{"id":4737,"date":"2024-07-24T22:07:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:49:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:49:45","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-july-21st-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-july-21st-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 July 21st, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Wiz rejects Google\u2019s $23 billion takeover in favor of IPO &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/23\/24204198\/google-wiz-acquisition-called-off-23-billion-cloud-cybersecurity\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CrowdStrike blames bug that caused worldwide outage on faulty testing software &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/crowdstrike-blames-bug-that-caused-worldwide-outage-on-faulty-testing-software-120057494.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search &#8211; Search Engine Land | <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/microsoft-confirms-reddit-blocked-bing-search-444385\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SpaceX cleared to resume Falcon 9 launches while FAA investigation remains open &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/07\/26\/spacex-cleared-to-resume-falcon-9-launches-while-faa-investigation-remains-open\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sony Launches PSVR2 Steam App, Less Than 2 Weeks Before PC Support Rolls Out &#8211; IGN | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/sony-launches-psvr2-steam-app-less-than-2-weeks-before-pc-support-rolls-out\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/6\/24214471\/google-chromecast-line-discontinued\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TikTok partners with Amazon for in-app shopping &#8211; Search Engine Land | <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/tiktok-partners-with-amazon-for-in-app-shopping-445115\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UK Regulators Start Probe into Amazon&#8217;s Anthropic Partnership &#8211; Tech Report | <a href=\"https:\/\/techreport.com\/news\/uk-antitrust-regulators-probe-amazon-anthropic-partnership\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Paramount is shutting down its TV studio &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/8\/13\/24219776\/paramount-tv-studios-shut-down-cbs-layoffs\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4737-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/vis\/a010000\/a014600\/a014631\/14631_DYAMOND_Horz.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/vis\/a010000\/a014600\/a014631\/14631_DYAMOND_Horz.mp4\">https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/vis\/a010000\/a014600\/a014631\/14631_DYAMOND_Horz.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiz rejects Google\u2019s $23 billion takeover in favor of IPO &#8211; The Verge | Link CrowdStrike blames bug that caused worldwide outage on faulty testing software &#8211; Engadget | Link Microsoft confirms Reddit blocked Bing Search &#8211; Search Engine Land | Link SpaceX cleared to resume Falcon 9 launches while FAA investigation remains open &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4737"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4746,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4737\/revisions\/4746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}