Jan 9th 2020
Tech News Weekly 115
Where's Your Head At, Bluetooth LE?
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Facebook's Deepfakes Ban, Sonos' Google Lawsuit, Ant Pruitt at CES
New episodes every Thursday.
- OneZero's Will Oremus joins us to talk about Facebook's deepfakes ban — though it's still lax on so-called “shallow fakes.”
- Adi Robertson over at The Verge explains Sonos' lawsuit. The company is taking on Google (and, eventually, Amazon) for allegedly stealing its smart speaker tech.
- Ant Pruitt calls in live from the show floor to talk about some of the awesome stuff he saw at CES.
- Mikah Sargent shares Lauren Goode's Wired article about sex-tech companies at CES.
- Jason Howell talks about all the improvements coming to audio in Bluetooth's new Bluetooth LE Audio spec.
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Links
- Facebook’s Ban on Deepfakes Is a Half-Step at Best
- We Feared Deepfakes. Then Tech Monetized Them.
- Sonos sues Google for allegedly stealing smart speaker tech
- Sony's 220" Crystal LED TV at CES 2020
- TWiT @ CES 2020
- Neofect Smart Stroke Therapy Hand
- Canon EOS-1DX Mark III
- Sex-Tech Companies Are Having More Fun Than the Rest of Us at CES
- Bluetooth LE Audio FAQ: A new standard for headphones with better sound quality, longer battery life