This Week in Tech

Jul 10th 2022

This Week in Tech 883

More Data Than Sense

Hosted by Leo Laporte

Musk bails on Twitter, Europe's big data laws, China's big data hack

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Category: News

Musk bails on Twitter, Europe's big data laws, China's big data hack

  •  Elon Musk tries to walk away from the Twitter deal.
  •  Twitter will sue Elon Musk for calling off his $44 billion takeover.
  •  Elon's out, and his bid to buy Twitter was likely a joke.
  •  When Elon Musk dreams, his employees have nightmares.
  •  Report: Tesla Factory Workers Are in Danger Because Elon Musk Hates the Color Yellow.
  •  How Elon’s bizarre Twitter takeover saga could have just been a cover for him to sell $8.5 billion in Tesla stock.
  •  Europe's Big Tech Law Is Approved. Now Comes the Hard Part.
  •  Biden order fortifies data privacy ahead of state-by-state legal battle over abortion.
  • Hacker claims to have stolen 1 bln records of Chinese citizens from police.
  •  What the Heck Is a ‘Super App’ and Why Are Elon Musk, Evan Spiegel, and Jack Dorsey Interested?
  •  Web3 projects have lost more than $2 billion to hacks this year.
  •  Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire”.
  •  Starlink on your yacht, so hot.
  •  Apple’s Mac Studio shows the power of its M1 chips, but isn’t priced for mere mortals.
  •  The fate of Apple and Sunday Ticket to be determined by fall, says NFL commissioner.
  •  Apple's New Lockdown Mode for iPhone Fights Hacking, Spyware.
  •  Why the Soviet Union wanted to nuke this hot dog stand.
  •  NASA will unveil the James Webb Space Telescope's 1st science photos this week. Here's how to watch.
  •  The machine behind the ‘God particle’ is on the hunt for dark matter.

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