Dec 5th 2021
This Week in Tech 852
Mystery Hut on the Moon
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Leo Laporte
Jack leaves Twitter, what is Web3, Bitcoin crashes again, Cyber Monday
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Jack leaves Twitter, what is Web3, Bitcoin crashes again, Cyber Monday
- China's Yutu 2 rover spots cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on far side of the moon.
- Jack is leaving Twitter and we have ~thoughts~
- Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model?
- Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block.
- Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization of the social networking company.
- Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent.
- Far-right is using Twitter’s new rule against anti-extremism researchers.
- Self-Important Asshole Making Big Show About Leaving Twitter.
- Is web3 BS?
- Bukele steps up El Salvador's bet on sliding bitcoin; buys another 150 coins.
- Cyber Monday Sales Flat as Smaller Savings Curb Incentive to Spend.
- Black Friday data adds to evidence e-commerce growth is slowing.
- The Chip Shortage Has Made a Star of This Little-Known Component.
- Arriving Today: From Factory to Front Door -- Why Everything Has Changed About How and What We Buy.
- FTC Challenges Nvidia’s Deal for Arm Holdings.
- Move Over, GE. The Tech Conglomerates Are the New Leaders of Industry.
- U.K. regulators order Facebook-owner Meta to sell Giphy.
- Russia threatens criminal charges against a NASA astronaut.
- NASA delays ISS spacewalk over debris worries.
- The Mars Rover video and sound. It's so eerie and yet so interesting / thought-provoking.
- Meta has chosen AWS as its long-term strategic cloud provider.
- Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes.
- New rule will allow debt collectors to track you down on social media.
- Jim Warren, Early Influencer in Personal Computing, Dies at 85.
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Links
- Jack Resigns
- Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model? – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Alex's article: Jack is leaving Twitter and we have ~thoughts~
- Twitter’s new CEO announces major reorganization of the social networking company
- Self-Important Asshole Making Big Show About Leaving Twitter
- Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent | Engadget
- Far right is using Twitter’s new rule against anti-extremism researchers
- Jack Dorsey’s Square changes corporate name to Block
- Is web3 BS?
- Bukele steps up El Salvador's bet on sliding bitcoin; buys another 150 coins
- Cyber Monday Sales Flat as Smaller Savings Curb Incentive to Spend - WSJ
- Black Friday data adds to evidence e-commerce growth is slowing
- NASA delays ISS spacewalk over debris worries • The Register
- Russia threatens criminal charges against a NASA astronaut | Ars Technica
- The Mars Rover video and sound. It's so eerie and yet so interesting / thought-provoking. NASA
- U.K. regulators order Facebook-owner Meta to sell Giphy - Axios
- Move Over, GE. The Tech Conglomerates Are the New Leaders of Industry. - WSJ
- Meta has chosen AWS as its long-term strategic cloud provider
- FTC Challenges Nvidia’s Deal for Arm Holdings
- Microsoft backtracks on Windows 11’s controversial default browser changes
- New rule will allow debt collectors to track you down on social media
- China's Yutu 2 rover spots cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on far side of the moon
- Jim Warren, Early Influencer in Personal Computing, Dies at 85