TWiT 873: A Little Patience and a Lot of Tape - Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens

Musk buys Twitter, Ethereum stumbles, broadcasting to aliens

Twitter Has a New Owner. Here's What He Should Do.
 Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.
 Jack Dorsey is tweeting through it.
 Judge rejects Elon Musk's bid to end the 2018 settlement with SEC.
 Bored Ape Metaverse Frenzy Raises Millions, Crashes Ethereum.
 Web3 is Going Great - Molly White.
 The Inevitability of Trusted Third Parties.
 Labor Department Criticizes Fidelity's Plan to Put Bitcoin on 401(k) Menu.
 Doctorow Femur by Cory Doctorow.
 You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results.
 New options for removing your personally identifiable information from Search.
 Spotify Boosts Subscribers Despite Russia Ban, Joe Rogan Drama.
 Data From Fake Legal Requests Used to Sexually Extort Minors.
 These scientists want to tell aliens where Earth is — not everyone is happy.
 Netflix's Bad Habits Have Caught Up With It.
 Alphabet Q1: YouTube Ad Revenue Growth Slows Dramatically.
 Apple shares dip after the company warns of a possible $8 billion hit from supply constraints.
 Snap announces a mini drone called Pixy.
 Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin.
 TikTok was the top app by worldwide downloads in Q1 2022.
 Meta Platforms' 'Metaverse' Division Loses $3B in 1Q.
 Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Growth Propels Higher Sales, Earnings.
 Hollywood's Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly.
 From CNN+ to Fyre Festival: A collector seeks swag from companies with epic ends.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cory Doctorow, Tim Stevens, and Owen Thomas

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