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Jan 2023
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TWiT 911: You Toot Too, Right? - Twitter...

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Twitter API fallout, Section 230, TikTok ban, tech layoffs, AmazonSmile RIP

  • Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
  • Twitterrific: End of an Era.
  • In Memory of Tweetbot.
  • Extremely Hardcore.
  • Looming Twitter interest payment leaves Elon Musk with unpalatable options.
  • Google has been sued and is involved in a lawsuit over YouTube algorithms.
  • Supreme Court allows Reddit mods to anonymously defend Section 230.
  • R Street Institute signs onto amicus brief in Gonzalez v. Google.
  • Supreme Court Poised to Reconsider Key Tenets of Online Speech.
  • India blocks YouTube videos and Twitter posts on BBC Modi documentary.
  • As states ban TikTok on government devices, evidence of harm is thin.
  • TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral.
  • How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation.
  • Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
  • Microsoft set to lay off thousands of employees.
  • Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens.
  • Apple Postpones AR/VR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset (AAPL).
  • How Apple Has So Far Avoided Layoffs: Lean Hiring, No Free Lunches.
  • Comixology hit hard by Amazon's massive layoffs.
  • Inside CNET's AI-powered SEO money machine.
  • CNET pauses publishing AI-written stories after disclosure controversy.
  • The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure.
  • T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
  • AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
  • Former Exec explains why on Reddit.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Shoshana Weissmann

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