Meme Stonks, Did T-Pain Ruin Music, Amazon Meets its Match, Airbnb Algo Fail

Techish is back with a brand new episode! Abadesi and Michael discuss the FTC, led by Lina Khan, is reviewing Amazon’s purchase of MGM film studio. Is the U.S. government finally catching up to the mechanics of Big Tech? (5:18) They also break down: - T-Pain talks mental health, autotune and Usher comments on his place in music (0:11) - The new wave of consumer investing and meme stocks (12:40) - Jay-Z suing Damon Dash over NFT of ‘Reasonable Doubt’(19:35) - Airbnb’s ‘Smart Pricing’ algorithm fail and a convo about BLM symbolism (22:02) ————————————————————— Sponsors: FireHydrant is hiring a Senior Software Engineer: https://www.pocitjobs.com/job/72631 ————————————————————— www.pocitjobs.com for roles for POC in tech www.hustlecrew.co for talks and training to make your company more inclusive ————————————————————— Extra Reading: https://www.complex.com/music/t-pain-depressed-usher-music https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-planned-purchase-of-mgm-to-be-reviewed-by-ftc-11624379614 https://www.nme.com/news/music/roc-a-fella-sues-damon-dash-over-attempted-sale-of-jay-zs-reasonable-doubt-as-an-nft-2973480 https://www.ft.com/content/397bdbe9-f257-4ca6-b600-1756804517b6 https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/stories/2021/06/15/airbnb-failed-antidiscrimination-teamand-let-racial-disparities-slip-cracks ————————————————————— Use the hashtag #Techish on Twitter & IG Support Techish at www.patreon.com/techish Advertise on Techish: goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2 ----------------- Stay In Touch: www.twitter.com/michaelberhane_ www.twitter.com/abadesi www.twitter.com/hustlecrewlive https://twitter.com/techishpod Email us at techishpod@gmail.com