About this Episode
Hi, Listener. We have your large Silken Splendor and a pound of fair trade media industry news to take home.
Plus: Apple's rumored move away from Intel processors for the Mac, Buster Posey's new restaurant, and Backstage®️ presented by American Express. Made with love by Carlos and Ryan. 🤗.
Episode Links
- San Francisco will regulate electric scooter sharing | TechCrunch
- ಠ_ಠ on Twitter: "i have seen eleven of these fuckin things in four square blocks, no exaggeration… "
- ಠ_ಠ on Twitter: "i think the reason jump bikes dont bother me is that theyve done a controlled release WITH the city and havent flooded the zone through a clever loophole in regulation (also bikes are fun and scooters are lame as hell)"
- SOS Pledge - Bird
- Posey: The Man Behind The Plate - YouTube
- A mile from Apple HQ, housing proposal for dying Cupertino mall sparks fight - San Francisco Chronicle
- Silicon Valley Execs Champion Controversial Housing Bill - Bloomberg
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify to Congress next week about Cambridge Analytica - The Washington Post
- Facebook scandal 'hit 87 million users' - BBC News
- Mark Zuckerberg fires back at Tim Cook, calling his criticism ‘extremely glib’ - Recode
- Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed
- Tesla Says The SUV Involved In A Deadly Crash Was Driving On Autopilot
- This is what may have happened in the recent Tesla Autopilot Crash - YouTube
- NBA is experimenting with 99-cent fourth quarter live streams
- YouTube TV becomes first-ever presenting partner for the NBA Finals, following similar deal with MLB | TechCrunch
- MoviePass' Low Subscription Price Just Got Lower | Hollywood Reporter
- Disney’s $5/month ESPN+ streaming service to launch next week | 9to5Mac
- Apple Goes to Hollywood. Will Its Story Have a Happy Ending? - The New York Times
- Deals Like AT&T-Time Warner Won't Solve TV-Streaming Mess - Bloomberg
- Is Spotify the Next Netflix or the Next Pandora? - The Ringer
- Spotify relies on the big labels for most of its music. It thinks that will change. - Recode
- Pandora takes on Spotify with dozens of personalized playlists built using its Music Genome | TechCrunch
- Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel - Bloomberg
- Walt Mossberg on Twitter: "If this is true, it’s another step towards the next great Apple machine: a consumer laptop running iOS. Call it the MacPad, or revive the name iBook. Use the trackpad the way 3D Touch is used on iOS devices to easily move the cursor. (And build more tricks into it.) I’ll buy it.… https://t.co/Sy9Esg90Ew"
- Apple hires Google's former AI leader
- Report: How Apple squandered Siri's lead over Amazon and Google | Macworld
- Amazon Has Lots of Company as Trump Slams ‘Stupid’ Businesses - The New York Times
- HGTV's Fixer Upper With Chip and Joanna Gaines | HGTV
- Our App - Order Ahead, Pick-up Made Easy | Philz Coffee