This Week in Tech 859: Damn the Crepe Myrtle - a podcast by TWiT

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal, 5G improvements, Intel's Ohio factory

• Microsoft set to purchase Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal.


• Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO step down.


• Bobby Kotick Reportedly Turned Up Late and Left Early from a Meeting Meant to Reassure Employees.


• Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft.


• The movie segment!


• Airline CEOs make a U-turn, now say 5G isn't a big problem for altimeters.


• AT&T, Verizon 5G is about to get much faster in more places - if you have the right phone.


• AT&T begins a 5G C-band rollout in a limited number of metro areas.


• Intel Reveals Plans for Massive Factory in Ohio.


• The Intel Split.


• Google starts rolling out the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's delayed December update.


• IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.


• Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill.


• Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers.


• MEPs adopt Digital Services Act with significant last-minute changes.


• Twitter Blue on Twitter: "You asked (a lot), so we made it. Now rolling out in Labs: NFT Profile Pictures on iOS"


• Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Ensnares Spotify in Covid Misinformation Debate.


• Bitcoin drops to a six-month low as investors dump speculative assets.


• Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one.


• Faster cable internet speeds are coming, even if you don't really need them.


• The World's First Wi-Fi 7 Demo Reached Speeds 2.4 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi 6.


• Twitter shakes up its security team.


• TikTok's marketing chief ousted after 'going rogue' with bizarre campaigns.


• US athletes are told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics.


• Netflix Q4 2021: Gains 8.2 Million Subscribers, Stock Down on Forecast.


• Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot.


• We Met in Virtual Reality' finds love in the metaverse.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Devindra Hardawar and Dwight Silverman

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