Pixel Watch, banning AirTags, Musk's Twitter buy, Instagram ads

• Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899.
• WHOOP | Your Personal Digital Fitness and Health Coach.
• Does Google have a chance against Samsung and Apple?
• Google Pixel Watch Announced.
• Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust.
• Larry Page's electric air taxi startup is winding down.
• Lufthansa Has NOT Banned AirTags (But If It Ever Does, Travelers Won't Comply)
• Zelenskyy, Musk in Twitter showdown over Ukraine 'peace' plan.
• The Elon Musk vs. Twitter trial is on hold until October 28th.
• Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
• How Twitter employees are reacting to today's Elon Musk news.
• Chris Anderson on Twitter: "Amidst all the sneering, I'd like to offer a prediction for how the @elonmusk acquisition of Twitter will play out."
• Bake Off contestant horrifies viewers with avocado peeling method during controversial Mexican Week episode.
• Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline.
• Yes, even Signal is doing stories now.
• The Right Stuff dating app.
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
• FCC Finally Gets Around To Cracking Down On Annoying Robotexts.
• Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million.
• Meta warns 1 million Facebook users who installed password-stealing apps.
• Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors.
• Area Man Is Arrested for Parody. The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief.
• Boston Dynamics pledges not to arm robots.
• Israel sets up AI-controlled machine gun in occupied Hebron.
• SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security.
• $570 million worth of Binance's BNB token stolen in another major crypto hack.
• Critical Akamai bug could have let hackers poison millions of major brands' websites.
• Business Envy podcast.
• White House turns to TikTok stars to take Biden's message to a younger audience.

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