TikTok bans and Airbnb cams

The largest story this week was TikTok and the US authorities going at it once more, with the home voting in favor of a invoice that might power TikTok’s mum or dad firm to promote to a US proprietor or face getting banned outright. Don’t be concerned, although; your elected officers did not waste the possibility to embarrass themselves, as typical. In the meantime, Mike Tyson comes out of retirement to field for Netflix. He’ll face-off towards Jake Paul, which I really feel is greatest represented by this Punch-Out! tweet.

This week’s tales:

✅🕣⛔️ House passes bill that could ban TikTok

🥊🥊😵 The real fight isn’t Tyson vs. Paul — it’s Netflix vs. its livestreaming infrastructure

📹🏨 Airbnb to hosts: please stop filming the guests

And skim this:

To have fun this web site’s twentieth anniversary, we’re looking back at the products and services which have modified the business since Engadget’s inception on March 2, 2004. I’ve additionally been right here for over half of its existence. Horrifying. I would share my not-great first hands-on video for the location, however the footage solely lives on via Russian content material scrapers. What a disgrace.

All the tales stay here, however I counsel beginning with our tales on how streaming video changed the internet and the game-changer that was (and is) Bluetooth audio.