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TWiT 821: Bring in the Priv...

05.02.2021

Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun 'A Perfect Positive Storm': Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech. EU Charges Apple With App Store Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case. Apple Signals Hot Streak to Continue as Sales, ...

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05.02.2021 TWiT 821: Bring in the Privacy Pod - Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun Big quarter for big tech, AirTags and privacy, Resident Evil 3 speedrun 'A Perfect Positive Storm': Bonkers Dollars for Big Tech. EU Charges Apple With App Store Antitrust Violations in Spotify Case. Apple Signals Hot Streak to Continue as Sales, ...
04.25.2021 TWiT 820: Hide the Pickle - Apple event roundup, Big Tech Antitrust action, Signal CEO hacked Cellebrite device Apple event roundup, Big Tech Antitrust action, Signal CEO hacked Cellebrite device Apple announces a new iPad Pro with an M1 chip, Thunderbolt, 5G, XDR display. Time for Apple to pull off the Band Aid and merge the iPad and ...
04.18.2021 TWiT 819: Introducing Club TWiT - Apple's Spring event, Jeff Bezos letter to shareholders, Elon Musk and NASA Apple's Spring event, Jeff Bezos letter to shareholders, Elon Musk and NASA Introducing Club TWiT. Apple's 'Spring Loaded' Event Officially Announced for Tuesday, April 20. Apple Music Reveals How Much It Pays When You Stream a Song. Why It's Misleading ...
04.11.2021 TWiT 818: The Tunnel That Bored Vegas - Google vs Oracle, Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel, Google IO 2021 Google vs Oracle, Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel, Google IO 2021 Why new Apple products are arriving later than ever this year. White House set to host Google, Intel CEOs to discuss computer chip supply chain. Sixty-Week Delay on Router Orders ...
04.04.2021 TWiT 817: TVPhreak997 - MS Build 2021, Hololens & US Army, ACLU's privacy letdown, Google's Pixel 6 chip MS Build 2021, Hololens and the US Army, ACLU's privacy letdown, Google's Pixel 6 chip Amazon offers rare apology, says it will look for solutions to drivers peeing in bottles. It's official: Microsoft Build will be May 25 to 27. ...
03.28.2021 TWiT 816: Who Owns the Clone - CryptoPunks and NFTs, Chrissy Teigan quits Twitter, Microsoft buying Discord? CryptoPunks and NFTs, Chrissy Teigan quits Twitter, Microsoft buying Discord? CryptoPunks, NFTs, and the Blockchain. Tesla cars can be bought with bitcoin, says Elon Musk. The Future Today Institute's 14th Annual Tech Trends Report. Microsoft Said to Discuss Discord Bid ...
03.21.2021 TWiT 815: Never Go to the Second Location - Twitter hacker sentenced, a sting Apple event, Instagram for kids Twitter hacker sentenced, a sting Apple event, Instagram for kids. Ludwig Ahgren: The Twitch Livestream Subathon. Twitter might let you undo tweets if you pay a subscription fee. Teen Vogue Editor Resigns After Fury Over Racist Tweets. Donald Trump is ...
03.14.2021 TWiT 814: Imbued With Musk - $69 Million JPG, rural internet gets a boost, Netflix password sharing crackdown $69 Million JPG, rural internet gets a boost, Netflix password sharing crackdown JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as 'NFT Mania' Gathers Pace. Metakovan, the mystery Beeple art buyer, and his NFT/DeFi scheme. Apple discontinues original HomePod, will focus on ...
03.07.2021 TWiT 813: Zoom Dating - Fighting Zoom fatigue, major Microsoft hack, ending 3rd party cookies, Dorsey's NFT Fighting Zoom fatigue, major Microsoft hack, ending 3rd-party cookies, Dorsey's NFT Stanford researchers identify four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' and their simple fixes. Zoom (ZM) earnings Q4 2021. At Least 30,000 U.S. Organizations Newly Hacked Via Holes in Microsoft's Email ...
02.28.2021 TWiT 812: Three Boof Bonsers - Super Follows, TikTok Success Secrets, Pandemic Baby Bust, Stadia's Failure Super Follows, TikTok Success Secrets, Pandemic Baby Bust, Stadia's Failure Google's Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That's Not Googley Enough. Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you charge for tweets. I Will Never Charge You for My Tweets. ...
02.21.2021 TWiT 811: Big Brick Energy - Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce and work from home. Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce, and work from home. Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia. "Mark Changed The Rules": How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures. The Bizarre Reaction To ...
