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More China related controversy for Apple, for gaming, for all of tech really… but why Apple suddenly finds itself in a unique bind. More iPhone SE 2 rumors, the latest installment of “Will We Actually Ever See Libra?” and why nobody can play Fortnite right now. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com MintMobile.com/ride Links: How safe is Apple’s Safe Browsing? (Matthew Green) Chinese app on Xi’s ideology allows data access to users’ phones, report says (The Washington Post) Kuo: iPhone SE 2 Launching in Q1 2020 with A13 at $399 Price (MacRumors) Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency coalition is falling apart as eBay, Visa, Mastercard and Stripe jump ship (CNBC) SoftBank is reportedly seeking to take control of WeWork through a financing package (CNBC) ‘Fortnite’ Goes Dark: A Masterful Marketing Stroke by Epic Games (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on Apple’s China controversy, hands-on with Google’s Pixelbook Go laptop, Twitter returns to the Mac, Africa’s first homegrown smartphone, SpaceX and NASA kiss and make up, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Castro CognitoHQ.com Today In Digital Marketing Podcast Links: TIM COOK’S COMPANY-WIDE MEMO ON HKMAP.LIVE DOESN’T ADD UP (Daring Fireball) Exclusive: This is the Google Pixelbook Go [Gallery] (9to5Google) Twitter releases new Catalyst app for macOS Catalina (The Verge) Rwanda just released the first smartphone made entirely in Africa (Fast Company) NASA aims for first manned SpaceX mission in first-quarter 2020 (Reuters) Apple Launches In-House Studio With 'Band of Brothers'/'The Pacific' Follow-Up (The Hollywood Reporter) Weekend Longreads: Is Amazon Unstoppable? (The New Yorker) Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan (The Atlantic) When GoFundMe Gets Ugly (The Atlantic) Can a Machine Learn To Write For The New Yorker? (The New Yorker) The Style-Quantifying Astrophysicists of Silicon Valley (Wired) The State of Machine Learning Frameworks in 2019 (The Gradient) Who Needs Moonshots? How Former Hollywood Mogul Barry Diller Built A $4.2 Billion Tech Fortune Out Of Underdog Assets (Forbes) Subscribe to the ad-free feed RIGHT IN YOUR PODCAST APP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple takes down the Hong Kong app that it reinstated after taking it down in the first place, Waymo will soon let real people into driverless cars, Grammarly is the newest unicorn, and why, if you live in the Bay Area, your house might be without power… but your work probably won’t be. Sponsors: Castro Legacybox.com/ride Links: Apple Removes App That Helps Hong Kong Protesters Track the Police (NYTimes) APPLE REMOVES HKMAP.LIVE FROM APP STORE (Daring Fireball) Apple, Google Pull Hong Kong Protest Apps After China Uproar (WSJ) Tweetstorm (@Grummz) Grammarly raises $90M at over $1B+ valuation for its AI-based grammar and writing tools (TechCrunch) Splinter Shutting Down (Daily Beast) Why the PG&E Blackouts Spared California's Big Tech HQs (Wired) What Happens When Your Tweet Becomes a Subway Ad (One Zero) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter used your 2-Factor credentials to sell ads against you, the China/Hong Kong/tech controversies roll on, Mark Zuckerberg is going back to Washington, and the Nobel Prize for chemistry gives long overdue recognition to the most important technology innovation of our time. Sponsors: Today In Digital Marketing Podcast Castro Leap.FidelityCareers.com Links: Twitter says it unintentionally misused user data for advertising (Axios) Twitter says phone numbers users provided for security were ‘inadvertently’ used for ad purposes (The Washington Post) 'Protecting rioters': China warns Apple over app that tracks Hong Kong police (The Guardian) 'Call of Duty: Mobile' smashes records with 100 million downloads in first week (Reuters) Kuo: New iPad Pro and iPhone SE 2 in early 2020, followed by Apple AR headset collaboration with ‘third-party brands’ (9to5Mac) Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress on Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency (CNBC) Postmates’ new IPO delay says something bigger: Wall Street is turning against Silicon Valley (Recode) Smart fitness device Mirror launches one-on-one personal training (CNET) Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on lithium-ion batteries (The Guardian) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PlayStation 5 is coming in about a year and Wired has the details, Hulu finally lets you download video, a gamer is banned for voicing support for Hong Kong protesters, how the Galaxy Fold was “fixed,” and Robinhood takes another crack at Cash Management. Sponsors: Castro Vistaprint.com promo code Ride Sponsors: Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5 (Wired) Hulu finally launches support for downloads, initially to ad-free viewers (TechCrunch) Group Nine to Acquire PopSugar, Continuing Wave of Digital Media Tie-Ups (The WSJ) Blizzard Bans Gamer, Rescinds Money, on Hong Kong Protest Support (Bloomberg) Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments (Hacker News) Samsung Galaxy Fold Teardown (iFixit) Robinhood revives checking with new debit card & 2% interest (TechCrunch) Researchers “Translate” Bat Talk. Turns Out, They Argue—A Lot (Smithsonian.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Kindle Kids Edition is here, Sonos speakers via subscription is here, macOS Catalina is here, but the following tab is gone from Instagram, PayPal is ghosting Libra, and why investors think the time to jump into Quantum Computing is now. Sponsors: Castro Podcast App Today In Digital Marketing Podcast Links: Amazon debuts its first ever Kindle Kids Edition (CNET) New Sonos service lets you rent its speakers (The Verge) Instagram’s Following Activity Tab Is Going Away (BuzzFeed News) Music labels wary as Apple tries to bundle subscriptions (Financial Times) Apple’s macOS Catalina update is coming today (The Verge) macOS Catalina Review (iMore) PayPal Bails on Facebook-Led Libra Cryptocurrency Dream (Bloomberg) PayPal withdraws from Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency (CNBC) Quantum gold rush: the private funding pouring into quantum start-ups (Nature) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Satish Jeyachandran is the Head of Hardware at Waymo. Before that he lead the self-driving team at Tesla, so he was in charge of the Autopilot team, and his job change lead to headlines at the time. Today Satish gives us a history lesson on Waymo, tells us