Ukraine is leading all major tech news as companies react and try to shutdown misinformation along with trying to support the government as Elon Musk did by turning on Internet Access and shipping in ground terminals for the government to get online.

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* Ukraine asks Elon Musk for help

* Ukraine receives $13 million in crypto

* A foldable iPad?

* What is the best VPN?

* Wi-Fi 7

* iHeartRadio and Talkback

* Samsung kills off the Note brand

* Toyota shuts down factory

* Dutch fines Apple again

* OnePlus 10 Pro

* TikTok videos can now be 19 minutes

* Panasonic and Tesla

* Instagram is not big enough for the iPad

* Telsa offering EV charging in Ukraine

* Etsy is canceling $4 million in Ukraine seller fees

* Twitter will mark tweets with links to Russian sites

* Microsoft says it informed Ukraine government about cyberattacks

Coinbase reported some major earning numbers today blowing out analyst estimates. If you look at all of these crypto apps they are simply cleaning up. I find it quite remarkable. But it’s always the middlemen that are getting rich over the risk others place on their money.

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* –Top subscription app revenue grew 41%

* –Tumblr is available ad-free

* –Block Q4

* –Scammers are using fake COVID-19 sites

* –Netflix’s new trivia show

* –Amazon union organizer arrested 

* –Motional and Via

* –This startup wants to help renters get rewarded

* –US and Russia still tethered by the ISS

* –Elon Musk’s wealth dipped below $200 billion

* –Nikola plans to ramp up production 

* –Microsoft continues to fix Windows 11

* –MWC 2022

* –Redditt app revamp 

* –The new Moto Edge+

* –Spotify took down Alex Jones podcast

* –iPhone Face ID repairs 

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Wordle which was recently purchased by the New York Times has not revised the game very much but according to reports has stuffed it with ad tracking software that tracks what you do when you leave the website. Nothing free is ever free. Aka you are the product and what you do online is very valuable.

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* –Russia responds to European astronauts

* –Amazon’s grocery business has become “an expensive hobby”

* –Disney + in March 2022

* –Hulu in March 2022

* –New Macs to launch in March

* –IRS adds the option to skip facial recognition 

* –Apple’s foldable iPhone reportedly delayed in 2025

* –Elon Musk’s Boring Company 

* –An AI cant copyright its art

* –AT&T will shut down 3G service tomorrow

* –GM seeks US approval 

* –Apple’s standoff with the Dutch continues

* –SpaceX inserts Starlink into a higher orbit

* –Trump’s Truth Social 

* –Wordle stuffed with ad trackers

SpaceX wants to be able to do a Space Walk by sometime near the end of 2022 to coincide with the first manned starship mission. This to me seems very energetic being that SpaceX does not even have a qualified spacewalking spacesuit ready yet. Time will tell but it will be very exciting to watch. If anyone can do it they can.

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* –Daters spent $4.2 billion globally looking for love

* –The 10 best websites to know about your potential employers

* –Apple fined again

* –Samsung’s new Android tablets are so popular that had to halt preorders

* –FBI warns BlackByte ransomware targeting infrastructure

* –A journalist will not be prosecuted

* –The best and worst Super Bowl commercials

* –FCC to take a closer look

* Hacking group is on a tear

* –Blade Runner 2099

* –Verizon experiencing a state-wide outage in Georgia

* –Funding site linked to Candian trucker protest, donor info leaked

* –Joby Aviation partners with Japanese airline

* –Qualcomm jumps on Wi-Fi 7 bandwagon

* –10 million+ households have enrolled in the Affordable Connectivity Program

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Apple Airtags have been used in a number of inappropriate ways to track people. While they are incredibly useful in keeping track of gear some folks want to keep track of people with them. While most of the time illegal to do so and each airtag is able to be tracked back to the owner sometimes finding the airtag has been difficult. Apple wants to fix that and will be releasing software to make them easier to find.

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* –Disney+ may raise prices

* –Apple breaks ties with 12 suppliers

* –FCC launches task force

* –Indiegogo

* –Zoox robotaxis

* –Factory contamination affects “at least” 7 billion gigabytes of memory

* –Chan Zuckerberg Inittiatve 

* –Microsoft offers a 60% discount to Google G Suite legacy customers

* –Amazon Music signs an exclusive deal

* –Starlink Gen2 may cause problems for Hubble

* –Tesla factory is a “racially segregated workplace”

* “Obi-Wan Kenobi”

* –DIsney+ outshines Netflix

* –$5 billion plan for EV charging infrastructure

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Will Meta Pull Facebook and Instagram from the EU seems that’s what Meta is threatening in an SEC filing. They do not want to observe EU data transfer rules by moving EU user data back to the United States. Don’t let any of this fool you they are not going to leave the EU but they are pissed that the privacy rules are not letting them target as effectively.

