Oct 9th 2022
This Week in Tech 896
The Whole Internet Burrito
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads
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Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads
- Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899.
- WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach.
- Does Google have a chance against Samsung and Apple?
- Google Pixel Watch Announced.
- Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust.
- Larry Page’s electric air taxi startup is winding down.
- Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won’t Comply)
- Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine ‘peace’ plan.
- The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th.
- Elon Musk says he’ll use Twitter to build an ‘everything app’ called X. Believe him.
- How Twitter employees are reacting to today’s Elon Musk news.
- Chris Anderson on Twitter: "Amidst all the sneering, I’d like to offer a prediction for how the @elonmusk acquisition of Twitter will play out."
- Bake Off contestant horrifies viewers with avocado peeling method during controversial Mexican Week episode.
- Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline.
- Yes, even Signal is doing stories now.
- The Right Stuff dating app.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
- FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts.
- Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million.
- Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps.
- Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors.
- Area Man Is Arrested for Parody. The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief.
- Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots.
- Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron.
- SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security.
- $570 million worth of Binance’s BNB token stolen in another major crypto hack.
- Critical Akamai bug could have let hackers poison millions of major brands’ websites.
- Business Envy podcast.
- White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience.
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Links
- Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899
- Google Pixel Watch Announced
- Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th
- Elon Musk says he’ll use Twitter to build an ‘everything app’ called X. Believe him.
- How Twitter employees are reacting to today’s Elon Musk news - The Verge
- Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps
- Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors • The Register
- FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts | Techdirt
- SEC.gov | SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security
- Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots
- Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won’t Comply) - Live and Let's Fly
- White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience : NPR
- Bruce Willis digital double
- Yes, even Signal is doing stories now