This Week in Tech (Audio)

CES 2021, Samsung Galaxy S21, Section 230, escaping big tech, Clubhouse

• Misinformation has slowed now that Trump is off Twitter.
• Denise describes the effects of Section 230 on big tech.
• Is it possible for someone to escape big tech if they want to?
• Germany and France don't agree with Trump's deplatforming.
• Is CES 2021 the model for trade shows going forward?
• IoT at the Consumer Electronics Show.
• Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S21 series smartphone.
• Galaxy S21 will not support MST payments.
• Samsung Galaxy SmartTag with UWB support.
• Justine and David spot the biggest trends from CES 2021.
• GM announced BrightDrop for commercial electric vehicles.
• Google's acquisition of Fitbit is complete.
• Apple might soon charge for certain podcasts.
• Justine introduces Leo to Clubhouse.
• Are TikTok's new age limitations good for users?
• Differences between Huawei and Xiaomi in the eyes of the US.
• Intel CEO Bob Swan is out, Pat Gelsinger is in.
• Walmart's e-commerce chief's city of the future.
• Bill Gates and all of his collection of farmland.
• From petabytes to hellabytes.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Justine Ezarik, Denise Howell, and David Ruddock

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Social media Trump ban, Section 230 in Biden era, nationalizing Alibaba

• Social networks begin to ban President Trump.
• Should a few giant enterprises decide which speech is heard?
• China is nationalizing Jack Ma's Alibaba.
• Signal sees an uptick in light of the WhatsApp controversy.
• Stripe stops payment processing for the Trump campaign.
• Happy birthday to Wikipedia.
• Happy 13th anniversary of the iPhone unveiling.
• Hyundai announces it's in talks with Apple.
• Facebook's smart glasses are coming "sooner than later."
• Ajit Pai announced he would not move forward with Section 230.
• Will Section 230 see less of a threat in the Biden era?
• SolarWinds hired Chris Krebs, Trump's former cybersecurity chief.
• The Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies bureau is set.
• Bitcoin and Tesla's performance is a win for day-traders.
• Father of Fiber Optics Narinder S. Kapany dies at 94.
• Roku acquires Quibi assets for less than $100M.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Amy Webb, and Dan Gillmor

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CES 2021 preview, streaming video in 2020, goodbye FarmVille

• A preview of the virtual CES 2021 event.
• LG to unveil bendable OLED and 8K QNED.
• 2020 was an amazing year for streaming services.
• Comparing the roaring 20's to the next decade.
• Brexit deal calls out some interesting tech inclusions.
• Amazon's purchase of Wondery and its podcasts.
• Are some shows better binged and others better waited for?
• Adobe Flash and FarmVille both said goodbye for good.
• Analyzing the "Facebook Menace."
• Tesla delivered on its two-year-old promise.
• Quad Father makes sense of the new FAA drone rule.
• Bitcoin reaches record heights and it's all speculative.
• Japan created wooden satellites to cut down on space junk.
• A radio signal hints at extraterrestrial life.
• Ticketmaster to pay out $10 million for hacking its competitor.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dwight Silverman, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Iain Thomson

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Leo Laporte takes us through the past year in tech. 2020 highlights include:

• CES 2020 roundup.
• Location privacy.
• iPad ten years later.
• The power of Deepfakes.
• Zoom usage explodes.
• Elon Musk's child X AE A-12.
• Apple silicon.
• Big tech goes to Washington.
• Bytedance faces a US ban.
• Fortnite kicked from mobile app stores.
• The chickenization of America.
• Black Lives Matter, live blogging.

Host: Leo Laporte

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SolarWinds, COVID-19, Zoom, Big Tech, Social Media, Elon Musk, 5G, Amazon

• SolarWinds, the biggest case of cyber-espionage yet.
• COVID-19 and the dramatic effect of it on the tech industry.
• How effective has Contact Tracing been?
• The brilliance of mRNA for the vaccine.
• Will WFH be permanent going forward?
• The "real" threat of TikTok.
• Facebook's attack on Apple.
• The benefactors of COVID-19.
• The many times big tech went to Washington.
• How Section 230 could change the Internet.
• 5G and the promises that haven't been fulfilled.
• How Intel lost ground to ARM.
• The many products released during 2020.
• A summary of predictions for 2021.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Paul Thurrott, and Steve Gibson

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