Aug 13th 2017
This Week in Tech 627
Do You Inkwell?
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
The Google Memo and troll culture, Instagram mood detector, Facebook’s dominance, and more
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
Leo, Ashley Esqueda, Michael Nunez, and Dylan Tweney debunk the "Google Memo." Mark Zuckerberg still refuses to admit he is running for president. If you use Instagram's "Inkwell" filter, you are probably depressed. Google is taking over the open internet. An MIT Algorithm can tell if you are sarcastic on Twitter. HBO hack fallout. Phishing the White House. Podcast patent troll loses to EFF. Email Patent Troll vs Techdirt. Snap stock down after Facebook/Instagram copies all their best features. Forget everything you know about passwords. Hacking computers with DNA.
- Ashley Esqueda knows about the secret island where we are raising Leo Laporte clones.
- Dylan Tweney would prefer that you not use a Valley Girl accent when talking about his company.
- Michael Nunez is feeling kind of sweaty right now.
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Links
- Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Questioning Women in Tech - The New York Times
- Why I Was Fired From Google
- Julian Assange offers job to fired Google employee who wrote anti-diversity memo
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai cancels all-hands meeting
- Film Crit Hulk Smash: P.C. Culture Vs. The Big Joke
- Dear God: Mark Zuckerberg Has Hired Clinton's Chief Strategist
- Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression | EPJ Data Science | Full Text
- Your Instagram Posts May Hold Clues to Your Mental Health
- Google is eating the open internet
- An Algorithm Trained on Emoji Knows When You’re Being Sarcastic on Twitter
- Game of Thrones stars' personal details leaked as HBO hackers demand ransom
- Pros weigh in on phishing the White House
- EFF beats podcast patent troll on appeal
- Techdirt receives $250K+ from a group of backers
- Snap falls 17% as revenue and daily user growth disappoint
- The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups
- Bitcoin passes $4,000 mark amid ICO frenzy and a slowdown in momentum behind Bitcoin Cash (Fitz Tepper/TechCrunch)
- FCC adds 2 weeks to comment period for the proposal to eliminate net neutrality rules
- Passwords should be long, not necessarily complicated
- Forget infecting PDFs, how about DNA with a payload?