Episode 397: Who needs Europe?*

*You're not crazy, Dave's audio was not working for the first few minutes. Sorry, or you're welcome, depending on your feelings. A good one to watch on YouTube!

Even with a ton of technical difficulties, we still managed to provide you with a great episode full of tech news, tips, and picks. Enjoy!

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Followup:

Meta Threads engagement has dropped off since red-hot debut, tracking firms say (02:20)

Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators (06:30)

Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accounts (09:10)

This year’s Amazon Prime Day was the biggest in company history (10:20)

Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition (13:15)

Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week:  Never go live (14:35)

Just the headlines: (15:00)

Florida barn will be the world's largest 3D-printed building

NASA’s quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon’s south pole

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing

Congratulations! The US Is 32nd Worldwide On Broadband Affordability

Elon Musk launches his new company, xAI

Jony Ive's first post-Apple hardware project is a $60,000 turntable

Smuggler nabbed with 306 CPUs stuffed in girdle

Takes: 

The App Store turns 15 (17:30)

SAG actors join writers on Hollywood picket lines (19:50)

Amazon CEO asks his Hollywood studio to explain its big spending (22:30)

France set to allow police to spy through phones (24:00)

Chinese hackers breached State, Commerce Depts, Microsoft and US say (26:20)

Bonus Odd Take: Instruction manuals for 6000+ Lego sets, courtesy of the Internet Archive (28:25)

Picks of the Week: 

Dave: SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - External Solid State Drive - SDSSDE61-1T00-G25 (30:50)

Nate: Ozark Trail Tabletop 1 Burner Butane Camping Stove (34:45)

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