This week we recap the biggest nerd news in both entertainment and tech.  In entertainment, we discuss Venom 2 and the Disney settlement with Scarlett Johansson.  In tech, the big stories are around the whistleblower claims against Facebook and the global outage for the social media giant.

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• House of Dragons trailer
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BkGpV5dKKo&ab_channel=ONEMedia 
• Kratos voice actor causes delay to the upcoming God of War
  • https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/09/kratos-actor-god-of-war-ragnarok-delay
• ‘THOR 2’ DIRECTOR WANTS TO MAKE A ‘SNYDER CUT’ OF HIS MARVEL MOVIE
  • https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/thor-2-director-alan-taylor-snyder-cut 
• The Hollywood Reporter: Scarlett Johansson, Disney Lawsuit Settled Over ‘Black Widow’.
  • https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/scarlett-johansson-disney-settle-black-widow-lawsuit-1235022598/
• “Baby died because of ransomware attack on hospital, suit says” 
  • https://www-nbcnews-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna2465?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a6&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16330949153223&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fbaby-died-due-ransomware-attack-hospital-suit-claims-rcna2465
• Keyword search warrants
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/?sh=32924a427c97 
• ‘The buck stops with Mark’: Facebook whistleblower says Zuckerberg knows site harms children but values ‘profits before people’
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/facebook-whistleblower-hearing-frances-haugen-b1932762.html?utm_source=reddit.com 
• Facebook outage lasts 6 hours
  • https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/4/22708989/instagram-facebook-outage-messenger-whatsapp-error