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In this episode:  Elon is now buying twitter Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial Twitter shares surge 22% after Elon Musk revives deal to buy company at original price With 11 Short Words, Elon Musk Just Revealed His Plans for Twitter. There's Only 1 Problem Elon Musk Doubles Down on Plan to End Ukraine War for Some Reason Banished for an Unleashed Dog: Airbnb Bans Bew...

In this episode:  Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid? Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show James Earl Jones Steps Back From Voicing Darth Vader, Signs Off on Using Archived Recordings to Recreate Voice With A.I. Darth Vader's voice in Obi-Wan Kenobi was entirely AI-generated Walmart Is Making Its First Move Into the Metaverse With Virtual Worlds on Roblox Google&rsq...

In this episode:  Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95% Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now Hilton to design astronaut suites, facilities for Voyager’s private space station Starlab Watch out, Zoom - Slack is here to eat your lunch Framework’s new Chro...

Good buy, Type O’s: iMessages can finally be edited Uber Eats to Begin Delivering Food with Autonomous Vehicles Deere Invests Billions in Self-Driving Tractors Locked Out of ‘God Mode,’ The Nissan Leaf can now officially power buildings Brush up on your office lingo with Biz Jargon voice navigation Copywriter website: Joe Coleman   Zoom Readies Email and Calendar Products Ca...

In this episode:  Can new technology tell if you’re lying on LinkedIn? Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M Samsung says customer data stolen in July data breach ‘LOTR: The Rings Of Power’ Forges Biggest Premiere Viewership Ever For Amazon Prime Video Floppy disks in Japan: Minister declares war on old-fashioned technology Next-gen USB promises to be twice as...

In this episode:  Jack Dorsey’s biggest regret is Twitter became a company T-Mobile & SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year The man who tracks Elon Musk's jet says he would stop if Elon took him on a flight and gave him an interview French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools Panera Bread tests artificial intelligence technology in dr...

In this episode:  MoviePass to relaunch on Labor Day in beta form with pricing ranging from $10-$30 a month How Data Is Changing the College Experience This app beeps every time your computer sends data to Google Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll Peloton strikes a deal to sell fitness equipment and apparel on Amazon Does turning the air conditioning off when you're not home act...

WeWork’s former CEO has a new startup, reportedly valued at more than $1 billion New TV show from MGM called ‘Ring Nation’ uses surveillance video footage from Ring cameras Did Fortune Favor The Brave? New technology pulls clean drinking water from the air InMotion unveils ‘fastest in the world’ 87 MPH V13 Challenger electric unicycle A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tr...

In this episode: Amazon buying iRobot in a $1.7 billion all-cash deal Elon Musk sells 7.92 million Tesla shares worth $6.88 billion Jeff Bezos' Megayacht Was Quietly Towed From a Dutch Shipyard — Watch the Video California Regulator Accuses Tesla of Falsely Advertising Autopilot DuckDuckGo browser’s stricter privacy protection will also apply to Microsoft scripts now Slack resets passwords after e...

In this episode:  T-Mobile Is Tracking Users by Default. How to Turn It Off These Companies Know When You're Pregnant—And They're Not Keeping It Secret Secret Service may disable iMessages to avoid repeat of Jan. 6 controversy Elon Musk countersues Twitter over merger, but details aren’t yet public Elon Musk’s antics turn owners and would-be buyers against Tesla: ‘I lo...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise ! In this episode: Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient Twitter Pares Office Space to Save Cash, Deepen Remote-Work Tilt Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House Don’t Look Now, but Congress Might Pass an Actu...

In this episode: Judge grants Elon Musk an October court date, in early win for Twitter Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover trial set to start in October Twitter blames Musk and ad market headwinds for declining revenue Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles Tesla gets exclusive lane at a US-Mexico border crossing Instagram’s new payments feature lets users buy products vi...

In this episode: Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals How Elon’s bizarre Twitter takeover saga could have just been a cover for him to sell $8.5 billion in Tesla stock Japan Wants to Bring Artificial Gravity to the Moon  Peloton will stop making its own bikes Spotify Buys Music Trivia Game Heardle AD BREAK Marriott Hotels suffers fresh data breach, 20GB...

