Source Code
243 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsWelcome to Source Code, Protocol's show about the people, power and politics of tech. Twice a week, we talk to the most important people, and about the most important stories, happening all over the world of tech.
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What the future of work means for productivity tools
September 29, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBFor years, most productivity tools were the domain of power users and productivity whizzes, people willing to do the work to get more work done. (Or, in many cases, noodle endlessly in their to-do list app without ever actually accomplishing anything.) But over the past 18 months, those tools have become crucial to the work lives of people around the industry and the world. Colleagues can’t hash things out at lunch or around a computer, and bosses can’t check in on a project by walking down ...
Crypto crackdowns and fintech super apps
September 26, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBBen Pimentel joins the show to discuss China’s aggressive moves against the crypto industry, Robinhood and Coinbase’s battle for crypto supremacy, and PayPal’s new financial super app. Then Tomio Geron explains what’s going on at Binance, and why the largest crypto exchange in the world is under so much regulatory scrutiny. For more on the topics discussed in this episode: Ben Pimentel on Twitter China's crypto crackdown: will crypto recover? Robinhood’s crypto wallet is smart, risky — a...
Facebook under fire
September 21, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBIssie Lapowsky, Ben Brody and Nick Statt join the show to discuss The Wall Street Journal’s five-part series of stories known as The Facebook Files. What have we learned about Facebook? How will Facebook respond? What should lawmakers make of it? What happens next? Issie is [email protected], Ben is [email protected], Nick is [email protected], and David is [email protected]. For more on the topics discussed in this episode: The Facebook Files Issie Lapowsky on Twitter Ben B...
Live: Creating the right culture for hybrid work
September 19, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBBringing you another Protocol virtual event, hosted by Protocol's Alison Levitsky, diving into what it means to build a company and culture that's optimized for a hybrid future.
Is this the laptop of the future?
September 15, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 37.3 MBNirav Patel spent a long time building cutting-edge hardware, both at Apple and at Oculus. But when he founded his own company, Framework, he picked a decidedly more mature (and maybe less exciting) product to focus on: PCs. The Framework Laptop, the company’s first product, is a $999, 13.5-inch clamshell that looks and feels a lot like, well, every other laptop on the market. Except for the fact that you can take it apart, practically piece by piece, and repair or upgrade nearly everything...
The iPhone 13, AR, privacy and the future of Apple
September 14, 2021 19:58 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBIt's Apple Day! Apple's September event is always its biggest and splashiest, so we grabbed Protocol's Nick Statt to talk about some of the biggest announcements, biggest surprises, and hottest takes on the future of Apple. For more on the topics discussed in this episode: Nick Statt on Twitter All of Apple's announcements Webcams and battery life: What mattered at Apple's latest event
Epic v. Apple, Facebook glasses and the Theranos trial
September 12, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBBen Brody and Nick Statt join the show to talk about the ruling in Epic v. Apple, and what it means for the future of the app market. Then Janko Roettgers discusses the new Ray-Ban Stories, and what we should make of Facebook’s entry into the smart glasses world. Finally, Biz Carson talks about the first day of the Elizabeth Holmes trial, and what’s going to happen over the next 13 weeks. For more on the topics discussed in this episode: Nick Statt on Twitter Ben Brody on Twitter Epic v....
Facebook’s crypto plans and crypto problems
September 08, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBIn 2017, David Marcus wrote Mark Zuckerberg an email saying he thought Facebook should get involved in cryptocurrency. (He was on vacation at the time.) After a stint running PayPal and another as the head of Facebook Messenger, he thought that fixing payment infrastructure was the next big project he wanted to work on. Zuckerberg liked the idea, which eventually became Libra, a cryptocurrency that Facebook announced in 2019 alongside a group of partners that would help it develop and gove...
The low-code/no-code future of the internet
September 01, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBZapier became a $5 billion company by finding ways to improve and integrate the rest of the trillion-dollar software industry. The service works with a plenitude of apps from Salesforce to Teams to Gmail to Zendesk to Stripe to Webflow to Quickbooks and hundreds of others, building bridges between them to make it easier to move data and automate workflows. In the process, Zapier has also become one of the standard bearers of the low-code/no-code movement, one of a teeming new industry of c...
