After Hours

China Cracks Down, Fox Launches a Weather Channel, Visa Buys an NFT, and More

After Hours

Youngme, Mihir and Felix talk about how to make sense of China’s crackdown on industries ranging from Big Tech to Videogaming. They also share thoughts on other stories in the news, including people behaving badly on planes, Fox launching a Weather Channel, Visa buying an NFT, and Boston Dynamics’ latest robot video.

 

Recent picks, and recommended reading/websites:

·       Boston Dynamics Robots in Action

·       What Bobby McIlvane Left Behind (by Jennifer Senior in The Atlantic)

·       NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021 (Spike Lee documentary on HBO)

·       Crash Landing on You (Netflix)

·       Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix)

We invite you to email your comments and ideas for future episodes to:  [email protected].  You can also follow Youngme and Mihir on Twitter at: @YoungmeMoon and @DesaiMihirA.

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