November 21, 2021

This Week in Tech 850: Leo, not Leopoldo

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2 hours 23 minutes

Apple's self-repair program, space debris, Constitution NFT, Xbox 20 years old

Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena.

Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution.

Someone Made a Pirate Bay for NFTs.

13 dumb arena names inspired by the Staples Center becoming 'Crypto.com Arena'.

El Salvador to Create 'Bitcoin City,' Use $500M of Planned $1B Bond Offering to Buy More Crypto.\

Apple Will Tell You How to Fix iPhones, Sell Parts to the General Public.

Apple's Pointless Self-Repair Program.

Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO step down.

Xbox Chief Says He's Evaluating Relationship With Activision.

Microsoft Pressures Activision Blizzard.

Apple Accelerates Work on Car Project, Aiming for Fully Autonomous Vehicle.

Google Cloud encourages more conversational AI with Bot-in-a-Box.

Visualizations show the extensive cloud of debris Russia's anti-satellite test created.

Chris Hadfield says more regulations are needed to protect astronauts from space debris.

Jurors Got to Hear Elizabeth Holmes' Lies For Themselves.

Tesla ranks almost dead-last on a Consumer Reports reliability list.

We Are the Wirecutter Union. We're Prepared to Walk Out.

How Xbox outgrew the console: inside Phil Spencer's multi-billion dollar gamble.

Forza Horizon 5.

Facebook's race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show.

Meta's sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets.

FlyFin offers an AI-based tax app aimed at freelancers, gig workers.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Wil Harris, and Chris J. Preimesberger

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November 21, 2021

This Week in Tech 850: Leo, not Leopoldo

Listen Later

2 hours 23 minutes

Apple's self-repair program, space debris, Constitution NFT, Xbox 20 years old

Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena.

Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution.

Someone Made a Pirate Bay for NFTs.

13 dumb arena names inspired by the Staples Center becoming 'Crypto.com Arena'.

El Salvador to Create 'Bitcoin City,' Use $500M of Planned $1B Bond Offering to Buy More Crypto.\

Apple Will Tell You How to Fix iPhones, Sell Parts to the General Public.

Apple's Pointless Self-Repair Program.

Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO step down.

Xbox Chief Says He's Evaluating Relationship With Activision.

Microsoft Pressures Activision Blizzard.

Apple Accelerates Work on Car Project, Aiming for Fully Autonomous Vehicle.

Google Cloud encourages more conversational AI with Bot-in-a-Box.

Visualizations show the extensive cloud of debris Russia's anti-satellite test created.

Chris Hadfield says more regulations are needed to protect astronauts from space debris.

Jurors Got to Hear Elizabeth Holmes' Lies For Themselves.

Tesla ranks almost dead-last on a Consumer Reports reliability list.

We Are the Wirecutter Union. We're Prepared to Walk Out.

How Xbox outgrew the console: inside Phil Spencer's multi-billion dollar gamble.

Forza Horizon 5.

Facebook's race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show.

Meta's sci-fi haptic glove prototype lets you feel VR objects using air pockets.

FlyFin offers an AI-based tax app aimed at freelancers, gig workers.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Wesley Faulkner, Wil Harris, and Chris J. Preimesberger

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

noom.com/twit

privacy.com/twit

podium.com/twit

www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT

...more