I got too old years ago to elbow my way into Irish bars on St. Patrick’s Day, but I do fly the Irish flag from our front porch alongside the latest in a series of American flags that have graced our house since weeks after we moved in almost 20 years ago.

3/11/2024: Uber App Now Tracks Carbon-Pollution Savings From Some Rides, PCMag

I got an advance copy of Uber’s press release, but seeing this new feature live in my copy of the ride-hailing company’s app helped me discern its limits.

3/12/2024: Uber CEO at SXSW: ‘Our Competition Is Car Ownership’, PCMag

After watching this panel featuring Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Austin mayor Kirk Watson, I wrote my second post about Uber for this week.

3/14/2024: On Third Try, SpaceX’s Starship Reaches Space Before an Explosive Re-Entry, PCMag

I revised this post a day after I wrote it to reflect updates from SpaceX and space experts (for example, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell) that clarified that Starship didn’t achieve orbital velocity on this launch, contrary to a tweet from Elon Musk.

3/15/2024: Ep 97 SmartTechCheck Podcast TikTok and Congress, Elon Musk and YouTube, and SXSW highlights, Mark Vena

I shared a SXSW debriefing on this episode of my tech-analyst friend’s podcast.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/03/17/weekly-output-uber-apps-carbon-pollution-math-uber-and-austin-spacex-starship-test-flight-mark-vena-podcast/

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