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Mon. 08/22 – Elon Musk Raising Prices Just For Fun

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Amazon continues to be serious about becoming your healthcare provider. Elon Musk is raising prices, I guess cause he can. Confirmation that Sam Bankman-Fried does indeed have a mountain of money. I continue to worry about stablecoins and contagion. And the kids are using FindMy as a new sort of social network. Sponsors: DraftKings Daily Fantasy App Promocode- Techmeme Links: Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health (WSJ) Elon Musk says Tesla will hike the price of FSD driver assistance software by 25% in September (CNBC) FTX grew revenue 1,000% during the crypto craze, leaked financials show (CNBC) Stablecoin issuers hold $80bn of short-dated US government debt (Financial Times) How the Find My App Became an Accidental Friendship Fixture (NYTimes) A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal. (NYTimes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home from Monday, August 22. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:09.5

Amazon continues to look like it's serious about becoming your health care provider.

0:13.3

Elon Musk is raising prices, I guess, because he can.

0:16.7

Confirmation that Sam Bankman Freed does indeed have a mountain of money.

0:21.0

I continue to worry about stable coins and contagion and the kids are

0:24.7

using FindMai as a new sort of social network. Here's what you miss today in the world

0:28.6

of tech.

0:31.3

More grists for this particular mill sources say Amazon is among the bidders for

0:37.6

Signify Health which is for sale in an auction that could value the home

0:42.1

health services provider at well over 8 billion dollars,

0:45.0

quoting the Wall Street Journal.

0:47.0

Bids are due around Labor Day, according to the people, but it is always possible an eager bidder could strike a deal before then.

0:53.4

CVS Health is also among the suitors, the Wellseat Journal, previously reported as the

0:58.1

drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home health services.

1:02.4

United Health Group and another corporate buyer are also circling the company according to the people.

1:07.0

There is no guarantee any of them will reach a deal for Signify which has been exploring strategic alternatives.

1:12.0

The health care company has a

1:14.0

a market value of roughly five billion dollars boosted since the journal

1:17.0

first reported on the possibility of a deal early this month.

1:20.0

Signify uses analytics and technology to help employers, health plans,

1:25.0

physician groups, and health systems with in-home care.

1:28.8

It offers in-home health evaluations for Medicare Advantage and other government run managed care plans.

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