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  • TWiT 880: Larry's Pantaloons - Crypto bust, Musk talks to Twitter, China gets TikTok data, ADAS crash data

    Crypto bust, Musk talks to Twitter, China gets TikTok data, ADAS crash data 

  •  Bitcoin's Cascading Losses Accelerate in Record-Breaking Rout.
  •  El Salvador's bitcoin-backing president asks for patience as crypto sinks.
  •  Jake Paul Is 'Broke' After Putting All Of His Money In Cryptocurrency.
  •  Dogecoin Pumps 8% After Elon Musk Says He's Still Buying.
  •  Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over an alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme.
  •  Elon Musk Tells Staff Twitter Should Allow 'Pretty Outrageous' Tweets.
  •  SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
  •  Senators call for US to adopt common charger.
  •  Microsoft to retire the Internet Explorer browser and redirect users to Edge.
  •  Sure, Internet Explorer Had Its Faults. But Fans Are Mourning Its Death Anyway.
  •  Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China.
  •  Oracle finally won TikTok's US data storage business.
  •  Larry Ellison's Lanai Isn't for You—or the People Who Live There.
  •  NHTSA releases first batch of ADAS crash data.
  •  Self-Driving Big Rigs Are Coming. Is America Ready?
  •  What's up with San Francisco?
  •  Carbon Fiber Wheels Could Be Next Boost For EV Range.
  •  What are the broad everyday impacts of AI?
  •  Paris' pick: Magic Ring (Magic Mifare 1k + T5577).
  •  Former Amazon engineer convicted in 2019 Capital One data breach.
  •  Apple Workers at Maryland Store Vote to Unionize, a First in the U.S.
  •  A leaked Amazon memo says the company may run out of available labor by 2024.
  •  White House rolls out task force to curb online abuse.
  •  Pluralistic: 15 Jun 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow.
  •  Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
  •  Diablo Immortal's Microtransactions Have Made It $24 Million In Two Weeks.
  •  Nothing reveals Phone 1 design a month early.

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Paris Martineau, Owen Thomas, and Sam Abuelsamid

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      • 2 hr 48 min
    • TWiT 879: ShrinkyDinks 2.0 - Apple WWDC, Sentient Google Chatbot AI, Bill C-11, Bored Ape Returns

      Apple WWDC, Sentient Google Chatbot AI, Bill C-11, Bored Ape Returns

    • Apple Announces M2 SoC: Apple Silicon for Macs Updated For 2022
    • Apple Announces Resident Evil Village and No Man's Sky for M2 Devices
    • Glasses or no glasses, this year's WWDC is all about AR
    • Apple Embraces the Ever-Expanding Dashboard Touchscreen
    • Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication
    • Apple's set to make big bucks off its new lending service
    • Who the hell asked Apple for widgets on their lock screen?
    • IOS, iPadOS, WatchOS are now one big platform
    • Apple will make USB-C gadgets ask for your permission to pass data in macOS 13
    • USB-C will be mandatory for phones sold in the EU 'by autumn 2024'
    • The Google Engineer Who Thinks the Company's AI Has Come to Life
    • Apple's Giving Up Ground In Its App Store Fight With Dutch Regulators and Tinder
    • The Bill C-11 And What It Could Mean For Content Creators
    • In Reversal, Twitter Plans To Comply With Musk's Demands For Data
    • Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google Over YouTube Videos
    • Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Venture TBD Unveils Proposal For Decentralized Web Platform
    • Seth Green's Stolen Bored Ape Is Back Home
    • Jake Paul Slams President Biden, Lists Priority Issues Including Crypto
    • Nothing Will Reveal Its First Phone on July 12th

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Patrick Beja, Rene Ritchie, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt

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        • 2 hr 46 min
      • TWiT 878: Having My Baby - Sheryl Sandberg steps down, WWDC preview, Texas social media law, right to repair

        Sheryl Sandberg steps down, WWDC preview, Texas social media law, right to repair

      •  Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta
      •  What to Expect at WWDC 2022: iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and Possibly New Macs
      •  Apple Plans to Make the iPad More Like a Laptop and Less Like a Phone
      •  Apple's AR/VR Headset Will Dominate WWDC—Even Though It Won't Be There
      •  What's Coming at Apple (AAPL) WWDC? IPad Upgrades That Make It More Like Laptop
      •  Supreme Court Halts Texas Social Media 'Censorship' Law
      •  Twitter Clears US Antitrust Review on $44 Billion Musk Deal
      •  New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics
      •  Ontario becomes first province to have a right to disconnect law
      •  A Bunch of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Were Stolen (Again)
      •  US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading
      •  PC Mag 40 yr anniversary - Bill Gates on the Next 40 Years in Technology
      •  Dave Smith Dead: Prophet-5 and MIDI Pioneer Dies at 72
      • In Memoriam - John Foster

