TWiT 740: Sex-Positive Currency

This week's stories

• The Chinese propaganda app that spies on all Chinese citizens
• Chinese influence in video games, social media, and other industries - where do we draw the line?
• What is Tencent? How much influence do they have over the world? Here's how to keep them from watching your iPhone
• Can we still trust Apple? Can we trust anyone?
• At what point do we admit that we are in a multi-state information war?
• Is there any way to fine Facebook fairly? Bring back the Office of Technology Assesment!
• Remember: the answer to bad politics is not "no politics". It is good politics.
• Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is falling apart
• There is a very good reason why politicians can lie on Facebook
• How Boris Johnson games Google
• There are no political ads in France. Could we do that in America?
• Which weird phone stands a better chance: the Essential Gem or Microsoft Duo?
• Apple Arcade is still wonderful.
• How much do Americans know about tech? Not a lot. What should we do about that?
• SCOTUS decides websites must be accessible to blind people
• Lithium-ion battery inventors win Nobel Prize

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Patrick Beja, Brianna Wu, and Nate Lanxon

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