<p>Bimbo Squalo - Blizzard mess, China tech crackdown, quarterly earnings, Rickroll hits 1 billion </p> <ul><li>Review: A deep new history of Tesla takes the shine off Elon Musk.</li> <li>Apple Watch lead Kevin Lynch reportedly transferred to 'Apple Car' team.</li> <li>Apple's Mac and iPad sales break quarterly records.</li> <li>Facial recognition technology faces a crackdown in China.</li> <li>Why is China smashing its tech industry?</li> <li>Kotick apologizes for the "tone deaf" response, promises action following a lawsuit.</li> <li>Inside The Cosby Suite From The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit.</li> <li>2010 Blizzcon panel in which a fan was brave enough to ask a panel full of men whether there's scope for some of WoW's female characters to be less sexualized.</li> <li>First 'Time Crystal' Built Using Google's Quantum Computer.</li> <li>TSMC 2nm chip plans are announced, a day after Intel said it could catch up.</li> <li>Mark Zuckerberg is betting Facebook's future on the metaverse.</li> <li>Thanks to the Rickroll, 'Never Gonna Give You Up' hits 1 billion YouTube plays.</li> <li>U.S. Government Sells Wu-Tang Clan Album Once Owned By Martin Shkreli.</li> <li>Sony has sold 10 million PS5 consoles.</li> <li>Scarlett Johansson sues Disney, says Disney+ release of Black Widow broke contract.</li> <li>YouTube Q2 Ad Revenue Hits Record $7 Billion, Alphabet Beats Estimates.</li> <li>Spotify Misses Overall Q2 User Target, Ad Revenue Jumps 110%.</li> <li>3G-only Kindles begin their long, slow death this year.</li> <li>Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV.</li> <li>Techdirt Is Now Entirely Without Any Google Ads Or Tracking Code.</li> <li>Lucasfilm hires the YouTube deepfaker who put its Luke, Leia, and Tarkin cameos to shame.</li> <li>Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones.</li> <li>With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware.</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://twitter.com/padresj" target="_blank">Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ</a>, and <a href="http://creativestrategies.com" target="_blank">Carolina Milanesi</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>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://CrowdStrike.com/twit">CrowdStrike.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://wordtune.com/twit">wordtune.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://podium.com/twit">podium.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2021-08-01 19:25:07