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Dan Gillmor, Jill Duffy, and Alex Wilhelm

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          • 2 hr 5 min
        • TWiT 877: First, You Need Bootstraps - Seth Green's NFT stolen, DuckDuckGo and Microsoft, Apple Union battle

          Seth Green's NFT stolen, DuckDuckGo and Microsoft, Apple Union battle

        •  Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape And Star Of His New NFT Show.
        •  Best Crypto Wallets by Nicholas De Leon.
        •  A California bill could allow parents to sue social-media companies for up to $25,000 if their children become addicted to the platforms.
        •  Court upholds the block on Florida's social media 'censorship' law.
        •  Senator Klobuchar Fixed None Of The Problems With Her Antitrust Bill; But Made Sure To Carve Out ACTUAL Monopolists Like Telcos And Finance Companies.
        •  DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement.
        •  These Period Tracker Apps Say They Put Privacy First. Here's What We Found.
        •  Apple VP kindly reminds retail workers that they can say no to unions.
        •  We Tried Apple's Self Repair Program. You Shouldn't. (Probably).
        •  Apple Shows AR/VR Headset to Board in Sign of Progress on Key Project.
        •  Microsoft is making a native Arm version of Visual Studio 2022 and a mini PC.
        •  Elon Musk Called Out for Using Stolen Cartoon to Illustrate Twitter Takeover.
        •  Twitter shareholders sue Elon Musk and Twitter over chaotic deal.
        •  After 17 years, Peter Thiel has officially left Meta's board.
        •  DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica scandal.
        •  Twitter to pay $150 mln to settle with U.S. over privacy, security violations.
        •  Want to make it in the music industry? You better go viral on TikTok.
        •  Elizabeth Holmes pleaded with a judge to overturn her Theranos convictions, citing 'insufficient evidence'.
        •  End of an era as New York removes last public payphone.
        •  Analog City: NYC B.C. (Before Computers).

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Georgia Dow, Nicholas De Leon, and Andy Ihnatko

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            • 2 hr 24 min
          • TWiT 876: Elon and L. Ron - NY goes after Twitch, Musk's real plan, Apple's DeepMind defection

            NY goes after Twitch, Musk's real plan, Apple's DeepMind defection

          • Elon Musk says Twitter deal can't happen until bot account dispute is resolved.
          •  Twitter asks shareholders to support Musk's purchase.
          •  NY Launches Ridiculous, Blatantly Unconstitutional 'Investigations' Into Twitch, Discord; Deflecting Blame From NY's Own Failings.
          •  @kendraschaefer: My goodness. China's cyberspace watchdog, the CAC, just published a long (and unprecedented) set of draft regulations for recommendation algorithms.
          •  Why is the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial so visible on social media?
          •  The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
          •  Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.
          •  Dianetics and scientology technical dictionary by L. Ron Hubbard.
          •  Losing Ian Goodfellow to DeepMind is the dumbest thing Apple's ever done.
          •  The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel.
          •  Apple Shows Headset to Board in Sign It's Reached Advanced Stage.
          •  VeeCon: Exclusive Conference Around Web 3 and Culture.
          •  Fears grow for smaller nations after ransomware attack on Costa Rica escalates.
          •  Ransomware gang Conti 'shuts down' in midst of Costa Rica attack.
          •  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
          •  Bobiverse by Dennis Taylor.
          •  The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman.
          •  Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand.
          • Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science by Harry R. Lewis.
          •  Pinball Map

