TWiT 971: The Element of Chaos - SpaceX Spy Satellites, New Apple Carplay
This Week in Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2024
⏱️ 186 minutes
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Summary
- The Panel discusses video Formats and aspect ratios
- House of Reps pass bill that could ban TikTok
- TechDirt: TikTok ban would be unconstitutional and doesn't actually help with threats
- TikTok estimated to be worth $100B, or $40B if it doesn't include the algorithm
- US wants to ban TikTok for the sins of every social media company
- What social media is the panel using?
- Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say
- Musk dumps Don Lemon after sitting through one interviuew
- "Gurman: CarPlay is now all Apple has left, should they charge for the more advanced version? + Apple planning for the biggest AirPods push yet with new low-end, mid-range models"
- Microsoft is hosting its Surface/AI event next week, what do we think about Microsoft's current PC and AI ambitions?
- FCC raises broadband minimums to 100Mbps/20Mbps, up from 25Mbps/3Mbps
- Pornhub says adios to Texas
- Profile of the UberCheats dev, who created an app to see how the Uber algorithm was screwing over workers
- What media is the panel watching?
Host: Devindra Hardawar
Guests: Alex Lindsay, Glenn Fleishman, and Scott Stein
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Twit this week in Tech. I'm Devindra Hardwar, a senior editor in Engadget. This week we're joined by Scott Stein from CNET, |
| 0:07.0 | Glenn Fleischman, and Alex Lindsay. We're diving into the recent bill that could potentially ban Tik-Toc in the US. We also talk about the |
| 0:15.2 | state of social media and what we like the most and you know maybe what we do or don't want from |
| 0:21.0 | an Apple car and carplay. |
| 0:23.0 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:26.0 | From people you trust. |
| 0:28.0 | This is Twit. You're watching Twit this week in Tech, episode 971, recorded March 17, |
| 0:41.0 | 2024, the element of chaos. |
| 0:44.8 | This episode of this week at Tech is brought to you by NetSuite. |
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