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Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win. On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. Learn more about your ad c ... Show More

Horizon Worlds was once a cornerstone of Meta's plans to build a social metaverse -- four years later, the company almost shut it down. Also, the U.S. cybersecurity agency urged companies to prevent access to systems used for remotely managing their fleets of employee devices aft ... Show More

Patreon CEO Jack Conte says AI companies should pay creators for training data, arguing their fair use defense falls apart when they license content from major publishers. Also, Nvidia's networking business raked in $11 billion last quarter despite getting significantly less fanf ... Show More

This was a crazy week for social media apps, but first the gang talks about the Zenfone 10 now that Andrew has had a chance to use it for a week or two. Then they talk about YouTube testing and Twitter implementing a (temporary?) rate limit on the same Reddit officially started c ... Show More

X becomes No. 1 app on U.S. App Store; Bluesky gets nearly 800K new users; Threads tests the ability to save posts as it continues to compete with X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Back to a regular news week! Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the news that Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro are coming to the iPad! After that, they discuss a cool dashcam feature that could be coming to Android phones before jumping into all of the different Twitter alternatives t ... Show More

This week Marques and Andrew dive deep into the new EV tax credit bill and talk about which cars will and won't benefit from it. Then they talk about the current state of social media and rank their favorite apps before finishing it up by talking about to-do lists and calendar ap ... Show More

When Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very dif ... Show More

There was a lot that happened this week but before digging into the serious news, Marques introduces Andrew to the viral daily word puzzle game Wordle. After that, they go over Marques elaborates on why he's no longer using the Pixel 6 Pro as his daily Android phone. Then they go ... Show More

In this episode, we begin by taking a look at how quarantine is affecting our everyday lives and how tech is helping us stay sane during it all. Next, we discuss how YouTube and other streaming platforms are downscaling videos to 480p and what that means for people who like that ... Show More

Twitch says the app will be delisted starting November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Marques and Andrew discuss a grab bag of news this week. First they recap everything they did last week before Andrew decides he wants in on the Cybertruck bet. Then they talk about everything going on with Threads and Twitter before getting into another round of Hype-a-theticall ... Show More