TWiT 934: The Scrollbar is Jiggling - Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 188 minutes

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Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking

Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
Apple is a $3 trillion company — again.
The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark.
Twitch Star xQc Signs $100 Million Deal With Kick, a Rival Platform.
Flipper hacking device on track to make $80M worth of sales.
Padre talks all about the Vatican.
An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view.
YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views.
Twitch adds new paid chat feature to rival YouTube's Super Chat.
David Bohrman Dead: Former CNN Executive Was 69.
Want to feel old? Ethernet just celebrated its 50th birthday.
UK regulator may refer Adobe's $20 billion Figma deal to deeper probe.
Supreme Court Rebuffs Apple in Billion-Dollar Caltech Patent Case.
The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims.
Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics.
SiriusXM to Shut Down Stitcher Podcast App.
Pokémon Go Developer Lays Off 230 Employees, Closes LA Studio.
Goldman Is Looking for a Way Out of Its Partnership With Apple.
Scoop: TSA to expand facial recognition program to over 400 airports.
Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts after mutiny.
UT Mourns Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough.

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