• What the new Biden administration brings to the tech sphere.
• Biden Has a Chance to Reshape Tech. Will He?
• Biden names Slaughter to lead FTC, Rosenworcel to chair FCC.
• Biden SEC pick is no stranger to crypto.
• Google threatens to shut down Search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead.
• Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo, Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski.
• Google is investigating the actions of another top AI ethicist.
• Alphabet Pops Loon's Balloons—but Won't Call It a Failure.
• Apple's Stock Closed at All-Time High Today Ahead of Earnings Results Next Week.
• Apple Elaborates on Potential for iPhone 12 and MagSafe Accessories to Interfere With Implantable Medical Devices.
• Clubhouse has secured a new round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.
• Parler Reappears With Help From Russian-Owned Service.
• Oversight Board accepts case on former US President Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram.
• Netflix shares rise on strong subscriber growth considers share buybacks.
• Netflix's 'Shuffle Play' feature will roll out to all users worldwide this year.
• Microsoft invests in Cruise in the new $2 billion round.
• As Adobe Flash stops running, so do some railroads in China.
• The cutthroat war to dominate China's grocery delivery industry.
• Instacart cuts 1,877 jobs, including its only union roles.
• Put Bernie Anywhere!
• Retiring Tucows Downloads.
• LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021.
• Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with a custom chip.
• Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with a universal chat app.
• TikTok star behind 'Wellerman' sea shanty craze quits job as a mailman.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louise Matsakis, Patrick Beja, and Nate Lanxon

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• 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 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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• 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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• 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, 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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• Hackers stole data from the US Treasury.
• FireEye was hacked by nation-state actors.
• Patriot Act used to gather website visitor logs.
• Facebook sued by the FTC on antitrust charges.
• High profile Facebook employees call out leadership.
• Apple unveils AirPods Max and they aren't cheap.
• Apple v. Google in 10 honest graphics.
• Apple is working on its own Cellular chip.
• Cyberpunk 2077 is just what Stadia needed to prove itself.
• What are the best games for the pandemic?
• Amazon's Halo Band is a privacy nightmare.
• Sundar Pichai gives a non-apology to Timnit Gebru.
• Leo's thoughts on the Galaxy Fold2.
• Disney unloads its huge plan for Disney+.
• HBO Max and the threat to movie theaters.

Host: Leo Laporte

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• Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7b.
• Prop. 24 and the challenges of paying for privacy.
• The Apple M1 chip is fast!
• Apple gets fined in Italy for misleading iPhone claims.
• Apple's Best of 2020 apps list is out.
• Josh Elman, a venture capitalist, is hired by Apple.
• AI scientist Timnit Gebru is fired by Google.
• Facebook's Oversight Board announces its first cases.
• COVID misinformation will be removed from Facebook.
• Chris Krebs details foreign threat over vaccine IP.
• Warner Media's vision of HBO Max.
• Warner Bros' announces day and date release on HBO Max in 2021.
• The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is under threat.
• resident Trump threatens changes to Section 230.
• TikTok's December 4 deadline is not being enforced.
• FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announces his plan to exit the department.
• China's claim of Quantum Supremacy.
• Arecibo Observatory footage that shows its collapse.
• Lab-grown meat will go on sale for the first time.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Jason Snell, and Seth Rosenblatt

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• The origins of Cyberpunk 2077.
• Editing video with the Apple M1 chip is a piece of cake.
• Apple head of security indicted on bribery charges.
• Kuo says new Macbooks with Apple silicone coming second half of 2021.
• Foxconn continues to grow its production outside of the US.
• Amazon hiring is through the roof, but at what cost?
• Comcast is introducing a data cap of 1.2TB for many of its customers.
• This was the biggest online Black Friday ever.
• A college TikTok star gets fired from Sherwin-Williams for his popular paint-mixing videos.
• Owen JJ Stone is not a fan of the Fleets.
• Mike Elgan and Owen JJ Stone take differing sides in the Google Photos brouhaha.
• How would US teens react if TikTok was actually banned in the US?
• Actor who played Darth Vader has died at 85.
• Tony Hsieh, co-founder of Zappos, passed away at 46 on Thanksgiving.

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• TikTok pokes the lion about why it hasn't been shut down yet.
• Why do the tech Senate hearings continue without any YouTube presence?
• L'Oréal's virtual makeup filters now support Instagram, Snapchat, and Google Duo.
• A website that allows you to scream into the vast wilderness in Iceland.
• Does Section 230 need to be changed or is it nearly perfect already?
• Apple's M1 chip and the folly of buying first-generation Apple products.
• Comparing Apple's consumer-based services approach to Microsoft's cloud based services approach.
• RCS encryption is testing and it's been a long time coming.
• Does Apple lock users into its own Messaging default?
• The prevalence of Discord among younger users.
• Flash animations are now easily accessible on the Internet Archive.
• Windows celebrates its 35th birthday.
• How Microsoft's focus on Windows has shifted in recent years.
• Someone figured out how to boot a PC from a vinyl record.
• Google Pay is relaunched to focus on personal finance analysis and banking.
• An Arecibo Observatory is on its last legs.
• Marissa Mayer's Sunshine app represents her love of product.
• A drywall-installing robot by Canvas comes out of stealth.
• How gift buying for the holidays has changed this year.
• Lory shows off her iPhone mini in light of her recent review.

Host: Leo Laporte

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