Nov 27th 2016
This Week in Tech 590
The Lady in the Canister
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Snoopers Charter, the end of work, fixing fake reviews, Black Friday, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
We discuss the UK's Investigatory Powers Act, which give sweeping new powers to British intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Will automation take all our jobs? What then? Black Friday sales online hit a new record, with a third of online sales happenning on mobile devices. Grace Hopper and Margaret Hamilton receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Ian Thompson gives his unique perspective on the Snoopers Charter
- Jason Snell thinks that it is too early to judge the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
- Larry Magid knows how to keep kids safe online without abandoning democracy
<p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-wee… for This Week in Tech is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p>
Links
- The Snoopers Charter is now law in the UK: "extreme surveillance" rules the land
- JUNO TAKES ON UBER
- A World Without Work
- Humans Need Not Apply
- Apple's Jony Ive helped design a Christmas tree with no lights
- Jony Ive Said to Be 'As Connected to Product Design as Ever' Following Speculation About His Role
- Apple Abandons Development of Wireless Routers - Bloomberg
- Understanding Apple’s Marginalization of the Mac
- Black Friday online sales to hit a record-breaking $3 billion, over $1 billion from mobile | TechCrunch
- Thanksgiving online shoppers bought twice as much through phones as through tablets - Recode
- Amazon puts new limit on customer reviews: No more than 5 a week except for verified purchases - GeekWire