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
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
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