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TWiG 650: Theoreticals Upon Hypotheticals - Galaxy S22 Ultra, Meta's Europe threat, Bitcoin laundering

Category: Technology
Duration: 02:30:41
Publish Date: 2022-02-10 05:19:04
Description:
  • International Space Station will hurtle to Earth in 2031— but it won't hit you.
  • The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus.
  • Samsung's Galaxy S22 preorder site won't let you preorder a phone.
  • Samsung's new tablets go bigger than ever.
  • Unpacking 7 features on the latest Samsung Galaxy devices.
  • Barry Diller's Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Others.
  • Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans' data on US servers.
  • 40 Starlink satellites succumb to geomagnetic storm.
  • Stunning view of SpaceX Starlink satellite breakup over Puerto Rico.
  • There Are Now 1,000 Unicorn Private Company Startups Worth $1 Billion or More.
  • Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial.
  • Radio station snafu in Seattle bricks some Mazda infotainment systems.
  • Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds.
  • IRS abandons ID.me facial recognition plans.
  • The end of #lawyercat.
  • Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic.
  • Android 12 February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
  • Google's latest Pixel 6 update breaks things, again.
  • Pixel 3 and 3 XL get final update with February security patch.
  • Android 12L Beta 3 rolling out, including for Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
  • Google Chrome icon gets first update in 8 years & will now be customized for iOS, Mac, Windows.
  • Roblox developers and creators earned over $500m in Robux during 2021.
  • UK to require age checks for porn, which in turn requires verifying identity; privacy fight to follow.
  • Nvidia officially terminates its Arm purchase.
  • Google auto-enabled 2SV for over 150M people leading to 50% decrease in compromised accounts.
  • Meta is adding a 'personal boundary' to VR avatars to stop harassment.
  • Peter Thiel to exit Facebook's board to focus on 2022 midterms.

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  • Ant - Thank you, Miss Robin Roberts

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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