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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

This week on the podcast, we catch up on the news with Amazons new CEO to take over the top job in the coming months and Spacex Starship goes boom with a rapid unscheduled disassembly.
With our guest speaker Johnathan returning to the podcast with his new Samsung S21 we talk about the current landscape of cameras and why anyone would still buy a DLSR camera.

From today's podcast:

Amazons new CEO: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/02/andy-jassy-amazon-new-ceo-cloud-computing
Spacex Starship: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/spacex-starship-sn9-explodes-on-attempted-landing.html
Samsung S21: https://www.samsung.com/au/smartphones/galaxy-s21-ultra-5g/?cid=au_pd_ppc_google_f1h21-s_launch_none_text_none_none&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgomBBhDXARIsAFNyUqN1t1Q5dVRCstHnjWrRHbEkLhYQm7lwGYWuZBTpEm0NT_m0ZwQMNn4aAjFqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Red Camera Display: https://www.red.com/productcategory/Displays
MKBHD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLm68qbNjkU&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee
Sony: https://www.sony.com/electronics/professional-smartphones/xperia-pro?cpint=XPERIA-PRO
 

This week on the podcast we start off with the long await for Plaid update to the Tesla Model S & X. They have make some interesting design choices with their updated interior and as usual the specs are ludicrous!
Google has threatened to withdraw their products from the Australian market as the battle over the future of news heats up.
Users are leaving Whatsapp in droves and switching to Signal as the company deepens its roots with their parent company Google. 



From today's podcast:

Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/en_au
Alternatives to Google: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/if-google-does-pull-its-search-engine-out-of-australia-there-are-alternatives_1
Google's Open Letter to Australia: https://about.google/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/
ACCC vows to pursue Google's ad dominance: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-28/accc-pursues-google-ad-dominance-facebook-tech-giants-news-code/13098804
Signal vs iMessage vs WhatsApp vs Facebook Messenger: https://9to5mac.com/2021/01/04/app-privacy-labels-messaging-apps/
Wired article on WhatsApp: https://www.wired.com/story/whatsapp-facebook-data-share-notification/
6 Alternatives to WhatsApp: https://yourstory.com/2021/01/whatsapp-alternatives-secure-private-messaging-apps

This week on the podcast we wrap up our coverage of CES for this year with some of our final thoughts and predictions for next years event.
Samsung released their new lineup of Galaxy devices including their updated Flagship lineup, new Smart Tags and the upgraded Galaxy Buds Pro.

From today's Podcast:
CES: https://digital.ces.tech/
Samsung event in 12 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLIqVMd7yAY&ab_channel=TheVerge
Samsungs official Page: https://www.samsung.com/au/

Some great new tech from CES 2021 has been announced with LG showing off their new line up with a rollable phone and tv. Samsung gave us a look into the future with a robot butler and a new vacuum which will be available later this year and Nvidia finally drops the RTX 3000 series for laptops. 

Also in this episode we give some hints into some up coming project we will be working on throughout the year.

From today's episode:
Rollable TV: https://www.lg.com/global/lg-signature/rollable-oled-tv-r

Rollable Phone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/01/lg-claims-its-rollable-screen-smartphone-is-coming-early-this-year/

Samsung Robots: https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-ces-2021-robots-will-clean-your-house-and-pour-you-a-glass-of-wine/

Nvidia RTX 3000 Series Laptop: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22226544/nvidia-rtx-3080-laptops-gpus-ces-2021

2021 is on track to be another big year for tech with of rumours already making some bold claims about the latest and greatest gadgets.
Once again rumours have been circulating about the possibility the infamous Apple Car... Should we expect any official new yet?
There has been confirmed leaks that Apple is in the final stages of their foldable phone development, will this be the big break for foldable devices?
Cinemas have taken a hit with COVID, will streaming services finally take over?

From today's podcast:

Elon Musk - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55578403#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20has%20become%20the,had%20held%20it%20since%202017.
CES 2021 - https://digital.ces.tech/
Apple Car - https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-car/
Foldable iPhone - https://mashable.com/article/apple-foldable-iphone/
MKBHD Phone Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_t26Q9aVM&ab_channel=MarquesBrownlee