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Each Saturday I'll post a few of the best news articles, blog posts, podcasts, projects, tweets, products, or really anything I've come across in the previous week and found interesting, sprinkled with a bit of commentary.
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Each Saturday I'll post a few of the best news articles, blog posts, podcasts, projects, tweets, products, or really anything I've come across in the previous week and found interesting, sprinkled with a bit of commentary.
Let's go
Mark Zuckerberg surfs in Hawaii with way too much sunscreen
https://nypost.com/2020/07/19/mark-zuckerberg-surfboards-in-hawaii-with-way-too-much-sunscreen/
https://nypost.com/2020/07/19/mark-zuckerberg-surfboards-in-hawaii-with-way-too-much-sunscreen/
"In 2018, 80 percent of all IUD placements in China were performed in Xinjiang despite accounting for a mere 1.8 percent of Chinaâs population. These IUDs can be removed only by state-approved surgeryâor else prison terms will follow." https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/15/uighur-genocide-xinjiang-china-surveillance-sterilization/
A great account of the history of Flash since before its inception, on the verge of its end of life support on December 2020. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-adobe-flash/
"While weekly meeting time increased by 10% overall [âŠ] individual meetings actually shrank in duration. We had 22% more meetings of 30 minutes or less and 11% fewer meetings of more than one hour."
Detailed data from Microsoft's shift to full remote. https://hbr.org/2020/07/microsoft-analyzed-data-on-its-newly-remote-workforce
Detailed data from Microsoft's shift to full remote. https://hbr.org/2020/07/microsoft-analyzed-data-on-its-newly-remote-workforce
"Naming yourself after the character who stole from the rich to give to the poor, while making a ton of money off of your customers for, again, the billionaire who literally bought the most expensive house in America, could make even Adam Neumann blush." https://themargins.substack.com/p/robinhood-and-how-to-lose-money
"The Adjacent Users are aware of a product and possibly tried using the it, but are not able to successfully become an engaged user. This is typically because the current product positioning or experience has too many barriers to adoption for them." https://andrewchen.co/the-adjacent-user-theory/
Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film
âThe film Earthlings from 2005. Everyone should watch it,â Zelenskiy said in the video released over Facebook.
2020 is a Black Mirror episode. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/hostage-siege-ends-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-film
âThe film Earthlings from 2005. Everyone should watch it,â Zelenskiy said in the video released over Facebook.
2020 is a Black Mirror episode. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/hostage-siege-ends-after-ukrainian-president-endorses-joaquin-phoenix-film
Emily Kramer, former vice president of marketing at Carta, the $3B equity management startup known for its study on the gender disparity around equity, is suing the company for underpaying her $50k and giving her 1/3 the equity of her male coworkers. https://medium.com/@emilykramer/equity-for-all-1ae9ac42679e
"By 2030, Apple will be 100% carbon neutral."
