Tue. 11/05 - Is All Well With Softbank?
Nov 05, 2019•16 min
Episode description
How are things in Masa Son’s world post-WeWork? How long until Uber will be profitable? How is the new Surface Pro X to use? Why is iOS aggressively quitting background apps? And why data scoring companies are maybe worse than credit score companies.
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Links:
- SoftBank imposes new standards to rein in start-up founders (Financial Times)
- WeWork Isn’t the Only Stumble for SoftBank’s Vision Fund (WSJ)
- Uber Books Another Quarterly Loss as Revenue Climbs (WSJ)
- MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO X REVIEW: HEARTBREAKER (The Verge)
- Xiaomi unveils its 108-megapixel smartphone (Engadget)
- Actively exploited bug in fully updated Firefox is sending users into a tizzy (ArsTechnica)
- IOS 13.2 IS OVERZEALOUSLY KILLING APPS IN THE BACKGROUND (Daring Fireball)
- I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. (NYTimes)
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