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The threads it sat in

The idea that connected each episode's stories, latest first.

• Fri 30 Oct 2026Asia is moving from afterthought to first stop
• Wed 28 Oct 2026Two labels choose narrow focus over size
• Tue 20 Oct 2026The past now sells the present
• Fri 9 Oct 2026Credibility moved. Institutions are still catching up
• Fri 25 Sep 2026Objects absorb identity. Categories dissolve on contact
• Thu 24 Sep 2026Ordinary objects demand cultural status. Every category is fashion now

Every episode

• Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Ep 238Meta launched Style Sketch, an AI outfit app, in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.The app puts together outfit ideas using clothes people already own.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Ep 236Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to build Ndoc, a Microsoft Office rival.He spent eight years on AI testing and training methods, and Ndoc also targets Google Workspace.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Ep 230eSafety Commissioner plans to sue Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over Australia's under-16 ban.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Fri 9 Oct 2026 · Ep 223Meta blocks ByteDance ads across eight countries, turning platform competition into trade policyAd bans landing in several markets at once break the global-reach assumptions behind media planning.Via Techmeme · Brand and Business
• Fri 25 Sep 2026 · Ep 213Meta designs Muse Charm, an AI device worn as a bag charmVia TechCrunch · Culture and Ideas
• Thu 24 Sep 2026 · Ep 212Meta's consumer VR glasses arrive at thirteen hundred dollars with Disney and hologram calls built in.Via Hypebeast · Tech and Digital
• Thu 10 Sep 2026 · Ep 198Meta's autonomous AI agent ships despite internal data mismanagement concernsVia The Verge · Tech and Digital
• Sat 29 Aug 2026 · Ep 186Texas negotiated a $1.35B side deal with Meta, conditional on TikTok and YouTube changing behaviour.Via Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Sun 23 Aug 2026 · Ep 180Meta's trial reveals a documented internal strategy to hook and retain children. The language is in evidence.Via The Guardian · Tech and Digital
• Fri 21 Aug 2026 · Ep 178Meta's Pocket app lets users vibe-code playable games without writing a line of code, then share them socially.Via Design Taxi · Tech and Digital
• Sun 16 Aug 2026 · Ep 173Instagram's first rebrand in a decade is a signal that Meta is done coasting on legacy equity.Via Dezeen · Brand and Business
• Sat 15 Aug 2026 · Ep 172Instagram refreshes its wordmark for the first time since 2016Via Dezeen · Brand and Business
• Tue 11 Aug 2026 · Ep 168Social media addiction lawsuits survived appeal. Platforms face years of litigation.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Mon 10 Aug 2026 · Ep 167Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Sun 26 Jul 2026 · Ep 152Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Sat 25 Jul 2026 · Ep 151US tech companies cut 140,000 jobs in 2026 while building AI data centresVia Financial Times · Brand and Business
• Mon 13 Jul 2026 · Ep 139Lorde rejects festival sponsor Meta's Ray-Ban glasses on stage as 'not sexy'Via The Verge · Tech and Digital
• Sun 12 Jul 2026 · Ep 138The EU is regulating platform attention as a product defect, not a feature.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Thu 9 Jul 2026 · Ep 135Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Sun 5 Jul 2026 · Ep 131Meta's first fashion campaign used Substackers alongside celebrities. The audience architecture is shifting.Via Glossy · Brand and Business
• Sat 4 Jul 2026 · Ep 130Meta launches a fashion house disguised as a hardware productVia Glossy · Brand and Business
• Fri 3 Jul 2026 · Ep 129Meta launches Pocket, an app built around shareable AI-generated interactive objects.Via The Verge · Tech and Digital
• Sat 27 Jun 2026 · Ep 123Zuckerberg wants 100 million people predicting things, turning speculation into a social mechanic.Via Techmeme · Brand and Business
• Tue 23 Jun 2026 · Ep 119Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Sun 7 Jun 2026 · Ep 103Meta confirmed thousands of Instagram accounts were compromised through its own AI chatbot.Via This Week in Security · Tech and Digital
• Tue 2 Jun 2026 · Ep 98AI labs are hiring philosophers and psychologists to study machine consciousness.Via Financial Times · Tech and Digital
• Fri 29 May 2026 · Ep 94Meta charges subscribers across all three platforms simultaneously, not per app.Via TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Tue 26 May 2026 · Ep 91Meta builds a Reddit clone inside Facebook and bets on anonymous community.Via Design Taxi · Tech and Digital
• Mon 25 May 2026 · Ep 90Meta, Google and Amazon send executives to the Vatican before Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclicalVia Techmeme / Politico · Culture and Ideas
• Wed 13 May 2026 · Ep 78China blocked Meta's acquisition of Manus, a Singapore-headquartered company.Via Financial Times · Tech and Digital
• Fri 8 May 2026 · Ep 73Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Tue 28 Apr 2026 · Ep 63China blocked Meta's Manus deal, guarding AI knowledge like a sovereign asset.Via Techmeme / Wall Street Journal · Brand and Business
• Thu 16 Apr 2026 · Ep 51Mentioned in the audioMentioned in the audio
• Wed 15 Apr 2026 · Ep 50Meta to shoot past Google in digital ad revenue for first time: EmarketerVia Marketing Dive · Brand and Business
• Sat 4 Apr 2026 · Ep 39Meta, Microsoft and Google are all building huge natural gas plants for AI data centresVia TechCrunch · Tech and Digital
• Wed 1 Apr 2026 · Ep 36Perplexity sued for sharing user data with Meta and Google during Incognito modeVia Techmeme · Tech and Digital
• Tue 31 Mar 2026 · Ep 35Australia's social media ban for kids is failing because Big Tech isn't enforcing it properlyVia The Register · Tech and Digital
• Sun 29 Mar 2026 · Ep 33Italy's competition authority investigates LVMH's Sephora and BenefitVia Business of Fashion · Brand and Business
• Sat 28 Mar 2026 · Ep 32A court ruled Meta and Google liable for mental health harm from addictive algorithmsVia Vogue · Tech and Digital
• Thu 26 Mar 2026 · Ep 30Meta and YouTube lost landmark addiction trial, ordered to pay $6 millionVia Hypebeast · Design and Architecture
• Mon 23 Mar 2026 · Ep 27Reality Labs lost £80 billion but still makes all Meta's hardwareVia Business Insider · Tech and Digital
• Wed 18 Mar 2026 · Ep 22Meta lobbies for age verification tech it can also sell the underlying systems forVia Hacker News Best · Tech and Digital
• Sat 14 Mar 2026 · Ep 18Meta considers layoffs affecting 20% of its workforce to offset AI data centre spendingVia TechCrunch · Brand and Business
• Tue 3 Mar 2026 · Ep 7Meta tests an AI shopping research tool to rival ChatGPTVia Business of Fashion · Tech and Digital
• Thu 26 Feb 2026 · Ep 2Zuckerberg's front-row seat hints at Prada-made Meta glassesVia TechCrunch · Fashion and Style

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