August 06, 2020

291: Big Decisions

58 minutes

There are NEW MACS and a lot of government-type developments in the world of tech. TikTok is potentially being bought by Microsoft and Christina has NO COMMMENT, and also a post-mortem of last week's antitrust hearings. Finally, we've tried Raycons!

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Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership Apple updates the iMac with new Intel processors and a better webcam - The Verge Microsoft has one year to transfer TikTok's code to the U.S. Why Trump views TikTok as a threat | Engadget Opinion | Is Microsoft Sure It Wants to Buy TikTok? - The New York Times Instagram launches Reels, its attempt to keep you off TikTok - The Verge Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access independent seller data - The Verge Amazon Emails Show Effort to Weaken Diapers.com Before Buying It - Bloomberg Mark Gurman on Twitter: "Now we know how Apple convinced Amazon to finally put Prime Video on the App Store in 2017..." ‘Instagram can hurt us’: Mark Zuckerberg emails outline plan to neutralize competitors - The Verge Congress zeroes in on Google during historic tech antitrust hearing - CNET