This Week in Tech (Audio)

Facebook meets 60 Minutes, what is Finsta? Rivian R1T first look, Holmes trial

• This is Facebook's internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram.
• Sen. Blumenthal: "Will you commit to ending Finsta?"
• Facebook is hitting the brakes on Instagram for kids.
• Astro home robot and more announced.
• Leaked Documents Show How Amazon's Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do.
• Hear That? It's Your Voice Being Taken for Profit.
• Amazon is now accepting your applications for its home surveillance drone.
• Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct.
• Rivian R1T first drive: Easily the best pickup I've ever driven, both off-road and on.
• Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on 'safety score'.
• Delaying Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos Fraud Trial is Paying Off For the Defense.
• First Look: iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max.
• YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists.
• Twitch announces new features to curb hate raids.
• New Limits Give Chinese E-Gamers Whiplash.
• Apple Doesn't Make Videogames. But It's the Hottest Player in Gaming.
• Amazon has a smash hit on its hands — a new computer game with hundreds of thousands of players.
• The 2021 List of the All-time Most Popular Netflix Shows and Series is Here.
• Planet Squid Game.
• NBCUniversal and YouTubeTV reach agreement to avoid dropped channels.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Seth Weintraub, Denise Howell, and Nicholas De Leon

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