what the future holds for self-driving tech generally, and most importantly for me, answers a question I’ve always wondered. Why go for full autonomy? If you can give me the ability to let the car drive itself on highways, why not give me that now? Why try to solve the full 99.99% of the problem? It turns out, that Waymo learned you can’t do half measures. You have to do full autonomy or you do nothing. Very interesting conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Really bad Android zero-day discovered, is the scooter space back? Apple makes an interesting acquisition, an exoskeleton allows a paralyzed man to walk again and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: PixelUnion.net Election Ride Home podcast Links: Attackers exploit 0-day vulnerability that gives full control of Android phones (ArsTechnica) Bird raises $275 million Series D round at a $2.5 billion valuation (TechCrunch) Apple May Have Acquired Motion Capture Company IKinema [Update: Confirmed] (MacRumors) Apple’s AR plans may come to life after acquiring iKinema motion tech (VentureBeat) A brain-controlled exoskeleton has let a paralyzed man walk in the lab (MIT Technology Review) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Off-the-Radar Baseball League That’s Trying to Reboot the Game (GEN) Inside Disney’s New York Stream Factory (Variety) My Time at Snap (@marko_tupper) Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to unleash growth. Then things got messy (CNN Business) Where Toxic Masculinity Goes to Die (The Atlantic) The Fallen Worlds of Philip Pullman (The New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Instagram launches Threads, the iPhone SE might ride again, the biggest content recommendation players have merged, Vice Media and Refinery 29 have merged, and why has Apple banned an app for users in Hong Kong? Sponsors: PixelUnion.net Manscaped.com, code: "ride" Links: Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends chat app with auto-status (TechCrunch) Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules (NYTimes) Kuo: Apple to release ‘iPhone SE 2’ in Q1 2020 with iPhone 8 design, A13 processor (9to5Mac) What the Taboola-Outbrain combination means for publishers (Digiday) Vice Media to Acquire Refinery29, as Both Digital-Media Players Seek Scale (Variety) Google using dubious tactics to target people with ‘darker skin’ in facial recognition project: sources (NY Daily News) Here's that hippie, pro-privacy, pro-freedom Apple y'all so love: Hong Kong protest safety app banned from iOS store (The Register) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the news from Microsoft’s Surface event… they’re making smartphones again! Anti-trust scrutiny gets results again as Apple says Siri will soon play nice with others, the Galaxy Fold reviews are in and might the other members of the Libra consortium be having second thoughts? Sponsors: PixelUnion.net AirMedcareNetwork.com/tech code: tech Links: Microsoft Launches Surface Pro X With New Ultra-Thin Design, Slim Pen, Type Cover (Thurott.com) MICROSOFT SURFACE NEO FIRST LOOK: THE FUTURE OF WINDOWS 10X IS DUAL-SCREEN (The Verge) Microsoft surprises with new foldable Surface Duo phone running Android (The Verge) Galaxy Fold: This flip phone’s a flop, but the folding trend won’t stop (The Washington Post) Apple to Loosen Reins on Outside Messaging, Phone Apps Via Siri (Bloomberg) UPS Now Runs the First Official Drone Airline (Wired) Visa, Mastercard, Others Reconsider Involvement in Facebook's Libra Network (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen in on Mark Zuckerberg rallying the troops, GoPro hopes newer cameras revive its fortunes, prepping for the Microsoft event tomorrow, the SEC slaps a crypto company on the wrist, and Tesla’s new Smart Summon feature has made for some viral videos. Sponsors: PixelUnion.net Capterra.com/ride Links: All Hands on Deck (The Verge) READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF MARK ZUCKERBERG’S LEAKED INTERNAL FACEBOOK MEETINGS (The Verge) GoPro launches two new cameras as it tries to become profitable this year (CNBC) GOPRO HERO 8 BLACK REVIEW: SMOOTH OPERATOR (The Verge) Appeals court upholds FCC’s cancelling of net neutrality rules (The Washington Post) Microsoft makes Windows Virtual Desktop generally available globally (ZDNet) EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale (Coindesk) People Using Tesla's New Smart Summon Feature Are Already Running Into Trouble And It's Hard To Be Shocked (Jalopnik) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IS the new iOS release finally bug free? Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists, WeWork officially “delays” its IPO, which gives us a reason to examine why the Unicorn IPO Parade has mattered, and This Week In Elon Musk is all about achieving orbit. Sponsors: PixelUnion.net LinkedIn.com/ride Links: Apple Releases iOS 13.1.2 and iPadOS 13.1.2 with Fixes for Camera, iCloud Backup, HomePod Shortcut, and Flashlight Bugs (MacRumors) Spotify users can add podcasts to playlists (Engadget) HP’s Spectre x360 13 seems like an improvement in almost every way (The Verge) New Checkm8 jailbreak released for all iOS devices running A5 to A11 chips (ZDNet) Developer of Checkm8 explains why iDevice jailbreak exploit is a game changer (ArsTechnica) The 'Checkm8' exploit isn't a big deal to iPhone or iPad users, and here's why (Apple Insider) WeWork pulls IPO filing (CNBC) The Great Public Market Reckoning (AVC) Elon Musk aims to put SpaceX’s Starship in orbit in six months (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A DoorDash data breach that has a bad new angle, we might see the foldable Razr phone by the end of the year, how long can this alternative app store last before Apple shuts it down, the biggest Tesla software update yet, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co CognitoHQ.com Links: DoorDarsh confirms data breach affected 4.9 million customers, workers and merchants (TechCrunch) Spotify is finally getting Siri support with iOS 13 (The Verge) That Motorola Razr foldable will squeak out a debut before year's end (CNET) AltStore is an alternative iOS App Store with a built-in Nintendo emulator (The Verge) Tesla starts rolling out biggest software update ever with Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, and more (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Slack Is a Hell of Our Own Making (NY Magazine/Intelligencer) Every Company is Becoming a Software Company (Confluent Blog) Artificial Intelligence Confronts a 'Reproducibility' Crisis (Wired) INSIDE UBER’S PLAN TO TAKE OVER CITY LIFE WITH CEO DARA KHOSROWSHAHI (The Verge) The Octopus: An Alien Among Us (Literary Hub) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uber wants to become “the OS for everyday life,” Peloton’s IPO is a good news/bad news situation, the FTC sues Match.com for allegedly catfishing people, stuff I missed from yesterday’s Amazon event, and an “interesting raise” startup that wants to turn renters into home owners. Sponsors: Metalab.co CognitoHQ.com Links: Uber overhauls its app in ambitious bid to become ‘the operating system for your everyday life’ (The Verge) Peloton slides after opening below IPO price in market debut (CNBC) At Least 70 Countries Have Had Disinformation Campaigns, Study Finds (NYTimes) Attorney General Barr Seeks DOJ Facebook Antitrust Probe (Bloomberg) Match.com connected daters to fake accounts to boost subscriptions, US regulators say (The Verge) Amazon’s new Echo Flex lets you put Alexa everywhere in your home (The Verge) Alexa's 'Certified for Humans' wants to eliminate smart-home headaches (CNET) Divvy Homes Raises $43M Series B To Help Renters Become Homeowners (Crunchbase News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon’s hardware event gives us more Alexa in just about anything you can think of, Oculus has some news on the VR front, the 2020 iPhones might echo the iPhone 4 design, and those dog like robots from Boston Dynamics are finally leaving the lab, but to adopt one, you need to think through a use case. Sponsors: Metalab.co AirMedcareNetwork.com/tech code: tech Links: Amazon announces high-end $199 Echo Studio speaker (The Verge) Alexa gains multilingual mode, celebrity voices, and frustration detection (Venture Beat) Amazon’s new Echo Show 8 combines the best of its big and small smart displays (The Verge) Amazon announces new $99 Eero mesh router with Alexa voice controls (The Verge) Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-range wireless network for your stuff (TechCrunch) Kuo: 2020 iPhones to Have Redesigned Metal Frame Similar to iPhone 4 (MacRumors) You can now sign up for Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming preview (The Verge) Boston Dynamics’ Spot is leaving the laboratory (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Neumann out as WeWork CEO, Facebook acquires CTRL-Labs to deliver computing controlled by your brain, Kik officially shuts down its app, and is Microsoft preparing to let users control and monetize their own data? Sponsors: Metalab.co AirMedcareNetwork.com/tech code: tech Links: WeWork CEO Adam Neumann to step down amid controversy and retain chairman role (CNBC) Facebook to Buy Startup for Controlling Computers With Your Mind (Bloomberg) KIK CHAT APP SHUTS DOWN AS COMPANY GOES “ALL IN” ON KIN (Betakit.com) SEC sues Kik for running an unregistered Initial Coin Offering (Engadget) Google wins landmark right to be forgotten case (BBC News) AMAZON CREATES A HUGE ALLIANCE TO DEMAND VOICE ASSISTANT COMPATIBILITY (The Verge) Amazon plans Alexa wireless earbuds with fitness-tracking built in, bigger Echo with better sound, source says (CNBC) Microsoft's new 'Data Dignity' team could help users control their personal data (ZDNet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google Play Pass might usher in a new era of mobile gaming, the WeWork saga is becoming a soap opera, Facebook’s foes and (erstwhile) friends are talking to the FTC, and has Google ushered in the era of quantum supremacy? Sponsors: Metalab.co Zapier.com/ride Links: Google Play Pass bundles 350 Android games and apps for $4.99 per month (The Verge) Some WeWork Board Members Seek to Remove Adam Neumann as CEO (WSJ) SoftBank’s Masa Son is in favor of ousting WeWork CEO Adam Neumann (CNBC) How Adam Neumann’s Over-the-Top Style Built WeWork. ‘This Is Not the Way Everybody Behaves.’ (WSJ) Snap Detailed Facebook’s Aggressive Tactics in ‘Project Voldemort’ Dossier (WSJ) Samsung Galaxy Fold will be available September 27th in the US (9to5Google) World Robotics Report: Global Sales of Robots Hit $16.5B in 2018 (Robotics Business Review) Google may have just ushered in an era of ‘quantum supremacy’ (The Verge) Classified AD: RobBettis.com For many businesses, digital marketing is essential to success. However, despite its importance, most companies can’t justify the cost of another full-time employee and they can’t stomach being burned by another flaky freelancer. What you really need is a partner. Rob Bettis is an independent digital marketer who helps e-commerce retailers and app developers build bigger, better businesses online through PPC media. Unlike agencies who are all about scale, Rob works with a limited number of businesses, managing advertising on Google, Bing, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon & Apple Search - ensuring every client gets the expertise and attention they deserve. Rob has spent the past 15 years managing PPC accounts. And since going solo, Rob has generated a return on ad spend of over 700% for his clients. If you want to build a bigger, better business online, contact Rob at RobBettis.com or click the link in the show notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Airbnb says it will have an IPO in 2020, Twitter exposes more bad state actors, a French court says Steam digital games may be resold in the EU, hold the phone on upgrading your iPhone to iOS 13, Amazon plays free with Allbirds, Tinder brings a new meaning to the word Bandersnatch, and this week’s long-reads suggestions, including a deep dive into the problems with pilot training and Boeing’s 737-MAX. Sponsors Mealime.com OpenVPN Links: Airbnb Says It Plans to Go Public in 2020 (New York Times) Airbnb Announces Intention to Become a Publicly-Traded Company During 2020 (Airbnb) Twitter suspends account of former top Saudi aide implicated in Khashoggi killing (Washington Post) Disclosing new data to our archive of information operations (Twitter) French court rules that Steam’s ban on reselling used games is contrary to European law (Polygon) New features available with iOS 13 (Apple) Facebook may copy your app, but Amazon will copy your shoe (The Verge) Inside Tinder’s Secret Streaming Series (Variety) What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? (New York Times) How Wi-Fi Almost Didn’t Happen (Wired) The U1 chip in the iPhone 11 is the beginning of an Ultra Wideband revolution (Six Colors) Artificial Intelligence Confronts a ‘Reproducibility’ Crisis (Wired) iOS and iPadOS 13: The MacStories Review (MacStories) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Huawei