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The boys take several call from listeners about cloud storage, surface-like tablet or laptop options, and of course, everyone's distain for AT&T.
Here are some tech headlines from the last week:
- YouTube’s “Premium Lite” trial offers ad-free YouTube for €7 a month | Ars Technica
- Spotify is testing whether free users will pay a dollar to skip tracks | Engadget
- Amazon is offering $10 in credit for your palm print | Engadget
- Google TV for Android gets new discovery features and more streaming apps - The Verge
- Valve issues scathing reply over the facts behind a Steam antitrust case | Ars Technica
- Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
- Awful transaction and timing: AT&T finally ditches DirecTV | Ars Technica
- The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity | Ars Technica
- Putting the PS5’s 10 million sales in context | Ars Technica
- Twitter Spaces updates makes it easier to share and discover live audio | Engadget
- HBO returns to Dish's lineup after a protracted absence | Engadget
- Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios - The Verge
- Twitter is testing upvote and downvote buttons on tweets - The Verge
- Clubhouse is no longer invite-only - The Verge
- Facebook brings cloud games to iPhone, iPad via web app - The Verge
- Tesla will pay $1.5 million to settle Model S battery throttling complaints | Engadget
- Amazon handed record $888 million fine from EU data privacy watchdog | Engadget
- Sgt. Pepper’s to get new Atmos mix because current version ‘doesn’t sound quite right’ - The Verge
- Spotify’s paid subscribers hit 165M as podcast listening ‘improved modestly’ - The Verge
- Facebook upgrades Oculus Quest 2 storage and recalls foam face masks - The Verge
- Amazon reportedly has a ‘key’ to thousands of apartment buildings in US - The Verge
- MLB will try encrypted transmitters and bone conduction to stop sign stealing - The Verge
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