The clock is ticking for Microsoft's TikTok deal, the EU investigate Google's Fitbit takeover, and ransomware now comes with customer support - a podcast by Lucy & Larry

In the news this week: 

• Will the very American Microsoft save the day for TikTok?
• Workers baulk at Epic's return-to-office ultimatum
• The EU investigates Google's takeover of Fitbit
• Is there something off-colour about Kodak's pivot to pharma?
• CWT pays $4.5m data ransom to hackers with world-beating customer support
• And the race to Mars gets real with SpaceX's latest launch

For all the detail and links to the news stories, check out our blog.

Lucy' top 5 off-the-wall movie classics can be found here.

Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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