tries to launch a flagship smartphone without a Google net, could Apple and Disney have merged? Some really interesting raises, for Automattic and Stripe, but also an autonomous construction equipment startup, and why there now might be SSD’s that are basically failproof. Sponsors: Mealime.com OpenVPN.net/ride Links: Huawei Mate 30 Pro goes official w/ no Google apps, ‘horizon’ display (9to5Google) GitHub acquires code analysis tool Semmle (TechCrunch) “WE COULD SAY ANYTHING TO EACH OTHER”: BOB IGER REMEMBERS STEVE JOBS, THE PIXAR DRAMA, AND THE APPLE MERGER THAT WASN’T (Vanity Fair) Datadog Rises 53% in Trading Debut After Rebuffing Cisco (Bloomberg) Amazon signs Climate Pledge to advance Paris Climate Accords goals by 10 years (VentureBeat) Built Robotics raises $33M for its self-driving construction equipment (TechCrunch) Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures (TechCrunch) Fintech Company Stripe Joins Silicon Valley Elite With $35 Billion Valuation (WSJ) Samsung unveils new PCIe 4.0 SSDs that "never die" (TechSpot) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook debuts Portal TV, and wants to make AR smart glasses to replace your smartphone, Google Fi has an “unlimited” plan that is every bit as unlimited as any other, the Apple Watch Series 5 reviews and autonomous vehicles come to the farm. Sponsors: Vistaprint.com promo code Ride2. Mealime.com OpenVPN.net/ride Links: Facebook launches Portal TV, a $149 video chat set-top box (TechCrunch) Facebook’s second-generation Portal devices are cheaper, smaller, and support WhatsApp (The Verge) Facebook working on smart glasses with Ray-Ban, code-named ‘Orion’ (CNBC) Smart TVs sending private data to Netflix and Facebook (Financial Times) Google Fi launches a more traditional unlimited plan (The Verge) HP Elite Dragonfly hands-on: A really light business notebook (Engadget) APPLE WATCH SERIES 5 REVIEW: THE BEST SMARTWATCH (The Verge) Apple Watch Series 5 (Daring Fireball) FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest $14.5M in funding (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WeWork’s IPO is off for now, Amazon Music HD is going after Tidal, the Streaming Wars mean big price tags for Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory, and a wrap up of all the iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max reviews. Sponsors: OpenVPN.net/ride Mealime.com Links: Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments (Motherboard) WeWork delays IPO after frosty investor response (Reuters) SoftBank Backers Rethink Role in Next Vision Fund on WeWork (Bloomberg) Amazon Music rolls out a lossless streaming tier that Spotify and Apple can’t match (The Verge) Snapchat is adding a 3D Camera Mode, the latest salvo in its feature race with Instagram (TechCrunch) Netflix Lands 'Seinfeld' Rights in $500M-Plus Deal After Losing 'Friends' and 'The Office' (The Hollywood Reporter) ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to Show on New Streaming Service HBO Max (WSJ) NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service Is Called Peacock and It’s Launching Next April (Vulture) APPLE IPHONE 11 REVIEW: THE PHONE MOST PEOPLE SHOULD BUY (The Verge) Apple iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max review: Better, but not groundbreaking (Engadget) Review: The iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 do Disneyland After Dark (TechCrunch) Review: Apple iPhone 11 Pro (Wired) IPhone 11 and 11 Pro Review: Thinking Differently in the Golden Age of Smartphones (NYTimes) Apple Arcade's best selling point: Games you'll actually want to play (Engadget) SUBSCRIBE TO THE AD-FREE FEED! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Amazon wants to tip-toe past the regulators, headlines like those from today can’t help, October is going to be filthy with major tech launch events, is TikTok showing us the future of the Chinese web in worrying ways, and let’s pour one out for MoviePass! Links: OpenVPN.net/ride Mealime.com Links: Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products (WSJ) Facebook and JP Morgan meet with global central banks to discuss cryptocurrencies (CNBC) Google announces October 15th hardware event for Pixel 4 (The Verge) Iger Departs Board of Apple, Disney’s New Streaming Competitor (NY Times) Wi-Fi 6 officially launches today, ahead of iPhone 11 availability on Friday (9to5Mac) Wi-Fi 6 certification is here to make next-gen speeds a widespread reality (CNET) Multiple camera simultaneous recording coming to iPhone XS and iPhone XR, not just iPhone 11 (9to5Mac) TikTok’s Beijing roots fuel censorship suspicion as it builds a huge U.S. audience (The Washington Post) MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14 (CNBC) AD FREE FEED SIGNUP! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As I mentioned in the Weekend Longreads segment, Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis had an op ed in the times that has changed the way I think about the state of AI. But they’re also the authors of a great new book, Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust. There’s a reason people remain fearful about AI… it hasn’t earned our trust yet. In all sorts of ways that we get into on this episode. And also, the interesting ways AI development needs to change to take the state of the art to the next level. Sponsor: MintMobile.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had the big iPhone announcement this week, so to break it down, our good friend at MacStories, John Voorhees is here to dive into… why so much backlash to this event? Was it boring? What did we actually get from Santa Tim? And why we might look back at this as the pivot point where Apple events changed into something new... Sponsors: Tinycapital.com WeWorkRemotely.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cloudflare has a successful IPO, but will WeWork’s planned IPO be considered a success even if it actually has one? Is another investment bubble popping in the AR/VR space? Will the streaming wars kill the back-end deal in Hollywood? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com GetQuip.com/ride Links: Cloudflare stock pops 20% in first day of trading (CNBC) WeWork’s valuation could fall to below $15 billion in IPO, down from $47 billion private valuation (CNBC) House lawmakers ask Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google to turn over trove of records in antitrust probe (The Washington Post) Another high-flying, heavily funded AR headset startup is shutting down (TechCrunch) J.J. Abrams Officially Closes Sizable WarnerMedia Film, TV Partnership (The Hollywood Reporter) The end of the backend? Disney wants to limit profit participation on its new TV shows (Los Angeles Times) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How to Build Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust (NYTimes) As sex toys continue to get hacked, the defin­i­tion of sexual assault is under question (Screen Shot) What Happened to Urban Dictionary? (Wired) TONY HAWK ON HOW HIS GAMES CHANGED SKATEBOARDING (The Verge) From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire (Forbes) Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second (Science) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uber says the California contractor law doesn’t apply to it because it is… checks notes… not technically in the ride hailing business, will France block Libra in the EU, dark mode comes to Slack, crowd-sourced answers come to Alexa, and, some news on the Fermi Paradox front. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com Datatribe.com/challenge Links: Uber argues its drivers aren’t core to its business, won’t reclassify them as employees (The Verge) FACEBOOK’S LIBRA CRYPTOCURRENCY WILL BE BLOCKED IN EUROPE, FRANCE SAYS (The Independent) Slack's desktop apps get dark mode options (Engadget) The FBI is investigating a venture capital fund started by Peter Thiel for financial misconduct (ReCode) Exclusive: Amazon will let anyone answer your Alexa questions now (Fast Company) Healthy.io raises $60 million to help patients complete urine tests on their phone (Venture Beat) An Exoplanet Like No Other Yet Found (The Atlantic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will a California law change the entire landscape of the gig economy? Can Dutchie build a Shopify-like ecommerce platform for cannabis? Will Switzerland be less welcoming to Libra that Facebook hoped? And a rundown of the fallout from yesterday’s iPhone event. Sponsors: Tinycapital.com Jobs At WillowTreeApps.com: bit.ly/swiftjob Links: California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees (NYTimes) Uber lays off 435 people across engineering and product teams (TechCrunch) Amazon’s Quantum Ledger Database is now generally available (Silicon Angle) These brothers just raised $15 million for their startup, Dutchie, a kind of Shopify for cannabis dispensaries (TechCrunch) Switzerland warns Facebook's Libra it will face extra scrutiny (Reuters) IPHONE 11 PRO AND 11 PRO MAX: HANDS-ON WITH APPLE’S NEW FLAGSHIP PHONES (The Verge) iPhone 11's ultra-wideband chip helps you AirDrop with the right person (Engadget) Editorial: Apple just told you that they aren't going to make an 'iPhone SE 2' any time soon (Apple Insider) Apple’s Biggest Surprise: More Aggressive Device and Services Pricing (Bloomberg) Subscribe to the Ad-Free Feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the news from the iPhone launch. Also, the Attorneys General officially go after Google… but why is California sitting this one out? And… is Masa Son pressuring WeWork to cancel its IPO or is it full speed ahead? Sponsors: Tinycapital.com Jobs At WillowTreeApps.com: bit.ly/swiftjob Links: Apple reveals the powerful new iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max (Engadget) Apple reveals iPhone 11 with a dual-camera system, Night mode, and new colors (The Verge) Apple Watch Series 5 has an always-on display and comes in titanium or ceramic finishes (The Verge) Apple unveils entry-level 2019 iPad with a 10.2-inch screen (Venture Beat) Apple TV+ costs $4.99 per month and launches on November 1 (Venture Beat) Apple Arcade is launching on September 19th for $4.99 a month (The Verge) Google faces a new antitrust probe by 50 attorneys general (CNBC) 48 states are probing Google on antitrust grounds. Why isn’t California? (LATimes) SoftBank urges WeWork to shelve IPO (Financial Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The MIT Media Lab director steps down, Apple sort of hides its own apps in App Store searches, why big tech should worry about the states as much as Uncle Sam, reviews of the Google Nest Hub Max and why hands-free games actually make you a better driver. Sponsors: Legacybox.com/ride Capterra.com/ride Links: Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein (NYTimes) How an Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein (New Yorker) How Apple’s Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls (NYTimes) Facebook, Google face off against a formidable new foe: State attorneys general (Washington Post) GOOGLE NEST HUB MAX REVIEW: BIGGER SCREEN, BETTER SOUND, AND A CAMERA (The Verge) Drivetime raises $11 million for interactive audio games like Jeopardy in the car (Venture Beat) Daimler brings driverless truck tests to public roads in Virginia (Venture Beat) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple might have just given us the final reason to delete iTunes, Sonos has its first portable speaker, the Attorney’s General are targeting Facebook as well, it’s duplicating Google services all the way down, and, of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com CognitoHQ.com Links: Apple Music launches a public beta on the web (TechCrunch) Sonos’ first portable speaker is the $399 Move (The Verge) Streaming makes up 80 percent of the music industry’s revenue (The Verge) New York attorney general is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations (CNBC) Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode turns Android devices into smart displays (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Uber Undone (The Baffler) Coming Soon to a Battlefield: Robots That Can Kill (The Atlantic) Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery Has Brought Chaos And Carnage To America’s Streets — But The World’s Biggest Retailer Has A System To Escape The Blame (BuzzFeed News) Coming Soon to a Small Screen Near You: Short Cuts (WSJ) ‘Hey, Google! Let me talk to my departed father.’ (Washington Post) ‘NCAA Football’ Is Still Alive, Because One Online Community Won’t Let the Game Die (The Ringer) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China tracked Uyghur travelers by hacking Asian telcos, the company formerly known as WeWork drops its IPO target, Samsung has found a fold fix, Apple may bring back both Touch ID and a cheaper iPhone, MIT Media Lab’s founder says the group was right to have accepted money from Jeffrey Epstein, Facebook launches its Dating service in the U.S., SIM swapping is obscure but growing security problem, and the Jeremy Renner app has been shot down. Er, shut down. Sponsors WeWork Remotely Cognito by BlockScore Supercast Links: China hacked Asian telcos to spy on Uighur travelers (Reuters) WeWork Targets $20 Billion to $30 Billion IPO Value (Bloomberg) How Samsung fixed the Galaxy Fold (The Verge) Apple Plans Return of Touch ID and New Cheap iPhone (Bloomberg) MIT Media Lab founder: Taking Jeffrey Epstein’s money was justified (MIT Technology Review) Facebook Dating launches in the US, adds Instagram integration (TechCrunch) Why ‘SIM Swapping’ Is a Growing Security Nightmare (New York Times) I Broke The Official Jeremy Renner App By Posting The Word “Porno” On It (Deadspin) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google gets a fine and is about to be investigated by all the states, Android 10 is here, a $14k gaming chair is here, a slew of new Fire TV devices are here, and the Light Phone 2 wants to save you from the Internet. Sponsors: Supercast.com WeWorkRemotely.com Links: YouTube will pay $170 million to settle claims it violated child privacy laws (CNBC) Google emerges as target of a new state attorneys general antitrust probe (Washington Post) Google’s paid search ads are a ‘shakedown,’ Basecamp CEO says (CNBC) Android 10 launches today, and Pixel phones get the day one update (Ars Technica) An Update About Face Recognition on Facebook (Facebook Newsroom) Acer announces a $14,000 gaming chair because why not (TechCrunch) Amazon unveils a new Fire TV Cube, soundbar, and over a dozen Fire TV Edition products (TechCrunch) Amazon tests Whole Foods payment system that uses hands as ID (New York Post) The Light Phone 2 Wants to Save You From the Internet (Gizmodo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samsung is gonna take another crack at foldable phones with a different design, sleep tracking is coming to the Apple Watch, Firefox 69 locks down everything, and a deep dive into the whole Ring Doorbell and Neighborhood controversy. Sponsors: Joybird.com/ride Promocode: RIDE WeWorkRemotely.com Links: Samsung Is Secretly Working on a Foldable Phone That Collapses Into a Square (Bloomberg) Apple Watch sleep tracking revealed: sleep quality, battery management, more (9to5Mac) Firefox 69 arrives with third-party tracking cookies and cryptomining blocked by default (VentureBeat) Upcoming Firefox update will decrease power usage on macOS by up to three times (ZDNet) Ring Neighbors Is the Best and Worst Neighborhood Watch App (WireCutter) Founders of Successful Tech Companies Are Mostly Middle-Aged (NYTimes) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The biggest iPhone attack ever, Microsoft wants to make tablet mode on Windows 10 more desktop-y, airlines are banning Macbook Pros, Jack Ma and Elon Musk debate AI and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Castro Listennotes.com/api Links: Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking (Wired) Project Zero (Google Project Zero) Microsoft unveils new tablet experience for Windows 10 (The Verge) The Long-Term Stock Exchange raises $50 million in new funding (Axios) More Airlines Ban MacBook Pros in Checked Luggage (Bloomberg) When Elon Met Jack: Musings on AI, Mars and the End of Civilization (Bloomberg) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure (Ars Technica) Wi-Fi 6 Will Be Here Soon. What Is It? (Wired) Mobile payments have barely caught on in the US, despite the rise of smartphones (CNBC) Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC Firms (Bloomberg) Older people are embracing video games. For some, that means stardom. (NBC News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple makes nice with repair shops (and saves the date for the iPhone launch next month), an undersea cable mostly already built could be axed cause… China stuff, YouTube says it’s made progress on cleaning up its algorithm, and a machine learning betting company that says it can make sports betting a no-lose proposition. Sponsors: Castro Listennotes.com Links: Apple is allowing independent repair shops to officially service iPhones (9to5Mac) Indictment says accused Capital One hacker also used exploited cloud servers for cryptojacking (GeekWire) National Security Concerns Threaten Undersea Data Link Backed by Google, Facebook (WSJ) YouTube to adjust UK algorithm to cut false and extremist content (The Guardian) Former MLB Pitcher’s DC Startup Lands $23M for Sports Betting Platform (DCInno) Inkitt raises $16M led by Kleiner Perkins to publish crowdsourced novels in 'mini-episodes' (TechCrunch) Netflix ships milestone 5 billionth disc (CNET) Subscribe to the ad-free feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apple walks back the Siri grading program, Peloton’s S-1 reveals an interesting company, Fitbit’s interesting new smartwatch, don’t travel if you use social media at all, and another new service enters the Google Graveyard. Sponsors: Castro Jobs At WillowTreeApps.com: bit.ly/swiftjob Links: Apple is turning Siri audio clip review off by default and bringing it in house (TechCrunch) Peloton (Finally) Drops Its S-1, Revealing Sharply Rising Revenue And Net Losses (Crunchbase News) Fitbit Versa 2 hands-on: Alexa makes a good smartwatch better (Engadget) The Fitbit Versa 2 Chases Apple's Dominance (Gizmodo) Fitbit’s new premium subscription service hopes to sway you with personalized data, challenges, and more (The Verge) US border officials are increasingly denying entry to travelers over others' social media (TechCrunch) Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked (Harvard Crimson) Microsoft's lead EU data watchdog is looking into fresh Windows 10 privacy concerns (TechCrunch) Google will shut down Google Hire in 2020 (TechCrunch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Levandowski is arrested, Facebook is taking another run at Snapchat with something called Threads, Yelp adds personalized results for the first time, the BBC wants in on the voice assistant craze, The Irishman IS coming to theaters after all, and why people are standing in line, INSIDE World of Warcraft. Sponsors: Castro Vistaprint.com/ride Links: Former Star Google and Uber Engineer Charged With Theft of Trade Secrets (NYTimes) Instagram’s latest assault on Snapchat is a messaging app called Threads (The Verge) Yelp adds personalized search results to its iPhone app (Engadget) BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents (The Guardian) Sprint launches its 5G network in NYC, LA, Phoenix, and Washington, DC (The Verge) Microsoft announces Surface event on October 2nd in New York City (The Verge) Google Maps will now let users combine transit