House Judiciary Committee antitrust bills, Microsoft hits $2 trillion, and a prediction on the future of social media

Pivot

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News Commentary, Tech News, News, Technology

4.2 • 9.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Kara and Scott talk about the six antitrust bills the House is contemplating this week and what it means for big tech and political divisions. They also discuss Microsoft joining Apple as the 2nd $2 trillion company. In listener mail, they discuss how much climate change will cost versus the Covid-19 crisis. In predictions, Scott foresees new companies emerging with big tech break up looming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.9	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from the Vox Media Podcast Network. I'm Cara Swisher.
1:10.7	And I have figured out finally in my life what my calling is.
1:14.8	Cara. Oh no, what? I have been called. It is so clear. It is so obvious. I will be
1:19.8	portraying John McAfee in the upcoming biopic. Oh my god. I knew you were a
1:24.7	cool. It's so obvious. And by the way, just a little hair, a little beard
1:31.1	situation. You kind of look like him a little bit. I'll be honest with you. I do. I do.
1:34.6	And I mean, let's be honest. If you're gonna, if you're gonna really go
1:39.2	really embrace the midlife crisis, you have to give John his props. I mean, we
1:45.2	have some guys going into space in Dildos. We have other guys, John McAfee, who
1:50.3	ends up marrying a prostitute who was sent to kill him does blow kills
1:55.4	neighbors and fakes heart attacks to avoid extradition. This guy was a gangster.
2:00.0	I'm sorry. This guy was a gangster. That is a magic story. There isn't a
2:09.2	network to producer or someone with an iPhone that is not planning that that
2:14.9	series. Yeah, he, I knew him a little bit. He was quite, yeah, you know, he was
2:20.1	around for he was, he was a troubled person. Let me just say I'm not gonna
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