Week in Review for the Week of 12/14/20 – DTH

DTH-6-150x150A supply-chain attack using SolarWinds’ Orion platform leads to attacks on numerous high profile organizations, Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store, and the US Commerce Department adds SMIC and DJI to its entity list.

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SolarWinds Keep On Blowing – DTNS 3930

The US Commerce Department added 77 entities to its “entity list,” 60 from China but also companies from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta, Pakistan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. What does this mean and are products from those companies now banned?

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Sony Pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from the Playstation Store – DTH

DTH-6-150x150Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from the Playstation Store, SMIC and DJI added to the Commerce Department’s entity list, and Microsoft denies reports that the SolarWinds supply-chain attacker pivoted to use its own products.

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Quoth the Twitter, Nevermore – DTNS 3929

We take a closer look at the antitrust suits filed against Google as 35 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and DC led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson. The suit accuses Google of anticompetitive behavior including designing its search engine to favor its own products above competitors.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe


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#400 – Boxing Day Experts

Lots of great books are turning into TV shows and movies and lots of great book recommendation lists are coming out! We also become experts on Boxing Day and are BLOWN AWAY by Trike’s Sword and laser word search. And Brea and Tom make recommendations of when NOT to read Parable of the Sower.

The European Commission Provisionally Approves Google’s Fitbit Acquisition – DTH

DTH-6-150x150The European Commission gives provisional approval on Google’s Fitbit acquisition, a German bill that would allow Huawei’s network equipment in the country goes before parliamentary approval, and TikTok partner with Walmart on a in-app shopping trial.

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TLDR; Facebook Interprets the News – DTNS 3928

Facebook took out full page ads in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal saying “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.” The statement centers on updates to Apple’s third-party ad policy coming early next year which could limit Facebook and others from targeting ads. So who’s right and who’s wrong and will the consumer benefit in either case?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang and Joe

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