While the goal should be not to pollute at all in the first time, itâs unrealistic for now, so being carbon neutral sounds like a good stopgap until we get there. https://medium.com/@lisapjackson/apples-promise-for-2030-cadc10177595
While the goal should be not to pollute at all in the first time, itâs unrealistic for now, so being carbon neutral sounds like a good stopgap until we get there. https://medium.com/@lisapjackson/apples-promise-for-2030-cadc10177595
Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins
https://flashbak.com/photographer-updates-postcards-of-1960s-resorts-into-their-abandoned-ruins-388534/
https://flashbak.com/photographer-updates-postcards-of-1960s-resorts-into-their-abandoned-ruins-388534/
Some US investors of Bytedance are considering buying a majority stake in TikTok
"The report comes as Bytedance continues to prepare for a potential US ban on the popular video-sharing app that has played a part in strained US-China relations." https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-bytedance-us-investors-consider-buying-majority-stake-report-2020-7?r=MX&IR=T
"The report comes as Bytedance continues to prepare for a potential US ban on the popular video-sharing app that has played a part in strained US-China relations." https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-bytedance-us-investors-consider-buying-majority-stake-report-2020-7?r=MX&IR=T
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is working to launch a university that would rival Stanford and MIT and funnel tech workers into government work
Yikes
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-eric-schmidt-us-digital-service-academy-2020-7?r=MX&IR=T
Yikes
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-eric-schmidt-us-digital-service-academy-2020-7?r=MX&IR=T
On the phenomenon of companies funding politicians with opposed views to the ones they publicly defend. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/business/dealbook/corporate-political-donations.html
"LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs as pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring"
Given 960 jobs only represent 6% of its global workforce, it looks more like using the pandemic excuse to get rid of some bloat
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-linkedin-layoffs-idUSKCN24M0XB
Given 960 jobs only represent 6% of its global workforce, it looks more like using the pandemic excuse to get rid of some bloat
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-linkedin-layoffs-idUSKCN24M0XB
Jan Marsalek, the fugitive and ex-COO of Wirecard, tried to buy smartphone spyware from Italian company Hacking Team, using forged government documents of Grenada, a small Caribbean island of around 100,000 people.
This story gets weirder by the minute. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxvdx/jan-marsalek-wirecard-bizarre-attempt-to-buy-hacking-team-spyware
This story gets weirder by the minute. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxvdx/jan-marsalek-wirecard-bizarre-attempt-to-buy-hacking-team-spyware
"eBay agrees to sell classifieds business in $9.2 billion deal"
Wondering whatâs the valuation of Craisglist, or even Facebook Marketplace if it was a separate business
https://www.axios.com/ebay-sell-classifieds-adevinta-4031a11b-524c-4843-86b3-ccd74cb442e0.html
Wondering whatâs the valuation of Craisglist, or even Facebook Marketplace if it was a separate business
https://www.axios.com/ebay-sell-classifieds-adevinta-4031a11b-524c-4843-86b3-ccd74cb442e0.html
Apple launched a program to distribute iPhones with special, expanded access to the operating system to security researchers.
The heavy restrictions imposed mean hackers will continue to rely on Jailbreaks and stolen device prototypes. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z5kg/apple-research-device-program-iphone-hackers
The heavy restrictions imposed mean hackers will continue to rely on Jailbreaks and stolen device prototypes. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z5kg/apple-research-device-program-iphone-hackers
"The model correctly translates more than 90 percent of Java functions to C++, 74.8 percent of C++ functions to Java, and 68.7 percent of functions from Java to Python."
Big implications companies with big amounts of legacy code. https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deep-learning-to-translate-between-programming-languages/
Big implications companies with big amounts of legacy code. https://ai.facebook.com/blog/deep-learning-to-translate-between-programming-languages/
SoftBank acquired Arm, the owners of the IP behind most Android and iPhone CPUs, in 2016 for $32B.
Now they want to divest and Nvidia and Apple are possible buyers. However, the only option that would pass regulatory scrutiny is an independent IPO. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/softbank-hires-goldman-sachs-to-explore-sale-options-for-arm-sources.html
Now they want to divest and Nvidia and Apple are possible buyers. However, the only option that would pass regulatory scrutiny is an independent IPO. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/softbank-hires-goldman-sachs-to-explore-sale-options-for-arm-sources.html
"Microsoft is reverting to past behavior. They created a weak, copycat product and tied it to their dominant Office product, force installing it and blocking its removal, a carbon copy of their illegal behavior during the âbrowser wars.â"
Netscape again? https://slackhq.com/slack-files-eu-competition-complaint-against-microsoft
Netscape again? https://slackhq.com/slack-files-eu-competition-complaint-against-microsoft
When a company gets their SDK hacked, it's a security breach for all the customers that included the SDK their apps.
