About this episode
Tech real estate report. Tesla leaves for Texas, while Apple rocks up in Hollywood. YouTube is gonna stop doing those year-end Rewind videos. A developer says Facebook banned him for life cause they didn’t like his app. And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions where we ask the question: is Google’s famous hiring gauntlet broken? Sponsors: FindYourFidelity.com RealVision.com/techmeme Links: Tesla to Move Headquarters From California to Texas, Elon Musk Says (WSJ) Apple Is Building a Massive New Campus Straddling L.A. and Culver City (Variety) YouTube To Stop Making Year-End ‘Rewind’ Videos (Exclusive) (TubeFilter) Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (Slate) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: How WhatsApp Swallowed Half The World (Gizmodo) Brazil’s Central Bank Built a Mobile Payment System With 110 Million Users (Bloomberg Businessweek) WeBack (Ramp Recap) Google’s recruiting system is famously brutal. Many workers think it’s also failing. (Protocol) HEY SIRI, WHAT HAPPENED? (The Verge) Planet Squid Game (Vulture) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices