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Google Home updates cause (figurative) nightmares, Lamborghini is making an off-road Huracan, and Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for almost $70 billion.

Navigation:

05:24 – Google Home's White Noise Update Wreaks Havoc

16:54 – Lamborghini Takes the Huracan Off-Road

27:15 – Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard

39:53 – Our Favorite New Gear Releases

Featured and Related:

• Google fixes issue with the Assistant's white noise sound that had sparked user outcry – The Verge
• Solved: Re: White Noise ambient sound has changed, is ther... - Google Nest Community
• People are losing sleep after Google replaced the 'white noise' sound on Nest speakers – Engadget
• Google Faces Backlash After Changing White Noise Ambient Sound – PCMAG
• Google Assistant Changed Its White Noise Sound and People Are Pissed [Update – Gizmodo
• Google Home, Nest Hub white noise ambient sound changes – 9to5Google
• Lamborghini's Wild Off-Road Huracan Seems Bound for Production – Gear Patrol
• Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
• Lamborghini Turned Its Best Sports Car Into an Off-Roader – Gear Patrol
• Now That We've Driven the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato, Will It Be Built? – Motor Trend
• Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica and Sterrato trademarks hint at send-off specials – The Drive
• Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Spied As All-Terrain Supercar – Motor1
• Is Porsche Secretly Working on an Off-Road 911? – Gear Patrol
• Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion – Engadget
• It’s Not Complicated. Microsoft Wants Activision for Its Games. – The New York Times
   
• Is Microsoft building a gaming monopoly? – The Verge
• Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games – Vox
• Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft's $70 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision – Kotaku
• A guide to Microsoft's Xbox game studios empire – The Verge
• Microsoft deal to deliver $390 million payday for Activision's embattled CEO – CNN
• GameStop stock sinks toward 11-month low as Microsoft-Activision merger poses 'walled garden' risk – MarketWatch

Which automakers produce the most vegan-friendly cars, a machine that projects aromas like speakers throw sound, and how COVID changed our shopping habits.

Navigation:

03:23 – Vegan-Friendly Cars: Which Brand Offers the Most Overall?
 

20:00 – What the Hell Is a Smell Speaker?
 

29:20 – COVID's Effect on Our Shopping Trends
 

Featured and Related:

• Study Finds Out Which Are The Most Vegan-Friendly Automakers – CarScoops
• Vegan Friendly Cars (original study post) – Dick Lovett
• Vegan cars: how veganism and sustainability shape the latest models – Auto Express
• Soft, warm and vegan-friendly, Volvo cars go leather-free – Reuters
• The Complete Vegan Guide to Buying a Car – LiveKindly
• Leather-Free Car Interiors Are Here, Thanks to PETA – PETA
• Cruelty-Free Cars: A Guide to Making Vegan Car Choices – VEGWORLD Magazine
• PETA and the Secret History of Vegan Leather Car Interiors – CleanTechnica
• Skoda Could Use Biological Raw Materials In Its Vehicles' Interiors – CarScoops
• Devon Turnbull: Old School Hi-fi Influencer - Resistor Magazine |
• Devon Turnbull talks Ojas speakers with Steve Guttenberg the Audiophiliac | In Sheeps Clothing
• The New Normal – Schema Design, Google Trends, and Axios
• Today in Gear: 5 Products to Know Every Day – Gear Patrol
• Garmin vívomove Hybrid Smartwatch ($180+)
• Diemme x Hiking Patrol: Roccia Vet Orange Cordura ($445)
• Hiking Patrol on Instagram
• The Leica M11: A Masterclass of Digital Photography — And Restraint – Gear Patrol
• Incense Holder – Craighill ($18)

It's no surprise that Gear Patrol fans have great taste and lofty product resolutions for 2022. Also in this episode: F-150 Lightning popularity and the Library of Pursuits.

Navigation:

Featured and Related:

• Ford's F-150 Lightning Electric Truck Is Shaping Up to Be Insanely Successful – Gear Patrol
• 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Markups Surprising Some Reservation Holders – Ford Authority
• Meet the All-New, All-Electric 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV – Gear Patrol
• The Four Biggest Myths of the US Economy - Plain English with Derek Thompson – The Ringer
• Tesla Removes 2022 Cybertruck Production Date From Its Site – The Drive
• Four Fitness Myths You Should Avoid in 2022 – Gear Patrol
• Library of Pursuits: Sign up for GP Email Courses – Gear Patrol
• 5 Haircare Resolutions to Make in 2022 – Gear Patrol
• 5 Tech Resolutions to Tackle in 2022 – Gear Patrol
• 10 Watches We Hope to See in 2022 – Gear Patrol

Electrification, memeification and sustainability take top prize.

Featured and Related:

• This Year in Gear: the Most Notable Releases of 2021 – Gear Patrol
• Gear Patrol (@gearpatrol) Instagram – Gear Patrol Reels + Reviews of TikTok Products
• The 19 Coolest Electric Vehicles We Saw in 2021 – Gear Patrol
• All the Coolest Weed Gear That Came Out in 2021 – Gear Patrol
• Looking Back on 2020 and Forward to 2021 – Psychology Today
• COVID economy in the United States – McKinsey
• Sensibill's Barcode Report Recaps 2021 Spending Trends – Business Wire
• Powerful Consumer Trends To Watch In 2021 – Forbes
• Fairtrade America Reveals Top Consumer Trends for 2022 – Yahoo! Finance
• The 7 Biggest Consumer Technology Trends In 2022 – Forbes

Matter claims to weave together all your disparate smart home devices, Loro Piana is tracking wool origins, and John Mayer's second G-Shock collab drops.

Episode Navigation:

04:50 – Matter and the promise of a unified Smart Home

22:10 – Loro Piana customers can track its wool origins

34:49 – John Mayer x Hodinkee x Casio G-Shock = a very desirable, approachable collab

Featured and Related: 

• Gear Patrol's Best Gifts 2021 — Ideas for Christmas, Birthdays & More
• Apple, Google, and Amazon have teamed up to fix the smart home with a new standard called Matter – The Verge
• Here's how Amazon, Google, Apple, and Samsung plan to work with Matter (with podcast) – The Verge
• Situation: there are too many competing smart home standards – The Verge
• Matter homepage
• Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard (2019) – The Verge
• Do You Know Where Your Sweater Came From? – The New York Times
• Traceable Cashmere: Discover Which Mongolian Goat Your Sweater Came From – Forbes
• Nature Elevated – Sheep Inc ("naturally carbon negative knitwear") – Sheep Inc
• Blockchain-Powered App Helps Mongolian Herders Trace Cashmere – Cointelegraph
• John Mayer and G-Shock are Back at it with the Latest Hodinkee Limited Edition – Worn & Wound
• Introducing: The Casio G-SHOCK Ref. 6900-PT80 By John Mayer – HODINKEE
• John Mayer Is Back With Another G-Shock Collab – GQ
• G-SHOCK Limited Edition DW6900JM21-7 Men's Watch (sold out)

The winners of this year's GP100 include the 2021 Game Changers: products that represent a massive shift in their respective categories.

Episode Navigation:

00:00 – What Is a Game Changer?

06:41 – I/O MAG Imprint 3D Goggle from Smith

13:15 – Whoop Any-Wear

19:15 – KYX Sneaker Rental

27:46 – Bose SoundControl Hearing Aids

37:47 – Dyson V15 Detect

44:32 – Fellow Drops

51:55 – Apple MacBook Pros

57:50 – Syng Cell Alpha Speaker

1:04:11 – Rivian R1T

1:11:11 – Bremont ENG300 Movement

Featured and Related:

• The 2021 GP100
• The 10 Best New Tech Products of the Year
• The 10 Best New Audio Products of the Year
• The 10 Best New Home Products of the Year
• The 10 Best New Food & Drink Products of the Year
• The 10 Best New Wellness Products of the Year
• The 10 Best New Style Products of the Year
• The 10 Best Fitness Products of 2022
• The 10 Best Outdoor Products of 2022

Virgil Abloh's legacy, BMW's questionable new SUV, and LEGO makes.... wooden shelves?

Episode Navigation:

02:36 – Virgil Abloh's Legacy

20:14 – BMW's New XM Concept Design Is Questionable

33:52 – LEGO Makes Home Furnishings Now
 

Featured and Related:

• Virgil Abloh, Path-Blazing Designer, Is Dead at 41 – New York Times
• Virgil Abloh Fans Build Altar at Off-White Store – New York Times
• Virgil Abloh's Life Celebrated In Louis Vuitton Runway Show – Vulture
• Louis Vuitton Unveils Virgil Abloh Statue at SS22 Miami Presentation – Hypebeast
• Into the Sky Above: Virgil Abloh Stages His Last Show for Louis Vuitton – Vogue
• Remembering Virgil Abloh, Hip-Hop's Designer – Pitchfork
• Virgil Abloh's Death: Reactions From Kanye West, BTS, Gucci – HighSnobiety
• No One Loved Virgil Abloh More Than His Critics – Rolling Stone
• project MAYBACH with virgil abloh: mercedes-benz unveils electric car as tribute to late designer – Design Boom
• BMW Unveils the Insane-Looking XM Performance SUV – Gear Patrol
• M1 Successor? BMW Previews 750-Horsepower XM Hybrid Concept – The Truth About Cars
• BMW shows off its new XM hybrid concept vehicle – The Verge
• BMW combines M legacy and rock star aesthetic into a quick V8 hybrid SUV – TechCrunch
• BMW’s 750-HP Concept XM Revealed And It's Even Scarier Than We Imagined | Carscoops – discussion via r/cars
• "Did BMS's Newest Car Design Just Leak?" – GP Instagram
• LEGO Rolls Out a Collection of Wooden Home Accessories – Design Milk
• Fill Your Home With Stackable Life-Size LEGO Furniture – Nerdist
• LEGO Wooden Home Accessories Collection Launches - LEGO Bricks – House Beautiful
• Book the ‘Home Alone’ House for One Night — Tarantulas and Booby Traps Included – Rolling Stone
• This 3,955-Piece ‘Home Alone’ LEGO Set Doubles as an Advent Calendar – My Modern Met

Continuous Liquid Interface Production is the next generation of 3D printing, and is equal parts SciFi and magic.

Featured and Related:
 

• How 3D Printing Could Change the Future of Gear – Gear Patrol
• The Promise of 3D Printing Fulfilled | Carbon (Home Page)
• Joseph DeSimone: What if 3D printing was 100x faster? (video) – TED
• The Gear Patrol Magazine Subscription • Gear Patrol Store
• Today in Gear – GP's Daily Gear News Column
• Sign Up for the Gear Patrol Dispatch Newsletter and Never Miss a Story – Gear Patrol
• Fast Company's 2020 Innovation by Design Awards – Fast Company
• adidas 4DFWD 3D Printed Running Shoes ($200)
• NHL Will Now Use 3D Printed Helmets, Thanks to Carbon and CCM – 3dprint.com

Have we passed the "EV inflection point?" Will the coffee bean crisis kill your caffeine supply? Who is Netflix Games made for?

Episode Navigation:

03:06 – Ford F-150 Lightning: Are We Long-Last at an "EV Inflection Point"?

17:13 – The Coffee Bean Crisis: Why Cups of Joe Could Cost $20 Soon
 

37:08 – Netflix Games: Will Hardcore Gamers Go For It?
 

Featured and Related:

• Today In Gear – Gear Patrol
• Subscribe to the Gear Patrol Dispatch and Never Miss a Story
• Tudor's Pelagos FXD Marine Nationale ($3,900)
• Jack Daniel's Coy Hill High Proof
• ZipCharge EV Power Bank
• Consumer Reports Survey Shows Strong Interest in Electric Cars – Consumer Reports
• Most Ford F-150 Lightning Customers Will Be New To The Brand And EVs – CarScoops
• International Survey Measures Consumers’ EV Concerns – Wards Auto
• Today’s electric vehicle market: Slow growth in U.S., faster in China, Europe – Pew
• Driving toward an electric future – Business North
• New Research Shows Wireless Charging Could Accelerate Wide Scale Adoption of Electric Vehicles – Valdosta Daily Times
• Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup? – Vox
• Rare Wild Coffee Species Has Arabica-Like Flavor, Greater Tolerance to Higher Temperatures – Sci News
• Heinz debuts 'Marz' Edition ketchup made with tomatoes grown in Mars conditions – Space
• New Heinz Marz Edition ketchup has implications that go far beyond flavor – CNN
• Here's why there's a coffee shortage around the world right now – Tom's Guide
• Your Coffee Is Getting More Expensive Due to Bad Weather in Brazil (video) – WSJ
• Why Brazil's Severe Weather May Lead to a Price Increase at Your Local Starbucks – Market Realist
• Climate change will impact food crops by end of the decade, NASA says – Space
• Arabica-like flavour in a heat-tolerant wild coffee species – Nature
• Global Climate Change Impact on Crops Expected Within 10 Years, NASA Study Finds – NASA
• Crops have a “drought memory” that prepares them for tough times – earth.com
• Netflix Games is available on your iPhone and iPad – The Verge
• All the news about Netflix’s gaming efforts – The Verge
• Let the Games Begin: A New Way to Experience Entertainment on Mobile – Netflix
• Fights, camera, action: the beginner's guide to streaming video games – The Guardian
• Twitch and Beyond: The Best Video Game Live Streaming Services for 2021 – PC Mag

Read the Series Below

• Men's Footwear Essentials
• Pants, Shorts and Sweats to Build Your Wardrobe
• The 8 Types of Tops You Should Own
• Accessories to Add Interest to Your Outfits

The Winter Gear Awards, Land Rover redesigns the Range Rover, Urwerk reveals a (strange) $275K watch.

Episode Navigation:

03:56 – The Winter Gear Awards

25:23 – The 2022 Range Rover Is Expensive and Not "Beautiful

43:11 – Uwerk UR-112 Aggregat, a Wildly Weird New Watch
 

Featured and Related:

• The 2021 Winter Gear Awards: Full List of Winners
• The 2022 Range Rover Continues Land Rover's Legacy, But Forges Its Own Design Path – Gear Patrol
• Range Rover home page – Land Rover
• 2022 Range Rover Offers a BMW V-8 and Up to 523 HP – Road & Track
• 2022 Land Rover Range Rover is sleeker than ever yet even more capable – Road Show
• 2022 Land Rover Range Rover Revealed: Smoother Looks, All-Wheel Steering (w/video) – Motor1
• Why the New Range Rover Should Be the Best Driving Yet – Road & Track
• 2022 Range Rover Adds Third-Row Option, with Plug-In Hybrid to Come – Car and Driver
• A fully electric Range Rover is coming in 2024 – Road Show
• New 2022 Range Rover revealed – the Rolls Royce Cullinan’s nightmare reloaded – EVO India
• The Most Unique Watch for Men? This New Sci-Fi Stunner – Gear Patrol
• UR-112 “AGGREGAT” homepage – Urwerk
• Introducing The New URWERK UR-112 Aggregat – Monochrome
• Urwerk Unveils Limited Edition UR-112 Aggregat Watch – A Blog to Watch
• Analysis: new Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat – technical virtuosity takes center stage – Deployant
• Hands-On The Urwerk UR-1001 “TITAN” – Hodinkee

Apple's huge new slate of products, the Porsche 718 Cayman RS melts the 'Ring, and Bremont *may* have a new in-house movement.

The 31-mph VanMoof V eBike, Sunglasses Made from Microorganism Poop, and Supply Chain Stress.

Episode Navigation:

• 02:45 – VanMoof V eBike
• 21:10 – Covalent AirCarbon Sunglasses
• 33:36 – Supply Chain Issues and Holiday Shopping Tips
   

Featured and Related:

• VanMoof V dual-motor ebike will have a top speed of over 30 mph – New Atlas
• VanMoof unveils 31 mph ‘hyperbike’ electric bicycle with two motors and full suspension – Electrek
• VanMoof's New eBike Is Its Fastest Ever – The Verge
• Believe it or not, this US-built fast e-bike hits 45 mph and 80 miles of range – Electrek
• Fastest Electric Bike: We Review the Fastest E-Bikes for 2021 – biking.com
• The future of biking might not be tandem – Morning Brew
• The 12 Best E-Bikes of 2021 – Gear Patrol
• Cake – Electric Motor Bikes
• Carbon-Capturing Sunglasses Offer a View of Fashion's Future – WIRED
• Covalent Fashion website
• Newlight Technologies
• AirCarbon on Twitter
• Green Packaging & Shipping (Video) – Dell
• Could this be the cure to our plastic problem? | Mission Ahead (Video) – CNN Business
• What the Tech? Microorganism-Harvested AirCarbon Will Make Your Next Pair of Nikes – HypeBeast
• INTERVIEW: Speculative capital offers growth opportunity for carbon market -- AirCarbon – S&P Global / Platts
• 'The amount of energy required by direct air carbon capture proves it is an exercise in futility' – Recharge
• Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture Be Viable? – Green Tech Media
• The war on fur: will other fashion industry giants follow Kering? – ScreenShot Media
• AirCarbon x Nike: Newlight and Nike Partner to Reduce Carbon Footprint – Cision
• These Companies Are Making Physical Goods Out of Thin Air – VICE
• Shake Shack tests AirCarbon carbon-negative straws and cutlery at 6 locations – Nation's Restaurant News
• Can a Running Shoe Made From Sugar, Wool and Tree Crush Trails? – Gear Patrol
• Store shortages could cause trouble for holiday shoppers: 4 steps to take now – TODAY
• You Need to Start Holiday Shopping Early This Year, Experts Say. Here’s Why, and How to Save – TIME
• Don't wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shopping. Here's why you need to shop now. – USA Today
• How to Find Deals Like a Gear Patrol Editor – Gear Patrol
• Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping – Military Times
• The global supply chain nightmare is about to get worse – CNN Business
• US bank chiefs confident supply chain disruptions are ‘transitory’ – Financial Times
• Target Launches Black Friday Sales Early Amid Supply-Chain Crunch – Barron's
• U.S. Retailers Deploy Creative Tactics In Battle To Win Global Supply Chain War – Forbes
• Biden, Battling Supply Chain Woes, to Announce Port Will Operate 24/7 – NYT
• Supply chain havoc is getting worse — just in time for holiday shopping – Recode / VOX
• Grocery store shelves aren't going back to normal this year – CNN Business
• Santa's Bag shopping/gift list and budgeting app – Apple App Store

Ferrari hires Jony Ive, livestream shopping's rising popularity, and a biometric security dongle.

Episode Navigation:

02:41 – Ferrari Hires Jony Ive and Marc Newson

17:45 – Is Livestream Shopping... a Thing?

30:08 – Yubico's New Biometric Security Dongles

Featured and Related:

• Former Apple design boss Jony Ive partners with Ferrari – Road Show
• Ex-Apple designer Jony Ive is now designing expensive things for Ferrari, too – The Verge
• Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s LoveFrom joins forces with Ferrari – Wallpaper
• Ferrari to partner with Jony Ive’s new design firm on its first electric car – Fast Company
• The Most Iconic Apple Products Designed by Jony Ive – Gear Patrol
• Ford 021C Concept Car by Marc Newson
• Is Live-Stream Shopping the Future of Retail? – WSJ
• Livestream shopping is the next big thing in retail – Fortune
• It’s showtime! How live commerce is transforming the shopping experience – McKinsey
• Whatnot raises another $150M for its livestream shopping platform, evolves into a unicorn – TechCrunch
• Op-ed: Live commerce’s secret sauce, decoded – Glossy
• This Live-Stream Entertainment Shopping Company Wants to Bring Live-Host Commerce to the World – Investorideas.com
• NTWRK - How Mobile Video Digital Shopping Is Shaping The Future Of Ecommerce – Forbes
• New Global Start up Shopstream Rolls Out B2C Live Social Marketplace – Business Wire
• New Yubico security keys let you use fingerprints instead of passwords – Ars Technica
• Eric Limer weighs in via Slack
• Best security key 2021: Protect your online accounts – ZDnet
• Titan Security Key – Google Cloud
• Fingerprint ID in YubiKey Bio security key helps banish passwords – CNET
• Yubico’s new hardware key features a fingerprint reader for passwordless logins – TechCrunch
• What are security keys, how do they work, and which is the best to buy? – Pocket-lint
• How to use a two-factor security key – The Verge
• The Best Security Key for Multi-Factor Authentication – Wirecutter

Casey Johnston's Substack newsletter, "She's a Beast," the merits of Amazon's new Halo View fitness tracker, and a discussion of the Rivian R1T.

