This Week in Tech 860

Nvidia done with ARM, Spotify controversy, Google kills FLoC, FBI, and Pegasus

•  Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum.
•  Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after the Neil Young controversy.
•  Joni Mitchell demands Spotify remove her music over deadly ‘lies’.
•  Apple Music claims it’s ‘home of Neil Young’ after Spotify loses legendary songwriter.
•  Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics.
•  Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid.
•  The PC is back again. But for how long?
•  Apple Revenue Pops 11% To $123.9 Billion Despite Supply Chain Concerns.
•  Dell’s new XPS laptop messes with the familiar—and that’s the point.
•  Windows 11 is getting Android apps, taskbar improvements, and more next month.
•  The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away.
•  The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon.
•  Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be the world’s fastest by end of 2022.
•  Valve will start selling the Steam Deck on February 25th.
•  A robot bartender that serves up cocktails in 90 seconds will be on duty at the Winter Olympics as organizers seek to keep a lid on COVID-19.
•  ARK Invest's Big Ideas 2022: The 14 transformative technologies to watch this year.
•  Appeals Court Won’t Block Enforcement of California Net Neutrality Law.
•  Breyer’s Supreme Court replacement will face a hefty cyber docket.
•  Here’s what Apple might announce at a spring event this March.

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• Spotify Takes Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum
• Spotify loses $4 billion in market value after Neil Young controversy
• Joni Mitchell demands Spotify remove her music over deadly ‘lies’
• Apple Music claims it’s ‘home of Neil Young’ after Spotify loses legendary songwriter
• Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid
• Appeals Court Won’t Block Enforcement of California Net Neutrality Law | Multichannel News
• The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon - The New York Times
• Anti-work subreddit implodes after rough Fox News interview
• Apple Revenue Pops 11% To $123.9 Billion Despite Supply Chain Concerns - Slashdot
• Here’s what Apple might announce at a spring event this March | Ars Technica
• The ambitious Android tablet option Google tossed away
• Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be world’s fastest by end of 2022
• Windows 11 is getting Android apps, taskbar improvements, and more next month
• Valve will start selling the Steam Deck on February 25th
• A robot bartender that serves up cocktails in 90 seconds will be on duty at the Winter Olympics as organizers seek to keep a lid
• German publishers oppose Google plan to phase out third-party cookies | Financial Times