•  Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment. •  Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest 500 BTC to make Bitcoin ‘internet’s currency’. •  Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). •  One of the World's Most Prolific Cybercriminals Has Retired - And May Well Be a Bitcoin Billionaire. •  Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Focus on Messaging, Health — The Information. •  Facebook's Internet.org. •  Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’. •  Twitter’s Jack Dorsey imagines an app store for social media algorithms. •  Hyundai and its affiliate Kia say they are not in talks with Apple to develop an autonomous vehicle. • Clubhouse is now blocked in China after a brief uncensored period. • Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe? • Clubhouse Is Suggesting Users Invite Their Drug Dealers and Therapists. • Mark Cuban is co-founding a podcast app where hosts can talk to fans live and monetize their conversations. • Supermicro Hack: How China Exploited a U.S. Tech Supplier Over Years. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Brian McCullough, Wesley Faulkner This Week in Tech episode 810 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/810 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/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 over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.