Episode Navigation:

05:02 – Casey Johnston, author of She's a Beast
 

34:37 – Amazon Halo View, Halo Fitness, and Halo Nutrition
 

47:03 – Reactions to... Reviews of the Rivian R1T

Featured and Related:
 

• She's a Beast: a Swole Woman's Newsletter
• Casey Johnston on Twitter
• Casey Johnston on Instagram
• Archive of "Ask a Swole Woman" Column – VICE
• Recent She's a Beast newsletters:
  • The myths of bodyweight training, part 3
  • Instagram is essentially a weight-loss app, and Facebook is loving that for it
  • Protein Oatmeal v2.0: Mush Reloaded
  • Where to Even Begin With At-Home Workouts, and How to Keep Going
• Everything Amazon Announced at Today's Big Hardware Event – Gear Patrol
• Amazon reveals Halo Fitness and Halo Nutrition programs for Halo subscribers – Tech Crunch
• Amazon announces new wearable and services to try to make you fitter – The Verge
• Do Fitness Trackers Actually Help You Get Fit? What the Science Says – Men's Journal
• Science Says Fitness Trackers Don't Work. Wear One Anyway – WIRED
• Should I buy a fitness tracker? – Tech Radar
• Amazon's New Fitness Tracker Is Basically a Fitbit – Gizmodo
• Amazon Halo View vs. Fitbit Inspire 2: How the new fitness band stacks up against Fitbit's affordable tracker – CNET
• Amazon's Halo Fitness service could give Apple Fitness Plus some competition – CNET
• Amazon's biggest innovation is being cheap – Engadget
• Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do – Motherboard/VICE
• The Rivian R1T Is Everything You Hoped It Would Be – Gear Patrol
• Rivian R1T Launch Edition driven: Full-electric pickup hits the trail (video) – Roadshow
• 2022 Rivian R1T first drive review: Electric pickup tackles the trail – Roadshow
• First drive: Rivian delivers the electric truck we’ve been waiting for – TechCrunch
• The Rivian R1T Proves That the Perfect Off-Roader Is Electric – Road & Track
• Rivian is coming. Here’s why it matters – E&E News
• Electric Pickup Trucks Are Coming: Who will buy them? – KBB
• Automakers Are Going All In on Electric Pickups. Will Anyone Buy Them? – TIME
• Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers? – AP
• Rivian files to go public at up to a reported $80 billion valuation – The Verge

The future of mobility and "living rooms on wheels," plus: we ponder whether e-Readers are still relevant and discuss what to wear to the office these days.

Episode Navigation:

• 04:20 – Dalal Elsheik on Autonomous Vehicle UX and the Automotive Industry
• 35:03 – Are e-Readers Still Relevant?
• 42:50 – Lululemon Survey Indicates People Hope to Wear Comfy Clothes to the Office

Featured and Related:

