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episode 680: Hacky Hack Hack
- Leave Elon alone! Tesla tumbles after Musk laments his "most difficult and painful year."
- Google employees revolt over China rumors; town hall meeting shut down due to "kerfuffle" tweets.
- Apple thinks that its headquarter buildings are worth 1/6th of an iPhone XS+.
- Australian teen Hacky Hack Hacks Apple's main computer network.
- MoviePass is failing miserably, but the French version is great!
- Google clarifies how constantly it tracks your location.
- US government wants to wiretap Facebook Messenger
- Facebook is not responsible for mews media's continued existence.
- Ajit Pai finally admits to congress that the FCC wasn't hacked.
- 10 nanometer transistors? Try 1/10th nanometer. German researchers develop a 1 atom transistor switch.
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