About this episode
Airbnb says it will have an IPO in 2020, Twitter exposes more bad state actors, a French court says Steam digital games may be resold in the EU, hold the phone on upgrading your iPhone to iOS 13, Amazon plays free with Allbirds, Tinder brings a new meaning to the word Bandersnatch, and this week’s long-reads suggestions, including a deep dive into the problems with pilot training and Boeing’s 737-MAX. Sponsors Mealime.com OpenVPN Links: Airbnb Says It Plans to Go Public in 2020 (New York Times) Airbnb Announces Intention to Become a Publicly-Traded Company During 2020 (Airbnb) Twitter suspends account of former top Saudi aide implicated in Khashoggi killing (Washington Post) Disclosing new data to our archive of information operations (Twitter) French court rules that Steam’s ban on reselling used games is contrary to European law (Polygon) New features available with iOS 13 (Apple) Facebook may copy your app, but Amazon will copy your shoe (The Verge) Inside Tinder’s Secret Streaming Series (Variety) What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? (New York Times) How Wi-Fi Almost Didn’t Happen (Wired) The U1 chip in the iPhone 11 is the beginning of an Ultra Wideband revolution (Six Colors) Artificial Intelligence Confronts a ‘Reproducibility’ Crisis (Wired) iOS and iPadOS 13: The MacStories Review (MacStories) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices