This Week in Tech (Audio)

Rideshare surges, Ford F-150 Lightning, Amazon antitrust

• Amazon to acquire MGM Studios for $8.5 billion
• Uber and Lyft Surges: What to Know
• McDonald's in Illinois Offering Free iPhones to New Recruits
• Amazon Introduces Tiny 'ZenBooths' for Stressed-Out Warehouse Workers
• Amazon sued by DC attorney general on antitrust grounds
• Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors
• Helium Networking
• Paris's article: More State AGs Considering Antitrust Action Against Amazon
• Google employees admit in a lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private
• GCHQ's mass data interception violated the right to privacy, court rules
• Florida's New Pro-Disney, Anti-Facebook, and Twitter Law
• Twitter Confirms Plans for 'Twitter Blue' $2.99 Monthly Subscription Service
• 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Pro Gets Ready For Work
• Ford Targets Real (Not Cyber) Truck Users With Its Electric F-150 Lightning, Priced From $40,000
• SolarWinds Hackers Launching New Attacks, Microsoft Warns
• 'Charlie Bit My Finger' sold as an NFT, could vanish from YouTube forever
• Feeling blue: drug dealer's 'love of stilton' leads to his arrest | Cheese | The Guardian
• Apple Delaying Podcasts Subscriptions until June, Promises Improvements to the Podcasts App
• Amazon ad revenue now twice as big as Snap, Twitter, Roku, and Pinterest combined

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brian McCullough, Sam Abuelsamid, and Paris Martineau

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