The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Richard Lawler break down all the news from this week.
Further reading:

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas

Apple is reportedly preparing to allow third-party app stores on the iPhone

Twitter Blue is back, letting you buy a blue checkmark again


Elon Musk sells yet another $3.58 billion of Tesla shares - The Verge 


Twitter suspends @ElonJet after Musk promises not to ban it - The Verge 


Elon Musk booed at Dave Chappelle show, claims it was only like ‘10 percent boos’  


Jack Dorsey on Musk’s Twitter files: ‘There’s nothing to hide’ - The Verge 

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23511260/everything-ok-in-there-mr-musk-sincerely-the-ftc

Twitter’s newsletter tool is shutting down on January 12th

The golden age of the streaming wars has ended

Apple is expanding Mythic Quest with a new spinoff series

Westworld is leaving HBO Max

Director Patty Jenkins says there was ‘nothing’ she could do to move Wonder Woman 3 forward

Where are all the new Macs?

iOS 16.2 arrives with improved always-on display and iCloud end-to-end encryption

Google won’t launch ChatGPT rival because of ‘reputational risk’

The Echo Show 15 with Fire TV: a major upgrade with a major flaw

Google is beta testing digital state ID cards in its Android Wallet app

How to use Instagram’s new Notes feature

TikTok starts testing a horizontal full-screen mode

Google Nest and Android devices are now Matter compatible — yes, right now


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