TWiT 756: Don't Doubt ur Vibe




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <p>This Week's Stories:</p><ul> <li> Apple hits 1.5B users, Facebook hits 2.5B, Amazon hits $1 Trillion - is Big Tech too big?</li> <li> Russia vs Apple: new Russian law will force Apple to install Kremlin-friendly apps</li> <li> Coronavirus shuts down Apple and Google in China</li> <li> EU passes common charger resolution - say goodbye to your lightning jack</li> <li> Amazon wants you to know that they pay a lot of taxes and employ a lot of people</li> <li> 10 years later, the iPad is the only successful tablet</li> <li> Split-screen or folding screen? Is this a form factor we need?</li> <li> Apple TV+ hasn't quite hit it yet</li> <li> FCC admits that wireless carriers violated federal law selling your location data</li> <li> Facebook's 'Off Facebook activity tool' doesn't really do anything</li> <li> Facebook's new Oversight Board will surely fix everything</li> <li> Avast anti-virus sold your data to everybody</li> <li> Does tracking really make ads better?</li> <li> He sings! He dances! He sends you the internet from space!</li> <li> Cal Tech gets 1.1 billion from Apple and Broadcom in a patent case</li> <li> Every smart device will die. Sonos sooner than others.</li> <li> IBM CEO Virginia Rometty retires</li> <li> California halts .org sale</li> <li> 62 new emoji are here!</li> <li> Hummer is back and electric</li> </ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/wesley83" target="_blank">Wesley Faulkner</a>, <a href="https://techmeme.com" target="_blank">Brian McCullough</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/Devindra" target="_blank">Devindra Hardawar</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://molekule.com">Molekule.com promo code TWIT10</a></li> <li><a href="http://capterra.com/twit">capterra.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://wasabi.com">Wasabi.com offer code TWiT</a></li> <li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/Twit">ZipRecruiter.com/Twit</a></li> </ul>