Thu. 11/07 – More Election Stuff
Techmeme Ride Home
Brian McCullough
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
More in depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley, and Elon Musk’s companies in particular. Canadian regulators going after TikTok. Australia wants to make sure no one uses social media until they’re sixteen. France is “aware” of Polymarket. And the reviews of all the new Macs.
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- Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return? (NYTimes)
- Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue (Reuters)
- Labor backs 16 as the minimum age to use social media ahead of national cabinet meeting (ABCNews)
- French Regulator Examines Polymarket After Bets on Trump (Bloomberg)
- Apple Mac mini review (M4 Pro, 2024): Shockingly small, incredibly powerful (Engadget)
- Apple MacBook Pro M4 review: the Pro for everyone (The Verge)
- Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review (2024): Brace yourself for M4 speed (Engadget)
- Apple iMac M4 review: More power, same great looks (Tom's Guide)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tech meme right home for Thursday, November 7th, 2024. I'm Brian McCullough today. |
| 0:08.8 | More in-depth analysis of what the Trump victory might mean for Silicon Valley and Elon Musk's |
| 0:14.0 | companies in particular. Canadian regulators going after TikTok. Australian |
| 0:18.1 | wants to make sure no one uses social media until they're 16. |
| 0:22.0 | France is aware of Polly Market and the reviews of all the new Macs. |
| 0:26.7 | Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. |
| 0:32.7 | Okay, more election details for the tech industry, this time with a heavy Elon Musk flavor today. |
| 0:38.8 | The Times is reporting that before Trump's victory, Elon Musk asked him to hire SpaceX staff as top |
| 0:44.6 | government officials, including the Department of Defense, a sign of the benefits Musk may reap |
| 0:50.7 | after he had a close association with the former president over the last few months |
| 0:56.1 | of the election. So it's almost like what Musk did with Twitter, bringing in a bunch of people |
| 1:01.9 | from his other companies to get things in line. This time, though, with the government. |
| 1:07.5 | Quote, the outreach regarding the SpaceX employees, which hasn't been reported, shows the extent to which Mr. |
| 1:12.7 | Musk wants to fill a potential Trump administration with his closest confidants, even as his |
| 1:17.8 | billions of dollars in government contracts pose a conflict to any government role. Mr. Musk and |
| 1:23.1 | executives at SpaceX and Tesla, his electric vehicle company, did not respond on Wednesday to request for comment. A spokesperson for Mr. Trump's transition team also did not respond to a request for comment. |
| 1:33.3 | These six companies that Mr. Musk oversees are deeply entangled with federal agencies. |
| 1:37.3 | They make billions off contracts to launch rockets, build satellites, and provide space-based communication services. |
| 1:43.3 | Tesla makes hundreds of millions |
| 1:44.7 | more from emissions trading credits created by federal law, and Mr. Musk's companies are facing at |
| 1:50.2 | least 20 recent investigations, including one targeting a self-driving car technology that Tesla |
| 1:54.4 | considers key to its future. Now Mr. Musk will have the ear of the president who oversees all |
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