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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 FCC.
* Biden SEC pick is no stranger to crypto.
* Google threatens to shut down Search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead.
* Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo, Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski.
* Google is investigating the actions of another top AI ethicist.
* Alphabet Pops Loon's Balloons—but Won't Call It a Failure.
* Apple's Stock Closed at All-Time High Today Ahead of Earnings Results Next Week.
* Apple Elaborates on Potential for iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories to Interfere With Implantable Medical Devices.
* Clubhouse has secured a new round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
* Parler Reappears With Help From Russian-Owned Service.
* Oversight Board accepts case on former US President Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram.
* Netflix shares rise on strong subscriber growth considers share buybacks.
* Netflix's 'Shuffle Play' feature will roll out to all users worldwide this year.
* Microsoft invests in Cruise in the new $2 billion round.
* As Adobe Flash stops running, so do some railroads in China.
* The cutthroat war to dominate China's grocery delivery industry.
* Instacart cuts 1,877 jobs, including its only union roles.
* Put Bernie Anywhere!
* Retiring Tucows Downloads.
* LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021.
* Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with a custom chip.
* Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with a universal chat app.
* TikTok star behind 'Wellerman' sea shanty craze quits job as a mailman.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Louise Matsakis, Patrick Beja, and Nate Lanxon
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Jan 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 they want to?
* Germany and France don't agree with Trump's deplatforming.
* Is CES 2021 the model for trade shows going forward?
* IoT at the Consumer Electronics Show.
* Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S21 series smartphone.
* Galaxy S21 will not support MST payments.
* Samsung Galaxy SmartTag with UWB support.
* Justine and David spot the biggest trends from CES 2021.
* GM announced BrightDrop for commercial electric vehicles.
* Google's acquisition of Fitbit is complete.
* Apple might soon charge for certain podcasts.
* Justine introduces Leo to Clubhouse.
* Are TikTok's new age limitations good for users?
* Differences between Huawei and Xiaomi in the eyes of the US.
* Intel CEO Bob Swan is out, Pat Gelsinger is in.
* Walmart's e-commerce chief's city of the future.
* Bill Gates and all of his collection of farmland.
* From petabytes to hellabytes.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Justine Ezarik, Denise Howell, and David Ruddock
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Jan 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 of the WhatsApp controversy.
* Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.
* Happy birthday to Wikipedia.
* Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.
* Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.
* Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."
* Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.
* Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?
* SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.
* The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.
* Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.
* Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.
* Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Amy Webb, and Dan Gillmor
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Jan 3, 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 decade.
* Brexit deal calls out some interesting tech inclusions.
* Amazon's purchase of Wondery and its podcasts.
* Are some shows better binged and others better waited for?
* Adobe Flash and FarmVille both said goodbye for good.
* Analyzing the "Facebook Menace."
* Tesla delivered on its two-year-old promise.
* Quad Father makes sense of the new FAA drone rule.
* Bitcoin reaches record heights and it's all speculative.
* Japan created wooden satellites to cut down on space junk.
* A radio signal hints at extraterrestrial life.
* Ticketmaster to pay out $10 million for hacking its competitor.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Dwight Silverman, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Iain Thomson
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Dec 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 to Washington.
* Bytedance faces a US ban.
* Fortnite kicked from mobile app stores.
* The chickenization of America.
* Black Lives Matter, live blogging.
Host: Leo Laporte
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Dec 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 the vaccine.
* Will WFH be permanent going forward?
* The "real" threat of TikTok.
* Facebook's attack on Apple.
* The benefactors of COVID-19.
* The many times big tech went to Washington.
* How Section 230 could change the Internet.
* 5G and the promises that haven't been fulfilled.
* How Intel lost ground to ARM.
* The many products released during 2020.
* A summary of predictions for 2021.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Paul Thurrott, and Steve Gibson
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Dec 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 Facebook employees call out leadership.
* Apple unveils AirPods Max and they aren't cheap.
* Apple v. Google in 10 honest graphics.
* Apple is working on its own Cellular chip.
* Cyberpunk 2077 is just what Stadia needed to prove itself.
* What are the best games for the pandemic?
* Amazon's Halo Band is a privacy nightmare.
* Sundar Pichai gives a non-apology to Timnit Gebru.
* Leo's thoughts on the Galaxy Fold2.
* Disney unloads its huge plan for Disney+.
* HBO Max and the threat to movie theaters.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ashley Esqueda, David Pogue, and Rich DeMuro
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Dec 6, 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 claims.
* Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out.
* Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple.
* AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google.
* Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases.
* COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook.
* Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP.
* Warner Media's vision of HBO Max.
* Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021.
* The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat.
* resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230.
* TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced.
* FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department.
* China's claim of Quantum Supremacy.
* Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse.
* Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt
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Nov 30, 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 silicone coming second half of 2021.
* Foxconn continues to grow its production outside of the US.
* Amazon hiring is through the roof, but at what cost?
* Comcast is introducing a data cap of 1.2TB for many of its customers.
* This was the biggest online Black Friday ever.
* A college TikTok star gets fired from Sherwin-Williams for his popular paint-mixing videos.
* Owen JJ Stone is not a fan of the Fleets.
* Mike Elgan and Owen JJ Stone take differing sides in the Google Photos brouhaha.
* How would US teens react if TikTok was actually banned in the US?
* Actor who played Darth Vader has died at 85.
* Tony Hsieh, co-founder of Zappos, passed away at 46 on Thanksgiving.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Owen JJ Stone and Mike Elgan
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Nov 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.
* A website that allows you to scream into the vast wilderness in Iceland.
* Does Section 230 need to be changed or is it nearly perfect already?
* Apple's M1 chip and the folly of buying first-generation Apple products.
* Comparing Apple's consumer-based services approach to Microsoft's cloud based services approach.
* RCS encryption is testing and it's been a long time coming.
* Does Apple lock users into its own Messaging default?
* The prevalence of Discord among younger users.
* Flash animations are now easily accessible on the Internet Archive.
* Windows celebrates its 35th birthday.
* How Microsoft's focus on Windows has shifted in recent years.
* Someone figured out how to boot a PC from a vinyl record.
* Google Pay is relaunched to focus on personal finance analysis and banking.
* An Arecibo Observatory is on its last legs.
* Marissa Mayer's Sunshine app represents her love of product.
* A drywall-installing robot by Canvas comes out of stealth.
* How gift buying for the holidays has changed this year.
* Lory shows off her iPhone mini in light of her recent review.
Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Lory Gil, and Lindsey Turrentine
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