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Jul 2023
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Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking 

  • Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
  • Apple is a $3 trillion company — again.
  • The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark.
  • Twitch Star xQc Signs $100 Million Deal With Kick, a Rival Platform.
  • Flipper hacking device on track to make $80M worth of sales.
  • Padre talks all about the Vatican.
  • An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
  • Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view.
  • YouTube tests restricting ad blocker users to 3 video views.
  • Twitch adds new paid chat feature to rival YouTube's Super Chat.
  • David Bohrman Dead: Former CNN Executive Was 69.
  • Want to feel old? Ethernet just celebrated its 50th birthday.
  • UK regulator may refer Adobe's $20 billion Figma deal to deeper probe.
  • Supreme Court Rebuffs Apple in Billion-Dollar Caltech Patent Case.
  • The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
  • Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims.
  • Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Millions of Song Lyrics.
  • SiriusXM to Shut Down Stitcher Podcast App.
  • Pokémon Go Developer Lays Off 230 Employees, Closes LA Studio.
  • Goldman Is Looking for a Way Out of Its Partnership With Apple.
  • Scoop: TSA to expand facial recognition program to over 400 airports.
  • Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts after mutiny.
  • UT Mourns Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor and Nobel Prize Recipient John Goodenough.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Iain Thomson, and Brianna Wu

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