There are five bills in work to essentially dismantle much of the power that big tech has today in an attempt to level the playing field but in all honesty, the measures do not go very far and have little chance of becoming law. Big tech is powerful and they spread money wide to politicians and they do not like to cut off the arm that feeds them.
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Show Notes:
- 18:00–2021 Doodle for Google winner
- 20:53–Apple handed over data on Trump’s White House counsel
- 23:25–AT&T maintains 5G speed lead
- 07:21–First wooden satellite
- 26:30–The 7 best laptops for writers
- 10:00–Irish police to be given powers over passwords
- 27:19–Verizon wants you vaccinated
- 28:50–US releases NSA leaker Reality Leaker
- 29:37–YouTube is banning alcohol, gambling, and politics
- 30:01–Pai’s legacy lives on for now
- 31:40–Apple Watch Series 7
- 33:34–Microsoft will end Windows 10 support in 2025
- 34:50–Stripe Identity
- 36:18–Interpol shuts down thousands of fake online pharmacies
- 37:28–Honda and JAXA
- 38:36–Amazon Echo Auto
- 39:19–Price-capped broadband on hold in New York
- 40:26–Supreme Court LinkedIn gives another chance
- 41:46–Ransomware attack hits Teamsters in 2019
- 42:25–How to securely erase your hard drive or SSD
- 43:19–A mystery bidder paid $28 million dollars to be on flight
- 16:48–Amazon will open Luna cloud gaming to Prime members