This Week in Tech

Oct 8th 2023

This Week in Tech 948

Schrödinger's Server

Hosted by Leo Laporte

Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines

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Category: News

Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines

  • Elon Musk removing headlines from Twitter posts and how that enables fake news
  • Concerns about Twitter misinformation affecting the 2024 election
  •  Apple considered DuckDuckGo for Safari private search before deciding against it
  • Microsoft close to acquiring Activision Blizzard pending UK regulatory approval
  •  Google accused of secret changes to search queries to maximize ad revenue
  •  Ransomware attack on MGM hotels and casinos
  •  23andMe customer data breach due to credential stuffing
  •  Meta considering charging for Facebook and Instagram access
  •  Apple TV adds support for VPNs
  •  Spotify expanding into audiobooks
  •  Video game Cyberpunk 2077 costing over $400 million to make
  •  Digital Equipment Corporation's history and legacy
  •  Brave conducting layoffs despite privacy focus
  •  CRTC to start regulating online streaming in Canada
  •  How gasoline is produced from crude oil
  •  Urban air mobility vehicles for intracity travel

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