How do you feel about Messenger merging with Instagram? Plus: GM mozzies cause a buzz in Florida, Starlink's internet speeds, Apple's mega value, and Chrome's accidentally DDOS
08/23/20 • 42 min
In the news this week:
- Starlink's satellite internet speeds look very healthy indeed!
- Apple's market cap reaches dizzying heights
- Facebook Messenger and Instagram messages merging
- GM mosquitoes causing a buzz in Florida
- Chrome inadvertently causing DDOS attacks on internet infrastructure
For all the detail and links to the news stories, check out our blog.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In the news this week:
- Starlink's satellite internet speeds look very healthy indeed!
- Apple's market cap reaches dizzying heights
- Facebook Messenger and Instagram messages merging
- GM mosquitoes causing a buzz in Florida
- Chrome inadvertently causing DDOS attacks on internet infrastructure
For all the detail and links to the news stories, check out our blog.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The clock is ticking for Microsoft's TikTok deal, the EU investigate Google's Fitbit takeover, and ransomware now comes with customer support
In the news this week:
- Will the very American Microsoft save the day for TikTok?
- Workers baulk at Epic's return-to-office ultimatum
- The EU investigates Google's takeover of Fitbit
- Is there something off-colour about Kodak's pivot to pharma?
- CWT pays $4.5m data ransom to hackers with world-beating customer support
- And the race to Mars gets real with SpaceX's latest launch
For all the detail and links to the news stories, check out our blog.
Lucy' top 5 off-the-wall movie classics can be found here.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Next Episode
Elon Musk upstaged by pig, Apple's Epic battle, the latest episode in the TikTok soap opera, and more!
This week, Lucy & Larry discuss:
- Elon Musk's demo of a brain chip in Gertrude the pig
- Apple removes Epic's developer account
- Are we too reliant on Zoom?
- The Internet Engineering Task Force focuses on the end user
- More twists and turns in the TikTok saga
Check out our blog for all the links to the stories.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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