May 1st 2022
This Week in Tech 873
A Little Patience and a Lot of Tape
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens
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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.
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Links
- Twitter Has a New Owner. Here’s What He Should Do. | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation | Techdirt
- Jack Dorsey is tweeting through it
- Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end 2018 settlement with SEC
- Bored Ape Metaverse Frenzy Raises Millions, Crashes Ethereum
- You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results – Krebs on Security
- Snap announces a mini drone called Pixy
- Spotify Boosts Subscribers Despite Russia Ban, Joe Rogan Drama
- Data From Fake Legal Requests Used to Sexually Extort Minors (FB, GOOG, TWTR)
- Netflix’s Bad Habits Have Caught Up With It
- Apple shares dip after company warns of a possible $8 billion hit from supply constraints
- Alphabet Q1: YouTube Ad Revenue Growth Slows Dramatically - Variety
- Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q
- TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022
- Microsoft (MSFT) Earnings: Cloud Growth Propels Higher Sales, Earnings - Bloomberg
- Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
- From CNN+ to Fyre Festival: A collector seeks swag from companies with epic ends : NPR
- These scientists want to tell aliens where Earth is — not everyone is happy
- Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin