers as China eyes retaliation (Reuters) Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million (Axios) Apple Acquires Startup NextVR that Broadcasts VR Content (Bloomberg) Apple’s computerized glasses won’t be ready until 2022 ‘at the earliest,’ top analyst says (Bloomberg) Latest leak has "sleek" Apple Glasses coming out in 2021 instead of 2022 (Apple Insider) Uber’s CEO, a Seasoned Dealmaker, Pursues His Biggest One Yet (Bloomberg) Chrome will start blocking resource-heavy ads in August (VentureBeat) Tech Workers Consider Escaping Silicon Valley’s Sky-High Rents (Bloomberg Businessweek) Weekend Longreads: OnlyFans, Influencers, And The Politics Of Selling Nudes During A Pandemic (Elle.com) How Sporcle followed trivia fans from bars to Zoom and built a $2.5M business (Protocol) Founder Of Borders Bookstores, Webvan Returns With Dreams Of Beating Amazon At Food Delivery (Forbes) Inside HBO Max, the $4 Billion Bet to Stand Out in the Streaming Wars (Variety) The Confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the Hacker Who Saved the Internet (Wired) Our weird behavior during the pandemic is messing with AI models (MIT Technology Review) Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar (The Conversation) Link to zoom meeting, 1pm eastern time Saturday: https://zoom.us/j/92079645112 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is "monstrous" chip news from Nvidia, the world’s first camera sensor with AI built-in, a crypto experiment on Reddit that I feel like might actually have a shot at working, how long will Google stick with hardware, and new members of the $100MM ARR club. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com ExpressVPN.com/techmeme Links: Nvidia unveils monstrous A100 AI chip with 54 billion transistors and 5 petaflops of performance (VentureBeat) Nvidia’s first Ampere GPU is designed for data centers and AI, not your PC (The Verge) Sony Says It Created World’s First Image Sensor With Built-in AI (Bloomberg) Reddit to launch Ethereum-based tokens for cryptocurrency and Fortnite subreddits (The Block) Chrome will soon group tabs together to save pack rats from themselves (Engadget) The mastermind behind the Pixel's camera has left Google (AndroidCentral) Adding three more companies to the $100M ARR club (TechCrunch) Submit questions for the Zoom call this weekend here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New XPS laptops, new Fire HD tablets, Facebook is compensating content moderators, how the pandemic has affected clothes shopping, and how the aftermath of the pandemic might affect offices in the sense of: will we actually ever go back to them? Sponsors: TinyCapital.com BuyRaycon.com/tech Links: Dell launches new XPS 17 and redesigned XPS 15 with 16:10 edge-to-edge displays (The Verge) Amazon updates the Fire HD 8 with a faster processor, more RAM, and USB-C (The Verge) Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job (The Verge) Apple plans to add audio versions of publisher articles to Apple News+ (Digiday) US e-commerce sales jump 49% in April, led by online grocery (TechCrunch) Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever (Buzzfeed News) Apple Plans to Return More Staff to Offices in Break From Rivals (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad free feed in 60 seconds, right here inside your podcast app! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Uber about to gobble Grubhub? Twitter does something Facebook and YouTube did a long time ago. Details on Apple’s forthcoming over the ears headphones. New releases for developers and music producers. And look, let’s have a conversation about Quibi. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Rhone.com/ridehome promo code: ridehome Links: Twitter launches labels, warnings on misleading COVID-19 information (Reuters) Exclusive: AirPods Studio to feature head and neck detection, custom equalizer settings, more (9to5Mac) Apple releases 'major' update to Logic Pro X (AppleInsider) Microsoft's VS Code 1.45 is out: GitHub integration plus JavaScript debugger update (ZDNet) Jeffrey Katzenberg Blames Pandemic for Quibi’s Rough Start (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A flaw in Thunderbolt basically means no computers are secure. Qualcomm’s new flagship chip. Eric Schmidt has finally left the Googleplex. Detecting malware via grayscale images. Apple is reopening stores, and we might have a new tech IPO as soon as next month. