TWiT 811: Big Brick Energy - Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce and work from home.

<p>Facebook abandons Australia, pictures from Mars, Salesforce, and work from home. </p> <ul><li>Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia.</li> <li>"Mark Changed The Rules": How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures.</li> <li>The Bizarre Reaction To Facebook's Decision To Get Out Of The News Business In Australia.</li> <li>Perseverance's Pictures From Mars show NASA Rover's new home</li> <li>Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 states for the rest of 2021.</li> <li>Salesforce says 'the 9-to-5 workday is dead' and will provide 3 new ways for employees to work.</li> <li>Microsoft approached Pinterest about a takeover.</li> <li>Bitcoin Scales $58K for First Time; YTD Gain Over 98%.</li> <li>Microsoft's Big Win in Quantum Computing Was an 'Error' After All.</li> <li>IBM is reportedly considering a sale of its Watson Health business.</li> <li>Some Texans got electric bills up to $17,000 after the storm. How does that happen?</li> <li>Winter storms in Texas have caused Samsung, NXP, and other chipmakers based there to shut down some factories, potentially worsening ongoing chip shortages.</li> <li>Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate, Unveils New 'Cryptocurrency Mining Processor' Line of GPUs.</li> <li>Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index.</li> <li>Amazon's Cloud King: Inside the World of Andy Jassy.</li> <li>Amazon's Great Labor Awakening.</li> <li>New York Sues Amazon, Saying It Inadequately Protected Workers From Covid-19.</li> <li>Metallica's BlizzCon Performance Ruined By Twitch.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a> </p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/BriannaWu" target="_blank">Brianna Wu</a>, <a href="http://theinformation.com" target="_blank">Paris Martineau</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/lturrentine" target="_blank">Lindsey Turrentine</a> </p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/sh