465: The Best Tech Podcast of 2020
It's true if we say it is; fact-checking is not censorship; Uber & Lyft get a temporary stay in California case; Uber covered up data breach; DoorDash launches grocery delivery; Facebook AI making MRI scans faster, finds Ryan Gosling everywhere; tweeting after death; most Americans think social media is censoring people; Airbnb stops really, really big parties; police unlocking cellphones without oversight; FritzFrog botnet; top secret iPods; Oculus Quest; Blackberries are back; sad home cubicles; Florida being Florida.Show notes at https://gog.show/465See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
22 Elo 20201h
464: Rideshare Mythological Complex
Firenados, because why not; Epic & Apple battle it out; we're on Discord; defeat by Tweet; Uber & Lyft may shut down, may franchise; Google & Australian pay-for-news ruling; Facebook algorithm actively promotes Holocaust denial; Amazon facing anti-trust probes around the world; Oracle interested in TikTok; Star Trek: Lower Decks; facemasks; bundles get more confusing; AMC theaters re-opening; super light & super heavy Sci Fi; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/464See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
19 Elo 20201h 10min
463: R'amen!
Owning copyright is key; Apple, Google vs Fortnite; Uber & Lyft lose lawsuit in California, threaten to leave; Amazon should be broken up; Big Tech tries to counter misinformation; boss & remote workers; McAfee's interesting mask; Anonymous; MTV's past; Capital One gets off cheap; Talkspace data-mining; Instagram's set visibility to zero; TOR privacy; Adobe fixes something; Masterclass edu-tainment; Ekranpolan; Airbnb Blockbuster.Show notes at https://gog.show/463See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
15 Elo 20201h 11min
462: Laser Power Condom
Declaring email bankruptcy & we attempt to get to feedback zero; Gates calls Microsoft's TikTok deal a poisoned chalice; looking back at Deep Space Nine; Lower Decks; Umbrella Academy 2; socially distanced concerts don't work; Daniel Ek hates music; Derek Sivers; no shoes, no pants, no education; Mandy Patinkin deleting emails; wireless power in New Zealand; ditching charging pads; tons & tons of feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/462See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
12 Elo 202052min
461: Fyre Sale
Catching the Twitter hackers through Bitcoin; Trump orders TikTok, WeChat ban; Facebook finally takes down a misinformation post; Fyre merchandise sale; Jake Paul's misadventures; Levandowski sentenced to prison; Robocall lawyers leak; Canon ransomware attack; Intel leak; rethinking the hacker trope; Reels launches; Sommore; Muppets Now; Star Trek: Lower Decks; speeding up Netflix; Alan Watts; Monkey.Show notes at https://gog.show/461See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
8 Elo 202058min
460: Pedestrians in the Sky
Congress grills Big Tech, much ado about nothing; Social Media misinformation mayhem & demon seed; Facebook trying to poach TikTok stars; Spotify back to pre-pandemic levels, still losing money; Universal makes deal with AMC for shortened theatrical release windows; Genderify is a joke; Rite Aid facial recognition; Google advanced search operators; self-flying planes; art AI; Apple & right-to-repair; Chewbacca impersonations; lockdown personality changes; "Al Fresco" parking lot dining.Show notes at https://gog.show/460See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
1 Elo 20201h 9min
459: Get Ready to Get Grumpy!
Kickstart your cybersecurity career, or just podcast; Twitter contractors make a game of accessing data; sports bubbles popping; Zuck off or Zuck it up; TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags; Google employees to continue working from home, going mad; a blast from the '90s; Comic-Con@Home trailers, streaming dates; Warrior Nun; Lollapalooza online; finding things in Spotify Podcasts; Shakespeare for Squirrels; the Sandman audiobook; Drive; feedback loop.Show notes at https://gog.show/459See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
29 Heinä 20201h 4min
458: Fearsome Turtle
Working from home, out the window; Facebook hurting people at scale; Amazon home robot; Twitter cracks down on QAnon crackpots; Slack mad at Microsoft; Snap revenue is up but losses down; Twitter confirms some DMs accessed in hack, over 1000 people had access to tools to aid hack; GEDMatch confirms data breach to police; Apple provides hackable phones to researchers; drones phone home; the joy of driving & being tracked while you do; docking stations, TVs, Herman Miller gaming gear; we're all losers in the streaming wars; south of the border.Show notes at https://gog.show/458See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
25 Heinä 20201h 10min
