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    #87: A Game of Media Chicken

    January 17th, 2019 · 62 minutes

    Apple's battery replacement saga and the parable of the infinite home appliance; Facebook and WordPress try to help journalism; Netflix raises prices; and with Vegas in the rear-view mirror, we ponder the biggest trends of CES with two people who actually braved the industry's largest trade show.

    Guest Starring: Carolina Milanesi and Devindra Hardawar

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    Links and Show Notes

    Daring Fireball: On Apple's $29 iPhone Battery Replacement Program and Its Role in Their Earnings Miss
    Apple Plans Three New iPhones This Year, Plays Catch-Up on Cameras - WSJ
    DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for local searches on the web - The Verge
    DuckDuckGo Switches to Apple Maps for Location Searches – MacStories
    You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It | TIME
    Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android | TechCrunch
    A New Publishing Solution for News Organizations — The WordPress.com Blog
    Doing More to Support Local News - Facebook
    Samsung shows off a 75-inch 4K 'Wall' TV made with MicroLEDs
    How AirPlay 2 works on Vizio TVs - The Verge
    August CEO on the smart home of the future - The Verge
    Smart Home: It’s Connected Folks, not Magic! – Tech.pinions
    NVIDIA's RTX GPUs bring ray tracing to laptops - Engadget
    Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise - Engadget
    NBCU Shakes Up Executive Ranks to Prepare for 2020 Streaming Launch – Variety
    Roku adds Infowars six months after other platforms ban channel - Digiday
    'Miracle Puppy' | Austin Animal Center treats dog dropped by a hawk | kvue.com
    Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) | Twitter
    Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter