TWiG 793: The Aftermath - The Effect of the 2024 US Election on Tech
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Leo Laporte
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
- Tech in the new Admin
- TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
- Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
- Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
- Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence
- The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
- Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
- NYTimes Games for the strike
- Florida Access Network
- WebCheck
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau
Guests: Emily Forlini and Mike Elgan
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Twig this week in Google. |
| 0:02.1 | Jeff Jarvis has the week off. |
| 0:03.3 | No, it's not what you think. |
| 0:04.3 | He's actually in Germany right now and can't join us. |
| 0:07.4 | But we do have Paris Martin. |
| 0:09.7 | Also, Mike Elgin, joining us from Mexico. |
| 0:12.5 | And Emily, her new name is Forlini, but you might know her is Emily Drybelbus from PC Magazine. |
| 0:20.0 | Now, I have to warn everybody. it's the day after the election. |
| 0:23.1 | We have a new president-elect. |
| 0:24.9 | And the entire topic of this show is how a new administration is going to work with Silicon Valley. |
| 0:31.7 | What's going to happen to the tech we're interested in AI, EVs, big big tech in general under a Trump administration. |
| 0:40.9 | That's the topic for the day. |
| 0:42.2 | If you don't want to hear any politics, you might want to skip this show. |
| 0:45.6 | But if you're interested, we're not taking a point of view. |
| 0:48.4 | I think we're really talking about what's going to happen to cryptocurrency and others |
| 0:52.6 | in a Trump administration. |
| 0:54.1 | That's next on Twig. |
| 0:58.1 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:59.8 | From people you trust. |
| 1:02.5 | This is Twit. |
| 1:08.4 | This is Twig. |
| 1:10.0 | This week in Google. |
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