Digital Disruptions: Hacked License Plates and TikTok’s Surprising Carbon Footprint
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- Edgewise Media
- Published
- Fri 20 Dec 2024
- Episode Link
- https://techtalkyall.com/episode/digital-disruptions-hacked-license-plates-and-tiktoks-surprising-carbon-footprint
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In this episode:
- As GoFundMe pulls Luigi Mangione fundraisers, another platform is featuring one on its front page
- Federal appeals court declines to temporarily block ban on TikTok, teeing up showdown at SCOTUS over controversial law
- Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
- TikTok’s annual carbon footprint is likely bigger than Greece’s, study finds
- Trump says federal workers who don't want to return to the office are "going to be dismissed"
- First criminal crypto tax evader in US sentenced to two years in prison
- AT&T Refuses To Upgrade Millions Of DSL Customers To Fiber Despite Untold Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies And Government Favors
- OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk's lawsuit in court filing
- GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot
- The Week CEOs Bent the Knee to Trump
- Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
- Temu is the most downloaded app on the US App Store in 2024
- Walmart employees are now wearing body cameras in some stores
Weird and Wacky:
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Mercury Bank - Personal Accounts (now with joint accounts!)
- Adam - Keychron V3 Max
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