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com Links: Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking (Wired) Qualcomm's latest mobile gaming chip packs faster graphics and global 5G (Engadget) Eric Schmidt, who led Google's transformation into a tech giant, has left the company (CNET) Microsoft and Intel project converts malware into images before analyzing it (ZDNET) Microsoft adds protection against Reply-All email storms in Office 365 (ZDNET) Apple plans gradual reopening of US retail stores beginning next week (9to5Mac) Apple to reopen stores in US starting next week (CNBC) Online Car Seller Vroom Files Confidentially for IPO (WSJ) Book mentioned: Atrocities by Matthew White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watch ripoff, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Caramba.store Tibco.com/ride Links: Uber shares shoot up after CEO says ride volume is increasing again after April bottom (CNBC) UK may ditch NHS contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model (The Guardian) Google unifies all of its messaging and communication apps into a single team (The Verge) Vista Equity Partners to invest $1.5B in India's Reliance Jio Partners (TechCrunch) Developers say Google's Go is 'most sought after' programming language of 2020 (ZDNET) This Apple Watch copycat is surprisingly good for just $18 (CNET) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The System That Actually Worked (The Atlantic) THE WORLD’S BIGGEST PC GAMES ARE FIGHTING A NEW SURGE OF CHEATERS AND HACKERS (The Verge) How Apple reinvented the cursor for iPad (TechCrunch) Instacart’s Frantic Dash From Grocery App to Essential Service (Bloomberg Businessweek) It’s the 50th Anniversary of Humanity’s Favorite Activity: Staring at an LCD (WSJ) Steven Sinofsky lived Microsoft history. Now he’s writing it (Fast Company) One-Man Hedge Fund Gains 56% With Virus-Resistant Tech Bets (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the ad-free feed, support the podcast directly, and get started in 60 seconds, right here inside your podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zoom makes its first acquisition, Google Authenticator now makes it easier to switch phones, Lyft earnings gives hopes to the ride hailing industry, new Sonos gear and a deep dive into Facebook’s new Oversight Board. Sponsors: Tibco.com/ride ExpressVPN.com/techmeme Links: Zoom buys Keybase — its first acquisition — as part of 90-day plan to fix security flaws (CNBC) Google releases unscheduled Android 11 DP4 as first beta pushed back to next month (9to5Google) Google Authenticator app update finally lets you transfer two-factor codes between devices (AndroidCentral) Lyft shares jump 15% as company reports more riders than last year despite coronavirus (CNBC) How Lyft intends to navigate and survive Covid-19 (TechCrunch) Sonos debuts new Arc soundbar, next-generation Sonos Sub, and Sonos Five speaker (TechCrunch) How Facebook’s oversight board could rewrite the rules of the entire internet (Protocol) Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg (Wired) A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Surface Gos, New Surface Books, New Surface Headphones and the Surface Buds finally arrive. The rumored layoffs come to Uber and Airbnb. Disney+ is saving Disney’s bacon at the moment. And why Peloton is one of those companies having a positive Corona moment. Sponsors: Tibco.com/ride Caramba.store, code BRIAN50 at checkout Links: Microsoft’s new Surface Go 2 has a bigger display and better Intel processor (The Verge) Microsoft's Surface Book 3 has 10th-gen Intel CPUs and new NVIDIA GPUs (Engadget) Uber to lay off 3,700 employees, about 14% of workforce (CNBC) The layoffs at Airbnb cast a dark shadow over Silicon Valley (Recode) Magic Leap is turning to a major health care company to save its future, potentially raising as much as $100 million (Business Insider) Disney says it now has 54.5 million Disney+ subscribers (CNBC) People Are Panic-Buying Meat, Toilet Paper … and Pelotons? (NYTimes) Bitcoin Is Staging a Comeback Reminiscent of 2017 Bubble Frenzy (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The