• House, Senate leaders nearing deal on landmark online privacy bill • Marissa Mayer’s eternal Sunshine • Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop • Amazon’s Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech • X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for • President Biden is now posting into the fediverse • Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News • MrBeast calls for slowing down video editing styles • A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up? • Price of zero-day exploits rises as companies harden products against hackers • App Store guidelines now allow game emulators; more • How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. • Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle ‘Incognito’ Lawsuit • SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line • Apple (AAPL) Explores Home Robots After Abandoning Car Efforts Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Mikah Sargent, Lisa Schmeiser, and Harry McCracken This Week in Tech episode 974 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/974 Sponsors: • kolide.com/twit • bitwarden.com/twit • robinhood.com/boost • zscaler.com/zerotrustAI • mylio.com/TWIT25 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, and more.