Jan 26th 2020
This Week in Tech 755
Somebody Stole My Tim Tams!
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Jeff Bezos Hack, Apple vs EU, face recognition
New episodes every Sunday.
This Week's Stories:
- Was Jeff Bezos really hacked by Saudi Arabia?
- Welcome to the post-fact era. Embrace the power of ignorance!
- Sonos backs off threat to brick old speakers
- Apple pushes back against EU common charging standard
- Sundar Pichai calls for regulation of AI
- Why banning face recognition is just the first step
- One good thing about Brexit
- The tech angle of "Megxit"
- Biden calls game developers "little creeps"
- Tech execs are being SWATted
- Alan Turing's OBE medal, Ph.D. certificate, etc recovered from crazed superfan
- Throwboy is back with Pocket Pillows
- Vine is back as Byte
- Xerox still trying to buy HP
- Octi is augmented reality social media
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Links
- Apple annoyed at EU common charging standard
- Admit It: You Have a Box of Cords You’ll Never, Ever Use Again
- Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for AI regulation
- Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'
- Evidence Ties Text Leak to Bezos' Lover
- The big questions from FTI's report on the Jeff Bezos hack
- Police begin operational use of live facial recognition technology in London
- 3 reasons you can’t fight facial recognition
- FLORIDA MAN
- Florida man says syringes found in his rectum aren't his
- Opinion | Banning Facial Recognition Isn’t Enough - The New York Times
- UK won't adopt new EU copyright law and the dreaded Article 13 | Trusted Reviews
- Draft of German leistungsschutzrecht (copyright reform) proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
- Joe Biden calls game developers "little creeps" who make titles that "teach you how to kill"
- DHS pushes alert on vulnerable patient monitors sold by GE Healthcare
- Sonos degrading older speakers
- Sonos CEO apologizes for confusion, says legacy products will work ‘as long as possible’
- People Are Calling SWAT Teams to Tech Executives’ Homes
- Alan Turing’s OBE medal, PhD cert, other missing items found in super-fan’s Colorado home by agents, says US govt
- Clayton Christensen dies at 67 after lifetime of business, spiritual influence - Deseret News
- Samasource CEO Leila Janah passes away at 37 | TechCrunch
- Leilah Janah: Give Work - TRIANGULATION
- Roberto Hoyos - Triangulation
- Pocket Pillows by Throwboy on Kickstarter
- TWiT 2020 Audience Survey