AWS S3, Amazonâs file storage solution, has been the source of innumerable company breaches in the past because of misconfigurations. https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/21/twilio_javascript_sdk_code_injection/
AWS S3, Amazonâs file storage solution, has been the source of innumerable company breaches in the past because of misconfigurations. https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/21/twilio_javascript_sdk_code_injection/
Some of the stunning winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards
https://mashable.com/article/iphone-photography-awards-2020-winners/
https://mashable.com/article/iphone-photography-awards-2020-winners/
The Navy Says Itâs Not Recruiting on Twitch. This Handbook Shows It Is
From âvideo games are the cause of schoolmass shootingsâ to âthe U.S. Navyâs esports team is recruiting sailors in the worldâs biggest video game streaming platformâ
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg847j/the-navy-says-its-not-recruiting-on-twitch-this-handbook-shows-it-is?
From âvideo games are the cause of schoolmass shootingsâ to âthe U.S. Navyâs esports team is recruiting sailors in the worldâs biggest video game streaming platformâ
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg847j/the-navy-says-its-not-recruiting-on-twitch-this-handbook-shows-it-is?
"All of its current directors save for two Unilever executives are activists or have extensive experience in the charity sector; at one point, more members of the creameryâs board had been arrested while protesting than not." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-22/how-ben-jerry-s-applied-its-corporate-activism-recipe-to-blm
JAMF shares soar in debut, as IPO gives investors another way to bet on Apple
Shares closed up 51% in its first day of trading. JAMF makes enterprise software to manage company-owned Apple devices. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/jamf-shares-soar-in-ipo-another-way-to-bet-on-apple.html
Shares closed up 51% in its first day of trading. JAMF makes enterprise software to manage company-owned Apple devices. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/jamf-shares-soar-in-ipo-another-way-to-bet-on-apple.html
"Where banks really make money on IPOs"
TL;DR: Underprice IPO. Allocate stock to clients. Benefit from kickbacks off client profits. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/03/11/where-banks-really-make-money-on-ipos/
TL;DR: Underprice IPO. Allocate stock to clients. Benefit from kickbacks off client profits. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/03/11/where-banks-really-make-money-on-ipos/
Talkdesk Worth $3 Billion With Franklin Templeton, Och Backing
Talkdesk Inc., which makes cloud-based customer service software, has raised $143 million in a new funding round
B2B SaaS
with Portuguese founders and engineering offices in Portugal 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-23/talkdesk-worth-3-billion-with-franklin-templeton-och-backing
Talkdesk Inc., which makes cloud-based customer service software, has raised $143 million in a new funding round
B2B SaaS
with Portuguese founders and engineering offices in Portugal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-23/talkdesk-worth-3-billion-with-franklin-templeton-och-backing
This 83 and 84 year old couple, owners of a laundromat in Taiwan, pose with the clothes clients abandon in their store.
https://www.instagram.com/wantshowasyoung/
https://www.instagram.com/wantshowasyoung/
Nubank acquires US company Cognitect, the team behind Clojure and Datomic
Nubank also acquired Brazilian software consultancy Plataformatec, the company behind the Elixir programming language, earlier this year. https://building.nubank.com.br/nubank-acquires-cognitect-press-release/
Nubank also acquired Brazilian software consultancy Plataformatec, the company behind the Elixir programming language, earlier this year. https://building.nubank.com.br/nubank-acquires-cognitect-press-release/
Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack
Itâs bad when any company gets hit by a ransomware attack, but itâs specially scary when that company stores userâs location data history... https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-services-and-production-go-down-after-ransomware-attack/
Itâs bad when any company gets hit by a ransomware attack, but itâs specially scary when that company stores userâs location data history... https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmin-services-and-production-go-down-after-ransomware-attack/
"Mr. Davis, who now works for Aerospace Corporation, a defense contractor, said he gave a classified briefing to a Defense Department agency as recently as March about retrievals from âoff-world vehicles not made on this earthâ"
Can 2020 get any weirder? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-harry-reid-navy.html
Can 2020 get any weirder? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-harry-reid-navy.html
"Thereâs a real, psychological fulfillment of being âinâ with the crowd and stoking envy among those around you."
