TNW 298: Would Apple Acquire Disney? - Unknown Tracker Alert, Thread & Matter, Sandisk
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
- Jason Howell talks about Android rolling out its "Unknown tracker alerts" system in conjunction with Apple to help detect AirTags that may have been placed on you nefariously.
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge talks about Thread and the challenges surrounding Thread and its integrations with IoT devices.
- Mikah Sargent talks about whether Disney could be sold to Apple. But why would Disney consider something they were adamant about not doing in the past?
- Finally, Sean Hollister of The Verge shares a warning about those who own a SanDisk Extreme SSD after one of Sean's colleagues lost everything on his SanDisk drive.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy and Sean Hollister
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on tech news weekly, I take the time to talk to Jennifer Patterson, |
| 0:04.6 | Tui of the Verge, about the very confusing state of matter and thread and |
| 0:11.2 | smart home automation in general. Super confusing. Can't they just get along? |
| 0:15.1 | Also, I speak with Sean Hollister, also from the Verge. It's a Verge kind of day. |
| 0:19.8 | What can I say? It's a cautionary tale about a very specific brand and type of |
| 0:26.1 | of solid state drive that you definitely do not want to buy. I will not be touching that one. |
| 0:31.2 | Then we talk about a conversation that is once again rearing its head. Would Disney be open to |
| 0:39.2 | being acquired by Apple? Would Apple be open to acquiring Disney? And what would regulatory |
| 0:44.9 | bodies have to say about that? I feel like that conversation comes up like once every other year. |
| 0:49.2 | It's been like the past 15 years. And finally, Android launching |
| 0:55.3 | it's find my device network a couple of months ago. Now we have the unknown tracker alerts appearing |
| 1:01.6 | on Android. What's that all about? We're going to tell you all about that and so much more next |
| 1:06.1 | on Tech News Weekly. Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twenth. |
| 1:18.7 | This is Tech News Weekly episode 298 recorded Thursday, August 10th, 2023. Would Apple acquire Disney? |
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