TNW’s Big Spam: Youtube is coming for Alex Jones’ tinfoil hat

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Georgina Ustik

Former TNW editor and creative

Georgina created Big Spam, and wants to see more inclusion in tech. Georgina created Big Spam, and wants to see more inclusion in tech.

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Top trending tech news:

? Netflix is now streaming JJ Abrams’ Cloverfield sequel (TNW)
? Stripe is headed to Dublin (TechCrunch)
? Tesla is making a power grid in Aus with 50k homes (TNW)

What we’re talking about:

Don’t cry over your Bitcoin losses — read about its hardware’s history instead.

YouTube is coming for your tinfoil hat, Alex Jones.

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This 8-bit retro video game will have you sweatin’ to the oldies.

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Tweets of the day:

Here are our favorite Super Bowl tweets. Because we didn’t watch it.

Hey gang I feel like I owe you all a detailed and extremely huffy explanation of precisely why I am not watching a sporting event on TV later today. [1/18]

— David Roth (@david_j_roth) February 4, 2018

No one was here for JT. #JusticeforJanet:

prince saw this hologram coming last year and snatched the talent from jt's soul

— jaboukie young-black (@jaboukie) February 5, 2018

“I could’ve done a better halftime show,” I smugly think to myself, a man whose effort level is “brings paper towels to a party”

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 5, 2018

Or Tom Brady’s outfit… ?