02.14.2021 TWiT 810: In a Room With Oprah - Crypto legitimacy, Facebook wearable, Twitter's Bluesky, Supermicro hack Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment. Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest 500 BTC to make Bitcoin 'internet's currency'. Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). One of the World's Most Prolific Cybercriminals Has Retired ...
02.07.2021 TWiT 809: I'm Only 10 Minutes Away - Clubhouse, a Kia + Apple car, Section 230 Clubhouse, a Kia + Apple car, Section 230 Clubhouse's moment arrives Elon Musk busts Clubhouse limit, fans stream to YouTube, he switches to interviewing Robinhood CEO Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million to Settle ...
01.31.2021 TWiT 808: Shorting the Turnips - GameStop stock, Apple's blowout quarter, Apple Watch growth opportunity GameStop stock, Apple's blowout quarter, Apple Watch growth opportunity GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader. Elizabeth Warren slams SEC over GameStop chaos. Keith Gill Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania. He Talked to the Journal. GameStop and ...
01.24.2021 TWiT 807: The Shuffle Button for Food - Biden and big tech, the end of Loon, Apple stock soaring, Clubhouse Biden and big tech, the end of Loon, Apple stock soaring, Clubhouse What the new Biden administration brings to the tech sphere. Biden Has a Chance to Reshape Tech. Will He? Biden names Slaughter to lead FTC, Rosenworcel to chair ...
01.17.2021 TWiT 806: Make Hella Happen - CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse Misinformation has slowed now that Trump is off Twitter. Denise describes the effects of Section 230 on big tech. Is it possible for someone to escape big tech if ...
01.10.2021 TWiT 805: Come Together Like Voltron - Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba Social networks begin to ban President Trump. Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard? China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba. Signal sees an uptick in light ...
01.03.2021 TWiT 804: The Bento Box Satellite - CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille A preview of the virtual CES 2021 event. LG to unveil bendable OLED and 8K QNED. 2020 was an amazing year for streaming services. Comparing the roaring 20's to the next ...
12.27.2020 TWiT 803: Best of 2020 - The best TWiT highlights of the year! Leo Laporte takes us through the past year in tech. 2020 highlights include: CES 2020 roundup. Location privacy. iPad ten years later. The power of Deepfakes. Zoom usage explodes. Elon Musk's child X AE A-12. Apple silicon. Big tech goes ...
12.20.2020 TWiT 802: The Year in Review - OG TWiTs discuss the year's biggest stories and trends SolarWinds, COVID-19, Zoom, Big Tech, Social Media, Elon Musk, 5G, Amazon SolarWinds, the biggest case of cyber-espionage yet. COVID-19 and the dramatic effect of it on the tech industry. How effective has Contact Tracing been? The brilliance of mRNA for ...
12.13.2020 TWiT 801: I Can't Believe It's Not Minecraft - AirPods Max, Cyberpunk 2077, US Treasury hack, Halo Band Airpods Max, Cyberpunk 2077, US Treasury hack, Halo Band Hackers stole data from the US Treasury. FireEye was hacked by nation-state actors. Patriot Act used to gather website visitor logs. Facebook sued by the FTC on antitrust charges. High profile ...
12.06.2020 TWiT 800: It's Coming from Leo2 - Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack, Warner Bros' HBO Max deal, Ajit Pai, Timnit Gebru Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b. Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy. The Apple M1 chip is fast! Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone ...
11.29.2020 TWiT 799: Don't Tweet the Fleet - Comcast data cap, Black Friday, Tony Hsieh, Sherwin-Williams TikTok Comcast data cap, Black Friday, Tony Hsieh, Sherwin-Williams TikTok The origins of Cyberpunk 2077. Editing video with the Apple M1 chip is a piece of cake. Apple head of security indicted on bribery charges. Kuo says new Macbooks with Apple ...
11.22.2020 TWiT 798: The Lighthouse Keeper and His Robot Butler - Tech hearings, streaming Windows, RCS encryption Tech hearings, streaming Windows, RCS encryption TikTok pokes the lion about why it hasn't been shut down yet. Why do the tech Senate hearings continue without any YouTube presence? L'Oréal's virtual makeup filters now support Instagram, Snapchat, and Google Duo. ...
11.15.2020 TWiT 797: There's Blubber All Over the Highway - Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok Apple releases three new Macs based on the M1 chip. Should you buy them? Why the fact that MacBooks have a 720p camera doesn't matter Why Apple put the M1 chip in their low-end Macs ...
11.08.2020 TWiT 796: Celebrity Jeopardy in Heaven - Xbox Series X vs PS5, Biden & Tech, Apple Silicon Xbox Series X vs PS5, Biden & Tech, Apple Silicon Jeopardy host Alex Trebek dies at 80 Xbox Series X or Playstation 5? What will happen to tech under Biden? Twitter is now the defacto Presidential communication system - will ...
11.01.2020 TWiT 795: Existential Dreadlocks - Big Tech Q4 Revenues Up, AMD Acquires Xilinx Big Tech Q4 Revenues Up, AMD Acquires Xilinx US Senate questions tech leaders over Section 230 AMD acquires Xilinx Judges rule that Trump cannot shut down TikTok or WeChat Apple revenues up year-over-year Alphabet revenues up year-over-year Microsoft revenues up ...
10.25.2020 TWiT 794: Pulmonary Gold Disease - AOC Streams Among US, iPhone Reviews, RIP Quibi AOC Streams Among US, iPhone Reviews, RIP Quibi Politicians go gamer: AOC streams Among Us, Biden's Animal Crossing Island How campaigning on social media is changing Did social media break democracy? Bot orders $18,752 of McFlurrys every minute iPhone 12 ...
10.18.2020 TWiT 793: The J to J Protocol - Amy Webb and Cory Doctorow Fix All the Problems of Big Tech Amy Webb and Cory Doctorow Fix All the Problems of Big Tech The dangers of dystopian thinking The dangers of utopian thinking Why we need an Office of Strategic Assessment vs why we need to break up monopolies Is the ...
10.11.2020 TWiT 792: Get Out of My Grocery Aisle - iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google iPhone 12 Event Preview - here is everything we know about the iPhone 12 The Supreme Court seems to frown on Google in Oracle vs Google case Congress' ...
10.04.2020 TWiT 791: A Soupçon of Zuck - Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+ Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+ Google's Launch Night in was a snooze Amazon Sidewalk will join your neighborhood together - or invade your privacy Amazon wants your palm print. Will you give it to them? James Bond delayed to ...
09.27.2020 TWiT 790: The Snaggletooth Network - TikTok Ban, Amazon Drone Camera, Pixel 5 TikTok Ban, Amazon Drone Camera, Pixel 5 Galaxy Z Fold 2 Review Is TikTok banned yet? The Palantir IPO is coming up. Should you invest? Amazon Sidewalk is a terrifying sci-fi security network Amazon's new Ring security cam flies around ...
09.20.2020 TWiT 789: TikTok Dough - Trump OKs TikTok, Apple Watch and iPad Air, Oculus Quest 2 Trump OKs TikTok, Apple Watch and iPad Air, Oculus Quest 2 Trump OKs Oracle/Walmart/TikTok deal Apple Watch focuses on fitness and family Apple Fitness+ expands Apple's empire Apple One subscription bundle gets you all the things Where does Apple One ...
09.13.2020 TWiT 788: Seems Like a Nice Young Man - Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo Review Microsoft out of the running for TikTok Will the TikTok sale go through before Trump's deadline? Nvidia buys ARM Microsoft Surface Duo review: twice the screens, half as good Microsoft ...
09.06.2020 TWiT 787: Dreamliner - TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple Announcement Rob Reid's Ted Talk on synthetic biology and pandemics from 2019 The Privileged Have Entered their Escape Pods Microsoft Duo reviews coming September 10th A guy in a jetpack sited by planes near ...
08.30.2020 TWiT 786: The Chickenization of America - Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation Remembering Chadwick Boseman, TikTok Drama, Neuralink's Pig Trepanation Remembering Chadwick Boseman Elon Musk demonstrates Neurallink: trepanning a Pig What is Palantir doing? Apple vs Epic: how anti-competitive is Apple, and what should the government do about this? TikTok This Week: ...
08.23.2020 TWiT 785: Vote Before the Asteroid Hits - Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod Apple vs WordPress and Epic, Trump vs TikTok, Secret Spy iPod Apple vs WordPress Apple vs Epic 2020 is the end of the techlash Zuckerberg is the unelected king of the world Trump tries to ban TikTok Facebook funnels people ...
08.16.2020 TWiT 784: Karsten Has Pictures - Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China Fortnite vs Apple, Trump vs. TikTok, US vs. China Fortnite removed from App Store and Google Play Apple also kicks Microsoft xCloud off the App Store At what point does a company become too big? Should we punish billionaires for ...