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* –Meta is threatening to shut down Facebook in Europe

* –PriceRunner suing Google

* –Verizon contracts for smartphones

* –NASA and ISS

* Orbital Prime

* Google sued for $2.1 billion

* –Apple fined again

* –Google’s February update

* –Microsoft will block downloaded macros

* –New iPhone and iPad on March 8th

* –Spotify CEO apologizes to staff

* –Amazon raises its maximum for corporate employees

* –Wi-Fi 6E to Wi-Fi 7

* –“Matrix Resurrections” co-producer sues Warner Bros.

* –IRS kills plan to verify taxpayers

* –Twitch punished a streamer

* –Maid’s iPad helped police track down a suspect

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Will you buy your next car online or at the dealer according to a new survey some 41% will buy their next new car online versus walking the car lot? Obviously, with car shortages, there are not a lot of vehicles to even look at on the lot thus forcing people to buy online only.

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* –1/2 of consumers plan to pre-order their new car

* –Apple heart study shows older adults outpace younger adults

* –What is W-Fi 6E?

* –Malware masquerading as Android 2FA app

* Alphabet Q4

* –An app developer lawsuit over rejections and scammers

* –Tesla selling karaoke microphones in China

* –Lego James Webb Space Telescope

* –Ford’s E-Transit work van

* –Chromebook sales in a recession

* –Blackberry agrees to sell

* –Sony acquires Bungie

* –Meta adds 3D avatars

* –Samsung topples Intel

* –Website fined by Germany

* –Wordle gets bought by The New York Times

* –Joby launches mics

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Do you have the first version of the Wyze Camera? Well if you do it may be time to replace it due to some unspecified security concerns. Wyze is canceling the camera on February 1st. I have two of the older models that I will replace. Better to be on the safe side and use them where I have no concerns about hacks. Also you can now donate to the show using crypto via Podcast 2.0 apps. More details and how later.

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* –Warner Music Group is building a “musical theme park” in the metaverse

* –FCC aims to stop broadband bill shock

* –SpaceX plans to launch up to 22 missions

* –Peacock reveals its strategy 

* –The FCC revokes China Unicom’s authorization to operate in the US

* –Apple releases 15.3

* –Social media scammers stole at least $770 million 

* –Robinhood 4Q

* –Apple Q1

* –Netflix officially lists HDR support for Pixels

* –Dark web news site owner sentenced

* –The Vets

* –Facebook plays catch up

* FCC unanimously approves “nutrition labels”

* Apple News was the most widely used UK news app

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FCC to block ISP exclusive deals that lock residents of apartments into a single ISP limiting their provider choice. I applaud them for making this move. While it’s a profit center for most property owners the time has come to allow the consumer to have a choice in ISP’s versus the one getting a kickback.

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* –Data breaches break a record in 2021

* –Use Venmo, AMEX, or Credit Karma? You might be owed some money

* –Samsungs Galaxy S22

* –Panasonic producing next-gen Telsa batteries

* –Elon Musk’s Neurallink

* –Apple fined $5.6 million

* –“Death Star” response from US

* –FCC chair plans to block exclusive deals

* –NBCUniversal is partnering with Tik Tok

* –Tesla Cybertruck

* –Mark Cuban and his online pharmacy

* NASA celebrates

* –PG&E is a “menace to California”

* –Twitter’s “close friends” feature

* – The cryptocurrency market has lost $130 billion

* –Google’s long-rumored smartwatch could arrive on May 26th

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By 2024 there may be a movie studio in space attached to the International Space Station. Then Tom Cruz will hitch a ride to ISS on a SpaceX Flight to film the movie. It’s getting real when they want to shoot a movie in space. Time will tell if they have the money to make it happen.

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* –What’s coming and leaving Hulu in February 

* –What you really need to survive a blackout

* –Should you file a claim in a data breach settlement

* –The McPlant

* –GameStop stock trading documentary

* –NASA announces first flight delay

* –Red Cross data breach

* –Spaceflight makes the body kill red blood cells

* –NYC Mayor will convert his paycheck to cryptocurrency

* –SpaceX’s next 2 astronaut launches

* –2FA compromise led to $34 million Crypto.com hack

* –Senator Kloubacher’s major tech reform bill

* –Epic pushes to overturn App Store ruling

* –Advanced driver assistance tech

* –Google Pay resets strategy again

* –All-in-one diabetes devices

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