• A Ford Engineer Reveals 10 Things You Need to Know About Self-Driving Cars – Gear Patrol
• Self-Driving Cars? They're Still Not Here Yet – Gear Patrol
• An Electric VW Bus Could Be Volkswagen's First Self-Driving Car – Gear Patrol
• Self-Driving Cars FAQ: How Far Away Is Far Away? – Motor Trend
• Opinion: You will not be traveling in a self-driving car anytime soon. Here’s what the future will look like – Market Watch
• The Costly Pursuit of Self-Driving Cars Continues On. And On. And On. – NYT
• Why we’re still years away from having self-driving cars – VOX, Recode
• Elon Musk’s problematic plan for “full self-driving” Teslas – Vox, Recode
• U.S. Safety Official Calls on Tesla To Fix 'Basic Safety Issues' Before Expanding its Full Self-Driving Mode – Hypebeast
• Amazon’s new Kindle Paperwhite adds a bigger screen, longer battery life, and USB-C – The Verge
• You can now preorder the new Kindle Paperwhite – The Verge
• Amazon Just Introduced Three New Kindle Paperwhites – WIRED
• Is it the end of the road for dedicated e-readers? – Good e-Reader
• Why Dedicated E-readers Are Still Popular – Lifewire
• Understanding the E-Reader Global Supply Chain – Good e-Reader
• Ebooks Are an Abomination – The Atlantic
• First Look at the Hisense Touch Music Reader – Good e-Reader
• Onyx Boox Mira and Mira Pro Now Available for Pre-Order – Good e-Reader
• lululemon global study shows how clothing impacts workplace performance, culture and experience in a new hybrid environment (Full Survey pdf) – Lululemon
• Comfort Still in Style, Lululemon Survey Says – WWD via AOL
• @bobby on twitter: "i have a question for people who wear cool outfits to work at home. what's your f**king problem"
• You’re Finally Going Back to the Office. What Are You Going to Wear? – WSJ
  • Redux of ^ WSJ article
  • Excerpts from ^ WSJ article
• 12 comfortable back-to-work clothes for your return to the office – Today
• Our WFH-Meets-Office Fashion Ideas For These Weird Hybrid Times – Refinery29
• You can now wear what you want to work – Financial Times
• Heading back to the office? Here’s how to dress for it – GQ UK
• The New Rules of Office Style (2018) – Esquire

The biggest announcements from this week's Apple Event; the Michelin Uptis airless tire; Taco Bell wants to recycle your used empty plastic sauce packets.

Episode Navigation:

• 03:20 – Deconstructing the September Apple Event
• 36:50 – Michelin Uptis Airless Tire
• 49:20 – Taco Bell's Sauce Packet Recycling Program

Featured and Related:

• Everything Apple Announced at Today's Big iPhone Event – Gear Patrol
• Smartphones May Be Too Good – NYT
• Michelin's airless passenger car tires get their first public outing – New Atlas
• The TWEEL - radical new wheel technology (UPDATED) (2005) – New Atlas
• Michelin homepage for airless tire concept – Michelin
• UPTIS unveiled to the public (airless tire) – Michelin
• UPTIS homepage – Michelin
• The MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire Family – Michelin
• MICHELIN X Tweel Airless Radial Tire – John Deere
• Why Airless Tires Are a Bad Idea – Valley Chevy Dealers
• Look Ma, no air! Checking out Michelin's futuristic Uptis tires – Autoblog
• Airless Tires – Bridgestone
• Why GM and Michelin's airless Uptis is the future of car and truck tires (2019) – CNET Roadshow
• GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024 (2019) – Engadget
• Taco Bell Wants Your Old Sauce Packets So They Can Be Recycled – NPR
• TerraCycle website – TerraCycle
• Taco Bell Recycling Homepage – Taco Bell
• Don’t Let This Love Go To Waste. Give New Life To Taco Bell® Hot Sauce Packets Via Terracycle – Taco Bell
• The Plastic Problem Isn't Your Fault, But You Can Be Part Of The Solution – NPR
• VIDEO: Is Recycling Worth It Anymore? People On The Front Lines Say Maybe Not – NPR

Government IDs on your phone; trucks are finally getting smaller; and after 18 months of COVID WFH, what products have endured, and what do we really need now?

Episode Navigation:

03:10 – Apple's Forthcoming Digital Driver's Licenses

16:00 – Compact Pickup Trucks: A Welcome Automotive Segment?

27:20 – The "Logi Dock" and Our Relationship with WFH Products 18 M0nths post-COVID

Featured and Related:

