This Week in Tech (Video)

AOC Streams Among US, iPhone Reviews, RIP Quibi Politicians go gamer: AOC streams Among Us, Biden's Animal Crossing Island How campaigning on social media is changing Did social media break democracy? Bot orders $18,752 of McFlurrys every minute iPhone 12 reviews are in - the flat edges are cool, 5G is not. Quibi fails after only 6 months Google Stadia developer says streamers should be paying game developers for the right to stream their games DOJ sues Google over antitrust Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Senate Judiciary Committee on November 17th The US government goes after Section 230 Judge says the US government can't ban WeChat Edward Snowden gets permanent residence in Russia RIAA takes down 18 GitHub projects for downloading YouTube videos Adobe Max introduces controversial AI filters iPhone 12 - are you skipping this year? Xbox Series x or Playstation 5? The coolest electric cars Host: https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte Guests: https://twitter.com/shiralazar, https://twitter.com/heatherkelly, and https://twitter.com/BriannaWu Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: http://netsuite.com/twit http://lastpass.com/twit http://ziprecruiter.com/Twit https://twit.cachefly.com/

Amy Webb and Cory Doctorow Fix All the Problems of Big Tech The dangers of dystopian thinking The dangers of utopian thinking Why we need an Office of Strategic Assessment vs why we need to break up monopolies Is the problem that the government can't write sensible regulation? Where should tech policy come from? Technologists? Smart people in government? Is the problem that the government lacks knowledge? Or that people in general lack knowledge? Or that they refuse to be knowledgeable? Bashing tech has become cool. Here's why that's dangerous. Lead in the water in Flint and binge drinking in Britain What is "The Problem" of Big Tech? Could we write a law to fix it? Should companies fear lawsuits? Is there a better way to make people and companies do things than regulation? Is California Prop 24 a step in the right direction? is Inrupt a step in the right direction? Privacy as a luxury good Five Eyes, Japan, and Australia want to end encryption, but privacy is still important Happy Rosh Hashanah! We need more public intellectuals. But there is a danger in being intellectual. And Jewish. Host: https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte Guests: http://craphound.com/ and https://amywebb.io/ Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: http://expressvpn.com/twit http://extrahop.com/TWIT http://wasabi.com/

iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google iPhone 12 Event Preview - here is everything we know about the iPhone 12 The Supreme Court seems to frown on Google in Oracle vs Google case Congress' antitrust case against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon could save the internet - or destroy it. How exactly should Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple be broken up? Or should they? What are the real harms of Big Tech? Would breaking them up fix those? Why didn't Congress include Microsoft in the huge antitrust case against Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple? What are the best steps Congress could take next? John McAfee in jail for the same thing Al Capone went to Alcatraz for Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics go to women for the first time in a long time Seven central banks have some suggestions to improve cryptocurrency Slack introduces Instagram-like stories REPEAL SECTION 230!!! - Trump Court says Apple can kick Fortnite out of the App Store, at least until the trial next spring. Host: https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte Guests: https://twit.tv/people/christina-warren, https://twitter.com/plibin, and https://twit.tv/people/denise-howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: http://casper.com/twit1 http://molekule.com/ http://wwt.com/TWIT

Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+ Google's Launch Night in was a snooze Amazon Sidewalk will join your neighborhood together - or invade your privacy Amazon wants your palm print. Will you give it to them? James Bond delayed to 2021: Movie theaters are dying Subway sandwiches are not made with bread in Ireland, and their chicken is less than 50% chicken, but Popeye's is the best Apple TV+ is about to lose a whole lot of subscribers - what should we watch? How soap operas are filming during the pandemic Prime day is October 13th - will you shop? Libraries are being squeezed by publishers over ebooks and audiobooks Google TV is good, but Google seems to have lost interest like they lose interest in everything MIxer screws Ninja over; Ninja makes bank Sonos sues Google for multi-room audio patents Facebook merges Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook logins US judge saves TikTok; Fleetwood Mac rejoices The Social Dilemma is Reefer Madness for 2020 If you pay ransomware, the Treasury Department will come after you H1-B visas cut off; tech giants cry out Host: https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte Guests: https://twitter.com/alex, https://twit.tv/people/iain-thomson, and https://twitter.com/doomquasar Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: http://manscaped.com/twit http://ziprecruiter.com/Twit http://mintmobile.com/twit http://barracuda.com/twit

TikTok Ban, Amazon Drone Camera, Pixel 5 Galaxy Z Fold 2 Review Is TikTok banned yet? The Palantir IPO is coming up. Should you invest? Amazon Sidewalk is a terrifying sci-fi security network Amazon's new Ring security cam flies around your house and lets you know if you left your stove on Google Pixel 5 preview - We already know everything about it, except the price. Will it be an inexpensive premium phone? 5G is still BS. When will that change? Epic Games, Spotify, and Tile form a Rebel Alliance to fight Apple. Europe and Facebook are fighting them too. When will Apple come around? Streaming gaming is the future. Physical media will die. Get over it. Microsoft buys Bethesda for $7.5 BILLION dollars GTA is the most valuable media series in the world Quibi is a failure. They are up for sale 6 months after their launch. Republicans hate the Three-Body Problem and want Netflix to drop it. The upcoming Foundation TV series and Dune movie make us want to re-read our childhood favorites. Should we? Rent a goat for your next Zoom call! Host: https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte Guests: https://twitter.com/dsilverman, https://techmeme.com/, and http://roj.as/ Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Sponsors: http://lastpass.com/twit https://twit.cachefly.com/ http://masterclass.com/twit2 http://extrahop.com/TWIT