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Thursday’s top tech news: leaving, on an @ElonJet plane

After saying he wouldn&rsquo;t ban an account that tracks the movement of his private jet, Elon Musk&rsquo;s Twitter has done exactly that, suspending the @ElonJet account alongside its creator and several other accounts that he operates. Obviously Twitter is a private company that&rsquo;s free to moderate its platform however it wants, but the case highlights how even a &ldquo;free speech absolutist&rdquo; like Musk can come around pretty quickly on content moderation when his personal safety is involved.
Over on the tech news side, Google Docs is getting some cool new features for anyone that wants to show code in their documents. It&rsquo;s part of a pretty significant transformation Google Workspace has been going through, and overall I&rsquo;m a big fan. Pageless formatting! Markdown support! Damn it&rsquo;s a great time to be a Google Docs user.
And now, here&rsquo;s a silly tweet:
[Media: https://twitter.com/FreddieCampion/status/1602409511330848770]
Stay tuned, as we continue to update this list with the most important news of today: Thursday, December 15th, 2022.

Farewell @ElonJet, it’s been a wild ride.

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

Ripping off AIM away messages is the best feature Instagram has added in a long, long time.

A plasma physicist explains what’s next after this week’s nuclear fusion breakthrough

Death Stranding is getting a film adaptation

Apple is expanding Mythic Quest with a new spinoff series

This electric car has a massive fan that keeps it stuck to the ground.

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

Some Peacock originals are coming to JetBlue’s in-flight entertainment system

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on PS5 in fall 2023

Apple’s planned classical music app is still MIA as 2022 winds down

Corsair’s Xeneon OLED flexes on them other gaming monitors

Amazon is publishing the next Tomb Raider game

Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access

Nothing starts opening up its Android 13 beta for the Phone 1

HoloLens 2 now has full Microsoft Teams integration

Apple is seriously screwing up its big play for an Oscar

Valve answers our burning Steam Deck questions — including a possible Steam Controller 2

Green light.

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

HearUSA will add Sony’s OTC hearing aids to its stores in 2023

Uber Eats will use sidewalk robots to make food deliveries in Miami

Dell’s repairable Concept Luna laptop has a long road ahead of it

Oppo’s next foldable is actually getting a release outside of China

Where are all the new Macs?

Lucid Air Grand Touring review: a dream made real

What in the world is nuclear fusion — and when will we harness it?

Grand Theft Auto 5’s new ray tracing on PS5 and Xbox Series X / S looks fantastic

Elon Musk sells yet another $3.58 billion of Tesla shares

Twitter banned the @ElonJet account tracking Musk’s flights, reinstated it, then banned it again

Google’s making code formatting a breeze in Docs

The golden age of the streaming wars has ended

Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up

iPhone owners can now submit claims in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI settlement

Can you forget how you feel about Meta?

The M5 Ultra Mac Studio tears through our benchmark tests

I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

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