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Twitter continues warning users about misleading posts post-election, Australia reports incidental collection data from its COVIDSafe app, is the Galaxy Note going out to pasture?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Snap launched a new feed on Snapchat called Spotlight, two new programs in California allow for paid autonomous vehicle services, and a coalition of digital marketing companies ask the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to block implementation of Google's ‘Privacy Sandbox’ initiative.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Qualcomm receives approval to sell some mobile components to Huawei, Twitter begins rolling out Fleets globally, and Nvidia launched a beta of GeForce Now for mobile Safari. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vietnam threatens to ban Facebook if it doesn't step up local political censorship, Apple responds to privacy concerns with its delay of iOS 14's App Tracking Transparency feature, and the Internet Archive launches a collection for preserving Flash content. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nvidia launches a beta of a browser-based GeForce Now service for iOS, YouTube will now show ads on non-partnered channels without sharing revenue, and Google launches a redesigned version of Google Pay. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple drops its apps tore cut for some developers, The US FCC approves more spectrum for WiFi and new features in new versions of Firefox and Chrome.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT7_L5RV38RWmqOZQGfQmi_PmmXWg5VAub13MKpL2onr6CYjoVTn-PndI69F5p5aHc6kBe2tU4dAPp5/pubhtml?gid=1009093235&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft announces Pluton for more secure PCs, Mozilla launches Firefox 83, Twitter makes Fleets available to all users.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Qualcomm received a license to let it sell some mobile components to Huawei, Turkey fines Google for anti-competitive behavior with six-months to change their ad business, and Samsung launches a line of smart monitors. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple suspends new business with Pegatron, the EU finds Amazon engaged in anti-competitive behavior by using non-public merchant data, and the PUBG Corporation plans to relaunch PUBG Mobile in India. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DoorDash files for its IPO with the US SEC, the Austrian Supreme Court dismisses Facebook's appeal, requiring the platform to remove defamatory comments globally, and Nintendo releases another retro console. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The PUBG Corporation announces how it plans to relaunch PUBG Mobile in India, Instagram's redesign adds Reels and Shopping to the navigation bar, and Google will end unlimited photo backups in Google Photos.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China targets online shopping the day before the biggest online shopping day in the world, Apple announces new laptops that use its own chip and TikTok wonders if the US government forgot it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some developers opt-out of iOS apps on Macs, Cruise and Walmart partner for autonomous deliveries, Spotify plans to acquire Megaphone. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple suspends new business with Pegatron over labor violations, Pfizer announces preliminary findings from its COVID-19 vaccine trial, and Tim Berners-Lee's Inrupt launches an enterprise platform. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo releases detailed safety data for the first time, voters decided on a number of tech issues in California, Maine, and Michigan, and the US DOJ seizes $1 billion in Bitcoin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple announced it will start requiring new app privacy labels debuted at WWDC on December 8th, India's UPI caps payment processing apps, and the PS5 won't support SSD expansion at launch. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WhatsApp starts rolling out ephemeral messaging on iOS and Android, Nvidia reportedly plans to launch GeForce Now on iOS through the browser, and DJI announces the Mini 2 drone.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

App-based drivers will not be considered full-time employees under California law, Masachusetts extends right to repair laws to car data and Chrome patches two zero-day vulnerabilities.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT7_L5RV38RWmqOZQGfQmi_PmmXWg5VAub13MKpL2onr6CYjoVTn-PndI69F5p5aHc6kBe2tU4dAPp5/pubhtml?gid=323909397&single=trueSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walmart rethinks its in-store robots, Ant's IPO gets delayed, PayPal does record numbers in Q3.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Waymo released a safety report on its driverless car service in Arizona, the Wayback Machine will now include contextual banners from fact checking organizations, and Huawei reportedly plans to build a factory in Shanghai for its telecom chips. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OnePlus expands the Nord lineup, Facebook launches cloud gaming, and Sony is in talks to buy Crunchyroll.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple sees a 26% in iPhone revenue on earnings that still beat analyst expectations, Under Armour sells MyFitnessPal, and Samsung launches SmartThings Find.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Germany's antitrust regulator launches a probe into Amazon's "brandgating" policy, CEOs from Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet testify before Congress on Section 230, and Marvell announces it intends to acquire Inphi. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon launches amazon.se in Sweden, Apple may start wirelessly charging external accessories, TikTok partners with AP on election info in the US.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

