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🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Google releases all the things at once, everyone is mulling over Jack’s decentralized Twitter idea, one last tech IPO of the year, should seed investors just say yes to every deal, why you should know the Canva story, and why Cousin Greg playing Adam Neumann is my Christmas dream come true. Sponsors: PixelUnion.net GiveWell.org/ridehome Links: FTC Weighs Seeking Injunction Against Facebook Over How Its Apps Interact (WSJ) Google is bringing spam detection and verified business messaging to Messages (The Verge) Interpreter, Google's real-time translator, comes to mobile (TechCrunch) Bill.com’s Stock Takes Off On IPO Day (Forbes) AI R&D is booming, but general intelligence is still out of reach (The Verge) Startup Growth and Venture Returns: What We Found When We Analyzed Thousands of VC Deals (AngelList Blog) Bluesky early thoughts (Sriramk.com) Hey @Jack Dorsey, decentralizing Twitter won’t solve hate speech problems (Digital Trends) Inside the Podcast that Hacks Ring Camera Owners Live on Air (Motherboard) Canva Uncovered: How A Young Australian Kitesurfer Built A $3.2 Billion (Profitable!) Startup Phenom (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Thursday, December 12th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	Google releases all the things all at once.
0:12.8	Everyone is mulling over Jack's decentralized Twitter idea.
0:16.3	One last tech IPO of the year.
0:18.7	Should seed investors just say yes to every deal.
0:21.8	Why you should know the Canva story and why Cousin Greg playing Adam
0:25.9	Newman is my Christmas dream come true. Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:36.5	I'm going to just put this right here because this just broke and it's too late in the day for me to wait for more details but Facebook shares are dropping sharply at this moment
0:41.1	as the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FTC is
0:44.5	considering a preliminary injunction against Facebook over antitrust
0:48.9	concerns about how its various products interact.
0:51.1	Quote, if it materializes the action by the Federal Trade Commission would focus on
0:55.9	Facebook's policies concerning how it integrates its apps or allows them to work with potential
1:01.6	rivals, these people said.
1:03.8	Alongside its core social network, Facebook's key products also include
1:07.2	Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
1:09.7	The potential FTC action would likely seek to block Facebook from enforcing those policies
1:14.8	on grounds that they are anti-competitive, the people said.
1:18.6	An injunction could seek to bar Facebook from further integrating apps that federal regulators might look to unwind
1:25.3	as part of a potential future breakup of the company, one of the people said.
1:30.5	A majority of the five-member FTC would be needed to seek an injunction which the
1:35.9	Commission would need to file suit in federal court to obtain.
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