Oct 3rd 2021
This Week in Tech 843
A Liar Who Delivers
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Facebook meets 60 Minutes, what Finsta is, Rivian R1T first look, Holmes trial
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Facebook meets 60 Minutes, what is Finsta? Rivian R1T first look, Holmes trial
- This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram.
- Sen. Blumenthal: "Will you commit to ending Finsta?"
- Facebook is hitting the brakes on Instagram for kids.
- Astro home robot and more announced.
- Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do.
- Hear That? It’s Your Voice Being Taken for Profit.
- Amazon is now accepting your applications for its home surveillance drone.
- Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct.
- Rivian R1T first drive: Easily the best pickup I’ve ever driven, both off-road and on.
- Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on ‘safety score’.
- Delaying Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos Fraud Trial is Paying Off For the Defense.
- First Look: iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max.
- YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists.
- Twitch announces new features to curb hate raids.
- New Limits Give Chinese E-Gamers Whiplash.
- Apple Doesn’t Make Videogames. But It’s the Hottest Player in Gaming.
- Amazon has a smash hit on its hands — a new computer game with hundreds of thousands of players.
- The 2021 List of the All-time Most Popular Netflix Shows and Series is Here.
- Planet Squid Game.
- NBCUniversal and YouTubeTV reach agreement to avoid dropped channels.
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Links
- This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram
- Sen. Blumenthal: "Will you commit to ending Finsta?"
- "Facebook is hitting the brakes on Instagram for kids Samantha Murphy Kelly byline"
- Amazon event 2021 live updates: Astro home robot and more announced
- Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do
- Hear That? It’s Your Voice Being Taken for Profit.
- Amazon is now accepting your applications for its home surveillance drone
- Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct.
- Rivian R1T first drive: Easily the best pickup I’ve ever driven, both off-road and on
- DELAYING ELIZABETH HOLMES’ THERANOS FRAUD TRIAL IS PAYING OFF FOR THE DEFENSE
- YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists - The Washington Post
- Nicholas' Article: First Look: iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max
- New Limits Give Chinese E-Gamers Whiplash - The New York Times
- Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on ‘safety score’
- Twitch announces new features to curb hate raids
- Apple Doesn’t Make Videogames. But It’s the Hottest Player in Gaming.
- Amazon has a smash hit on its hands — a new computer game with hundreds of thousands of players
- Planet Squid Game
- The 2021 List of the All-time Most Popular Netflix Shows and Series is Here
- NBCUniversal and YouTubeTV reach agreement to avoid dropped channels
- Upkept