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In this episode of Techish, Michael and Abadesi discuss the comments made by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt about Google being a laggard in AI due to being 'too soft'. They also talk about the culture of big tech companies and the perception that employees are not working as hard when they work from home. They touch on the importance of vision and hunger for success in driving innovation. The conversation then shifts to the labor law in the UK that prohibits bosses from contacting employees after work hours, and the debate around work-life balance and accessibility. They also discuss the reputation of musician Lauryn Hill and the challenges she faces with ticket sales and her perceived attitude towards fans.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Discussion of Eric Schmidt's Comments on Google's AI Progress
02:24 The Flawed Culture of Productivity in Big Tech
05:18 Challenges of Maintaining Hunger for Success as a Public Company
08:21 The Implications of the UK's Labor Policy in a Startup Environment
10:16 Balancing Boundaries and Flexibility in Work-Life Balance
13:51 Introduction and Discussion of France's New Law
19:29 The Complexities of Idolizing Celebrities: The Case of Lauryn Hill
24:30 Gratitude and Respect: The Importance of Valuing Fans and Customers
25:22 Setting Boundaries for a Healthy Work-Life Balance

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We've got a throwback episode for you all this week. We revisit Michael and Abadesi's dive into:

• Millennials first generation to not get more conservative as they age (01:30)
• Acceptable careers for African parents (07:45)
• Burna Boy sells out London stadium  (16:05)
• Study reveals skinny women earn more (17:45)
• TikTok pranksters and the attention economy (23:20) 

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 Further reading:

• Mark Zuckerberg completes extreme fitness challenge in 9kg vest [The Guardian]
• Millennials are the FIRST generation that has not become more Tory as they have got older [The Times]
• Buff billionaires are latest sign that bulk is now beautiful for male body image [The Guardian]
• It pays to be skinny [The Economist/ TikTok]
• Burna Boy makes history with sold-out London Stadium gig [BBC]
• The disturbing rise of Mizzy: this is what happens when culture values nothing but attention [The Guardian]

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Brand new Techish! Hosts Abadesi and Michael are back in the studio to break down:

• The dark side of the Drake vs Kendrick beef (0:30)
• Google employees fired for protesting Israeli contract (11:00)
• Stack Overflow partners with OpenAI (22:45)
• The real reason behind the TikTok ban? (28:20)

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 Extra Reading & Resources

• Drake and Kendrick Lamar don’t care about misogyny [Vox]
• In Rap Feuds, Women Are The Collateral Damage & Drake Vs. Kendrick Is No Exception [Refinery29]
• Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel [Wired]
• Lawmakers Admit They Want to Ban TikTok Over Pro-Palestinian Content [Rolling Stone]

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Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael, break down:- Ozy Media's YouTube impersonation scandal  (01:00)

- Impact of Facebook's 6 hr outage (09.47)
- Squid Game smashes Netflix records (14.11)
- Should R Kelly's music be banned? (22.47)
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Episode is sponsored by Red Hat’s Compiler podcast!
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Extra Reading:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58793192
afrotech.com/mark-zuckerberg-loses-billions-facebook-outage
www.protocol.com/squid-game-netflix-apple-store
variety.com/2021/music/opinion/r-kelly-music-banned-1235075613
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Techish is back with a brand new episode! While Abadesi is on holiday, Michael and guest Angela Andrews, Co-host of the Compiler podcast, break down:- Coding bootcamp tips (1:13)

- Apple diagnosing cognitive decline through your phone  (06:52)
- Google's new $2.1b NYC campus (10:08)
- Tesla's racism allegations from one of its factory workers (15:56)
- Crypto-trading hamster outperforming the S&P 500 (19:45)
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Extra Reading:
www.techcrunch.com/2021/09/21/apple-is-reportedly-working-on-mental-health-monitoring-using-iphone-data
www.nypost.com/2021/09/21/google-buys-nyc-campus-for-2-1-b-one-of-biggest-office-deals-ever
www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/24/tesla-to-face-racism-allegations-from-black-worker-in-open-court
www.fortune.com/2021/09/27/crypto-trading-hamster-beats-warren-buffett-cathie-wood-sp-500
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Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael break down:- Instagram admits it’s harmful to teen girls (01:13)

