TWiT 827: Weather Balloons and Swamp Gas - WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars

This Week in Tech (Audio)

• Episode: TWiT 827: Weather Balloons and Swamp Gas - WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars
• Website: This Week in Tech (Audio)
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• Duration: 02:28:41
• Published: 2021-06-14 02:16

WWDC highlights, Big Tech regulation, flying cars

• Apple Lists 'M1X MacBook Pro' in YouTube Tags for WWDC Keynote Video.
• Rene picks privacy and extensibility as his favorite announcements during WWDC.
• WWDC 2021: macOS Monterey further blurs lines between Mac, Catalyst, and iPad apps.
• Jason picks Unified platform and Mac shortcuts as his favorite announcements during WWDC.
• WWDC 2021: I love it when a platform comes together.
• iOS 15 and macOS Monterey — Apple's walled garden just got even higher.
• FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web.
• Philip picks SharePlay API as his favorite announcement during WWDC.
• Apple employees push back against returning to the office in an internal letter.
• Leo picks Apple ID reform as his favorite announcement during WWDC.
• Public reaction to Amazon Sidewalk.
• Jeff Bezos and his brother will fly on Blue Origin's first human spaceflight with auction winner.
• House lawmakers introduce five bipartisan bills to unwind tech monopolies.
• Biden revokes Trump bans on TikTok and WeChat.
• The hard truth about ransomware: we aren't prepared, it's a battle with new rules, and it hasn't near reached peak impact.
• The U.S. Retrieves Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers.
• GameStop stock falls sharply amid 5M-share sales plan, SEC investigation.
• Microsoft looks ready to launch Windows 11.
• FBI and Australian police ran an encrypted chat platform to catch criminal gangs.
• Apple says it didn't know Trump's DOJ was asking for Democrats' data.
• Some Apple Suppliers in China Tell Ethnic Minorities: Don't Bother Applying For Jobs.
• iPhone 13 release date, price, specs, and leaks.
• Billionaire Larry Page's Kitty Hawk Is Making An All-In Bet On Robot Air Taxis. Its Program Head Is Out In Disagreement Over It.
• What Is a Flying Car?
• Facebook plans its first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor.
• Twitter to add a newsletter 'subscribe' button to profiles for simple sign-ups.
• Happy 42nd Anniversary to the Original Intel 8086 and the x86 Architecture.
• El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing a law.
• Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or the BLM can alter the orbit of the moon or the Earth in order to fight climate change.
• Chipmaker SiFive Is Said to Draw Intel Takeover Interest.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Rene Ritchie, Jason Snell, and Philip Michaels

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