T-Mobile launches its TVision service in the US, Tinder takes video chat out of beta and AMD agrees to buy Xilinx.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OnePlus announces two new midrange handsets in the Nord line, Facebook starts rolling out cloud-based games, and GitHub takes down youtube-dl. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The free live stream Apple Music TV launches, the US DOJ files an antitrust case against Google, and Quibi calls it quits. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Central Bank of the Bahamas launches the first central bank digital currency called the Sand Dollar, Aldi and Instacart pilot using SNAP benefits for orders, and Google launches the Google Fi phone subscription program.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook announces several updates for WhatsApp including in-chat shopping, Huawei announces the Mate 40 Pro, and Quibi announces its shutting down. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paypal gets into cryptocurrencies, Facebook clones NextDoor and Amazon's game streaming service Luna launches.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, the EU turns on cross-border contact tracing app interoperability, and you can now actually buy the LG rollable OLED. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple launches the free streaming channel Apple Music TV, Ireland's DPC launches an investigation into Instagram's use of children's data, and TikTok is no longer banned in Pakistan. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple announces new iPhones, social media platforms react to a controversial New York Times story on Hunter Biden, and Google announces the final migration from Hangouts to Chat.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A report from the Belgian data protection agency finds that the IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework violates GDPR, Twitter revises its Hacked Materials Policy, and GameStop will receive a percentage of Xbox console revenue for unit sold in its channels.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Facebook announced it reduced the reach of a New York Post story regarding Hunter Biden while its fact checkers review it and Twitter blocks links and images to it, Snap rolls out music clips for snaps and stories, and Warner Media will discontinue its HBO channel in India. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple launches new 5G iphones, Huawei might sell the Honor phone unit and Microsoft Ai beats humans at captioning.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OnePlus co-founder leaves company, Netflix removes trial period options, Google Duplex starts supporting haircut appointments. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The two largest game streaming companies announce a merger that will give the new company up to 300 million monthly active users, Amazon's Crucible game is officially cancelled, and Apple is using its retail stores as distribution centers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google delays its Play Billing mandate in India until 2022, G Suite is now Google Workspace, and AMD announces its Ryzen 5000 series processors.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AMD is in talks to buy the FPGA maker Xilinx, Oracle and Google argue the Java API case in from of the US Supreme Court, and AMD announces Ryzen 5 processors based on the new Zen 3 architecture. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IBM will spin off its managed infrastructure business into a separate publicly traded company, Facebook will temporarily ban political adds after the US presidential election, and Lime launches a mobility-as-a-service offering to put third-party providers in its app.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A US House report calls out monopoly practices of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Faebook, Oracle heads to the Supreme Court against Google over Java API, and new Slack features for easier conversationsSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google renames G Suite to Google Workspace, Sony is bullish on PS5 sales, Facebook adds Netflix support to Portal line. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google announced it will delay enforcing its Play Billing requirement in India until April 2022, Nvidia launches a platform for adding AI-based tools to video conferencing, and Zeiss open up preorders on the ZX1 camera after two years. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uber approved to operate in London, Google reemphasizes that developers are required to use Play billing in the Play Store, and Google officially unveils the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HP announced the Spectre x360 14 laptop with a 3:2 aspect ratio, Twitter says its analysis of its image cropping algorithm doesn't show signs of racial or gender bias, and Verizon expands its LTE Home Internet offering to markets in 48 US States. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google officially announced details on the phones it told us were coming, the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5, Microsoft announces the sub-$600 Surface Laptop Go, and Indian startups consider building their own 3rd party app store. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Instagram and Messenger users can no communicate across platforms, China to investigate Google and Cloudflare launches Google Analytics competitor.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lenovo intros foldable laptop, Disney+ launches GroupWatch, Bing gets some love in the EU.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Uber granted an 318-month license to operate in London, the US Commerce Department reportedly requires an export license for the Chinese chipmaker SMIC, and LinkedIn adds Stories and video messaging as part of a major redesign. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.