Tech Brew Ride Home
Silicon Valley's water cooler podcast. A tech news summary every day... 15 minutes and you're up to date. From Tech Brew, Morning Brew's tech hub.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 2153
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Fri. 03/26 – The House Tech Hearings Were… Whatever…
The House tech hearings were a nothing burger, but I’ll try to explain what that means for us. Apple is considering a more rugged Apple Watch. Slack is doing a Clubhouse clone and… stories. WeWork is…
00:21:06 |
Fri 26 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/25 – DDR5 Arrives (F*** Everything, We're Doing Five Blades)
Remember that Onion headline, F- Everything, We’re Doing Five Blades? Well, Samsung says welcome to the DDR5 era. There’s more tech testimony on Capitol Hill today. That Arizona bill that would have …
00:19:26 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/24 – Buying Teslas With Bitcoin Is More Bullish For Whom?
You can now use Bitcoin to buy a Tesla. You can now DM anyone on Slack. Intel is now doing what Ben Thompson has been telling them to do for years. What Medium is doing to journalists is dumb. What V…
00:19:20 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/23 – Microsoft To Buy Discord?
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy Discord but Discord might just take itself public instead. A ton of video game news including an Xbox rebranding, a new Niantic partnership with Nintendo, and …
00:17:07 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/22 – Unusual Trouble At Red-Hot Startup Dispo
Red hot app Dispo is losing some big name investors and the founder is leaving the startup’s board. As anticipated, Zoom goes platform. Microsoft is beginning a soft HQ reopening. The secret sensor f…
00:16:04 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
(Bonus) Are NFT's Bad For Artists? And An Interesting Raise Sampler
Last weekend a listener to this show, Ti Zhang, (@zero_chill_tea) tagged me on twitter around a conversation they were having about NFTs and the degree to which, lots of folks in the art world are no…
00:33:14 |
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/19 – A Rebel Alliance, Led By Facebook, And Born In A Clubhouse Room?
It’s app platform product news day! Instagram is working on a version of the service suitable for kids. Twitter wants you to watch YouTube in-stream. Telegram is basically adding all the Clubhouse fe…
00:18:02 |
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/18 – An April Apple Event?
It’s an Apple rumor Thursday from both the boys, Gurman and Kuo. Sony is taking what it’s learned from the DualSense controllers and bringing that to VR. YouTube rolls out its TikTok rival. Spotify w…
00:17:20 |
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/17 – Samsung’s 2nd Unpacked Brings New A-series Phones
Samsung’s second Unpacked event of the year brings new midrange phones. But are they really discontinuing the Galaxy Note, and are chip shortages the real reason why? Are reductions in app store fees…
00:15:48 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/16 – The 2nd Gen Nest Hub Gets Sleep Tracking
Google’s 2nd gen Nest Hub gets sleep tracking thanks to the Soli chip. Intel’s 11th Gen desktop chips launch. Xi brings the hammer down on Chinese tech. And the craziest cellphone hack I’ve ever hear…
00:18:18 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/15 – Stripe The Most Successful (Private) SV Startup Ever?
Stripe, by some measures, has become the most successful Silicon Valley startup of all time, with their recent raise. Airtable too has an impressively interesting raise. Facebook wants to find you a …
00:17:29 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/12 - Netflix Is Cracking Down On Password Sharing
Netflix is cracking down on password sharing. Apple sues a former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets. Masa Son is back, baby! I guess we have to watch ads on our $1500 smart tvs now, and o…
00:20:44 |
Fri 12 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/11 – The Roblox Debut
Roblox’s public market debut and why people are so excited about it. Twitter to open up spaces to everyone next month. An Apple silicon friendly version of Photoshop sports so eyebrow raising perform…
00:17:57 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/10 – Now The Hackers Are In The Security Cams
Hackers breached the security cameras used by everybody from prisons and hospitals to Tesla factories. Why you will no longer “subscribe” to this podcast, but will “follow” it. Why T-Mobile is signin…
00:17:35 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Tue. 03/09 – An FTC Commissioner To Make Silicon Valley Cower?
Is Joe Biden about to name the architect of the current antitrust movement to a seat on the FTC? Are other bad actors swooping in to take advantage of the SolarWinds hack? Is Microsoft gonna play bot…
00:18:21 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
Mon. 03/08 – Apple AR Contact Lenses As The Apple Rumor Singularity
Ming-Chi Kuo’s grand unified Apple rumor includes AR enabled contact lenses. Is the US about to retaliate in kind for the SolarWinds hack? Mobile World Congress is gonna go ahead and do it live! And …
00:18:13 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
(Bonus) What Are NFTs? With CoinDesk's Brady Dale
I don’t think this one requires any in depth intro. The great Brady Dale of Coindesk, walks us though the whole NFT phenomenon. What are NFTs? How do they work? Why are people so crazed about them at…
00:36:02 |
Sat 06 Mar 2021
Fri. 03/05 – Eyes Emoji On Tim Wu Joining The Biden Administration
Tim Wu joined the Biden administration and that sound you hear is a big collective gulp from Silicon Valley. A tweet undo button has been unearthed. Turntable.fm has resurfaced. New data suggests the…
00:18:21 |
Fri 05 Mar 2021
Thu. 03/04 – Is Square Buying Tidal A Watershed Moment For The Creator Economy?
Square is acquiring a majority stake in Tidal, and either this makes little sense, or it’s a watershed moment in this NFT/creator economy phenomenon that’s suddenly washing over all of us. Apple walk…
00:16:10 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Wed. 03/03 – Google (Sorta) Pivots To Privacy
Google says it’s getting out of the ad tracking game. Kinda. I’ll explain what’s really going on here. Headline wrapup from Microsoft’s Ignite conference includes AR excitement. Brave is launching a …
00:17:36 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
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