This Week in Tech

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...

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...

Apple Silicon, Exploding Whale, TikTok
Apple releases three new Macs based on the M1 chip. Should you buy them?
Why the fact that MacBooks have a 720p camera doesn't matter
Why Apple put the M1...

Xbox Series X vs PS5, Biden & Tech, Apple Silicon
Jeopardy host Alex Trebek dies at 80
Xbox Series X or Playstation 5?
What will happen to tech under Biden?
Twitter is now the defacto Presidential...

Big Tech Q4 Revenues Up, AMD Acquires Xilinx
US Senate questions tech leaders over Section 230
AMD acquires Xilinx
Judges rule that Trump cannot shut down TikTok or WeChat
Apple revenues up...

AOC Streams Among US, iPhone Reviews, RIP Quibi
Politicians go gamer: AOC streams Among Us, Biden's Animal Crossing Island
How campaigning on social media is changing
Did social media break...

Amy Webb and Cory Doctorow Fix All the Problems of Big Tech
The dangers of dystopian thinking
The dangers of utopian thinking
Why we need an Office of Strategic Assessment vs why we need to break...

iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google
iPhone 12 Event Preview - here is everything we know about the iPhone 12
The Supreme Court seems to frown on Google in Oracle vs Google...

Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+ Google's Launch Night in was a snooze Amazon Sidewalk will join your neighborhood together - or invade your privacy Amazon wants your palm print. Will you give...

TikTok Ban, Amazon Drone Camera, Pixel 5Galaxy Z Fold 2 ReviewIs TikTok banned yet?The Palantir IPO is coming up. Should you invest?Amazon Sidewalk is a terrifying sci-fi security networkAmazon's...

Trump OKs TikTok, Apple Watch and iPad Air, Oculus Quest 2 Trump OKs Oracle/Walmart/TikTok deal Apple Watch focuses on fitness and family Apple Fitness+ expands Apple's empire Apple One...

Microsoft Won't Buy TikTok, Nvidia buys ARM, Surface Duo ReviewMicrosoft out of the running for TikTokWill the TikTok sale go through before Trump's deadline?Nvidia buys ARMMicrosoft Surface Duo...

TikTok Sale, Trump YouTube Ads, Apple AnnouncementRob Reid's Ted Talk on synthetic biology and pandemics from 2019The Privileged Have Entered their Escape PodsMicrosoft Duo reviews coming September...