Wordle and the App Store clones / FTC’s Meta antitrust lawsuit moves forward / PCs big year

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom discuss the FTC proceeding with an antitrust lawsuit against Meta, the success of Wordle and its app clones, and more RCS drama. Verge deputy editor Dan Seifert stops by to chat about this week's gadget news and the state of the PC market. Stories discussed:

White House to launch COVID test-ordering site ‘by this weekend,’ reports say

White House hosts tech summit to discuss open-source security after Log4j

Google calls for new government action to protect open-source software projects

Judge says the FTC’s Meta monopoly lawsuit can go forward

Meta’s real antitrust problems are only beginning

Want the ‘TLDR’ on a site’s terms of service? There’s a bill for that

Apple says App Store developers have earned more than $260 billion

The App Store clones are here to profit off Wordle’s success

The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store

Wordle copycat creator apologizes for ripping off the popular free word game

The real beauty of Wordle is how its emoji results tell a story

Alleged Apple App Store scammer AmpMe lowers prices and says it’ll investigate its ‘consultants’

Google exec says Apple is ‘holding back’ customers who text

Google says Apple ‘should not benefit from bullying’ created by iMessage lock-in

It fills me with glee that Canon printers now think Canon’s own toner is fake

Apple’s $19 polishing cloth is back in stock online

Ford doesn’t want the F-150 Lightning’s launch to be plagued by scalpers

Tesla removes 2022 production date from Cybertruck website

The PC market just had another big year thanks to pandemic demand

TSMC earmarks record $44 billion for chip manufacturing expansion in 2022

The pandemic has blurred the lines between laptop categories

Sony Xperia 5 III now shipping in the US, almost nine months after initial announcement

The Nvidia Shield is getting Android 11 and other upgrades

Sony says it’s still making new PS4s, but most stores aren’t selling them

Google’s Android 12 update has been the rockiest one in years

Ford doesn’t want the F-150 Lightning’s launch to be plagued by scalpers

Wear OS will work better for lefties... eventually

Tesla removes 2022 production date from Cybertruck website

GM is creating an online used car marketplace

Buy Nothing exploded on Facebook — now it wants a platform on its own

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