Pivot

Every Tuesday and Friday, tech journalist Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. After all, with great power comes great scrutiny. From New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Facebook changes its speech policy, Amazon move...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook announcing it would change its policies around hate speech on the platform after mounting pressures from Civil Rights organizations and company ad boycotts.
60 min
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Square withholds from its merchants; Twitch’s f...
Kara and Scott talk about how Square has been taking about 20% off of merchant transactions, as Jack Dorsey helms both Twitter and Square.
43 min
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TikTokers take down Trump in Tulsa, a former-Go...
Kara and Scott talk about TikTokers pranking Trump out of rally goers and a new potential competitor to Google's search engine.
47 min
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Twitter’s new audio innovation, Apple’s dominan...
Kara and Scott talk about Twitter's new feature that allows certain users to post audio recordings.
41 min
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Bezos offers to testify, COVID-19 infections ar...
Kara and Scott talk about the possibility that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos might speak to the House Judiciary Committee as a part of a broad antitrust investigation into big tech.
59 min
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Amazon suspends facial recognition technology, ...
Kara and Scott talk about Amazon and IBM moving away from their facial recognition technology because of algorithm's known racial biases.
40 min
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Amazon warehouse workers issue lawsuit, Alexis ...
Kara and Scott talk about a new lawsuit waged by Amazon warehouse workers alleging the company did not follow CDC protocol well enough to stop the spread of COVID-19.
59 min
433
Zuckerberg does nothing about Trump, Google’s I...
Kara and Scott talk about Zuckerberg doubling down on Facebook policy that allows Trump to continue posting inflammatory content on the platform.
42 min
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How Facebook and Twitter are dealing with racis...
Kara and Scott talk about how protests have played out across the country and corporations responses.
49 min
435
Fact checking Trump on Twitter, SpaceX privatiz...
Kara and Scott talk about Twitter's responsibility in fact-checking and regulating Trump tweets as they slap their first misinformation label on one of the president's tweets.
51 min
436
Disney open doors to the NBA, NYSE rings the be...
Kara and Scott talk about Disney open its doors to the NBA as professional sports leagues attempt to resume their seasons.
46 min
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Spotify’s podcast boom, Amazon checks out JCPen...
Kara and Scott talk about Spotify's new deal with Joe Rogan and the implications for the podcast industry.
50 min
438
The DOJ readies a lawsuit against Google, Amazo...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook purchasing Giphy and reports the DOJ is likely to sue Google for antitrust violations in the digital ad space.
53 min
439
Uber offers to gobble up GrubHub, Elon Musk is ...
Kara and Scott talk about Uber's offer to buy GrubHub, which would give the company a majority of food delivery market share.
54 min
440
Amazon might acquire AMC theaters and Friend of...
Kara and Scott talk about Amazon in talks to acquire AMC theaters, Uber earnings and how education will change with white collar workers at home.
53 min
441
Facebook's oversight board is the "League of Na...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook's new oversight board and whether it will be effective in controlling content on the platform.
45 min
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Congress weighs liability for businesses, Amazo...
Kara and Scott talk about whether or not Congress should give businesses legal protections against lawsuits from workers who contract COVID-19.
55 min
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Facebook pushes e-commerce business, Uber in tr...
Kara and Scott talk about Facebook earnings during the pandemic and the company's push into e-commerce.
46 min
444
Amazon under scrutiny; Zoom security expert Ale...
Kara and Scott talk about Senate Democrats being vocal about breaking up Amazon, after a report that the company lied to the House Judiciary Committee.
62 min
445
Netflix’s Reed Hastings has a huge quarter, Fac...
Kara and Scott talk about Netflix's biggest quarter yet. The company doubled its projections for how many new subscribers it would acquire.
50 min
446
Andreessen tells Silicon Valley it’s “time to b...
Kara and Scott talk about Marc Andreessen's manifesto to Silicon Valley. They also discuss the PPP and the big companies that applied for those loans.
48 min
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World Health Organization in the crosshairs, th...
Kara and Scott evaluate President Trump's recent business decisions from defunding the W.H.O., to his "council to reopen America", and the public/private partnership.
56 min
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Google and Apple team up to track COVID-19, Ube...
Kara and Scott talk about tech giants Google and Apple teaming up to track COVID-19 cases on iPhones and Androids.
62 min
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Dorsey donates 28% of his wealth to COVID-19, Z...
Kara and Scott talk about Jack Dorsey's $1 billion donation to fight COVID-19, as well as other tech billionaire's contributions to fight the virus.
50 min
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Zoom isn’t as “encrypted” as you think, tech re...
Kara and Scott talk about privacy issues at Zoom as we move our doctor's appointments, work, therapy and school onto the platform.
59 min