Chris and Ian discuss Tech Power, Garmin, Twitter and TikTok

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Shownotes * Government admits breaking privacy law with NHS test and trace * UK commits to redesign visa streaming algorithm after challenge to ‘racist’ tool * Will Garmin Pay $10 Million Ransom To End Two-Day Outage? * Garmin 'paid multi-million dollar ransom to criminals using Arete IR', say sources * Twitter cracks down on QAnon conspiracy theory, banning 7,000 accounts * Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post * Twitter bans ex-KKK leader David Duke * Wiley permanently suspended from Twitter over antisemitic posts * Twitter admits hackers accessed DMs of dozens of high-profile accounts * Twitter says ‘phone spear phishing attack’ used to gain network access in crypto scam breach * Twitter hack: Bognor Regis man one of three charged * After ad revenue drop, Twitter tells investors it’s eyeing subscription options * Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of 'harmful' power * EU launching deep probe into Google’s planned $2.1 billion Fitbit buy * Slack makes EU antitrust claim against Microsoft over Teams * Telegram hits out at Apple’s App Store ‘tax’ in latest EU antitrust complaint * Amazon takes on supermarkets with free food delivery * Apple digs in over its App Store fees * Apple’s veteran marketing chief Phil Schiller moves to smaller role * TikTok launches £54m fund for European creators to make videos * TikTok updates policies to ban deepfakes, expand fact-checks, and flag election misinfo * Report: Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business from China’s ByteDance * Trump told reporters he will use executive power to ban TikTok * Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal * INSTAGRAM LAUNCHES REELS, ITS ATTEMPT TO KEEP YOU OFF TIKTOK