Sep 9th 2018
This Week in Tech 683
The Peak of Mt. Stupid
Hosted by
Iain Thomson
Elon’s spliff, breaking up Facebook, ISS leak, browser war history, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
- Elon Musk: Tesla's market cap goes up in smoke
- Apple vs Trump on tarrifs
- Apple's big announcement September 12th: what we expect
- Facebook and Twitter go to Capitol Hill, Google sits it out
- Twitter gives Alex Jones the boot
- Should Facebook be broken up?
- The FBI knows who hacked Sony and created WannaCry
- Space duct tape
- Theranos is finally, finally dead - are blockchain companies next?
- Chrome is 10, Google is 20
- Pixel 3 coming October 9th
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Links
- Elon Musk tries a toke on air
- The Air Force is determining ‘the appropriate process’ for Elon Musk smoking pot
- Trump tells Apple to build more US plants in response to tariffs
- In a letter to US government, Apple publishes a detailed list of its products that it says will be affected by Trump's tariffs
- Apple’s September 12, 2018 event: What we expect to be “gathering round” for
- With Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup, you can kiss the home button goodbye
- A recap of Facebook and Twitter hearings
- Google rebuked by Senate Intelligence Committee for not sending Page or Pichai to testify
- Twitter permanently suspends Infowars and Alex Jones' accounts, saying they violate "abusive behavior" rules
- Analysis: since last month's Facebook and YouTube ban, Infowars' audience has dropped by roughly half
- Alex Jones’ Infowars gets banned from Apple’s App Store
- Tim Wu thinks it’s time to break up Facebook
- Senators leak emails showing Kavanaugh's involvement in online surveillance
- FBI names North Korean Sony, Wannacry hacker
- It Sure Looks Like Wireless Carriers Got Busted Throttling Netflix and YouTube
- What the Heck Happened on the International Space Station?
- Theranos is finally shutting down
- Chrome's turning 10, here's what's new
- Marking 20(ish) years of Google
- Google’s Pixel 3 event will take place on October 9th