Tue. 02/23 – Australia Caves To Facebook

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Australia caves in to Facebook. PlayStation is planning a big new push in VR. The Mate X2 keeps the foldable dream alive. The weird new malware infecting Apple Silicon Macs. And let’s use NBA Top Shot as a lens to explain NFTs. Sponsors: Kiwico.com promocode: ride EditorX.com Links: Facebook to reverse news ban on Australian sites, government to make amendments to media bargaining code (ABC.net.au) PlayStation CEO says PS5 will get its own VR headset, explains console supply chain shortfall (Washington Post) Huawei’s Mate X2 foldable adopts Samsung’s dual-screen design (The Verge) Kuo: New MacBook Pro Models With HDMI Port and SD Card Reader to Launch Later This Year (MacRumors) New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped (ArsTechnica) Inside 'NBA Top Shot,' the Digital Highlights Marketplace Worth Millions (Bleacher Report) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021.
0:07.8	I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:09.4	Australia Caves into Facebook.
0:11.5	PlayStation is planning a big new push into VR.
0:15.0	The Mate X2 keeps the foldable phone dream alive,
0:19.0	the weird new malware infecting Apple Silicon Max,
0:22.0	and let's use NBA Top Shot as a lens to explain
0:26.0	NFTs.
0:27.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:30.0	Well, that was fast. Australia says Facebook has agreed to reinstate news
0:38.4	content in Australia in the Australian ABC, quote, Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site
0:56.4	after the government agreed to make amendments to the proposed media bargaining laws
0:59.9	that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets for their content.
1:03.0	Mark Zuckerberg said to me today,
1:05.4	restoring pages will occur in coming days.
1:08.1	Australian treasurer Josh Freidenberg said,
1:10.9	the code is structured so that if Facebook and Google do not sign commercial
1:14.8	deals with traditional media outlets the treasurer can designate them and
1:18.7	force them to pay for access to news content. The government promised to make further amendments to the code
1:24.0	including giving Facebook more time to strike those deals."
1:27.5	End quote. So the best I can determine this is basically a complete fold by the Australian government.
1:33.8	Facebook will not be designated as a digital platform that falls under this proposed
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