Sep 24th 2017
This Week in Tech 633
Future Proof This Kid
London bans Uber, evolving AR, Equifax cascade, Facebook ad targeting, and more
Uber's new CEO says that there is a "high cost to a bad reputation" after London kicks it to the curb. Apple's iPhone 8 comes out to less fanfare than usual; Apple Watch has LTE issues. ARKit's first wave of apps is out, and Robert Scoble is severely underwhelmed. Google aqui-hires HTC's Pixel team for over a billion dollars. Equifax: what now? CCleaner malware: who was it targeting? Facebook, Google, and Twitter allow ad targeting for racist terms - has the algorithm gone amok? What is the best thing for a nine-year-old to start learning now to keep from being one of the billion people who lose their jobs in the coming decades?
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- UBER loses "licence" in London
- How Uber Deceives the Authorities Worldwide
- Uber’s new CEO tells employees there is ‘high cost to a bad reputation’ after London ban
- The 6 reasons Ubernomics could be fatal to itself, its customers, and mass transit
- Hands-On With Apple's New iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 8 is seeing some tiny launch day lines
- iPhone 8 and 8 Plus cameras get top marks from testing outfit DxOMark
- Scoble was wrong about Apple
- Here's a Look at the First Wave of Augmented Reality ARKit Apps Hitting the iOS App Store Today
- Meta AR
- Amazon working on Alexa-powered smart glasses, says report
- Some Apple Watch Series 3 Owners Facing LTE Activation Issues
- Google is buying HTC's Pixel team for $1.1 billion
- Google signs agreement with HTC, continuing big bet on hardware
- Official: Google to announce Pixel 2 on Oct 4
- Renders of back of LG-made Google Pixel 2 XL in "Black & White" and "Just Black" leak; source says it will cost $849 for 64GB an
- Pixel 2 will come in three colors including "Kinda Blue," will cost $649 for 64GB model and $749 for 128GB
- Renders leak of Google Pixelbook, a Chromebook that folds into a tablet and supports pressure-sensitive Pixelbook Pen; source: s
- Sources: T-Mobile, Sprint reach "major breakthrough" in merger talks, could sign deal by end of October; Deutsche Telekom will o
- Equifax: What now? My credit freeze primer. Also, don’t over react
- Credit reporting firm Equifax says data breach could potentially affect 143 million US consumers
- consumer reports offers Equifax advice
- Equifax customer service, tweeting from @Equifax, accidentally directed customers to a critic's phishing site for over a week in
- Equifax stock sales are now the focus of a criminal probe by the DOJ
- Equifax's Chief Information Officer and Head of Security Are "Retiring"
- Avast! There’s malware in that CCleaner software update
- SEC Edgar database hacked
- Facebook let ad buyers target users interested in algorithmically generated anti-Semitic topics like "Jew hater", then removed s
- Sheryl Sandberg's Reaction
- Google Allowed Advertisers To Target People Searching Racist Phrases
- Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will end untraceable political ads
- App That Paid Users to Exercise Owes Nearly $1 Million for Not Paying Users to Exercise
- ‘A billion useless people’ — the end of work (and pay) is coming, but no one seems very concerned
- Pavlok
- Bob Sullivan
- After On
- After On Podcast
- The Fourth Transformation