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Tumblr finds its final home (hopefully), new Snap Spectacles, a new gaming startup tries to one-up Fortnite’s social model, why your DSLR camera is a prime ransomware target, and yes, Twinfluencers are apparently a thing. Sponsors: MacStadium.com/ridehome Metalab.co Links: Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (WSJ) Snap Unveils a New Version of Video-Recording Spectacles (Bloomberg) Microsoft Cancels Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft (Thurrott.com) Singularity 6 raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz to create a 'virtual society' (TechCrunch) Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack (The Verge) Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet (The Atlantic) Design Memes: The Origin of those Helvetica List T-Shirts (HowDesign.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you want (or need) a 108MP smartphone camera? The “Ninja” Blevins/Twitch breakup explained. The cat-and-mouse between Chrome and paywalls explained. Credit where due for Apple on wearables, and why touchscreens might not be a user interface panacea. Sponsors: Metalab.co Legacybox.com/ride Links: Samsung's 108-megapixel mobile sensor closes in on mirrorless cameras (Engadget) Ninja calls out Twitch after his dormant channel highlights porn (updated) (Engadget) The New York Times is still detecting Chrome Incognito Mode after Google’s fix (9to5Google) Apple Deserves More Credit for Wearables (Above Avalon) How Facebook Is Changing to Deal With Scrutiny of Its Power (NYTimes) Navy Reverting DDGs Back to Physical Throttles, After Fleet Rejects Touchscreen Controls (USNI News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uber and Lyft continue to lose money hand over fist, Huawei has a backup OS plan, Piano has a smarter paywall for news outlets, people are texting their “number neighbors” and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Mealime CognitoHQ.com Links: Uber Posts $5.2 Billion Loss and Slowest Ever Growth Rate (NYTimes) Huawei reveals HarmonyOS, its alternative to Android (Engadget) Facebook Offers News Outlets Millions of Dollars a Year to License Content (WSJ) How Piano built a propensity paywall for publishers — and what it’s learned so far (NiemanLab) Here's why the internet is obsessed with 'number neighbors,' a viral trend where people text phone numbers one digit away from their own (Business Insider) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (The New Yorker) I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets (Bloomberg Businessweek) How Globalization Broke Gateway, the Cow Computer Company (Motherboard) Python is eating the

All the headlines from the Galaxy Note 10 event, to what degree does Zuckerberg really want to keep Instagram independent, Google is expanding podcast search capabilities, you can now tell Alexa to slow down, and Netflix bags Benioff and Weiss and what that means to the streaming wars. Sponsors: Mealime Originate.mobi Links: The 7 biggest announcements from the Samsung Note 10 event (The Verge) Google Maps lets you pull up flight and hotel reservations on the go (CNET) Google will start surfacing individual podcast episodes in search results (The Verge) Now you can choose how fast Alexa talks on your Amazon Echo (The Verge) Instagram's lax privacy practices let a trusted partner track millions of users' physical locations, secretly save their stories, and flout its rules (Business Insider) 'Game of Thrones' Creators Close $200M Netflix Overall Deal (The Hollywood Reporter)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a launch date for Disney+ and we also have confirmation of a wicked compelling bundle, FedEx officially breaks up with Amazon, Amazon trades accusations with CVS and Walgreens, iOS API changes make life difficult for Facebook, and why it might be make or break time for TikTok. Sponsors: Originate.mobi Mealime Links: Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, & ESPN+ Available At Launch (The Streamable) FedEx Ends Ground-Delivery Deal With Amazon (Bloomberg) Amazon’s PillPack is battling with CVS and Walgreens over getting patient prescriptions (CNBC) Revealed: Microsoft Contractors Are Listening to Some Skype Calls (Vice) Facebook Hit by Apple’s Crackdown on Messaging Feature (The Information) Slack unveils new admin security controls (ITPro) The biggest risks to TikTok (The Interface) End of an era? Microsoft’s MSDN Magazine is ending its run after more than three decades (Onmsft.com) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/join/private Mutant Podcast Army Classic leagu

