Chris and Ian discuss Facebook, Privacy Laws, Solarwinds, Stadia and Cyberpunk

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Shownotes * The FTC is suing Facebook to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp * Facebook hit with antitrust probe for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts * Online harms bill: firms may face multibillion-pound fines for illegal content * EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech * Facebook to move all UK users onto US agreements * Apple launches its new app privacy labels across all its App Stores * Facebook highlights small businesses as it ramps up Apple criticism * China-based Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring Tiananmen Square anniversary events * Google suffers global outage with Gmail, YouTube and majority of services affected * SolarWinds: Why the Sunburst hack is so serious * US cyber-attack: Hack of government agencies and companies poses 'grave risk' * Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets * Salesforce buys Slack in a $27.7B megadeal * Microsoft reportedly designing its own ARM-based chips for servers and Surface PCs * Apple announces $549 over-ear headphones, the AirPods Max * EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1bn * Google Stadia will let all users livestream games directly to YouTube tomorrow * Stadia is now on iOS, but not through the App Store * Xbox cloud gaming coming to iOS and PC in spring 2021 * Cyberpunk 2077 maker apologizes for terrible PS4/Xbox One launch, promises refunds * Sony offering Cyberpunk 2077 refunds, pulls game from PlayStation Store