• The new digital driver’s licenses from Apple sound slightly creepy – VOX/Recode
• You’ll soon be able to use your iPhone as ID at the airport – The Verge
• New York’s Vaccine Passport Could Cost Taxpayers $17 Million – NYT
• Pandemic gives boost as more states move to digital IDs – AP
• How governments can deliver on the promise of digital ID – McKinsey & Company
• Digital IDs Might Sound Like a Good Idea, But They Could Be a Privacy Nightmare – ACLU
• Digital IDs Are More Dangerous Than You Think – WIRED
• How National Digital IDs Benefit Both Citizens And Businesses – Forbes
• Facebook admits "trust deficit" as it looks to launch digital wallet – Axios
• The Technology 202: Facebook's latest attempt to build a crypto empire meets familiar skepticism in Washington – The Washington Post
• The Mighty Pickup Slims Down – NYT
• The Ford Maverick Is a Whole New Kind of Pickup Truck – Gear Patrol
• Nissan Titan vs Ford F-150 vs Toyota Tundra vs Chevrolet Silverado – Nissan
• Alpha Motors Wolf Electric Pickup Truck – Alpha Motors
• 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickup is terrific, but who will buy it? – Detroit Free Press
• Compact 2022 Ford Maverick Pickup Shows Its Size Next to Ranger, F-150 – The Drive
• Stop Saying The Ford Maverick Is Small! It's Not – Jalopnik
• 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Second Drive: Truck-ish? – The Truth About Cars
• The Unlikely Return of the Compact Pickup – Edmunds
• The Comeback of the Compact Pickup Truck – Good Car Bad Car
• America Needs More Compact Pickup Trucks Like the Hyundai Santa Cruz – Motor Biscuit
• "Car Bloat" New Cars Are Heavier Than Ever, But Also More Powerful – The Drive
• Logitech’s new dock is designed for a work from home world – The Verge
• Discussion on the Logitech Logi Dock – Reddit
• Consumer Brands Bet Working From Home Is Here to Stay – WSJ
• All the WFH products that we now can’t live without – CNN
• The Essential Gear You Need to Stay Productive While Working From Home – Gear Patrol, 2021
• The Best Home Office Products of 2020 Made WFH Less Miserable – Gear Patrol
• Future Of Work: What The Post-Pandemic Workplace Holds For Remote Workers’ Careers – Forbes
• It’s time to reimagine where and how work will get done – PWC
• Companies' Post-COVID Dilemma: Will the Rise of Remote Work Become a Permanent Pandemic Legacy? – Cision

IKEA's new buy-back-for-store-credit program, Spotify's latest product and feature launches, and the impending reality of autonomous taxis.

Episode Navigation:

2:35 – IKEA Buy Back Program Being Piloted in Pennsylvania

22:05 – Spotify Adds a Ton of New Features, Expanding its Market Dominance

32:30 – Hyundai Debuts its Ioniq 5 Robo-Taxi, Due Out in 2023

Featured and Related:

• Ikea is launching a furniture buyback program – Fast Company
• Buy Back program – IKEA
• Inside Ikea’s plan to reinvent itself as a circular company – Fast Company
• How Ikea plans to be climate positive by 2030 – Fast Company
• Ikea’s Offering to Buy Back Your Old Furniture—If It Can Survive the Journey – Gizmodo
• IKEA Is Now Selling a Hot New Product: Renewable Energy – Architectural Digest
• IKEA Is Increasing Refunds on Returned and Unwanted Office Furniture by 50 Percent This Week – Concrete Playground
• New Spotify Feature Will Make You and Your BFF a Playlist of Songs You'll Both Like – Gizmodo
• Spotify is taking over Delta's entire in-flight audio section – Engadget
• Philips Hue partners with Spotify to turn all your lights into a music visualizer – The Verge
• How Spotify’s Newest Personalized Experience, Blend, Creates a Playlist for You and Your Bestie – Spotify
• Spotify’s Podcasts Subscriptions service is now open to all US creators – Tech Crunch
• In early 2020, Spotify accounted for 30% of global streaming service usage – Statista
• Hyundai reveals self-driving Ioniq 5 'robotaxi' – Autocar
• Autonomous Tech Developer Motional Unveils Hyundai Ioniq 5-Based Robotaxi – Forbes
• Hyundai reveals the robotaxi it built for Lyft, and a version for its very own metaverse – The Register
• Motional reveals its Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric robotaxi – Tech Crunch
• Motional website
• Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco – The Verge
• Waymo Is 99% of the way to self-driving cars. The last 1% is the hardest – Autoblog
• Tesla Crashes Into Police Cruiser. Self-Driving Cars Have to Learn how to Drive. – Barron's
• Volvo invests in Israeli developer of testing platform for autonomous vehicles – The Times of Israel
• Rainbow road sign film would be easier for autonomous vehicles to read – New Atlas
• Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete – The Guardian