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episode 948: Schrödinger's Server - Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines
Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines
- Elon Musk removing headlines from Twitter posts and how that enables fake news
- Concerns about Twitter misinformation affecting the 2024 election
- Apple considered DuckDuckGo for Safari private search before deciding against it
- Microsoft close to acquiring Activision Blizzard pending UK regulatory approval
- Google accused of secret changes to search queries to maximize ad revenue
- Ransomware attack on MGM hotels and casinos
- 23andMe customer data breach due to credential stuffing
- Meta considering charging for Facebook and Instagram access
- Apple TV adds support for VPNs
- Spotify expanding into audiobooks
- Video game Cyberpunk 2077 costing over $400 million to make
- Digital Equipment Corporation's history and legacy
- Brave conducting layoffs despite privacy focus
- CRTC to start regulating online streaming in Canada
- How gasoline is produced from crude oil
- Urban air mobility vehicles for intracity travel
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Guests: Sam Abuelsamid, Wil Harris, and Glenn Fleishman
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