The Apple Card is here (for some of you), industrial cyberattacks have doubled, are Yelp and Grubhub partnering to hurt restaurants, Amazon’s scoot robots come to Southern California, 5G comes to New York City and what to expect from tomorrow’s Samsung event. Sponsors: Mealime Joybird.com/ride Promocode: RIDE Links: The Apple Card starts rolling out today (TheVerge) Cyberattacks against industrial targets have doubled over the last 6 months (ZDNet) Microsoft: Russian state hackers are using IoT devices to breach enterprise networks (ZDNet) Microsoft launches Azure Security Lab, expands bug bounty rewards (ZDNet) Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers (Motherboard) Amazon Squeezes Sellers That Offer Better Prices on Walmart (Bloomberg) Amazon’s Scout robots roll out in Southern California (Venture Beat) AT&T rolls out (limited) 5g in (parts of) New York City (TechCrunch) Note 10 Plus? Here’s what to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked on August 7 (D

Cloudflare stops doing business with 8chan, two big new smartwatch releases, why the Athletic believes people will pay for sports news, the 22 year old founder of the newest unicorn, and why used electric vehicles might signal EVs are entering the mainstream. Sponsors: Mealime.com MintMobile.com/ride Links: Terminating Service for 8Chan (Cloudflare Blog) 8chan: the far-right website linked to the rise in hate crimes (The Guardian) The Problem Isn't 8chan. It's Americans. (Buzzfeed News) Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 brings back the bezel control (The Verge) Fossil’s latest Wear OS watches have 1GB RAM, smart battery modes, Snapdragon Wear 3100 (9to5Google) Huawei tests smartphone with own operating system, possibly for sale this year: Chinese state media (Reuters) News discovery app SmartNews valued at $1.1b (TechCrunch) Silicon Valley’s Latest Unicorn Is Run by a 22-Year-Old (Bloomberg Businessweek) NOW ON USED CAR LOTS: GREAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR CHEAP (Wired) Subscribe to the ad-

The Vox/Recode family has a new podcast, Land of the Giants. And so we’re going to talk to Jason Del Rey, the voice behind the first season of this podcast, which focuses on Amazon. But look, I’ve wanted to get someone on to talk turkey with me about Amazon for a while now, because they're at this weird place where… maybe they’re the most powerful tech company in the land? What does that mean, for them AND for us? Jason Del Rey was the perfect person to ask. Sponsor: Vistaprint.com/ride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Google and Apple suspend their programs where humans listen in on what you say to your voice assistant, Google will let Android users in Europe pick a search engine, Verizon tortures the very definition of words, Amazon dash buttons have an official end date, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com Wix.com/podcast Links: Apple suspends Siri response grading in response to privacy concerns (TechCrunch) Google will charge search providers to be the Android default in Europe (The Verge) Amazon is going to kill your Dash button (CNET) Verizon overhauls its ‘unlimited’ offerings with four new plans and $5 price cuts (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: WHEN OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMES WITH A FEW CATCHES (Wired) Your Next iPhone Might Be Made in Vietnam. Thank the Trade War. (NYTimes) Late Night Dispatch: Tuca & Bertie versus The Algorithm (Julia Alexander) Where Everyone’s an Influencer (The Atlantic) America’s DIY Phone Farmers (Motherboard) What Happens

Intel’s faster new chips, Bird’s more durable new scooters, Samsung’s new lack of a headphone jack, Cisco settles with the government, IBM’s facing an age discrimination lawsuit, Cloudflare’s planning an IPO and the new season of Fortnite. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com Capterra.com/ride Links: Intel unveils its first 10th-gen laptop CPUs (Engadget) Bird’s new electric scooter has a better battery and anti-vandalism sensors (The Verge) Dongle life: Galaxy Note 10’s 3.5mm to USB-C adapter pictured in leak (SamMobile) Cloudflare Said To Pursue September IPO, We Say Heck Yes (Crunchbase News) Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech (NYTimes) IBM Fired as Many as 100,000 in Recent Years, Lawsuit Shows (Bloomberg) Jeff Bezos Sells $2 Billion of Amazon Stock After 4% Stake Transfer (Bloomberg) Solar-sailing satellite proves it can use light to propel through space (The Verge) And Now, a Bicycle Built for None (NYTimes) Fortnite season X adds mech suits, a meteor, a

