Computex 2022 laptops 💻 Elon vs Twitter bots 🤖 Apple ‘testing’ foldable E Ink display 📱
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Nilay Patel, David Pierce, and Alex Cranz discuss the most interesting laptops announced this week at Computex 2022.
33:03 - Senior reporter Liz Lopatto returns to update us on Elon Musk's deal to buy to Twitter.
1:00:30 - Gadget rumors continue in segment three.
Stories discussed in this episode:
Asus’ ROG Flow X16 is a big, powerful 2-in-1 gaming laptop
With new Acer Swift 3, OLED marches toward the mainstream
Acer’s new Spin 714 could be 2022’s best Chromebook
The new Framework Laptop is another step toward a truly modular gadget
HP’s new Spectre x360 16 laptop is all-in on Intel
Acer’s new Chromebook Tab 510 puts LTE into a super tough, super bulky tablet
Acer’s new Predator Helios 300 supports glasses-free 3D content
How an Excel TikToker manifested her way to making six figures a day
Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ until it proves bot numbers
​​Elon Musk’s latest stunt: calling on the SEC to investigate Twitter’s user numbers
Elon Musk’s silence on how he’d moderate the Buffalo shooting livestream is deafening
Twitter CEO defends bot estimates that put Elon Musk’s acquisition on hold
Twitter shares plummet as Musk raises new doubts about acquisition
Twitter (TWTR) Deal Is Proceeding, Not 'On Hold,' Executives Tell Staff - BloombergÂ
Elon Musk told us he was sending a car to space, then said he totally made it up
Apple ‘testing’ foldable with secondary E Ink display, says analyst
Apple will bring Live Captions to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac and more gesture control on Apple Watch
iOS 15.5 arrives ahead of Apple’s annual developer conference
Sony LinkBuds S review: supreme comfort doesn’t come cheap
This is the design of Sonos’ upcoming Sub Mini
Samsung SmartThings begins testing Matter devices on its platform
Pebble founder: it’s your ‘last chance’ to make a small Android phone happen - The Verge
Amazon’s new Fire 7 tablet finally has a USB-C port
The defunct LG Wing is getting Verizon C-band because 5G in this country is silly
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