Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMetaverse dating ❤️ — Tinder is giving up on the metaverse. Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan. And Warner Brother’s is shelving Batgirl.
Episode 1
After an earnings report more disappointing than a bad date who didn’t even offer to split the bill, Tinder is making some changes and curtailing its…
3 years, 9 months ago
Cash flow 💸 — Uber is cash flow positive. Amazon produces a bunch of emissions. And grain shipment is surging.
Episode 1
For the first time in the company’s history, Uber reported positive cash flow in a quarter on the back of a record US$8.1 billion in revenue.
As last …
3 years, 9 months ago
Definition 📖 — The oil business is booming. US regulators are blocking Meta’s acquisitions. And we’re arguing over the definition of a recession.
Episode 1
Tech companies may be struggling, but it’s a great time to be in a more old-school business: oil and gas companies are raking in record profits and e…
3 years, 9 months ago
Finish fertilizer 🌾 — DeepMind releases a new database. Global natural gas prices are on the rise. And the feds want farmers to use less fertilizer.
Episode 1
DeepMind is releasing an extended database with information for nearly every protein known to science, only eighteen months after introducing the AI …
3 years, 9 months ago
Finish fertilizer 🌾 — DeepMind releases a new database. Global natural gas prices are on the rise. And the feds want farmers to use less fertilizer.
DeepMind is releasing an extended database with information for nearly every protein known to science, only eighteen months after introducing the AI …
3 years, 9 months ago
Cloud war ☁️ — Microsoft is assembling a coalition to fight Amazon for public sector contracts. It’s earnings season. And FTX is buying Bithum.
Episode 1
Microsoft is leading a crusade against Amazon’s dominance in the government cloud-computing space and is asking competitors to raise their voices, to…
3 years, 9 months ago
Expensive soap 🧼 — Shopify lays off 10% of staff. Unliver hikes the price on a bunch of brands. The Kardashians don’t like the new Instagram.
Episode 1
Shopify’s no-good, horrible, very-bad year only got worse after the company announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce, sending shares craterin…
3 years, 9 months ago
Code of conduct 📜 — Rogers explains what happened with the outage. Grocery chains may have to adopt a code of conduct. And the US Senate moves the Chips Act forward.
Episode 1
Yesterday, Rogers execs went to the House of Commons, received a stern talking to, explained what went wrong, and laid out some measures to prevent a…
3 years, 9 months ago
AI painter 🎨 — DALL-E 2 is now available to the public. Snap got hit hard. And Ukraine and Russia have a grain deal.
Episode 1
DALL-E 2, the image generator that took the internet by storm, has become more widely available.
Snap shares fell 35% yesterday after the company repo…
3 years, 9 months ago
Strong mayors 💪 — Toronto and Ottawa are getting a strong mayor system. Facebook is copying TikTok (again). And Canada has a new trade adversary!
Episode 1
Ontario wants Toronto and Ottawa’s mayors to become the country’s first ‘strong mayors’—and no, that doesn’t mean they need to hit the gym.
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3 years, 9 months ago