Oct 15th 2017
This Week in Tech 636
A Fat Suit for Your Phone
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
New Twitter rules, Stingrays everywhere, engulf and devour strategies, giant robots, and more.
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The New York Times clamps down on social media. Twitter will clamp down on hate. Qualcomm drags China into its fight with Apple. Google drags Target into its fight with Amazon. TransUnion drags itself into everyone's fight with Equifax. Oculus announces a wire-free VR headset. Shell buys into electric charging. Atari 2600 turns 40. US vs Japan giant robot fight go!
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Links
- The Times Issues Social Media Guidelines for the Newsroom
- The Real Reason Twitter Restricted Rose McGowan's Account Instead Of Just Deleting One Tweet
- #WomenBoycottTwitter protest spreads across social media
- Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Pledges New Rules on Hate, Harassment After Boycott
- Russia reportedly used Pokémon Go in an effort to inflame racial tensions
- New bill would allow hacking victims to 'hack back'
- Tim Cook's iPhone X won't stay in his pocket - Business Insider
- Google Home now lets you shop at Target with just your voice
- Google accused of racketeering in lawsuit claiming pattern of trade secrets theft
- Qualcomm files patent lawsuit against Apple in China seeking to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones
- OnePlus vows to stop collecting data from OxygenOS devices - Neowin
- Equifax website borked again, this time to redirect to fake Flash update
- Equifax rival TransUnion also sends site visitors to malicious pages
- 37,000 Chrome users downloaded a fake Adblock Plus extension
- Oculus Go is a standalone $199 VR headset that doesn't need a PC, a phone, or wires
- Shell buys electric car charging company
- The USA is taking on Japan in a giant robot duel you can watch next Tuesday
- 40 years since the launch of the Atari 2600
- Google is nerfing all Home Minis because mine spied on everything I said 24/7