Apple isn’t selling as many iPhones, but they want you to know that that’s just fine. Samsung isn’t selling as many high end smartphones as they’d like, but seemingly no one is. There’s a new Galaxy Tab, Facebook hasn’t given up on their Portal ambitions and the rise of the livestreamed funeral business. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Links: Apple Reports Third Quarter Results (Apple PR) Samsung's Q2 profit halved from low memory demand (ZDNet) Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 is its latest volley against the iPad Pro (The Verge) Spotify Grows to 108M Paid Subscribers Compared to Apple Music's 60M (MacRumors) Facebook Approached Netflix, Disney to Support TV Chat Device (The Information) Amazon concedes market share in battle for online consumer goods sales (TalkBusiness.net) NOW EVEN FUNERALS ARE LIVESTREAMED—AND FAMILIES ARE GRATEFUL (Wired) CLASSIFIED: There is a great new podcast on venture and startups. It’s Called LA Venture and it’s all about the Los Angeles venture and

Another day, another data breach… but this Capital One breach has some odd new wrinkles, the Android smartphone industry continues to be a tough gig for most manufacturers, I’m ready for smart contact lenses and apparently, the YouTube creator community is ready for a union. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely.com PaintYourLife.com: Text the word TECH to 48-48-48 Links: Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications (Washington Post) Amazon's cloud was at the heart of the big Capital One hack, even though it doesn't seem to be at fault (Business Insider) Sony and LG still struggled to sell smartphones in Q2 2019, surprising nobody (Android Police) Scientists create contact lenses that zoom on command (Engadget) Techstars raises $42 million from SVB and Foundry Group to accelerate its growth in Europe and beyond (Tech.eu) Israel's New Top Unicorn: Monday.com Hits $1.9 Billion Valuation With $150 Million Raise (Forbes) Real estate platform Compass raises another $370M on a $

Google continues to leak Pixel 4 details itself, Github bans users from specific countries, will we eventually see a TikTok phone? Consolidation in the food delivery space, and all hail our first official Fortnite World Cup Champion. Sponsors: WeWorkRemotely Lightstream.com/ride Links: (Don’t) hold the phone: new features coming to Pixel 4 (The KeyWord) GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea (TechCrunch) Amazon Wants to Rule the Grocery Aisles, and Not Just at Whole Foods (NYTimes) China's ByteDance, after Smartisan deal, says developing smartphone (Reuters) TikTok owner ByteDance confirms plans to produce a smartphone (The Verge) Europe's top court sharpens guidance for sites using leaky social plug-ins (TechCrunch) Just Eat £9bn merger plan sends shares soaring (The Guardian) Sony is crowdfunding a wearable 'air conditioner' (updated) (Engadget) Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf, 16, wins Fortnite World Cup singles and $3 million (ESPN) Learn more about your

The T-Mobile/Sprint merger gets the go-ahead, a whole bunch of odds-n-ends Apple stories, SoftBank announces a new Vision Fund, the biggest earnings wrap-up of the calendar quarter, turns out that Chris Hughes was serious about breaking up Facebook, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Firesideconf/ride Links: T-Mobile and Sprint merger approved by Justice Department (The Verge) Apple and Goldman Sachs Credit Card Targeting August Launch Date (Bloomberg) Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China (CNBC) Apple buys Intel’s smartphone modem business (The Verge) SoftBank CEO Takes More Control in New $108 Billion Vision Fund (Bloomberg) Chris Hughes Worked to Create Facebook. Now, He Is Working to Break It Up. (NYTimes) The Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How Google Photos joined the billion-user club (Fast Company) The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds” (BuzzFeed News) What is Mi

Samsung says we will finally see the Galaxy Fold in September, Tesla has a bad earnings miss, Deep Mind and Waymo partner to hopefully speed up AV development, AT&T can’t stop dialing up new streaming services and a gadget, game and documentary review trifecta. Sponsors: PixelUnion.net SVB.com/next Links: Samsung says it has fixed the Galaxy Fold and will release it in September (The Verge) Apple Suppliers See Demand for New IPhones Stabilizing This Year (Bloomberg) Telsa reports larger-than-expected losses of $408 million in second quarter (TechCrunch) Facebook warns of costly privacy changes, discloses another U.S. probe (Reuters) DeepMind and Waymo collaborate to improve AI accuracy and speed up model training (Venture Beat) AT&T is launching another new streaming service this fall called AT&T TV (CNET) AT&T Chief: HBO Max Will ‘Ultimately’ Offer Live News, Sports (Variety) IKEA SYMFONISK review: Sonos speakers at IKEA prices (Gizmodo) Wolfenstein: Youngblood Review (IGN) NETFLIX'S

