#704 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 24th of June, 2022 at 8:30 am PST

<p>This Weeks Special Guest</p> <p>Chris Badgett Joint Founder and CEO of LifterLMS https://lifterlms.com/</p> <p>Morten Rand-Hendriksen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mortenrandhendriksen/</p> <p><br />This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show</p> <p><br />#1 - Matt Mullenweg Identifies GoDaddy as a &ldquo;Parasitic Company&rdquo; and an &ldquo;Existential Threat to WordPress&rsquo; Future&rdquo;</p> <p><br />https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-identifies-godaddy-as-a-parasitic-company-and-an-existential-threat-to-wordpress-future</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#2 - TikTok insiders say the social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance</p> <p><br />https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/25/tiktok-insiders-say-chinese-parent-bytedance-in-control.html</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#3 - What&rsquo;s up with the WordPress vibe?</p> <p>https://mattreport.com/whats-up-with-the-wordpress-vibe/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br />#4 - Google&rsquo;s AI Is Something Even Stranger Than Conscious</p> <p><br />https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/06/google-palm-ai-artificial-consciousness/661329/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#5- Things I Wish I&rsquo;d Known Earlier In My Career</p> <p><br />https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/06/things-to-know-earlier-in-your-career/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br />#6 - Peering into the accessibility of Dark Mode</p> <p>https://uxdesign.cc/peering-into-the-accessibility-of-dark-mode-ab1237b68265</p>