• Game of Thrones' v. 'Lord of the Rings': The Biggest Battle in Fantasy TV History Is Here.  • How About We Just Don’t Watch the ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel?  • HBO Max to Remove 36 Titles, Including 20 Originals, From Streaming.  • Regal Owner Cineworld Nears Bankruptcy as Theater Comeback Lags.  • U.S. Streaming Tops Cable TV Viewing for First Time, Nielsen Says.  • Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Coverage to Be Tracked by Nielsen.  • Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign.  • Do We All See Baby Mark Zuckerberg as Jesus in This 18th Century Sculpture?  • Elon Musk's viral Chinese doppelgänger, Yilong Ma, has been suspended from China's versions of TikTok and Twitter.  • A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.  • Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack.  • Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash.  • HBO Achieves New Heights of Corporate Synergy With Bizarre ‘House of the Dragon’ Tie-Ins.  • Ring’s new TV show is a brilliant but ominous viral marketing ploy.  • Amazon's Alexa could soon speak in a dead relative's voice, making some feel uneasy.  • Snap Scraps Development on Flying Selfie Pixy Drone.  • Now selfie drones can fly inside Apple stores.  • The US plans to block sales of older chipmaking tech to China.  • A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools.  Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jason Hiner, Nicholas Deleon, and Owen Thomas This Week in Tech episode 889 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/889 Sponsors: • expressvpn.com/twit • ZipRecruiter.com/Twit • audible.com/twit or text twit to 500-500 • noom.com/twit Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.