Slack started 2021 1st major workday with a major outage disrupting remote workers globally. Nice kickoff to 2021. We will soon be celebrating the 1500th episode of this podcast and that will be a major milestone for any podcast in existence today.
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Show Notes:
- 34:55–NASA gets pumped for 2021
- 39:32–Virgin Media broadband price rises
- Apple is reportedly testing 2 folding iPhones
- 40:38—Microsoft hints at “coming sweeping rejuvenation”
- 01:03:06–Lidar startup Aeva
- 01:02:51–Color raises $167 million
- 41:36–Ticketmaster admits it hacked a rival company
- 44:21–Byton partners with Foxconn
- 10:31–Florida counties use Eventbrite to schedule COVID-19 appointments
- 33:48–Microsoft takes steps to scrub Flash
- 45:17–Samsung Unpacked on January 14th
- 24:42–Julian Assange will not be extradited to the U.S.
- 46:06–Comedy Central, MTV, and more coming to Hulu
- 22:50–Slack starts 2021 with a massive outage
- 47:16–Venmo’s mobile app can now cash your checks
- 48:31–Apple to release AirTags
- 49:48–Discovery+ launches today
- 14:32–Singapore police can access COVID-19 data
- 50:58–Massachusetts plans to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles
- 52:53–Latest T-Mobile data breach
- 53:54–Sony may be discontinuing PS4
- 55:06–Space calendar 2021
- 56:00–Apple backtracks on banning the Amphemtimaine app
- 57:44–Music listening soared during the lockdown
- 58:30–SpaceX plans to “catch” super-heavy rockets
- 29:13–Google workers have formed a union