Subnet
By Relay FM
Three tech stories you need to know. Subnet is a production of Relay FM.
SubnetMay 18, 2018
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December 22, 2018
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Dec 22, 201800:25
December 21, 2018
Qualcomm has won an injunction against Apple in Germany; the FBI is taking down DDOS sites; the iPad is a more flexible computer than Apple says it is.
Dec 21, 201802:09
December 20, 2018
On Earth, Facebook got a lot of bad news. Meanwhile, way out in the Kuiper Belt, the New Horizons spacecraft bears down on Ultima Thule.
Dec 20, 201802:03
December 19, 2018
SpaceX is raising $500 million to build its satellite broadband network; AT&T is rolling out 5G to 12 U.S. cities, but it doesn't matter. Finally, Twitter is letting users arrange their timelines in a chronological fashion.
Dec 19, 201801:13
December 18, 2018
Russian disinformation campaigns in 2016 were even more widespread than previously thought, especially on Instagram; Google's search engine for China may be dead in the water; and Google invests in more New York City real estate.
Dec 18, 201801:56
December 17, 2018
Apple Music is now on the Amazon Echo; Robinhood is in hot water over a new checking account plan, and Vine and HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll has died.
Dec 17, 201801:37
December 14, 2018
Apple is building a new campus in Austin, YouTube is cracking down on policy violations, and Virgin Galactic has made it to space.
Dec 14, 201801:44
December 13, 2018
Apple has a plan for a premium news subscription service; Intel introduces a new chip architecture; and Apple plans to build its own modem chips for the iPhone.
Dec 13, 201801:57
December 12, 2018
Sundar Pichai spent a day in Congress, Supermicro says a third-party audit of its systems show no infiltration by China, and Verizon says its Oath brand is basically worthless.
Dec 12, 201801:37
December 11, 2018
Apple and Qualcomm's patent battle moves to China; GoPro plans to pull production of U.S.-bound products out of China; and the New York Times casts a spotlight on how smartphone apps abuse location data.
Dec 11, 201802:15
December 10, 2018
Waymo's driverless cars are not-so-much, Alexa wants to fix our mistakes, and Android's Ice Cream Sandwich has melted.
Dec 10, 201801:46
December 7, 2018
MoviePass and Microsoft Edge are both being reborn, while the Apple Watch Series 4 can now tell if you're about to die.
Dec 07, 201801:51
December 6, 2018
The UK government releases internal Facebook documentation; Google employees lobby for better rights for contract workers; Canadian authorities arrest a Chinese tech exec at the request of the U.S. government.
Dec 06, 201802:32
December 5, 2018
5G is here, if you live in Hawaii or the future. Pausing doesn’t mean what you think it means, and Uber/Lyft drivers in NYC are getting good news.
Dec 05, 201801:22
December 4, 2018
Tumblr bans explicit imagery; Apple plans to sit out the first year of 5G; and Microsoft takes a third crack at making a lightweight version of Windows.
Dec 04, 201802:11
December 3, 2018
Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo, 8K TV is coming to Japan and new AirPods are coming ... eventually.
Dec 03, 201801:41
November 30, 2018
Samsung employees are caught selling foldable-screen secrets to China; young people are streaming video to traditional TV sets; and the remnants of Mic get sold off after it failed to find a business model.
Nov 30, 201801:35
November 29, 2018
Amazon Web Services embraces the blockchain, takes on Microsoft, and revs up an unexpected approach to encouraging machine-learning development.
Nov 29, 201801:59
November 28, 2018
iCloud works again on Windows 10, AWS built an ARM chip for use in servers, and Spotify looks to enter the market in India.
Nov 28, 201801:16
November 27, 2018
The Supreme Court seems inclined to let an antitrust lawsuit against Apple move forward; Facebook disbands its election tampering "war room"; Facebook repositions its streaming-video service to focus on older viewers as teens abandon the platform.
Nov 27, 201802:21
November 22, 2018
Samsung plans four different Galaxy S10 models; Tumblr's app still isn't on the iOS App Store due to a lack of content filtering; a departing Facebook exec takes some blame while casting shade on his internal critics.
Nov 22, 201802:20
November 21, 2018
The FCC is considering redefining rural broadband, while NASA is kicking off in-depth reviews at SpaceX and Boeing and Amazon bids on Disney's 22 sports channels it shed when buying Fox.
Nov 21, 201801:26
November 20, 2018
Mars 2020 has a landing site; Tim Cook was interviewed by Axios; Google remembers that it makes both the Chromecast and smart speakers.
Nov 20, 201801:35
November 19, 2018
Tumblr's iOS app vanishes; Civil War photography meets facial recognition; Microsoft starts selling Amazon Echo devices.
Nov 19, 201801:25
November 16, 2018
Another bad day in a bad week in a bad couple of years for Facebook.
Nov 16, 201803:01
November 15, 2018
Google Pixel phones get an upgrade that lets them see in the dark, the New York Times reports on how Facebook denied and deflected when confronted with criticism, and morale seems to be taking a big hit at Facebook HQ.
Nov 15, 201802:39
November 14, 2018
Amazon's HQ2 choices are official, and three cities are going to add a bunch of new jobs; Waymo plans to officially launch its self-driving taxi service later this year; and Apple admits that it's added technology to Macs that might lock out independent repair shops.
Nov 14, 201802:38
November 13, 2018
Samsung plans new Galaxy models for early next year; YouTube's CEO speaks out against a new European Union copyright directive; and reports from Apple's supply chain cast some doubts on iPhone sales figures.
Nov 13, 201803:18
November 12, 2018
Apple has opened repair programs on recent products, Aardman Studios is now employee owned and Rocket Lab has launched its first commercial payload.
Nov 11, 201801:43
November 9, 2018
Google updates sexual harassment policies following employee protests, and the Nintendo Switch is gaining YouTube support.
Oh, and the team behind Vine have a new app coming next year.
Oh, and the team behind Vine have a new app coming next year.
Nov 09, 201801:26
November 8, 2018
Samsung's gonna Samsung.
Nov 08, 201801:45
November 7, 2018
Qualcomm has to change how it patents its cellular modem tech; Netflix is getting into animated series; Microsoft's Cortona boss is leaving the company.
Nov 07, 201801:37
November 6, 2018
Samsung is teasing a foldable phone and Lime wants its users to stay safe. In non-tech news, Tuesday is Election Day in the United States. Don't miss the chance to have your vote heard.
Nov 06, 201801:18
November 5, 2018
Tesla's legal problems are still worsening; the iPhone may switch to 5G as early as 2020; Amazon's choice of location for its new HQ is narrowing.
Nov 05, 201801:40
November 2, 2018
Uber has created a perks system for drivers, Google saw protests at its campuses around the world, and Apple is changing how it reports its earnings every quarter.
Nov 02, 201803:03
November 1, 2018
Twitter seeks more detail about spam posts; Apple halts the distribution of an Apple Watch update that may be breaking some watches; and autonomous delivery robots are loosed upon the citizens of Milton Keynes.
Nov 01, 201802:22
October 31, 2018
As expected, Apple had a lot of news to share today about Macs and iPad. Elsewhere, NASA has said goodbye to a workhorse of a space telescope.
Oct 31, 201802:32
October 30, 2018
The OnePlus 6T is here, as is the RED Hydrogen One, and the two phones couldn't be more different. Meanwhile, Apple is prepping for its iPad and Mac event in New York City.
Oct 30, 201801:49
October 29, 2018
IBM buys Red Hat; Twitter admits it failed to suspend a suspected bomber after death threats he made; and a social-media network finds it hard to do business after hosting the anti-Semitic thoughts of a mass-murder suspect.
Oct 29, 201802:27
October 26, 2018
The New York Times alleged that Google paid off executives accused of sexual misconduct; the Wall Street Journal detailed Netflix's firing practices; and the Library of Congress hands a win to the "right to repair" movement.
Oct 26, 201802:46
October 25, 2018
Microsoft and Tesla have reported record quarters and Tim Cook is calling for stronger privacy laws here in the United States.
Oct 25, 201802:01
October 24, 2018
It's all Apple today. Reviews of the iPhone XR have arrived; Apple claims to be fixing a "smooth selfie" bug; the company's 2019 video subscription service plans are revealed to be global; and the iPad Mini might not be dead after all.
Oct 24, 201802:33
Bloomberg's hacking story continues to draw criticism from Apple and Amazon, Hyperloop tunnels take
Bloomberg's hacking story continues to draw criticism from Apple and Amazon, Hyperloop tunnels take one step forward and one step back, and Faraday Future hits a bump in the road.
Oct 23, 201802:42
October 22, 2018
Spacecraft are going to Mercury, body cameras are catching fire, and Slack can talk to the SNES. What a world.
Oct 22, 201801:27
October 19, 2018
Apple sets a date for a media event in an unusual location; Samsung starts making 7-nanometer chips; Alexa learns how to whisper.
Oct 19, 201802:03
October 18, 2018
Andy Rubin's phone company hits hard times, Spotify gets an update, and Softbank questions future Saudi VC investments.
Oct 18, 201801:37
October 17, 2018
Google is changing its deal with Android OEMs when it comes to Google Play services, while Facebook is walking back previous privacy statement about its new Portal device and TLS 1.0 meets its end.
Oct 17, 201802:02
October 16, 2018
Adobe announced Photoshop for iPad and releases Premiere Rush; a startup with the Palm name thinks your big phone needs a little buddy; and Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has died of cancer at 65.
Oct 16, 201803:25
October 15, 2018
The FCC is getting pedantic in defending itself over net neutrality, while PlayStation owners are struggling with crashing consoles and DuckDuckGo continues to grow.
Oct 15, 201801:57
October 12, 2018
Alexa is getting to know us all better; astronauts had to make emergency landing after Russian Soyuz rocket failed during launch; Congress has questions about Google+.
Oct 12, 201802:03