This Week in Tech

Google vs Oracle, Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel, Google IO 2021
Why new Apple products are arriving later than ever this year.
White House set to host Google, Intel CEOs to discuss computer chip...

MS Build 2021, Hololens and the US Army, ACLU's privacy letdown, Google's Pixel 6 chip
Amazon offers rare apology, says it will look for solutions to drivers peeing in bottles.
It's official:...

CryptoPunks and NFTs, Chrissy Teigan quits Twitter, Microsoft buying Discord?
CryptoPunks, NFTs, and the Blockchain.
Tesla cars can be bought with bitcoin, says Elon Musk.
The Future Today...

Twitter hacker sentenced, a sting Apple event, Instagram for kids.
Ludwig Ahgren: The Twitch Livestream Subathon.
Twitter might let you undo tweets if you pay a subscription fee.
Teen Vogue Editor...

$69 Million JPG, rural internet gets a boost, Netflix password sharing crackdown
JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as 'NFT Mania' Gathers Pace.
Metakovan, the mystery Beeple art buyer, and his...

Fighting Zoom fatigue, major Microsoft hack, ending 3rd-party cookies, Dorsey's NFT
Stanford researchers identify four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' and their simple fixes.
Zoom (ZM) earnings Q4...

Super Follows, TikTok Success Secrets, Pandemic Baby Bust, Stadia's Failure
Google's Stadia Problem? A Video Game Unit That's Not Googley Enough.
Twitter announces paid Super Follows to let you...

Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce, and work from home.
Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia.
"Mark Changed The Rules": How Facebook Went Easy On...

Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment.
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest 500 BTC to make Bitcoin 'internet's currency'.
Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index...

Clubhouse, a Kia + Apple car, Section 230
Clubhouse's moment arrives
Elon Musk busts Clubhouse limit, fans stream to YouTube, he switches to interviewing Robinhood CEO
Jeff Bezos stepping down as...

GameStop stock, Apple's blowout quarter, Apple Watch growth opportunity
GameStop, meme stocks, and the revenge of the retail trader.
Elizabeth Warren slams SEC over GameStop chaos.
Keith Gill...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...