08.09.2020 TWiT 783: The Galaxy Jaffle - Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap Trump vs Tik Tok, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 First Impressions, Black Hat/DEFCON Recap Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 20, Z Fold 2, Watch 3, Buds Live, and more DEFCON / Black Hat 2020: What if they held a security conference ...
08.02.2020 TWiT 782: Mainframes Not MaryJane - Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested Tik Tok Ban, Tech Titans Talk to Congress, Twitter Hackers Arrested Trump threatens to ban Tik Tok Trump wants Microsoft to buy Tik Tok Mr. Cook, Zuck, Bezos, and Pichai go to Washington What should the government do to Google, ...
07.26.2020 TWiT 781: Slightly Firmer Denim Soft Serve - Xbox Game Pass, TikTok vs Quibi, The End of Intel Microsoft focuses on games as a service with Xbox Game Pass Game console makers play chicken overpricing announcements What kind of person does Tik Tok think you are? Android 11 is red velvet cake Google's ATAP lab wants to bring ...
07.19.2020 TWiT 780: The Great Firewall of America - Twitter Hack, Tik Tok hysteria, World Emoji Day Here's how the Twitter hack happenedTik Tok hysteria - xenophobia or common sense? EARN IT and LAED acts want to eliminate encryption Cloudflare outage takes down a huge swath of the internet "Master," "Slave," "Blacklist" terms on the outs at ...
07.12.2020 TWiT 779: No Future for Green Pants - TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmm TikTok's Bad Week, RIP Quibi, mmhmmmmhmm is a fun new way to use meeting softwareUS might ban TikTok, India already has. What is the future for the embattled platform? Is TikTok safe to use? Apple Glass on the way: Foxconn ...
07.05.2020 TWiT 778: In the Zoom Where It Happens - Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+ Apple Glasses, iOS 14 Privacy, and Hamilton on Disney+Is Apple pulling away from the competition?Is Intel dying?Snap Spectacles third edition arrives in IndiaGoogle buys North, makers of Focals smart glassesWhere are Alexis Ohanian and Pete Cashmore?Mark Gurman has the scoop ...
06.28.2020 TWiT 777: Apple's RISCy Move - Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14 Apple WWDC Recap - Apple Silicon, macOS 11, iOS 14Mac moves from Intel to Apple SiliconWhat happens to Intel? Microsoft?iOS apps will run on MacsWill Macs still run Windows on Boot Camp?Microsoft closes all retail stores - are PCs moving ...
06.21.2020 TWiT 776: Phat Boyin' It All Day - WWDC Preview, Twitter Voice Chat, Prescription Video Game WWDC Preview: no new hardware will be announcedApple re-closing some US Stores due to Covid-19WWDC Preview: Apple transitions to ARM WWDC Preview: here's the jacket and pins that the Swift Student Challenge winners wonWWDC Preview: iOS 14 improvements - can ...
06.14.2020 TWiT 775: Bacon Buddies - Zoom's Fail of the Week, Police Face Recognition, Apple at $1.5T Zoom bans an American's account at China's request, won't have real end-to-end encryption IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft stop selling face recognition software to the police Clearview and Palantir continue to sell face recognition to the police Apple is the world's ...
06.07.2020 TWiT 774: The Mafia is Zooming - Big Tech and Racism, Trump and Biden Phished Tim Cook and Satya Nadella speaking up on racism - what should Big Tech do? Amazon says they are against racism, but sells racist facial recognition tech to police Can tech improve policing? Social and Organizational barriers to change Should ...
05.31.2020 TWiT 773: The Duchess of Sealand - Trump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd Protests Trump vs Twitter, SpaceX, George Floyd ProtestsTrump vs Twitter: what is Section 230? Trump vs Twitter: what does Trump's executive order say?Trump vs Twitter: who would be hurt most by Trump's executive order?Trump vs Twitter: who gets to determine "truth"?Trump ...
05.24.2020 TWiT 772: 52 Cents & a Bag of Pop Chips - Microsoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest Month Microsoft Build Highlights, Surface Earbuds Review, Minecraft's Biggest MonthCollege Board sued over flawed online AP testsMinecraft Dungeons ReviewMinecraft hits 162 Million users/monthFormer TWiT Producer OMGChad's OMGCraft hits 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers!Satya Nadella's "RGV2cw" Easter Egg spells "Devs" in Base 64All the ...

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