TWiT 792: Get Out of My Grocery Aisle - iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google - a podcast by TWiT

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iPhone 12 Preview - Congress vs Big Tech - Oracle vs Google


  • iPhone 12 Event Preview - here is everything we know about the iPhone 12

  • The Supreme Court seems to frown on Google in Oracle vs Google case

  • Congress' antitrust case against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon could save the internet - or destroy it.

  • How exactly should Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple be broken up? Or should they?

  • What are the real harms of Big Tech? Would breaking them up fix those?

  • Why didn't Congress include Microsoft in the huge antitrust case against Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple?

  • What are the best steps Congress could take next?

  • John McAfee in jail for the same thing Al Capone went to Alcatraz for

  • Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics go to women for the first time in a long time

  • Seven central banks have some suggestions to improve cryptocurrency

  • Slack introduces Instagram-like stories

  • REPEAL SECTION 230!!! - Trump

  • Court says Apple can kick Fortnite out of the App Store, at least until the trial next spring.


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