TWiT 948: Schrödinger's Server - Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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🗓️ 8 October 2023

⏱️ 172 minutes

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Summary

Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines

Elon Musk removing headlines from Twitter posts and how that enables fake news
Concerns about Twitter misinformation affecting the 2024 election
Apple considered DuckDuckGo for Safari private search before deciding against it
Microsoft close to acquiring Activision Blizzard pending UK regulatory approval
Google accused of secret changes to search queries to maximize ad revenue
Ransomware attack on MGM hotels and casinos
23andMe customer data breach due to credential stuffing
Meta considering charging for Facebook and Instagram access
Apple TV adds support for VPNs
Spotify expanding into audiobooks
Video game Cyberpunk 2077 costing over $400 million to make
Digital Equipment Corporation's history and legacy
Brave conducting layoffs despite privacy focus
CRTC to start regulating online streaming in Canada
How gasoline is produced from crude oil
Urban air mobility vehicles for intracity travel

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Wil Harris, and Glenn Fleishman

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0:00.0	It's time for twit this week in tech publisher will Harris joins us from unbound.com my car guy Sam apples Sam
0:07.7	Ed is here Glenn Fleischman the king of flongs
0:11.3	We've got lots to talk about including why are all my headlines missing on x.com
0:16.3	And why that might be a bad idea mgm resorts says we didn't pay the ransom and it cost us a hundred million dollars
0:25.1	When we got hit by ransomware
0:27.3	Wow, are you willing to pay fourteen dollars a month for Facebook?
0:31.7	That's what they're thinking of asking and
0:34.7	Finally, is Google changing your search terms secretly to favor advertisers the debate rages on it's all coming up next and
0:48.8	Podcasts you love from people you trust
0:53.2	This is twit
1:01.4	This is twit this week in tech episode
1:05.6	948 recorded Sunday, October 8th 2023
1:10.3	Schrodinger's server
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2:04.8	It's time for twit this week in tech to show we cover the week's tech news. Oh, I like this panel. I see that every week
2:11.1	And usually it's true sometimes it's not sometimes I'm lying. I'm not lying
2:15.5	Will Harris is here old friend Will Harris. He has been through many jobs. He is joining us from next to Tottenham Spurs stadium
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