Mar 28th 2021
This Week in Tech 816
Who Owns the Clone
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
CryptoPunks and NFTs, Chrissy Teigan quits Twitter, Microsoft buying Discord?
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Amy Webb,
Kevin Rose
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 Institute's 14th Annual Tech Trends Report.
- Microsoft Said to Discuss Discord Bid for Over $10 Billion.
- Is the ship still stuck?
- Evergiven Everywhere.
- Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs.
- New Yorker, Pitchfork and Ars Technica unions authorize a strike.
- Twitter’s ‘unofficial mayor’ Chrissy Teigen quits the platform after years of harassment.
- Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders.
- Medium Tells Journalists to Feel Free to Quit After Busting Union Drive.
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits the website contributed to Capitol riots.
- Genican, an Alexa-powered trash can.
- Prenuvo - Full body MRI for early cancer detection.
- Found My Fitness.
- Facebook, Twitter, and Google CEOs grilled by Congress on misinformation.
- Amazon keeps trying to troll US Congress members in perplexing new PR strategy.
- Mark Zuckerberg Just Asked Congress to Eliminate all of Facebook's Future Competition.
- Inside BitClout, the Dystopian Social Network with Big Backers and Vocal Critics.
- New York launches the nation's first 'vaccine passports.' Others are working on similar ideas, but many details must be worked out.
- Sleep tech: Ooler and Eight Sleep.
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Links
- Amazon keeps trying to troll US Congress members in perplexing new PR strategy
- Amazon delivery drivers have to consent to AI surveillance in their vans or lose their jobs
- Twitter’s ‘unofficial mayor’ Chrissy Teigen quits platform after years of harassment
- Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders
- The Future Today Institute's 14th Annual Tech Trends Report
- Tesla cars can be bought with bitcoin, says Elon Musk
- Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs grilled by Congress on misinformation
- Mark Zuckerberg Just Asked Congress to Eliminate all of Facebook's Future Competition
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits website contributed to Capitol riots
- Jack Dorsey’s first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47 - The Verge
- Inside BitClout, the Dystopian Social Network with Big Backers and Vocal Critics
- New York launches nation's first 'vaccine passports.'