Drone maker DJI is blacklisted by the commerce department. Group video comes to Echo devices. Twitter launches Spaces. Sony offers refunds for Cyberpunk 2077. Coinbase files to go public. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Calderalab.com use code TECHMEME (all one word, all ca ... Show More
Jul 16
The Delivery Space Consolidates
Uber agreed to acquire Delivery Hero for ~$14.8B, expanding into 99 markets. Thinking Machines released its first open-weight model, Inkling, SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build after a data-upload backlash, and sources detailed xAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadershi ... Show More
20m 3s
Oct 2021
Steam bans blockchain, HTC Vive Flow, Missouri "hack", + more!
0:00 Chiiiill it's fiiiine
0:17 Steam bans blockchain
1:12 HTC Vive Flow
2:18 Missouri governor threatens journalists
3:17 MSI Spatium M480 SSD
3:52 QUICK BITS
3:57 Visible customers hacked
4:30 Sony adds direct buy PS5 option
5:08 Roblox updates backlash
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7m 35s
Sep 2020
Sunday looks like sanction day for WeChat and TikTok. Grayfly and Blackfly (and APT41). Maze hides payloads in VMs. Ransomware is implicated in a death. Google Play housecleaning. Fox, chickencoop.
The US Commerce Department announces a clampdown on TikTok and WeChat, to begin Sunday. An overview of the Grayfly and Blackfly units of APT41. Maze begins delivering payloads inside a VM. A ransomware attack on a Düsseldorf hospital is implicated in the death of a patient. Googl ... Show More
26m 16s
May 2020
New releases: Surface Go 2, Macbook Pro 13-inch, and the first Xbox Series X gameplay footage (Goodbye Paul)
Stories discussed this week: The disappointing truth about antibody testing Apple is giving $10 million to COVID-19 testing kit company FDA authorizes CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 Sen. Ed Markey wants the FCC to rethink its broadband deployment plans An Amazon warehouse worker ... Show More
1h 20m
Dec 2020
US Banning DJI, Apple's Spurned Acquisition of Tesla, & Our 2020 Tech Awards!
In this, our last Waveform episode of 2020, we take a look at the big end-of-year tech stories like DJI potentially being banned in the US, Elon mentioning that he tried to have Tim Cook acquire Tesla years ago, and explanations for our reasoning behind the 2020 Smartphone Awards ... Show More
1h 28m
Mar 2023
Trump Indicted, Alibaba Splits, School Shooting Misinformation
Disney drops out of the metaverse, Apple jumps into buy now, pay later, and tech leaders call for a pause on A.I. Also, Donald Trump says that he's been "INDICATED," and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is splitting into six companies. Meanwhile, misinformation swells after the l ... Show More
1h 4m