In this episode: The Hummer EV produces more CO2 than a gas-powered sedan Apple expands industry-leading commitment to protect users from highly targeted mercenary spyware FIFA will track players’ bodies using AI to make offside calls at 2022 World Cup Amazon is giving Prime subscribers a free year of Grubhub+ deliveries TikTok is reportedly giving up on its live shopping plans in the US and...

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise! In this episode: Micron’s new 1.5TB microSD can record video for five years straight Wearable muscles offer an impressive upper-body endurance boost Sleep pods are coming for passengers flying economy U.S. FCC commissioner wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores AD BREAK Tesla Cuts 200 Autopilot Workers as California Site Clos...

In this episode: Ted Sarandos Explains Why Netflix Will Add New Ad-Supported Tier to Streaming Service Microsoft Thinks It Should Be Easier To Interrupt People During Meetings, And It's Kind of Brilliant Twitter tests 'notes' feature with 2,500 word limit Apple Watch becomes ultimate lifeguard after calling 911 for swimmer trapped in cold river The US needs a common charger, Dems say AD BREAK Isra...

In this episode: The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life Spotify comes for audiobooks Sony’s new PlayStation Plus launches in US with over 800 games Ready Life, Black-Owned Fintech Aimed at Economic Empowerment Crypto Market Sinks Below $1 Trillion After Latest DeFi Blowup Coinbase’s Hiring Freeze Shatters Crypto Hopefuls’ Career Plans Convicted sca...

In this episode: The Jan. 6 Committee Wants Twitter’s Internal Slack Messages. Twitter Is Fighting It Sheryl Sandberg was under investigation at Meta for using corporate resources to plan her wedding, report says iHeartMedia and State Farm Enter the Metaverse All Smartphones Must Use The Same Charger By 2024 Says EU, UK Will Not Follow Yuga Labs Confirms Discord Server Hack; 200 ETH Worth of NFTs...

Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta after 14 years U.S. charges OpenSea ex-employee in first NFT insider trading case New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics Want to Raise Successful Kids? Science Says This Controversial Habit Makes Them Smarter Amazon is launching an invite-based ordering option, starting with the PS5 and Xbox Series X Dollar General piloting self-checkout...

In this episode: Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down from company's board of directors Twitter jumps after Musk increases commitment in takeover bid to $33.5 billion, in talks for other funding TikTok to launch LIVE creator subscriptions this week Walmart expands its drone-delivery service to reach 4 million households Hawaiian Airlines Plans to Fly Electric Planes That Glide Just Above the...

In this episode: Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data DeepMind researcher claims new ‘Gato’ AI could lead to AGI, says ‘the game is over!’ Exclusive: John Deere closes in on fully autonomous farming with its latest AI acquisition Tech groups ask Supreme Court to block Texas social media law \ San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras...

In this episode: Google teases smart glasses prototype that translates languages in real time Starlink is coming to Hawaiian Airlines in a bid to try and fix in-flight Wi-Fi The music lives on - iPod touch will be available while supplies last Electrifying: This Startup’s Add-On Turns Trucks Into Hybrids in Minutes Elon Musk may be temporary CEO of Twitter after deal closes, report says Elon Musk...

In this episode: Researchers find Amazon uses Alexa voice data to target you with ads Bored Ape Yacht Club caused Ethereum fees to soar to astronomical levels Undefined's next-gen "silent" ion propulsion drone: still noisy Your iPhone can alert you to breaking glass, smoke alarms and other dangers Chip shortage threatens mattresses: Sleep Number production suffering Car buyers balk at monthly fees...

In this episode: Twitter poised to agree $46.5bn takeover with Elon Musk, reports say Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’ A quarter of all the electricity in this county is powering Bitcoin mining Bored Ape Instagram account hacked: NFTs worth $2.8 million stolen Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document AD BREAK Mini Cooper rev...

In this episode: Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election Etsy sellers eye forming a union after going on strike Ukraine Ramps Up Cyber Defenses to Slow Surge in Attacks SpaceX shut down a Russian electromagnetic warfare attack in Ukraine last month — and the Pentagon is taking notes Tesla says robotaxi is coming in 2024, and it won't ha...