This Week in Tech

Nov 7th 2021

This Week in Tech 848

Rippling Chaos

Hosted by Leo Laporte

Meta trademark filing, NYC crypto, the Great Resignation, Daylight saving time

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Category: News

Meta trademark filing, NYC crypto, the Great Resignation, daylight saving time

  • Facebook's "Meta" Trademark Application.
  •  Meta Company lashes out at Facebook over name change in public letter.
  •  Incoming New York mayor Eric Adams vows to take the first three paychecks in bitcoin.
  •  NYC Mayor-Elect Adams Says Crypto Should Be Taught in Schools.
  •  House Sends Infrastructure Bill With Crypto Tax Provision to US President.
  •  The crypto conundrum: Is that hot meme coin a Shiba Inu or a squid?
  •  Len Sassaman and Satoshi: a Cypherpunk History.
  •  Global Chip Shortage ‘Is Far From Over’ as Wait Times Get Longer.
  •  I’m A Twenty-Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End.
  •  The debate over daylight saving time drags on in Europe.
  •  Gastronomad: The art of living everywhere and eating everything!
  •  Leo's time with the Pixel 6 Pro.
  •  Faulty DRM breaks dozens of games on Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs.
  •  Apple’s New Screen Repair Trap Could Change the Repair Industry Forever.
  •  Apple’s Federighi delivers a dramatic speech on the dangers of sideloading.
  •  The Great Resignation.
  •  The ‘lying flat’ movement standing in the way of China’s innovation drive.
  •  TikTok owner ByteDance shortens China work hours, discouraging the notorious ‘996’ routine.
  • Google News to relaunch in Spain after mandatory payments to newspapers scrapped.
  •  Tesla recalls nearly 12,000 U.S. vehicles over software communication error.
  •  Microsoft fixes Windows 11 features failing due to an expired certificate.
  •  Apple Wants iPhones to Detect Car Crashes, Auto-Dial 911.

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