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Amy Webb and David Spark

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              • 2 hr 41 min
            • TWiT 875: We Don't Talk About Elon - Texas HB 20, Crypto crash, Google IO, Goodbye iPod, Netflix ads
            •  Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.
            •  Two Twitter Leaders Are Leaving Company Following Musk Deal.
            •  Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.
            •  Just How Incredibly F'd Up Is Texas' Social Media Content Moderation Law?
            •  Elon Musk praises Chinese workers for 'burning the 3am oil' – here's what that really looks like.
            •  Jeff Bezos Hits Back at Joe Biden in Twitter Spat Over Inflation.
            •  Google previews the Pixel Watch, coming this fall with Pixel 7.
            •  The Pixel Tablet is coming in 2023.
            •  It's not a phone, it's an alliance.
            •  Google Glass's successor teased at I/O.
            •  Google announces Pixel 6a powered by Tensor processor for $449.
            •  More than $200 billion erased from the entire crypto market in a day as the sell-off intensifies.
            •  Yellen Renews Call for Stablecoin Regulation After TerraUSD Stumble.
            •  'The Guilt Is Unbearable': UST-Luna Investors Discuss the 99.99% Crypto Crash.
            •  Take Control of Cryptocurrency by Glenn Fleishman.
            •  Caitlin's podcast: Crypto's big crash.
            •  Coinbase chief says 'no risk of bankruptcy' after regulatory filing sparks alarm.
            •  Man seeks to excavate a landfill that allegedly has half a billion dollars worth of bitcoin.
            •  UK's Royal Mail aims to open up to 50 drone routes for rural deliveries.
            •  How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell.
            •  The iPod is dead.
            •  A Visual History of the Apple iPod.
            •  Netflix Tells Employees Ads May Come by the End of 2022.
            •  Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Plans To Roll Out For Unscripted Series & Stand-Up Specials.
            •  Disney Plus added almost 8 million new subscribers as Netflix struggles.
            •  Virtual reality mask adds realism by making it harder to breathe.
            •  Here's What the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Looks Like.
            •  TikTok to surpass YouTube in the US.
            •  TIkTok introduces first ad product with rev share for creators.
            •  House where Facebook was created lists for $5.3M.

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Denise Howell, Glenn Fleishman, and Caitlin McGarry

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                • 2 hr 25 min
              • TWiT 874: Malicious Compliance - Tech stocks are crumbling, NFTs losing steam, SafeGraph, Google IO preview

                Tech stocks are crumbling, NFTs losing steam, SafeGraph, Google IO preview

              •  Elon Musk raises $7 billion in new funding for Twitter buyout.
              •  Evaluating Elon Musk's Plan To Fix Twitter.
              •  Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout.
              •  Why Tech Stocks Are Crashing and Burning.
              •  Bitcoin drops below $35,000 over the weekend, extending Friday's losses.
              •  NFT Sales Are Flatlining.
              •  NFTs Are Legally Problematic ft. Steve Mould & Coffeezilla.
              •  Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment by David F. Swensen.
              •  Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
              •  Vatican Offers, Mysteriously Rescinds Interview About Pope's Metaverse Plans.
              •  Data Broker SafeGraph Stops Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Planned Parenthood.
              •  CDC Tracked Millions of Phones to See If Americans Followed COVID Lockdown Orders.
              •  Global Privacy Control (GPC).
              •  Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions.
              •  The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship.
              • Ian Goodfellow, Apple's director of machine learning, is leaving the company due to its return to work policy.
              •  AMD sales jump 71%, shrugging off concerns about PC slowdown.
              •  Salt_Hank on TikTok.
              •  Nvidia pays $5.5 million for allegedly hiding how many gaming GPUs were sold to crypto miners.
              •  Intuit to pay $141M settlement over 'free' TurboTax ads.
              •  Frontier lied about Internet speeds and "ripped off customers," FTC says.
              •  New York City sues Activision, targeting CEO Bobby Kotick.
              •  Apple's Self Service Repair now available.

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Brianna Wu and Alex Kantrowitz

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                  • 2 hr 29 min
                • TWiT 873: A Little Patience and a Lot of Tape - Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens

                  Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens

                • Twitter Has a New Owner. Here's What He Should Do.
                •  Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.
                •  Jack Dorsey is tweeting through it.
                •  Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end the 2018 settlement with SEC.
                •  Bored Ape Metaverse Frenzy Raises Millions, Crashes Ethereum.
                •  Web3 is Going Great - Molly White.
                •  The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties.
                •  Labor Department Criticizes Fidelity's Plan to Put Bitcoin on 401(k) Menu.
                •  Doctorow Femur by Cory Doctorow.
                •  You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results.
                •  New options for removing your personally identifiable information from Search.
                •  Spotify Boosts Subscribers Despite Russia Ban, Joe Rogan Drama.
                •  Data From Fake Legal Requests Used to Sexually Extort Minors.
                •  These scientists want to tell aliens where Earth is — not everyone is happy.
                •  Netflix's Bad Habits Have Caught Up With It.
                •  Alphabet Q1: YouTube Ad Revenue Growth Slows Dramatically.
                •  Apple shares dip after the company warns of a possible $8 billion hit from supply constraints.
                •  Snap announces a mini drone called Pixy.
                •  Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin.
                •  TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022.
                •  Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q.
                •  Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Growth Propels Higher Sales, Earnings.
                •  Hollywood's Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly.
                •  From CNN+ to Fyre Festival: A collector seeks swag from companies with epic ends.

