#712 WP-Tonic "This Week In WordPress & Tech" 22th of July, 2022 at 8:30 am PST

<p>Every Friday at 8:30 am PST, we host the WP-Tonic This Week in WordPress &amp; Tech round-table show, where we discuss the latest WordPress and the general web news of the week. You can also watch the show LIVE on our WP-Tonic&rsquo;s Facebook Group Page &amp; YouTube channel.</p> <p>&nbsp;This Weeks Special Guest</p> <p>Chris Badgett Joint Founder &amp; CEO of LifterLMS: https://lifterlms.com/</p> <p>&nbsp;This Week's Articles That We Discuss During The Show</p> <p><br />#1 - WordPress.com Ends Recent Pricing Experiment, Reverts to Previous Model</p> <p>https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-ends-recent-pricing-experiment-reverts-to-previous-model</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br />#2 - Everything About Twitter v. Musk Is Utter Nonsense</p> <p>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/07/twitter-musk-deal-fallout-nonsense/670512/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#3 - Is WordPress bigger than Wal-Mart?</p> <p>https://masterwp.com/is-wordpress-bigger-than-wal-mart/</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#4 - The Great Fiction of AI</p> <p>https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>#5 - WordPress Design Contributors Propose Shipping a Curated Set of Style Variations Instead of a New Default Theme</p> <p>https://wptavern.com/wordpress-design-contributors-propose-shipping-a-curated-set-of-style-variations-instead-of-a-new-default-theme</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br />#6 - UK heat wave causes Google and Oracle cloud outages</p> <p>https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-heat-wave-causes-google-and-oracle-cloud-outages/?fbclid=IwAR3j-CJo8dwYQd19K9H7zF4EBFrJ-jSNXVmEEsKGtn3WmhyyC2Q2YbUTZMg</p>