virtual WWDC begins June 22! The UK hasn’t played by Google and Apple’s rules and it seems like their contact tracing app is failing because of that. And yet, are Google and Apple making decisions above their station? Uber might be bailing out Lime. Microsoft is reconsidering its Windows X strategy. And Sensor Tower is the interesting raise of the day. Sponsors: Tibco.com/ride DoubleUp.agency Links: Apple kicking off week of virtual WWDC on June 22, jackets and pins for Swift Challenge winners (9to5Mac) UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal (The Register) The U.K.’s Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Is a Complete Mess (Vice) Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps (Reuters) Uber in Talks to Lead $170 Million Lime Investment at Lower Valuation (The Information) Confirmed: Intel is buying urban mobility platform Moovit in a $900M deal (TechCrunch) Microsoft confirms Windows 10X is coming to laptops amid big jump in Windows usage (The Verge) Facebook’s Oculus Is Developing a New Quest VR Headset (Bloomberg) Google Meet starts rolling out in Gmail, continuing Google’s quest to unseat Zoom (The Verge) Sensor Tower raises $45M as demand for app data grows (TechCrunch) https://www.reddit.com/r/RideHome/comments/gdyyoh/listener_feedback_post/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Usable keyboards return to the 13-inch MacBook Pro. What is going on at Amazon? Jio Platforms gets another huge investment. Another potential blockbuster acquisition in the Israeli transport-tech space. And can the Apple watch help with Covid-19? Sort of. Let me explain. Sponsors: DoubleUp.agency Kiwico.com/ride Links: Apple announces new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard (The Verge) Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers (Vice) Bye, Amazon (Tim Bray) Silver Lake to invest $747M in India's Jio Platforms (TechCrunch) Exclusive: Uber will soon require drivers and riders to wear face coverings in the US (CNN Business) Intel set to buy Israeli co Moovit for $1b (Globes) European Heart Journal: Apple Watch ECG detects signs of coronary ischemia missed by hospital ECG (9to5Mac) Apple Watch blood oxygen detection feature found in iOS 14 code snippet (9to5Mac) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ICANN finally does the right thing on the whole .org mess. Earnings from Apple and Amazon. Could Amazon face actual perjury charges? Reddit walks back those chat rooms. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: MintMobile.com/ride Links: A Private Equity Firm Is Blocked From Buying .Org (NYTimes) Amazon says it’ll spend $4 billion or more dealing with COVID-19 (The Verge) House lawmakers demand Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testify in antitrust probe, threatening potential subpoena (Washington Post) Reddit removes chat room feature after one day due to site-wide bug (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Common Sense Comes Closer to Computers (Quanta) The challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic (VentureBeat) This Should Be V.R.’s Moment. Why Is It Still So Niche? (NYTimes) Apple still depends on traditional American engineers, and is slowly losing them (Apple Insider) How Well Can Algorithms Recognize Your Masked Face? (Wired) Inside the MIT spinoff that’s making Inception-style dream manipulation possible (Digital Trends) You Have a TikTok Hit! Now, Quick — Change the Title (Rolling Stone) The "Farts and Procreation" Wiki page. Subscribe to the ad free podcast feed and support this show directly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four big earnings reports for four big tech companies, but we’ll leave that to the end. Intel launches a new flagship clip line, Andreessen Horowitz launches a new crypto fund, Zoom fesses up on MAUs, and Reddit goes old school with chat rooms. Sponsors: Tovala (text TOVALARIDE to 710-23) Metalab.co Links: Intel's 10th Gen Comet Lake for Desktops: Skylake-S Hits 10 Cores and 5.3 GHz (AnAndTech) Andreessen Horowitz raises $515 million for second crypto fund (Axios) Zoom admits it doesn’t have 300 million users, corrects misleading claims (The Verge) Reddit adds chat rooms for subreddits (Engadget) Smartphone Production to Drop by 16.5% YoY in 2Q20, Setting Historical Record in YoY Decline, Says TrendForce (TrendForce) Lyft lays off 17% of workforce, furloughs hundreds more (CNBC) Facebook soars after reporting ‘stability’ in ad revenue after fall in March (CNBC) Press Release & Webcast (Microsoft Investor Relations) Twitter Q1: sales up 3% to $808M as it swings to a loss on COVID-19, mDAUS hit record 166M (TechCrunch) Tesla posts profit despite hit from coronavirus (CNN Business) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest tech earnings season in a while kicks off and so far, it’s so good for Alphabet. Spotify says its holding up as well. Though Uber might lay off 20% of its workforce, Ford is delaying its self-driving road map, and that has me asking again, why isn’t this the perfect moment for self-driving tech? Sponsors: Tovala (text TOVALARIDE to 710-23) Metalab.co Links: Alphabet earnings hit by ‘significant slowdown’ in ad sales, but revenue boosts stock (Marketwatch) Google Meet video conferencing is now free for anybody (The Verge) Spotify Q1 beats on sales of $2B with monthly active users up 31% to 286M (TechCrunch) Uber Discusses Plan to Lay Off About 20% of Employees (The Information) Ford postpones autonomous vehicle service until 2022 (TechCrunch) How a handful of Apple and Google employees came together to help health officials trace coronavirus (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shopify unveils its own shopping app. DJI unveils the Mavic Air 2. The Pixel Buds 2 finally arrive. Tesla pushes out a new auto driving update. What really accounts for Magic Leap’s crash and burn? And why deepfakes are probably going to be in a bunch of commercials soon. Sponsors: Metalab.co Plume.com/techmeme Links: Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app (TechCrunch) NHS rejects Apple-Google coronavirus app plan (BBC News) DJI’s new Mavic Air 2 has an upgraded camera and much longer flying time (The Verge) GOOGLE PIXEL BUDS REVIEW: SECOND TIME’S THE CHARM (The Verge) Tesla says cars can automatically stop for traffic lights (Associated Press) Magic Leap's $2.6 billion bait and switch (TechCrunch) Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap (The Blog of Palmer Luckey) An ESPN Commercial Hints at Advertising’s Deepfake Future (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iPhone production might be delayed, but the launch might not be, and actually, that might bounce in Apple’s favor. Autocomplete for coding. A little more background on John Stankey. Progress on my robot burrito delivery. And a crucial SpaceX rocket passes a key test by finally not blowing up. Sponsors: Sanebox.com/techmeme F5.com/ride Links: Apple Delays Mass Production of 2020 Flagship iPhones (WSJ) Two Million Australians Download Coronavirus Contact-Tracing App (Bloomberg) Germany flips to Apple-Google approach on smartphone contact tracing (Reuters) Codota picks up $12M for an AI platform that auto-completes developers' code (TechCrunch) Blunt New CEO Inherits Challenge of Turning AT&T Into Media Star (Bloomberg) John Stankey’s challenge: Making AT&T’s $100 billion bet on Time Warner pay off (CNBC) The pandemic is bringing us closer to our robot takeout future (Ars Technica) SpaceX’s future deep-space rocket passes key test, paving the way for short flight (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This piece: John Luttig's When Tailwinds Vanish caused me to go on a random jag this afternoon. Since I had nothing better to do than post it to Medium, I read it into the microphone too... PS: the medium piece I wrote up is here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you’re about to hear, I’ve wanted to do a deep dive episode discussion on Shopify and how they’re suddenly the big up and coming, potential tech behemoth… arguably the most successful tech IPO of the last five years; seemingly the only company that can challenge Amazon in ecommerce… so when James McLeod from the Financial Post got in touch wanting to talk about Shopify, it was like someone was reading my mind. You’ll see why I’ve found the Shopify story so interesting because… well, we get right into it… Sponsors: ReadyCloud.com/pod TinyCapital.com James’ recent reporting on Shopify and other tech stories: https://business.financialpost.com/author/jmcleodpostmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices