DigitalOutbox Episode 388

Chris and Ian discuss Facebook, Privacy Laws, Solarwinds, Stadia and Cyberpunk https://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode388/DigitalOutbox-388-201219.mp3 Download iTunes MP3 Shownotes The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines for illegal content EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech Facebook to move all UK users onto US agreements Apple launches its new app privacy labels across all its App Stores Facebook highlights small businesses as it ramps up Apple criticism China-based Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring Tiananmen Square anniversary events Google suffers global outage with Gmail, YouTube and majority of services affected SolarWinds: Why the Sunburst hack is so serious US cyber-attack: Hack of government agencies and companies poses 'grave risk' Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal Microsoft reportedly designing its own ARM-based chips for servers and Surface PCs Apple announces $549 over-ear headphones, the AirPods Max EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1bn Google Stadia will let all users livestream games directly to YouTube tomorrow Stadia is now on iOS, but not through the App Store Xbox cloud gaming coming to iOS and PC in spring 2021 Cyberpunk 2077 maker apologizes for terrible PS4/Xbox One launch, promises refunds Sony offering Cyberpunk 2077 refunds, pulls game from PlayStation Store