#712 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 22th of July, 2022 at 8:30 am PST

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST, we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress & Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic’s Facebook Group Page & YouTube channel.

 This Weeks Special Guest

Chris Badgett Joint Founder & CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/

 This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show

#1 - WordPress.com Ends Recent Pricing Experiment, Reverts to Previous Model

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-ends-recent-pricing-experiment-reverts-to-previous-model

 

#2 - Everything About Twitter v. Musk Is Utter Nonsense

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/07/twitter-musk-deal-fallout-nonsense/670512/

 

#3 - Is WordPress bigger than Wal-Mart?

https://masterwp.com/is-wordpress-bigger-than-wal-mart/

 

#4 - The Great Fiction of AI

https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper

 

#5 - WordPress Design Contributors Propose Shipping a Curated Set of Style Variations Instead of a New Default Theme

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-design-contributors-propose-shipping-a-curated-set-of-style-variations-instead-of-a-new-default-theme

 

#6 - UK heat wave causes Google and Oracle cloud outages

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-heat-wave-causes-google-and-oracle-cloud-outages/?fbclid=IwAR3j-CJo8dwYQd19K9H7zF4EBFrJ-jSNXVmEEsKGtn3WmhyyC2Q2YbUTZMg