Must read for all marketers, âgrowth hackersâ and creators launching a new project. https://medium.com/@gabygoldberg/the-value-of-a-velvet-rope-effects-of-hype-and-exclusivity-on-launch-strategies-8e8061cf517e
Must read for all marketers, âgrowth hackersâ and creators launching a new project. https://medium.com/@gabygoldberg/the-value-of-a-velvet-rope-effects-of-hype-and-exclusivity-on-launch-strategies-8e8061cf517e
Nobody should be surprised, they have a similar tactic with the Amazon Basics brand: find 3rd party popular products and copy them. Even on AWS, as user on Hacker News reveals: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23929959 https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-tech-startup-echo-bezos-alexa-investment-fund-11595520249
Google collected usage data on 3rd party apps, to inform product strategy
Facebook had a âresearch programâ to collect mobile browsing data to spot new trends. Apple developers have a term for when their product gets copied by Apple: being âsherlockedâ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/internal-google-program-taps-data-on-rival-android-apps
Facebook had a âresearch programâ to collect mobile browsing data to spot new trends. Apple developers have a term for when their product gets copied by Apple: being âsherlockedâ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/internal-google-program-taps-data-on-rival-android-apps
"I Am a Model and I Know That Artificial Intelligence Will Eventually Take My Job"
On the rise of CGI fashion models and the moral challenges they bring. https://www.vogue.com/article/sinead-bovell-model-artificial-intelligence
On the rise of CGI fashion models and the moral challenges they bring. https://www.vogue.com/article/sinead-bovell-model-artificial-intelligence
The NYT has acquired the company behind the 2014 podcast Serial that put in motion the recent surge of interest in the genre. They are launching a new podcast about building a better school system https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200722005975/en/New-York-Times-Company-Acquires-Serial-Productions
By the time Intel catches up to 7nm CPUs, Apple and itâs chip manufacturer, TSMC, will be on 3nm chips and Apple will have transitioned its entire Mac product line to Apple Silicon 
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-delay-to-7nm-processors-now-one-year-behind-expectations
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-delay-to-7nm-processors-now-one-year-behind-expectations
Youâd be surprised how many companies are scammed just by impersonating an exec in an email to the finance department asking to pay a fake invoice. This is just a step up in sophistication. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyqvb/deepfake-audio-impersonating-ceo-fraud-attempt
The former Renault and Nissan head fled Japan last December hidden in a musical instrument case.
PROTIP: If youâre going to pay illegal smugglers using Bitcoin, donât use one of the exchanges with stricter KYC policies. https://www.coindesk.com/carlos-ghosns-600k-crypto-escape-fee-paid-via-coinbase
PROTIP: If youâre going to pay illegal smugglers using Bitcoin, donât use one of the exchanges with stricter KYC policies. https://www.coindesk.com/carlos-ghosns-600k-crypto-escape-fee-paid-via-coinbase
More and more employees are leaving Facebook after growing discontent with leadership policies. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-employee-leaks-show-they-feel-betrayed
Flash news: company employees have access to company administrative tools.
Itâs the companies responsibility to ensure their systems adhere to the principle of least privilege to reduce the risk of attackers gaining access to critical systems https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-cyber-access-exclusive-idUSKCN24O34E
Itâs the companies responsibility to ensure their systems adhere to the principle of least privilege to reduce the risk of attackers gaining access to critical systems https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-cyber-access-exclusive-idUSKCN24O34E
More people are using Twitter while sheltering at home, but companies are struggling in a weakened economy, and not spending on marketing.
There are rumors of a new subscription product, but itâs unclear what features it would provide users. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/twitter-twtr-q2-2020-earnings.html
There are rumors of a new subscription product, but itâs unclear what features it would provide users. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/23/twitter-twtr-q2-2020-earnings.html
That's a wrap for this week.
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