Jul 23rd 2023
This Week in Tech 937
Elon's Little Chisel
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
Guests:
Alex Kantrowitz,
Ranjan Roy
Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick
- Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'.
- Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day.
- Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.
- Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned.
- Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023).
- Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million.
- Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea.
- Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama.
- Self driving in SF with Alex.
- G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics.
- The Biden administration announces its new smart home cybersecurity label.
- Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data.
- Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity.
- The Screen Savers - Kevin Mitnick Is Free.
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Links
- Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'
- Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day
- Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system | Reuters
- Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned (MSFT, ATVI) - Bloomberg
- Pluralistic: Why they’re smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
- Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million | Reuters
- Apple can delay App Store changes to file Supreme Court plea - The Verge
- Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama | Meta
- Self driving in SF - Not really a story but I just rode in a waymo for the first time. Wild stuff!
- G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics - Vox
- The Biden administration announces its new smart home cybersecurity label - The Verge
- Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data | Techdirt
- Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity
- The Screen Savers - Kevin Mitnick Is Free - HQ - YouTube