Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 139

Episode 139: It’s time for EU probes MS, Twitter doesn’t pay up, Telsa autopilot woes, Razer breach, Meta Threads launches (except in the EU) and iPhone15 batt boost

Welcome back to the WTR as Karl and Jay discuss the latest tech news, gadgets, games, & films!

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This week we covered:

• News
  • EU antitrust team closer to full-blown Microsoft probe, say sources
  • Twitter refuses to pay for arbitration it forced on 891 ex-employees, suit says
  • Tesla ordered to cough up data for Autopilot probe or face heavy fines
  • Razer is investigating a ‘potential breach’ after hacker tries to sell ‘encryption keys, database, backend access logins’ and more for $100,000
• Threads
  • Meta’s Threads races to 100 million users in under a week
  • Threads profiles can’t be deleted without removing your entire Instagram account
  • Here’s why Threads is delayed in Europe
  • Twitter threatens to sue Meta over the new Threads app
• Rumours
  • iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro rumoured to feature big boost in battery sizes

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