As the way society works is dramatically changed by a pandemic, big tech is having to forecast long term developments based on an uncertain future landscape. How do they adapt and what will big tech look like in a few years time?
Starring Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe
The New York City Department of Education announces that schools can use Zoom again following security changes, Virgin Media and O2 announce plans to merge in the UK, and Nintendo says the Switch has sold more than the Nintendo 64 and GameCube combined.
Facebook’s Oversight Board names its first 20 members. The board is an independent entity to oversee content moderation disputes that have exhausted appeals at Facebook and Instagram.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos.
Music blog Consequence of Sound’s Meggie Gates wrote an article titled “Embracing a Future Where Memes Choose the Hit Songs. The fate of a pop artist now belongs in the hands of Twitch, Twitter, and Tik Tok”. Is this true and if so who becomes the new musical taste makers?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, Roger Chang, Amos
Billy Mitchell the erstwhile Donkey Kong champ filed case against Twin Galaxies for removing his score in April 2019. This July will see the score ranker and the Mitchell face off in court to decide its fate.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Amos, Joe
Apple updates the MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard, Jeff Bezos called to testify to US House Judiciary Committee over whether Amazon lied to congress about using third-party data, and HiSilicon overtakes Samsung for smartphone processor shipments in China.
Germany will adopt decentralized contact tracing for COVID-19, DJI announces the Mavic Air 2, and Reddit launches (then rolls back) a Start Chatting feature.