Talking Tech: Can big tech help cure our health care problems?

Happy Thursday, Talking Tech readers! It's Brett Molina back with another round of tech headlines.

Earlier this month, Amazon confirmed plans to acquire primary care group One Medical for $3.9 billion. This begs an important question for any of us (more likely all of us) frustrated by our health care system: Can Big Tech like Amazon fix it?

Tech columnist Jennifer Jolly weighed a world where Amazon is more involved in health care, and it's more than just "free eye exams with your Amazon Prime subscription."

The pros: First, speed and efficiency, because we all would love to save time spent in waiting rooms. Also, it's possible those health services many of us rely on could cost less.

The cons: How comfortable would you feel handing over all your health data to Amazon, Apple, or any other tech giant? Then what happens when all our data is concentrated in a handful of companies?

Let me hear your thoughts on this. You can hit me up on Twitter.

What else happened in tech?

New Pokémon games coming soon. Here's one more look at Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Look out, cable. Verizon and T-Mobile have gained millions of subscribers.

More layoffs in tech. Robinhood cuts 23% of its workforce as fewer people use the trading app.

The end of an era. Sheryl Sandberg steps down as COO of Facebook parent Meta.

Thursday's tech tip

Feel like you're spending too much on subscriptions? Yep, me too. However, there are ways you can save money by checking out which companies offer family plans or special bundles. 

One more thing

If you love Taco Bell, then this is without question the biggest news of the week: The Mexican Pizza is coming back. For good.

Thanks for reading! Until next time.

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