Jan 29th 2017
This Week in Tech 599
Fold With Dignity
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Tech companies react to Trump, personal data ports, right to repair, alternate Smaug, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
Silicon Valley's reaction to Trump's immigration ban and plans for the coming apocalypse. Hugo Barra joins Facebook as VP of VR. Google killed 1.7 bad ads last year. Sprint buys a third of Tidal. Five states will legalize the "Right to Repair" your own tech. 3D TV is dead.
- Owen J.J. Stone thinks Marrisa Mayer should be fired from Yahoo
- Michael Nuñez wants to Make America Rage Again
- Phil Libin is a real life cyborg
- Leo has port envy
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Links
- Apple, Google, Uber, Tesla, And Others React To Trump's Refugee Ban - BuzzFeed News
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at San Francisco airport - The Verge
- Lyft is donating $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union
- Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich - The New Yorker
- Amazon Sells Out Of George Orwell's 1984
- #Transparency update: Twitter discloses national security letters | Twitter Blogs
- Alternative Twitter Explodes Over Alternative Facts And Gag Orders
- Hugo Barra joining Facebook as VP of VR
- 3D TV is officially dead
- Yahoo Faces SEC Probe Over Data Breaches - WSJ
- At least twice, Sean Spicer has accidentally tweeted the password to his official White House spokesman Twitter account
- The US Digital Service
- Trump’s new FCC chief is Ajit Pai, and he wants to destroy net neutrality
- GOP asks Ajit Pai to kill plan for helping customers avoid cable box rentals
- Sprint Acquires 33 Percent of TIDAL and Creates Game-Changing Partnership | Sprint Newsroom
- Snapchat Discover Takes a Hard Line on Misleading and Explicit Images - The New York Times
- Super Mario Run will be available on Android in March - The Verge
- States aim to legalize the “Right to Repair” your gear
- Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple (NOTE: Original link is down, this links to a po
- Google's 2016 Bad Ads Report: 1.7 billion ads removed, including fake news ads
- The Force Awakens The Last Jedi From His Nap