My Only Friends Are My Co-workers?

In this episode:

• Judge grants Elon Musk an October court date, in early win for Twitter
  • Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover trial set to start in October
  • Twitter blames Musk and ad market headwinds for declining revenue
  
  
• Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles
• Tesla gets exclusive lane at a US-Mexico border crossing
• Instagram’s new payments feature lets users buy products via DMs
• Fad or frenzy, BeReal is having a real moment right now
• Amazon makes Prime Video look more like Netflix (and every other streaming app)
• Microsoft is launching a Facebook rip-off inside Teams
• Slack is increasing prices and changing the way its free plan works

AD BREAK

• Looking to get your funds out of a collapsed crypto platform? Don’t get your hopes up
• FCC chair seeks to raise national broadband standard
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing
• Meta’s Forced Sale of Giphy Halted as UK Court Orders Review
• Lawmakers Urge FTC to Reign in Deceptive VPN Advertising

Weird and Wacky:

• How one company has pigeon-proofed all of New York City
• BMW Wants to Charge for Heated Seats. These Grey Market Hackers Will Fix That.

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Raindrop.io
• Adam - https://snaptik.app

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