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Uber buys Postmates, Taylor Lorenz talks Clubhouse, and Big Tech will testify in Congress — but Congress has already lost

Pivot

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, News Commentary, News, Tech News

4.29.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Kara and Scott talk about Uber's acquisition of the food delivery company Postmates and what that means for the future of that market and the ride-hailing company. Also, they discuss the big four tech CEOs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai all headed to congress as part of antitrust investigations. Then, we are joined by Friend of Pivot New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz who talks about Clubhouse and its toxic culture. In wins Scott celebrates the life of Ennio Morricone. Special thanks to Eric Johnson for his work on this episode. Get tickets for our upcoming livestream event series: PivotSchooled.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Support for this podcast comes from Slack.

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0:31.0

Learn more at slack.com slash productivity.

0:34.0

I race for life for my mom, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

0:39.0

I race for life for my best friend, who we lost to soon.

0:42.0

I race for life from a dad, who's living with prostate cancer.

0:46.0

I race for life for everyone who's in cancer.

0:52.0

Who will you race for?

0:54.0

Sign up to your local event at raceforlife.org.

0:58.0

And together, we will be cancer.

1:02.0

In partnership with Headline Sponsor Standard Life.

1:07.0

Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Kara Swisher.

1:12.0

And I'm Scott Galloway here to announce my new line of clothing from the gap that Elon Musk has endorsed.

1:17.0

He is not endorsed anything, including your presidency.

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