The US plan for ByteDance to divest North American TikTok operations is reportedly indefinitely suspended, Instagram’s algorithm will no longer highlight Reels videos watermarked from other services, and Apple is reportedly working on micro OLED displays with TSMC.
A worldwide chip shortage is growing. NXP and Infineon both say chip constraints are no longer limited to automotive. Apple and Sony have both said their newest models are affected by production bottlenecks and component shortages.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Ashley Esqueda, Roger Chang, Joe
Amazon is working on a wall-mounted Echo smart home hub, a Florida water treatment plant is hacked to put dangerous chemicals in the water, and Shopify’s Shop Pay is coming to Facebook.
Golden Globe nominations time! Plus, Android TV updates, the first Falcon and the Winter Soldier trailer, and Dan Harmon gets a new cartoon on Fox. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Merrill Barr.
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The Clubhouse API is now blocked in China, a internet blackout in Myanmar reduces traffic to 16% of typical usage, and Twitter looks at how it might handle subscriptions.
When you shop for home theaters you’re going to see a lot of info about subwoofers. Their Size, power and placement. But why do you need a subwoofer, how do you pick one and where the heck do you put it? Patrick Norton from AVExcel is here to give us the basics on what you need to know about subwoofers?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Patrick Norton, Roger Chang, Joe
Snap says Spotlight now has 100 million monthly active users, Google proposes new “norms” for critical open-source software, and Plex Media Servers can be used to amplify DDoS attacks.