Rocket takeover, Musk Lays Off Twitter, League of Legends Finals, FCC vs. TikTok • Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted. • -2000 Lines Of Code. • Twitter Now Asks Some Fired Workers to Please Come Back. • What are the redeeming qualities of Twitter? • @elonmusk: Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended. • It's hard out here for a billionaire. • League of Legends World Championship Finals. • Quiz show! • Twitter suspends Kathy Griffin's account for impersonating Elon Musk. • Is Twitter good for brands? • Facebook Parent Meta Is Preparing to Notify Employees of Large-Scale Layoffs This Week. • Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they ‘overhired for the world we’re in’ • Finally, is this the end for the fax machine? • Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. • Github Universe. Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Simone de Rochefort, Brianna Wu, and Christina Warren This Week in Tech episode 900 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/900 Sponsors: • onlogic.com/TWIT • rocketmoney.com/TWIT • itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30 • podium.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.