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Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Twitter’s return to the office is a real covid era milestone. Ok, how about Disney+ but with ads? Is crypto usage in Russia actually falling? Something something, wasn’t this the original use case for crypto? Are NFT prices falling? And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: Twitter to reopen offices March 15, though remote work remains an option (CNBC) Disney+ to launch cheaper ad-supported tier later this year (CNBC) Ethereum Companies Suddenly Ban Users In Certain Countries (Motherboard) SpaceX sent Starlink internet terminals to Ukraine. They could paint a ‘giant target’ on users’ backs, experts say (CNN Business) NFT Mania Show Signs of Cooling as Average Price and Sales Decline (Bloomberg) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How shunning Russia could offer the U.S. tech giants an easy win (Politico) Tech Companies Are Reopening Their Offices, but Tech Work Has Changed Forever (WSJ) The Role Of Turkish Drones In Ukraine's War (NDTV) These women are staking their claim to Web3 and the metaverse (Fast Company) The ‘Incredible Treasure Chest’ of Homestar Runner (Vulture) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meam Ride Home for Friday, March 4th, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.1	Twitter's return to the office is a real COVID era milestone. Okay, how about Disney Plus, but with ads? Is
0:16.1	crypto usage in Russia actually falling? Something, something wasn't that the
0:20.2	original use case for crypto? Are NFT prices falling as well and of course the
0:25.0	weekend long read suggestions here's what you missed today in the world of
0:28.2	tech.
0:30.2	Twitter was the first tech company to shut down offices when COVID struck and now
0:38.8	Twitter has officially announced it will reopen its offices on March 15th.
0:44.0	CEO Parag Agarwal touted the advantages of returning for the culture
0:49.7	while honoring previous CEO Jack Dorsey's work from home forever, promise, at least for now, quoting
0:55.9	CNBC, it's been almost two years since we closed our offices and travel, and I'm excited to announce
1:01.7	that we're ready to fully open up business travel and I'm excited to announce that we're ready to fully open up business travel and all our offices around the world
1:06.0	Agarwal wrote in a note that he posted to Twitter on Wednesday
1:09.8	Business travel is back effective immediately and office openings will start on March 15 end quote
1:16.3	Agrowall who was promoted to CEO of the San Francisco based company in November is taking a slightly different approach than Jack Dorsey, his predecessor
1:24.3	and Twitter co-founder.
1:25.9	Dorsey told employees in the early days of the pandemic two years ago that they could work
1:29.5	remotely forever if they wanted to.
1:32.1	Agrawell said he'll still honor that policy but he warned
1:34.8	that quote, distributed working will be much, much harder and said, quote, there will be a lot
1:40.0	of challenges. The decision about where you work, whether you feel safe traveling for business, and what events you attend should be yours, Agrowall wrote. Agrowall touted the advantages of having employees together in the same physical space, where they can experience the company culture and said
1:53.9	office visits, meetings, and events will, quote, bring that culture to life in such a powerful way, end quote.
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