The FTC comes down on Facebook, but is the new DOJ probe really what Silicon Valley should worry about? Cruise won’t be self-driving taxis in San Francisco this year, Snap really seems to be on the rebound, and is media piracy poised for a major comeback? Sponsors: PixelUnion.net SVB.com/next Links: U.S. government issues stunning rebuke, historic $5 billion fine against Facebook for repeated privacy violations (The Washington Post) Google launches Gallery Go, a lightweight alternative to Google Photos (The Verge) GM’s Cruise delays driverless taxi service, plans to build country’s largest EV fast charger station (Venture Beat) Snap shares surge as results smash estimates (CNBC) DoorDash CEO announces that now your tips will go to delivery workers (Engadget) PLEX MAKES PIRACY JUST ANOTHER STREAMING SERVICE (The Verge) CLASSIFIED AD: Here's something new for the RideHome audience. Attention investors, those thinking about investing and those long interested in the music business. A tightly hel

Apple may buy Intel’s floundering 5G chip division, new rumored iPhone models seem like modest bumps, the attorney general dreams of an impossible encryption backdoor, a Facebook design flaw potentially exposed children to strangers, the NSA consolidates cybersecurity, Uber tests an all-in-one subscription plan, a suit against AT&T over a cryptocurrency theft can proceed, and winking face money bag 100% you should use emoji at work. Sponsors Pixel Union Marketing by Moe Links: Apple in Advanced Talks to Buy Intel’s Smartphone-Modem Chip Business (WSJ) Apple to release three ‘iPhone 11’ models this fall, including A13 chip, new Taptic Engine, more (9to5mac) US attorney general says encryption creates security risk (AP) AG Barr and Trump Want to Open Government Backdoors into Americans’ Personal Devices Video Available Here (Ron Wyden statement) Facebook design flaw let thousands of kids join chats with unauthorized users (The Verge) NSA Forms Cybersecurity Directorate Under More Assertive U.S. Effort (WSJ)

Equifax agrees to a settlement over its massive 2017 data breach, Microsoft invests a billion dollars in an generalized AI startup, Huawei is linked to North Korea’s cellular network buildout, Google settles multiple lawsuits, including a decade-old one about Wi-Fi snooping, Apple’s sequel to Tim Cook becomes apparent, and senseless violins. Sponsors Cloudbaker Pixel Union Links: CFPB, FTC and States Announce Settlement with Equifax Over 2017 Data Breach (CFPB) Proving you deserve $20,000 from the Equifax settlement will be nearly impossible (CNBC) With $1 Billion From Microsoft, an A.I. Lab Wants to Mimic the Brain (New York Times) Microsoft invests in and partners with OpenAI to support us building beneficial AGI (OpenAI press release) Leaked documents reveal Huawei’s secret operations to build North Korea’s wireless network (Washington Post) Google Finds Cheap Way Out of Multibillion-Dollar ‘Wi-Spy’ Suit (Bloomberg) How Google Extracted Itself From Three More Lawsuits—Data Sheet (Fortune) Apple’s Heir A

Is technology really rotting our brains, destroying our society... or is that what everyone has always worried about with every technological advance, going back to tv, or telephones, or even writing letters? The new book, Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings about Technology, from the Telegraph to Twitter tries to look at this question from a historical perspective. Is it really different this time? But more importantly... to what degree has technological change impacted how we think of things, and vice-versa. My thanks to the authors, Luke Fernandez and Susan J. Matt. Sponsors: Gabi.com/ride Castro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, today, July 20th 2019 is the 50th anniversary of human beings walking on the moon for the first time. As Glenn mentioned on Friday’s weekend longreads segment, Fast Company has been doing a 50 days to the moon thing. 50 different stories around the moon landing. They’re all from Charles Fishman, who wrote a book that came out this summer called One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew Us to the Moon. Please buy that book if you want a super great summer long read, literal longread. But also, listen to this conversation with Charles discussing amazing stories about the moon landing that I for sure never knew, and 100% blew my mind… Sponsors: MarketingByMoe.com Castro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices