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Wed. 08/21 - The Bull Case For WeWork

Tech Brew Ride Home

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🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Next gen chips from Intel, the real HQ2 for Amazon is in India, the controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps is a real case for King Solomon, and Ben Thompson makes a compelling bull case for WeWork. Sponsors: Pixelunion.net Read the Blog Post from BRD: Here Links: Intel Launches Comet Lake-U and Comet Lake-Y: Up To 6 Cores for Thin & Light Laptops (AnandTech) Dell unveils new XPS, Inspiron, and Vostro models with Intel Comet Lake processors (VentureBeat) Exclusive: Alibaba postpones up to $15 billion Hong Kong listing amid protests: sources (Reuters) Amazon opens its biggest global campus in India (Reuters) Gmail in G Suite now uses AI for inline spelling and grammar suggestions (VentureBeat) Shazam data is powering Apple Music's newest chart, the Shazam Discovery Top 25 (TechCrunch) Apple aims to protect kids’ privacy. App makers say it could devastate their businesses. (The Washington Post) The WeWork IPO (Stratechery) Classified: The Merge Conflict podcast is a weekly discussion with developers Frank and James on all things development, technology, & more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using Xamarin. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on their minds. Head to mergeconflict.fm to learn more or search Merge Conflict in your favorite podcast app today to subscribe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:10.0

Next Gen Chips from Intel.

0:12.8

The real HQ2 for Amazon?

0:15.3

It turns out it's in India.

0:16.9

The controversy around Apple blocking ad tracking on kids apps

0:20.4

is a real case for King Solomon and Ben Thompson makes a compelling bull Intel has unveiled the second half of its 10th gen

0:36.0

CPU product lineup based on the Skylake

0:39.0

CPU architecture and 14 nanometer process. The new chips are called texture and

0:43.0

the new chips are called Comet Lake

0:46.0

and these bad boys are designed for thin and light laptops.

0:50.0

Of course, I always trust Anand Tech to give me the straight skinny on news like this, so quoting them.

0:58.0

With up to six cores for the U-series parts and four cores for the Y-series. Intel is looking to further push the envelope

1:04.8

on multi-threaded performance in a thin and light laptop. The new parts will fill out Intel's

1:09.8

traditional U&Y families of processors. The Comet Lake will be sharing the 10th-gen core mantle

1:15.2

with Intel's 10 nanometer Ice Lake parts, with OEMs pulling from both product families

1:20.4

for their ultra-portable laptops this holiday season.

1:23.0

Overall, the launch of Comet Lake comes at a tricky time for Intel.

1:28.0

The company is still trying to write itself from the fumbled development of its 10 nanometer process node.

1:35.0

While Intel finally has 10 nanometer production increasingly back on track, the company is not

1:40.5

yet in a position to completely shift its production of

1:44.0

leading generation processors to 10 nanometers. As a result Intel's low power

1:48.9

processors for this generation are gonna be a mix of both 14 nanometer parts based on their venerable

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