                  • Host: Leo Laporte

                  Guests: Cory Doctorow, Tim Stevens, and Owen Thomas

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                    • 2 hr 18 min
                  • TWiT 872: From The People Who Brought You Lickable TV - Netflix declines, CNN+ folds, Pixel Watch rumors, Moonbirds NFT, salty chopsticks

                    Netflix declines, CNN+ folds, Pixel Watch rumors, Moonbirds NFT, salty chopsticks

                  • Netflix Q1 net subscribers unexpectedly decline, revenue misses expectations.
                  • Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Sells Entire Netflix Stake, Taking $400 Million Loss.
                  • Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords.
                  • CNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi and will shut down a month after launch.
                  • Rupert's Age, Apple/NFL, and the Bomb of the Pandemic.
                  • Puzzle over Elon Musk Twitter plan after cryptic 'moving on' tweet.
                  • Elon Musk, Baloney King.
                  • House Republicans demand Twitter's board preserve all records about Musk's bid to buy the company.
                  • Apple warns developers it will pull apps without recent updates from the App Store.
                  • Google files a trademark application for 'Pixel Watch'
                  • Google's Rumored Smartwatch Should Take a Page From Its Pixel Phones.
                  • Google Pixel Watch: Exclusive leaked images seem to show Google's first smartwatch.
                  • Google's AI-Powered 'Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken.
                  • Uber lifts mask mandate for drivers and riders.
                  • Shanghai Reports Record Daily Covid Deaths in Current Outbreak.
                  • What is the Moonbirds NFT collection, and why did it surge so quickly?
                  • HBO Max backs 'Minecraft' movie with 'Aquaman' star Jason Momoa.
                  • "Oreology" investigates the mystery of why Oreo creme filling usually sticks to one side.
                  • Watching TV from behind the wheel of a self-driving car is allowed under UK law.
                  • A Tesla vehicle using 'Smart Summon' appears to crash into a $3.5 million private jet.
                  • Americans are drowning in spam.
                  • The lickable-TV guy created electric chopsticks to make food taste saltier.

                    • Host: Leo Laporte

                    Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Nate Lanxon, and Lisa Eadicicco

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                      • 2 hr 31 min
                    • TWiT 871: 17 Years... 10,000 Mistakes - Elon Musk, Bill Gates' Metaverse, Zuckerberg security detail

                      Elon Musk, Bill Gates' Metaverse, Zuckerberg security detail

                    • Fast track.
                    •  Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter (TWTR) Stake.
                    •  Elon Musk Wants to Buy Out Twitter (TWTR) in Final $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid.
                    •  Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk takeover.
                    •  Fox News says it didn't authorize Truth Social account.
                    •  Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
                    •  Researchers find new malware variant after stopping attack on Ukrainian energy provider.
                    •  Ukraine Soldier Tears Down Russian Drone, Finds DSLR Camera, Bottle Cap.
                    •  California proposed ban on new gas-fueled cars by 2035.
                    •  Muting your mic reportedly doesn't stop big tech from recording your audio.
                    •  AI software from Uniphore, Sybill and Zoom detects customer emotions.
                    •  TikTok launches its own AR development platform, Effect House.
                    •  Mark Zuckerberg's Augmented Reality.
                    •  What a 1994 Bill Gates keynote tells us about the metaverse.
                    •  Remembering eWorld, Apple's forgotten online service.
                    •  Big Tech Is Pouring $925 Million Into Carbon Removal.
                    •  Intel sets 2040 net zero goal for carbon emissions.
                    •  Houston Astros' stadium will be the first in MLB to use Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' tech.
                    •  Mark Zuckerberg Security Costs $26.8 Million for Meta.
                    •  Bored Apes Go Hollywood With Coinbase-Produced Movie Trilogy.

                      • Host: Leo Laporte

                      Guests: Brian McCullough, Harry McCracken, and Alex Lindsay

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                        • 2 hr 39 min

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