Onlyfans chaos and Apple’s app store reversal
August 29, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBAnna Kramer joins the show to discuss a wild week for OnlyFans, where the platform goes from here, and whether creators will ever trust the company again. Then Ben Brody discusses Apple’s new policies for app developers, why anti-steering matters, and whether Apple’s teeny tiny olive branch will make legislators and litigators go easier on the company. For more on the topics in this episode: Anna Kramer on Twitter OnlyFans has reversed its decision to ban porn The Great OnlyFans exodus ...
Inside India’s booming startup ecosystem
August 25, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBGirish Mathrubootham is in pay-it-forward mode. After starting Freshworks in Chennai, India, and growing the customer communication startup into a multibillion dollar company, Mathrubootham wants to take the lessons he learned along the way and help a new generation of Indian entrepreneurs do even more, even faster. India is one of the fastest-growing markets for the tech industry, with hundreds of millions of people coming online and a much more open, global stance than countries like Chin...
Tesla AI, Facebook popularity and sustainable gadgets
August 22, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBHirsh Chitkara joins the show to talk about Tesla's AI day, and the looming clash between the electric car company and regulators. Then Issie Lapowsky digs into Facebook's newly released data on the platform's most popular content, and tries to figure out what it all means. Finally, Janko Roettgers discusses his series on the race to make gadgets more sustainably, and why it's both hard to do and incredibly important to get right. For more on the topics in this episode: Hirsh Chitkara on T...
Inside the hotdesking, data-driven office of the future
August 19, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBA remote, digital-first future of work would appear to be extremely bad news for a company like Envoy. CEO Larry Gadea and his team have spent a number of years building tools for physical offices, after all, including the visitor-check-in system it’s best known for. (If you’ve ever been in a startup office, you know the one: It’s the iPad in the lobby that makes you sign an NDA and then take a picture at that horrible under-chin angle.) But Gadea said that while the pandemic created some t...
Live: How to have better meetings
August 18, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBA bonus episode! We recently held a virtual event on all things meetings. How to know when to have them (and when not to), how to prepare for them more effectively, how to have them more productively, how to share information when they're done, and much more. We thought you might enjoy it, so we're sharing it here too. For more on the event and our guests, click here.
Samsung phones, app store bills and vaccine mandates
August 15, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBFirst, a quick look at Samsung’s new foldable phones, and what it’ll take to make anyone care about foldable phones. Then Ben Brody joins to talk about the new bill in the Senate that would change the way Apple and Google’s app stores work. Finally, Allison Levitsky catches us up on tech’s return to offices, new vaccine mandate policies, and the increasingly flexible future of work. For more on the topics in this episode: Samsung’s big bet on a foldable future Ben Brody on Twitter A new ...
DuckDuckGo CEO: the easy way to a more private internet
August 11, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBDuckDuckGo has been on a tear the last couple of years. In mid-2018, the company’s data showed it was getting about 18 million searches a day; now that number’s pushing 100 million. Both numbers still look like rounding errors next to Google’s gargantuan scale, but DuckDuckGo has cemented itself as one of the most important players in search. But Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo’s founder and CEO, doesn’t see search as the endgame for the company. DDG is a privacy company, set out on building w...
Gaming's crazy summer, and the infrastructure bill’s tech windfall
August 08, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBNick Statt joins the show to talk about all the craziness in the gaming world, from the rise in subscription gaming to the scandal unfolding at Activision Blizzard. Then, Issie Lapowsky joins to discuss the 2,700-page infrastructure bill, and what’s in it for the tech industry. For more on the topics in this episode: Nick Statt on Twitter The game industry comes back down to Earth after its pandemic boom The game industry’s Netflix and Spotify moment Issie Lapowsky on Twitter From Comc...
How ethical AI really works
August 04, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBTwitter recently released one of its algorithms into the world — the one that controls how images are cropped in the Twitter app — and said it would pay people to find all the ways it was broken. Rumman Chowdhury and Jutta Williams, two executives on Twitter’s META team, called it an “algorithmic bias bounty challenge,” and said they hoped it would set a precedent for “proactive and collective identification of algorithmic harms.” The META team’s job is to help Twitter (and the rest of the ...
The metaverse is coming, and Robinhood's IPO is here
August 01, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MBFirst, a few takeaways from another blockbuster quarter in the tech industry. Then, Janko Roettgers joins the show to discuss Big Tech’s obsession with the metaverse and the platform war that seems inevitable. Finally, Ben Pimentel talks about Robinhood’s IPO, and the company’s crazy route to the public markets. For more on the topics in this episode: Janko Roettgers on Twitter Facebook announces Metaverse product group headed by Instagram VP Vishal Shah Zuckerberg to investors: This met...
Netflix gaming, privacy fights and the rise of Tiger Global
July 18, 2021 08:00 - 40 minutes - 38 MBNick Statt joins the show to discuss a big week in gaming news, including Valve's new Steam Deck console and Netflix's push into making video games. Then, Issie Lapowsky takes us inside the World Wide Web Consortium, where there's a high-stakes privacy battle being waged over the future of privacy and the internet. Finally, Biz Carson talks about SoftBank, Tiger Global, and a massive shakeup happening inside the VC industry. (Programming note: We're off next week, back the week following.) ...
The smartest phone $10 can buy
July 14, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBYou’re probably listening to this on a smartphone. That smartphone probably cost hundreds of dollars, if not well over a thousand. (Looking at you, iPhone Pro Max owners.) For billions of people around the world, those devices are simply not affordable. Feature phones are alive and well, and KaiOS CEO Sebastien Codeville knows the landscape as well as anyone. KaiOS was created in 2015 out of Mozilla’s failed Firefox OS project, and has become a hugely popular operating system on super-chea...
Biden’s competition order and Branson’s space travel
July 11, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBBen Brody joins the show to discuss President Biden’s long, sprawling executive order on competition, and all the topics from net neutrality to right-to-repair that matter to the tech industry. Then Anna Kramer discusses Richard Branson’s impending flight to space, how regular people train to become astronauts, and how long it’ll take before we can get on a rocket the same way we get on a plane. For more on the topics in this episode: Ben Brody on Twitter A new Biden order will crack down...
How Dropbox figured out the future of work
July 08, 2021 13:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBDropbox was one of the first companies to go all-in on remote work. In October 2020, even as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to rage with no end in sight, CEO Drew Houston declared that “virtual first” was the future of Dropbox. Melanie Collins, the company’s chief people officer, has been a leading force in figuring out what that actually means in practice. Melanie joined the show to discuss Dropbox’s way of thinking about remote work, how it’s redesigning offices, how to measure employee...
Redesigning the 9-5
July 02, 2021 13:53 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhat does the workday of the future look like? When does it start? Where do you go? What tools do you use? How do bosses measure success? Do we know ... anything yet? That's what we discussed in a recent live event, called Redesigning the 9-5. We were joined by Danielle Brown, the chief people officer at Gusto; Javier Soltero, the VP of Workspace at Google; and Jen Grant, the CEO of Appify. It was a great, practical conversation, and we thought you might enjoy it as well.
How to build a better Google
June 29, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBSridhar Ramaswamy worked at Google for 15 years. By the end of his time at the company, he ran a team of thousands that helped make Google make billions. How? By selling ads. Now, Ramaswamy is out to do something different. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Neeva, a new search engine that has no ads, aims to preserve user privacy, and relies on a subscription business to make it all work. Ramaswamy is convinced that’s the right way to build the search engine the world needs now, and to build a...
Windows 11, all the antitrust bills and Twitter’s ethical AI
June 27, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBFirst, we do a quick run through what’s new in Windows 11, and what it means for the tech industry as a whole. Then Ben Brody explains the fate of the five — sorry, six now — antitrust bills currently being debated in the House. Finally, Anna Kramer talks about the challenges of building an ethical AI team, and how Twitter seems to have gotten it right. For more on the topics in this episode: Windows 11’s biggest change: Microsoft is reinventing the app store Ben Brody on Twitter Sweepi...
