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Thu. 01/07 – Yes, There’s A Tech Angle To Yesterday’s Events…

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4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Some stuff happened yesterday at the US Capital, and there’s a tech angle to it. Is SolarWinds just the beginning of the supply chain compromises? There’s new wi-fi coming that is faster and broader. Did the Georgia runoff mean the floodgates are now open for tech antitrust? And what the final segment pre-supposes is: putting a 55 inch display inside a car is a good idea. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Liftoff.to Links: Twitter and Facebook Lock Trump’s Accounts After Violence on Capitol Hill (NYTimes) Widely Used Software Company May Be Entry Point for Huge U.S. Hacking (NYTimes) SuperData: Games grew 12% to $139.9 billion in 2020 amid pandemic (VentureBeat) Wi-Fi industry launches next-gen 6E certification, and new devices are up next (CNET) Democrats have won the Senate. Here’s what it means for tech. (Protocol) Mercedes-Benz unveils its absolutely massive 56-inch ‘Hyperscreen’ display (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Thursday, January 7th, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough.

0:09.0

Today, yes, there's a tech angle to what happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday.

0:14.8

Is Solar Winds just the beginning of the supply chain compromises we need to be worried about?

0:20.3

There's new Wi-Fi coming that is faster and broader.

0:23.6

Did the Georgia runoff mean the floodgates are now open for tech antitrust?

0:28.4

And what the final segment presupposes is, putting a 55 inch display inside a car is a good idea.

0:36.7

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

0:39.8

So, did any So did anything happen after I press publish on the show yesterday?

0:49.0

Yeah. Well, there is a tech angle to everything that happened because of course there is. I mean,

0:56.0

social media is how we experience events like yesterday's and shoot. Social media is what enables events like that to happen to a large degree these days.

1:05.0

At the time of this writing, President Trump's Twitter and Facebook accounts are locked,

1:10.0

quoting the New York Times.

1:12.0

Twitter said Mr. Trump's account would remain locked for 12 hours,

1:15.3

and the ban could be extended if several of his tweets that rejected the election

1:18.7

results and appeared to incite violence were not deleted.

1:22.3

Mr. Trump's account will be permanently suspended

1:24.7

if he continues violating Twitter's policies

1:26.8

against violent threats and election misinformation,

1:29.3

the company added.

1:30.7

Twitter said the risks of keeping Mr. Trump's commentary live on its site had become too high.

1:35.6

Quote, our public interest policy which has guided our enforcement action in this area for years,

1:40.5

ends where we believe the risk of harm is higher, a spokesman said.

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