directions with biking and ride-sharing (The Verge) Netflix Unveils Release Plans for Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ (Variety) Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election (Reuters) World of Warcraft Classic players are standing in long lines to finish quests (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google and Dell team up for enterprise-grade Chromebooks, Baidu makes big leaps in smart-speaker market share, Binance lets you lend crypto for interest, publishers sue Audible and why, when it comes to autonomy, maybe we should swim before we try to drive. Sponsors: Castro LinkedIn.com/ride Links: Google and Dell team up on the first Chromebooks made for business (Engadget) Baidu replaces Google to become number two in smart speaker market in Q2 2019 (Canalys) Binance enters into crypto lending space, offers interest-earning opportunities for BNB, ETC and Tether (The Block) Top U.S. publishers sue Amazon's Audible for copyright infringement (Reuters) Amazon’s Audible Sued by Publishers Over New Text Feature (Bloomberg) Netflix tests human-driven curation with launch of 'Collections' (TechCrunch) Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection (Freedom to Tinker) The Robot Ship Set to Cross the Atlantic and Change the World (Daily Beast) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About a year ago, Elon Musk was doing so much crazy stuff, I was desperate for someone to tell me what was going on. So, I reached out to Rob Maurer from the Tesla Daily podcast to be a sort of Elon whisperer for me. Rob was great and gracious, and actually, that was the beginning of the weekend bonus episode idea in a way. Well, a year on… let’s take Elon’s temperature… and Tesla’s. Great conversation with Rob about where Tesla is at, and also, congrats to the Tesla Daily podcast on turning 2 years old! Subscribe now! Tesla Daily! Sponsors: Capterra.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YouTube shuts down channels over Hong Kong content, some of Facebook’s Libra partners are having second thoughts, the WSJ finds some shady items on Amazon, the reviews of the Galaxy Note10+ are in, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: BRD's Top 10 Crypto Memes PixelUnion.net Links: Google shutters more than 200 YouTube channels amid Hong Kong protests (CNBC) Facebook’s Libra backers look to distance themselves from project (Financial Times) Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products (WSJ) SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 10 PLUS REVIEW: SHOULD YOU SPEND FOR THE STYLUS? (The Verge) The Galaxy Note 10+ Is Damn Near Perfect (Gizmodo) REVIEW: SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE10+ (Wired) Weekend Longreads: Top 10 Crypto Memes (BRD) All 84 startups from Y Combinator's S19 Demo Day 1 (TechCrunch) Here are the 82 startups from day 2 of Y Combinator's S19 Demo Days (TechCrunch) The Exclusive Inside Story Of The Fall Of Overstock’s Mad King, Patrick Byrne (Forbes) The Sports News Site Haters Love to Dunk on Keeps Signing Up Subscribers (Bloomberg Businessweek) The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront (Washington Post) YOU ARE ALREADY HAVING SEX WITH ROBOTS (Wired) Sad cartoons and melancholic hip-hop inspired YouTube’s new vaporwave scene (Polygon) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will we see an iPhone Pro next month? Google has a new proposal for ad tracking, Android deserts dessert nomenclature, why hasn’t tech solved parking yet, and why The Irishman might be a major fork in the road for Netflix. Sponsors: PixelUnion BRD.com on Twitter! Links: Apple Readies Camera-Focused Pro iPhones, New iPads, Larger MacBook Pro (Bloomberg) Google proposes new privacy and anti-fingerprinting controls for the web (TechCrunch) Google deserts desserts: Android 10 is the official name for Android Q (The Verge) The Google Play store’s visual refresh (Android Developers Blog) Google DeepMind Co-Founder Placed on Leave From AI Lab (Bloomberg) SpotHero raises $50 million to bring underutilized parking spaces online (VentureBeat) Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a perfect example of Netflix’s big screening dilemma (The Verge) Classified Ad: Nintendo Dispatch is a weekly Nintendo podcast with Nintendo fans Michael, Christina, and James. Each week they breakdown the latest news, game releases, and happenings in the Nintendo universe. No topic or game system is off limits as we discuss at the Nintendo Switch, 3DS, Nintendo's mobile games, theme parks, merchandise, and whatever else awesome Nintendo is doing. Join them each week for a new episode of awesome. Go to nintendodispatch.com or search Nintendo Dispatch on your podcast app right now to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Next gen chips from Intel, the real HQ2 for Amazon is in India, the controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps is a real case for King Solomon, and Ben Thompson makes a compelling bull case for WeWork. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Read the Blog Post from BRD: Here Links: Intel Launches Comet Lake-U and Comet Lake-Y: Up To 6 Cores for Thin & Light Laptops (AnandTech) Dell unveils new XPS, Inspiron, and Vostro models with Intel Comet Lake processors (VentureBeat) Exclusive: Alibaba postpones up to $15 billion Hong Kong listing amid protests: sources (Reuters) Amazon opens its biggest global campus in India (Reuters) Gmail in G Suite now uses AI for inline spelling and grammar suggestions (VentureBeat) Shazam data is powering Apple Music's newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 25 (TechCrunch) Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. (The Washington Post) The WeWork IPO (Stratechery) Classified: The Merge Conflict podcast is a weekly discussion with developers Frank and James on all things development, technology, & more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using Xamarin. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on their minds. Head to mergeconflict.fm to learn more or search Merge Conflict in your favorite podcast app today to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twitter suspends a bunch of China-linked accounts, is Apple TV+ dead on arrival? 23 towns in Texas are hit with ransomware, and why isn’t Alexa in your car? Sponsors: DataTribe.com/challenge PixelUnion.net BRD's Longread About Libra Links: Information operations directed at Hong Kong (Twitter) Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China (Facebook) Updating our advertising policies on state media (Twitter) Apple Targets Apple TV+ Launch in November, Weighs $9.99 Price After Free Trial (Bloomberg) Apple splashes $6bn on new shows in streaming wars (Financial Times) States to Move Forward With Antitrust Probe of Big Tech Firms (WSJ) Sony to acquire Insomniac Games (Polygon) Over 20 Texas local governments hit in 'coordinated ransomware attack' (ZDNet) The first Lightning security key for iPhones is here, and it works with USB-C, too (The Verge) Amazon Wants to Put Alexa in Cars. Google and Apple Are There Already (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Libra gets competition, Spotify and Roku get family friendly, Amazon is sitting out the launch of Disney+ (for now), Ikea is serious about becoming a smart-home player, and can the world’s largest semiconductor chip kickstart an AI revolution? Sponsors: Pixelunion.net BRD.com Links: Binance planning to launch ‘Venus,’ similar to Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra (The Block) Spotify's Premium Family plans get an explicit content filter (Engadget) The Roku Channel is adding a kids and family section with free TV shows and movies (The Verge) Disney+ will stream on these devices at launch (The Verge) Ikea goes all in on smart home tech (The Verge) Hacker Releases First Public Jailbreak for Up-to-Date iPhones in Years (Motherboard) A new unicorn is born: Toor Insurance raises $100 million for a $1 billion valuation (TechCrunch) Root raises $350 million to drive auto insurance change (Axios) Cerebras (Pierre Lamond) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a recent weekend longreads segment, I recommended a piece by The Verge’s Julia Alexander asking whether Netflix’s recommendation algorithms were broken, or maybe borked. We’re going to talk a bit about that today, but since Julia is on the Streaming Wars beat at The Verge, you know how I love to talk about the streaming wars, and we are right about at the point where the battle is going to be joined in earnest. Sponsors: CognitoHQ.com Wix.com/podcast :) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coinbase says all your bitcoin base are belong to us, Apple sues a “virtualization” company, was Amazon offering vendors a pay to play scheme with Amazon Choice, and, as always, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Metalab.co MacStadium.com/ridehome Links: Exclusive: Coinbase Buys Xapo Custody for $55 Million, Eyes Lending Business (Fortune) Apple Files Lawsuit Against Virtualization Company Corellium for Illegally Replicating iOS and Apple Apps (MacRumors) Amazon offered vendors ‘Amazon’s Choice’ labels in return for ad spending and lower prices (Digiday) YouTube shuts down music companies' use of manual copyright claims to steal creator revenue (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: Weird gadgets that are actually really useful (ZDNet) Trump Tumult Has Gadget Giants Splitting Along U.S.-China Lines (Bloomberg) THREE YEARS OF MISERY INSIDE GOOGLE, THE HAPPIEST COMPANY IN TECH (Wired) WEWORK ISN’T A TECH COMPANY; IT’S A SOAP OPERA (The Verge) WeWTF (ProfGalloway.com) Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change (Ars Technica) SpaceX’s First Astronauts Train Up for Space, but Crew Dragon Faces Delays (Inverse.com) HOW A 'NULL' LICENSE PLATE LANDED ONE HACKER IN TICKET HELL (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook tweaks groups, Google Assistant lets you remind family members, can we be training voice AI in a better way, say hello to the Sega Genesis Mini, and the free app that can save your life out in the wilderness. Sponsors: Metalab.co Macstadium.com/ridehome Links: Facebook is simplifying group privacy settings and adding admin tools for safety (The Verge) THE SEGA GENESIS MINI BUILDS ON WHAT MADE NINTENDO’S TINY CONSOLES GREAT (The Verge) UPS has been quietly delivering cargo using self-driving trucks (The Verge) Stay organized and productive with new Assignable reminders (Google) Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.? (Slate) What3words: The app that can save your life (BBC News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WeWork files for its IPO, a huge data leak reveals fingerprints, facial recognition data and more, are you going to have trouble taking your MacBook Pro on your next flight, why Two and a Half Men is the next big piece in the streaming wars and why I’m bullish on an Airbnb for boats. Sponsors: Metalab.co MacStadium.com/ridehome Links: WeWork files for long-awaited IPO (Axios) Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms (The Guardian) FAA Bans Recalled MacBook Pros From Flights (Bloomberg) AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy (WSJ) HBO Max eyeing ‘Big Bang Theory’ and ‘Two and a Half Men’ in $1.5 billion deal (The Daily Dot) Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Chats (Bloomberg) Peer-to-peer boat rental marketplace Boatsetter raises $10M as it looks to grow globally (TechCrunch) Subscribe to the ad-free feed right HERE in your podcast browser! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a prime ransomware target, and yes, Twinfluencers are apparently a thing. Sponsors: MacStadium.com/ridehome Metalab.co Links: Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (WSJ) Snap Unveils a New Version of Video-Recording Spectacles (Bloomberg) Microsoft Cancels Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft (Thurrott.com) Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a 'virtual society' (TechCrunch) Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack (The Verge) Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet (The Atlantic) Design Memes: The Origin of those Helvetica List T-Shirts (HowDesign.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you want (or need) a 108MP smartphone camera? The “Ninja” Blevins/Twitch breakup explained. The cat-and-mouse between Chrome and paywalls explained. Credit where due for Apple on wearables, and why touchscreens might not be a user interface panacea. Sponsors: Metalab.co Legacybox.com/ride Links: Samsung's 108-megapixel mobile sensor closes in on mirrorless cameras (Engadget) Ninja calls out Twitch after his dormant channel highlights porn (updated) (Engadget) The New York Times is still detecting Chrome Incognito Mode after Google’s fix (9to5Google) Apple Deserves More Credit for Wearables (Above Avalon) How Facebook Is Changing to Deal With Scrutiny of Its Power (NYTimes) Navy Reverting DDGs Back to Physical Throttles, After Fleet Rejects Touchscreen Controls (USNI News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices