TechTite Podcast
TechTite Podcast
Techtite
Season 2 Episode 6 - Facebook ditches news in Australia, Dogecoin is all the hype and Apple computers being hacked
25 minutes Posted Feb 18, 2021 at 8:25 am.
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Today Australians woke up to find that all news articles had been removed from the platform, this is Facebook's strategy to put pressure on the australian government for their new news rules.

Doge Coin has had some recent hype after Elon Musk tweeted his support for the meme coin.
Apple's new M1 chipset has been under cyber attack as developers race to release their software on the new architecture. 


From today's podcast: 

SMH on Facebook's withdrawal of news: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wrong-unneccessary-and-heavy-handed-treasurer-slams-facebook-s-news-restrictions-20210218-p573oo.html

Techmeme Ride Home: https://art19.com/shows/techmeme-ridehome

Dogecoin: https://www.news.com.au/finance/markets/what-is-dogecoin-and-what-is-behind-rise-of-this-joke-cryptocurrency/news-story/8a3e3b5d00a878ce9644d813e245e5f2

Apple Hacks: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-m1-chip-has-now-got-hackers-coding-native-malware-this-is-how-you-can-save-your-macbook-1770425-2021-02-18