This Week in Tech 861: Magic Internet Money - a podcast by TWiT

Meta earnings flop, Amazon Prime price hike, NFT celebrity complex

• Meta Erases $251 Billion in Value, Biggest Wipeout in History.


• Facebook blames Apple after a historically bad quarter, saying iPhone privacy changes will cost it $10 billion.


• Meta lost $10 billion on AR and VR in 2021.


• Zuckerberg Tells Staff to Focus on Video Products as Meta's Stock Plunges.


• Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian wasn't shocked by Meta's 26% plunge, saying Facebook's ad model 'doesn't cut the mustard' anymore.


• The EARN IT Act Is Back, and It's More Dangerous Than Ever.


• Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time.


• Google's Pixel phones had their best quarter ever.


• Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.


• Here's The Boat That Won't Bring Jeff Bezos's Hair, Or Wife Back.


• Joe Rogan Apologizes for 'Shameful' Past Use of Racial Slur.


• Why is Joe Rogan So Popular?


• What is the current state of COVID and WFH?


• GoFundMe removes the donation page for the Canadian trucker protest.


• Silicon Valley loves mafias and you should, too.


• Wordle Is Joining The New York Times Games.


• Apple blasted over a paltry 3% fee reduction for external payments in the Netherlands.


• Tesla recall: 'Full Self-Driving' software runs stop signs.


• Mapping the celebrity NFT complex.


• We Found The Real Names Of Bored Ape Yacht Club's Pseudonymous Founders.


• Report: Stadia deprioritized as white-label 'Google Stream' aims for Bungie, Capcom deals.


• North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet.


• BlackBerry to sell patents related to mobile devices, messaging for $600 million.


• House OKs bill to boost US chip fabrication and R&D.


• Car companies stand to make billions by charging you monthly fees for add-on features like heated seats.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Dan Patterson, and Owen Thomas

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