- MailChimp acquired for $12b  (10:50)
- Twitter debates if Drake is as big as Michael Jackson (16:59)
- ‘The Activist’ gameshow gets slammed with criticism (22:00)
- Elizabeth Holmes joins the ‘black-balled’ female-CEO club (27:20)—————————————————————
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Extra Reading:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039
https://www.axios.com/intuit-buy-mailchimp-12-billion-85feba65-e142-4756-8fa6-b8af63988902.html
https://twitter.com/AndrewGreene864/status/1440716738140639241
https://realscreen.com/2021/09/16/we-got-it-wrong-cbs-reality-competition-the-activist-to-be-reimagined-as-doc/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/17/22680372/elizabeth-holmes-wire-fraud-emails-gangakhedkar
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Techish is back with a throwback episode about careers! Abadesi and Michael break down:-
- Mixing business and friends (00:25)
- Oversharing on social media (06:57)
- Risk-averse careers (11:37)
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Sponsors:
Quorom are hiring for a Senior Software Engineer: www.pocitjobs.com/job/88951
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Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael break down:-

Certified Lover Boy becomes most streamed album in a day (0:33)
- TikTok has higher average watch time than YouTube (3:12)
- Hopin’s unicorn status (6:48)
- Facebook’s AI profiling black men as primates (9:31)
- Texas’ abortion ban’s effect on tech (14:32)
- New gaming restrictions for children in China (19:05)
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Extra Reading:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2021/09/07/drakes-certified-lover-boy-smashes-spotify-records-as-it-heads-for-biggest-debut-of-2021/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58464745
https://siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/hopin-raises-332m/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/4/22657026/facebook-mislabeling-video-black-men-primates-algorithm
https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2021/companies-texas-abortion-law/727991
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/30/china-cuts-amount-of-time-minors-can-spend-playing-video-games
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Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael break down:- The Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes trial kicks off (00:14)

- 12-year-old makes $400K on NFTs  (05:51)
- Kanye drops Donda and has the highest grossing tour of all time (11:08)
- IP for British semiconductor chips stolen by local partner in China (19:43)
- YC has record number of African & European start-ups in new cohort (25:41)—————————————————————
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Copy AI are hiring for a Senior Fullstack Engineer: https://www.pocitjobs.com/job/83971
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Extra Reading:
https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/01/theranos_trial_jury/
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/12-year-old-coder-made-6-figures-selling-weird-whales-nfts.html
https://afrotech.com/kanye-west-donda-second-biggest-spotify-debut
https://semianalysis.substack.com/p/the-semiconductor-heist-of-the-century
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/31/this-yc-summer-batch-features-the-largest-group-of-african-startups
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Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael break down:- OnlyFans bans sexually explicit content  (00:15)
- Elon Musk reveals the Tesla Bot   (08:42)
- Jay-Z and Beyoncé are the new faces of Tiffany (19:15)
- Pinterest’s new hair texture search engine (23:35)
- Nigeria’s Fintech boom (25:22)
- South Africa’s unemployment crisis (27:25)
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Sponsors:
Affirm are hiring for a Senior Product Manager: www.pocitjobs.com/job/81571
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Extra Reading:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632797/onlyfans-prohibit-sexually-explicit-content-porn-creators
https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/musk-the-tesla-bot-is-coming
https://www.retaildive.com/news/tiffany-taps-beyonce-and-jay-z-for-a-new-spin-on-its-iconic-history/605391
https://afrotech.com/social-media-pinterest-hair-pattern-search
https://www.ft.com/content/5fa49678-9eed-45e8-9c3d-6e19a2237b81
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-24/south-african-unemployment-rate-rises-to-highest-in-the-world
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