Lessons from a remote CEO
June 23, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 37 MBA lot of CEOs have spent the last 15 months getting used to remote work. Amir Salihefendic, the CEO of Doist, is not one of those people. He’s been running a company across many time zones, in many countries, for years. And he’s learned a thing or two about what it takes to do it right — and why getting it right is as much about embracing asynchronous work than it is just sending everybody home. Salihefendic joined the show to discuss how async should work, how Doist built a messaging app t...
How ransomware boomed — and where it goes next
June 16, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBAfter more than two decades at the FBI, Gurvais Grigg was looking for something to do post-retirement. So he picked … cryptocurrency and financial crimes. Grigg is now the global public sector CTO at Chainalysis, where he spends his time working with companies and governments on financial investigations involving cryptocurrency and the blockchain. He joined the Source Code podcast to explain the rise in ransomware, how the industry works (and its eerie parallels to the rest of the tech indus...
The future according to Xbox and Apple
June 13, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBNick Statt joins the show to talk about Microsoft’s big investment in cloud gaming, and what it could mean for the rest of the tech industry. Then he talks about the most interesting things from WWDC, and what to watch for at E3. Finally, Anna Kramer joins the show to talk about how tech companies are planning to return to the office, and why their plans are generating so much backlash. For more on the topics in this episode: Nick Statt on Twitter Microsoft is building its own streaming d...
Tech’s plan to fix the food chain
June 09, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBBig Tech is coming for your kitchen. In recent years companies like Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Plenty have raised huge sums of money and have been attempting to find a cheaper, more efficient, more sustainable way to feed the world. Some of it involves creative new uses of plants, and some involves creating wholly new building blocks in a lab. Larissa Zimberoff has been chronicling this space for years, most recently in her book, “Technically Food: Inside Silicon Valley’s Mission to ...
Facebook bans Trump, the Supreme Court takes on tech, and China’s Tesla killer
June 06, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBProtocol’s Ben Brody joins the show to discuss Facebook’s latest (and surely not last) decision on what to do with Donald Trump. Then Issie Lapowsky explains the Supreme Court’s decision in Van Buren v. United States and what it means for tech. Finally, Zeyi Yang introduces us to the cutest EV in China, and unpacks the state of the industry. For more on the topics in this episode: Ben Brody on Twitter Facebook will suspend Trump for at least two years Issie Lapowsky on Twitter SCOTUS l...
The brick-and-mortar revolution starts at checkout
June 02, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBIf you’ve ever been into one of Amazon’s Go stores, you know the strange and somewhat magical feeling of checkout-free shopping. Walk in, grab your stuff, walk out. A receipt shows up on your phone a few minutes later. End of interaction. For Amazon, Go offers a chance to bring some of the convenience of online shopping into the real world. It also gives Amazon more insight into how people shop, what they look for, and how stores themselves work. That data can be invaluable. Standard Cognit...
Why Epic v. Apple matters
May 26, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31.6 MBProtocol's Ben Brody, Karyne Levy and Nick Statt join the show to talk about the end of Epic v. Apple, why the rest of the industry (and world) is watching this case, and how Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers might rule. For more on the topics in this episode: Ben Brody on Twitter Karyne Levy on Twitter Nick Statt on Twitter All of Protocol’s Epic v. Apple coverage Apple and Epic lay it all on the table in final day of Fortnite trial Epic v. Apple verdict will set the stage for future anti...
Bitcoin crashes, tech’s diversity woes, and how Apple works
May 23, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBTomio Geron joins the show to discuss a wild week in the crypto world, and what the U.S. government is trying to do to calm things down. Then, Megan Rose Dickey explains what we’ve learned from a recent set of tech company diversity reports, and where the industry still has the most work to do. Finally, Nick Statt catches us up on another week of Epic v. Apple, and tells us what happens after the trial wraps up this week. For more on the topics in this episode: Tomio Geron on Twitter Cryp...
A cable bundle for the streaming era
May 20, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 31.2 MBStruum co-founders Lauren Devillier and Paul Pastor both have long histories in Hollywood. But now they’re starting a tech company, trying to aggregate niche streaming services and turn them into a giant that can take on Netflix and Disney. That requires new interfaces, new business models, and new ideas about content. They joined the show to discuss all that and more. For more on the topics in this episode: Struum TechCrunch's coverage of Struum's initial launch Lauren Devillier on Lin...
A huge win for the right-to-repair movement
May 12, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBiFixit CEO Kyle Wiens joins the show to discuss the FTC’s recent report on the repair industry in the U.S., why it’s such good news for the right-to-repair movement, and where things go from here. For more on the topics in this episode: Kyle Wiens on Twitter Nixing the Fix: An FTC Report to Congress on Repair Restrictions The right-to-repair movement has even bigger plans for 2021 Tractors won't be fully autonomous anytime soon — but not because they can't be FTC finds 'scant' reason ...
What's next for Trump and Facebook
May 09, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 17.1 MBProtocol’s Issie Lapowsky joins to talk about the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision (or lack thereof) on what to do with Donald Trump, and then plays us part of her discussion with board director Thomas Hughes. Then, Nick Statt joins the show to talk about what happened in the first week of Epic v. Apple. For more on the topics in this episode: Issie Lapowsky on Twitter Facebook’s Oversight Board upholds Trump ban — but for how long? Inside the Facebook Oversight Board’s Trump decision...
Facebook’s plan to win the future of messaging
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBStan Chudnovsky, the VP of Messenger at Facebook, is in charge of the company’s plans for the future of communication. Those plans are big and getting bigger. Chudnovsky joins the show to discuss Messenger as an app, Messenger as a protocol, how privacy figures into the future of messaging, his theories on super apps like WeChat, and how the pandemic changed the course of digital communication forever. For more on the topics in this episode: Stan Chudnovsky on Facebook Mark Zuckerberg’s 2...
Basecamp chaos and Epic v. Apple
May 02, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBAnna Kramer joins the show to discuss Basecamp’s big shift in company culture, and the huge backlash that followed. Then, Ben Brody and Nick Statt discuss why Epic v. Apple matters, and how it could affect the rest of the tech industry. For more on the topics in this episode: Anna Kramer on Twitter The original post about changes at Basecamp Politics at work? Basecamp's founders say no. Its workers say yes. Basecamp has lost about 34% of its workforce Ben Brody on Twitter Nick Statt o...
The tech non-profit helping transform prisons
April 28, 2021 08:00 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBRecidiviz, a technical nonprofit that provides open source data tracking and management software for state prison, probation and payrolls systems, became astoundingly important in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the prison system. Protocol's Anna Kramer sat down with Clementine Jacoby, the company’s co-founder and CEO, to talk about the last year inside her company, what it’s like hiring top tech talent for nonprofit pay, why engineers want to work for mission-driven compan...
Antitrust fights, digital nomads, and Magic Leap
April 25, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBBen Brody joins the show to talk about Lina Khan’s FTC confirmation hearing, and the antitrust hearing that made Apple look so bad. Then Anna Kramer discusses what’s happening to tech employees who moved all over the world during the pandemic, and now fear being called back to San Francisco. Finally, Janko Roettgers talks about his interview with Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson, the state of augmented reality, and terrible Apple TV remotes. For more on the topics in this episode: Ben Brody on...
Lime’s quest to become ‘the Amazon for transportation
April 21, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBA year ago, it felt like the scooter business might be over. By one estimate, spending on scooter rentals fell almost 100% in the spring of 2020. With billions of people stuck at home for an indefinite amount of time, could any of the fast-growing micromobility startups hang on? Wayne Ting, who had only just been promoted to CEO at Lime, the largest player in the space, wasn’t sure. It didn’t take very long for things to turn around, though. As people looked for ways to get outside and get ...
Coinbase goes public, Microsoft buys Nuance, and fixing NDAs
April 18, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBBen Pimentel joins the show to discuss Coinbase’s huge debut on the public market, and where the company goes next. Then, Joe Williams explains why Microsoft bought Nuance, and why it might be about much more than health care. Finally, Issie Lapowsky discusses her story on the lives of Big Tech’s whistleblowers, and their plan to rethink how NDAs work in the industry. For more on the topics in this episode: Ben Pimentel on Twitter Coinbase COO: ‘The ship has sailed in crypto. It's here to...
A better plan for free speech online
April 14, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBJillian C. York has been thinking about free speech online for more than a decade. In her latest book, “Silicon Values: Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism,” she examines the history of free speech, moderation, censorship and policy across platforms from Facebook to YouTube and in countries around the world. She joins the show to discuss the themes from her book, plus what platforms got right about the pandemic, why global companies need a more global pers...
Google beats Oracle, Coinbase goes public, Amazon’s union defeat
April 11, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBTom Krazit joins the show to discuss the end of the Google v. Oracle saga, and what it means for the tech industry. Then Tomio Geron explains why Coinbase is on fire right now, and what to watch for in its direct listing this week. Finally, Anna Kramer updates us on the latest in the Amazon union battle in Bessemer, Alabama. For more on the topics in this episode: Tom Krazit on Twitter The software industry dodges an API tax in Oracle decision Tomio Geron on Twitter Coinbase reports $1....
Zoox thinks self-driving cars will change everything — just not all at once
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 16.9 MBJesse Levinson spent six years building a vehicle — don’t call it a car, just call it Zoox — before he decided to show it to anybody. The co-founder and CTO of Zoox has been working on autonomous transport for more than 15 years, and since 2014 has been designing and building a new kind of robotaxi designed for a driverless world. In December of 2020, Zoox finally revealed its first product, and Levinson said the company’s getting closer to letting regular people get inside. Levinson joined...
Biden builds, China’s crackdown, and the “model minority” myth
April 04, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFirst, we go over what’s in the Biden administration’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan, and what it might mean for tech. Then Shen Lu Shen joins the show to talk about the Chinese government’s recent crackdowns on Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and other local tech giants. Finally, Megan Rose Dickey discusses the Asian American experience in the tech industry right now, and why the “model minority” myth continues to be a problem. For more on the topics in this episode: President Biden wants to sp...
Fixing the internet one browser at a time
March 31, 2021 08:30 - 39 minutes - 18.4 MBMitchell Baker has a tricky job right now. As CEO of Mozilla and chair of the Mozilla Foundation, she has to figure out both how to use Mozilla’s advocacy might to make the internet better, and build products that make Mozilla more money. Those are challenging things to do by themselves, and even harder to do simultaneously. Baker joins the Source Code podcast to talk about that tension, how she thinks blockchain can help make the internet better – and why it won’t solve everything — and why...
Tech hearings, Intel chips and AWS CEOs
March 28, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 14.8 MBEmily Birnbaum joins the show to talk about the most recent Big Tech hearing, including what we learned and why we even keep having these hearings at all. Then, Tom Krazit discusses Intel’s $20 billion plan to get back on top of the chip market, and what’s next for AWS now that Adam Selipsky is CEO. For more on the topics in this episode: Emily Birnbaum on Twitter Seven things to know about the Big Tech CEO hearing It’s A Yes Or No Question. But What If The Answer Isn't So Simple? Tom ...
Slack's plan to power the future of work
March 24, 2021 11:25 - 34 minutes - 16.4 MBSlack Chief Product Officer Tamar Yehoshua joins the show to talk about Slack's new features, its plan to be much bigger than a way to talk to your co-workers, and the future of the workplace in general. For more on the topics in this episode: Tamar Yehoshua on LinkedIn Slack Connect Slack’s tips for being better at Slack How Slack uses Slack Why Slack’s CEO says he's not worried about Microsoft For all the links and stories, head to Source Code’s homepage.