{"id":48420,"date":"2020-07-18T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2659761"},"modified":"2020-07-18T17:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T17:14:00","slug":"vergecast-the-significance-of-the-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-and-the-threat-of-a-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/18\/vergecast-the-significance-of-the-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-and-the-threat-of-a-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Vergecast: the significance of the Twitter hack, NBC\u2019s Peacock, and the threat of a TikTok ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4000-logo.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"PSNTZO8gXFUe+cpCZyApw0vEKWPT4b14D6teBEocIAE=_1735e2a8fba:177d47f:93f18139_entryBody\" class=\"entryBody\" title=\"\">\n<div id=\"PSNTZO8gXFUe+cpCZyApw0vEKWPT4b14D6teBEocIAE=_1735e2a8fba:177d47f:93f18139_entryContent\" class=\"content\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/3442K4-3RP6auKwArm52nfsfAGM=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67072889\/VRG_ILLO_1777_twitter_scam_02.0.0.jpg\" width=\"633\" height=\"422\" data-pre-sourced=\"yes\" data-sourced=\"yes\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/3442K4-3RP6auKwArm52nfsfAGM=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67072889\/VRG_ILLO_1777_twitter_scam_02.0.0.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/3442K4-3RP6auKwArm52nfsfAGM=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/67072889\/VRG_ILLO_1777_twitter_scam_02.0.0.jpg\" \/><\/span><small>Illustration by William Joel \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n<p>This week on&nbsp;<em>The Vergecast<\/em>, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Russell Brandom, and Julia Alexander discuss the&nbsp;unprecedented Twitter hack that occurred this week&nbsp;&mdash; who was affected, how this attack could have happened, and why this is so important for the future of regulating tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the show, the crew discusses yet another streaming service launch this year &mdash; this time, it&rsquo;s&nbsp;NBCUniversal&rsquo;s Peacock. Julia details what stands out in this new app, the types of content it offers, and whether it&rsquo;s a worthy contender in the&nbsp;ongoing streaming wars.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a whole lot more news covered on&nbsp;<em>The Vergecast&nbsp;<\/em>this week<em>&nbsp;<\/em>&mdash; like the&nbsp;White House&rsquo;s threat to ban TikTok&nbsp;in the US, the&nbsp;never-ending Xbox announcements, and the significance of&nbsp;Netflix getting another CEO&nbsp;&mdash; so listen here or in your preferred podcast player to hear it all.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21328729\/vergecast-podcast-413-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-threat-tiktok-ban\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21328729\/vergecast-podcast-413-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-threat-tiktok-ban<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Andrew Marino<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/artificial-intelligence-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Artificial Intelligence Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Andrew Marino<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4000-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\">Illustration by William Joel \/ The Verge This week on&nbsp;The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Russell Brandom, and Julia Alexander discuss the&nbsp;unprecedented Twitter hack that occurred this week&nbsp;&mdash; who was affected, how this attack could have happened, and why this is so important for the future of regulating tech companies. In the second half of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/18\/vergecast-the-significance-of-the-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-and-the-threat-of-a-tiktok-ban\/\">Continue reading <span>Vergecast: the significance of the Twitter hack, NBC&rsquo;s Peacock, and the threat of a TikTok ban<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/18\/vergecast-the-significance-of-the-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-and-the-threat-of-a-tiktok-ban\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-newswire","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vergecast: the significance of the Twitter hack, NBC\u2019s Peacock, and the threat of a TikTok ban - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/18\/vergecast-the-significance-of-the-twitter-hack-nbcs-peacock-and-the-threat-of-a-tiktok-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vergecast: the significance of the Twitter hack, NBC\u2019s Peacock, and the threat of a TikTok ban - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Illustration by William Joel \/ The Verge This week on&nbsp;The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Russell Brandom, and Julia Alexander discuss the&nbsp;unprecedented Twitter hack that occurred this week&nbsp;&mdash; who was affected, how this attack could have happened, and why this is so important for the future of regulating tech companies. 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