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TWiT 900: The Pies Have It - Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Twit, This Week In Technology, Tech News, Technology, Leo Laporte, Techtv

3.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2022

⏱️ 186 minutes

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Summary

Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok

  • Elon Musk's Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted.
  • -2000 Lines Of Code.
  • Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back.
  • What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter?
  • @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying "parody" will be permanently suspended.
  • It's hard out here for a billionaire.
  • League of Legends World Championship Finals.
  • Quiz show!
  • Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk.
  • Is Twitter good for brands?
  • Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week.
  • Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they 'overhired for the world we're in'
  • Finally, is this the end for the fax machine?
  • Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok.
  • Github Universe.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren

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0:00.0

It's time for Twit this week in Tech Episode 900. We celebrate with a rocket takeover,

0:05.6

Brianna Wu, Christina Warren, and Simone de Rochefort join me. We'll talk about what's

0:10.2

happening at Twitter. Elon is kind of going crazy on the platform and stay tuned because

0:17.0

at the end of the episode one of us is going to get hit with a pie. I'm not kidding.

0:22.6

Twit is next podcast. You love from people you trust. This is Twit.

0:38.5

This is Twit this week in Tech Episode 900 for Sunday of

0:44.2

November 6th, 2022. The pies have it. This week in Tech is brought to you by On Logic. On Logic is helping innovators around the world solve their most complex technology challenges using on logic, industrial computers, which are engineered for reliability, even environments that would challenge or destroy traditional computer hardware. Learn more and find out about on Logic's 30 day risk free hardware trial by visiting on logic.com slash

1:14.0

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2:03.8

It's time for twit. This week in tech show we cover the week's news. This ladies and gentlemen is a momentous occasion for a number of reasons. First of all, it is our 900th episode.

2:19.8

Twitter 900. I know that's kind of hard to believe. Second, because we're being taken over by the rocket podcast. It's so exciting for me. I'm a huge fan from right to left. Well, you all know Brianna. Well, my right, your left.

2:35.8

A rebellion pack. She's been here many, many times. Welcome, Brianna. Great to have you. I have some questions. I think I was on like three weeks ago. And now I'm just back and busing up in your show again. Well, I think when you were on three weeks ago, you said we should do a rocket show.

2:53.8

And you invited us and I was like, yes, we're going to make it happen. I know what happened because I said, I can never get Simone to show up. We try and we try to get her on the show. She never can do it. And you said, I'll talk to her. I said, well, why don't you get Christina to while you're at it. And we'll make it.

3:08.8

We'll make it a rocket takeover. Here's Christina Warren. Hello, film, studio studio. She knew that I'll get for GitHub. GitHub's having an event this week. Yes, GitHub universe is a GitHub universe.com. Please like register. But that's going to be Wednesday and Thursday.

3:21.8

At your Boena commission center here in San Francisco. And but it'll also be streamed online. So I'm in town for that. Nice. And what's actually funny is that I reached out like, we wanted to get you on. Yes. Because you were going to be in town. So you can come in. So I was going to I was already planning on being here. And I think that's why we're doing it so quickly. Brianna because, oh, we have we have two out of the three. If only somebody knew Simone to rush for. We could ask her to be on Simone.

3:50.8

Simone is here. She's she's she's finally joining us from her dungeon. You have this. I windowless dungeon. Now that I know you live in Manhattan, I understand. That's actually a palace. Right. It is. Where's your kitchen? Is that over on the left there with the bell?

4:04.8

Yeah, right back there. Yeah, just right back there. I just climb into the closet. I turn on my little buns and burner. I've never seen smaller kitchens in my life than a New York.

4:12.8

Oh, yeah. No, it's it's great. You get like if you have a dishwasher, which I did in Brooklyn, but it was not a full size was like the half size dishwasher, which is almost worse than no dishwasher at all because like you can maybe get one pan in it.

4:24.8

Yeah, never of a temptation and the possibility is there, but the reality exactly.

4:29.8

I did. Well, they had. Remember Bob the mini dishwasher at no, that's not it. No way. Let me find it at CES last.

4:39.8

Earlier this year. Oh, yeah, personal dishwasher. Yes, I remember this now. It's tiny. And I thought, well, who would want that now? I know people who have small apartments.

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