#554 WP-Tonic Round-Table Show on Friday, 11th of December, 2020 at 8:30 am PST

Every Friday at 8:30 am PST we host the WP-Tonic Round-table Show where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can watch LIVE the show on our WP-Tonic Show Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/wptonic please also support the show by going to our YouTube channel and subscribing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiUEZxnxscyWKHJxgeFD2oA?view_as=subscriber

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Special Guest Panelist Brian Jackson of Forgemedia: https://forgemedia.io/

#1 - Automattic Acquires MailPoet

https://wptavern.com/automattic-acquires-mailpoet

#2 - Olive Attracts Additional $225.5MM Investment to Fast-Track AI Workforce For Healthcare

https://oliveai.com/media/olive-attracts-additional-225-5mm-investment-to-fast-track-ai-workforce-for-healthcare/

#3 - WordPress 5.6 “Simone” Includes New Twenty Twenty-One Theme and Improved Editor

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-6-simone-includes-new-twenty-twenty-one-theme-and-improved-editor

#4 - How to Run a Ponzi Scheme for Tech People

https://callmenish.com/how-to-run-a-tech-ponzi-scheme/

#5 - Privacy group files complaint against five online test-proctoring services

https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/9/22166023/epic-proctorio-examity-privacy-online-testing-school-lawsuit-proctoring

#6 - Facebook crushed rivals to maintain an illegal monopoly, the entire United States yells in Zuckerberg’s face

https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/facebook_crushed_competitors_to_maintain/