This Week in Tech

Jul 23rd 2023

This Week in Tech 937

Elon's Little Chisel

Hosted by Leo Laporte

Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick

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Category: News

Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick

  • Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'. 
  • Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day. 
  •  Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system. 
  •  Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned. 
  •  Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). 
  •  Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million. 
  •  Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea. 
  •  Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. 
  •  Self driving in SF with Alex. 
  •  G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics. 
  •  The Biden administration announces its new smart home cybersecurity label. 
  •  Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data. 
  •  Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity. 
  •  The Screen Savers - Kevin Mitnick Is Free. 

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