This Week in Tech

Jun 20th 2021

This Week in Tech 828

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Hosted by Leo Laporte

Five Anti-Big Tech bills, Windows 11 leak, WWW as an NFT, Right to repair

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Category: News

Five Anti-Big Tech bills, Windows 11 leak, WWW as an NFT, Right to repair

  • Read The Five Big Tech Bills Congress Just Introduced. 
  • Lina Khan Named F.T.C. Chair by Biden. 
  • Pros and Cons of Amazon’s Sidewalk Network. Plus, How to Opt Out.
  • Will Apple Mail threaten the newsletter boom? 
  • A top tech journalist shares the pitch deck he uses to sell ads on his Substack newsletter and podcast. 
  • Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more. 
  • We investigated whether digital contact tracing actually worked in the US. 
  • New York Senate Passes Electronics Right-to-Repair Legislation. 
  • FTC Comes Out in Favor of Right to Repair. 
  • Drought-stricken communities push back against data centers. 
  • Amazon confirms it removed RavPower, a popular phone battery and charger brand.
  • Amazon blames social media for struggle with fake reviews.
  • The web’s source code is being auctioned as an NFT by inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
  • Bitcoin Taproot upgrade: what it means.
  • Consumer Reports: Prime Days best deals.

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