Jan 14th 2018
This Week in Tech 649
Aging in Place
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
CES recap, Elon Musk's Hyperloop, Spectre Meltdown update, changes to your Facebook Newsfeed, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Florence Ion, Jason Hiner, and Larry Magid and Leo talk about CES and much more. Voice assistants are everywhere and IoT devices are getting smarter. Innovations in Sleep Tech that will improve your health. Elon Musk's Hyperloop is moving forward. Facebook is changing the Newsfeed feature and you might be shocked how. Some new brands might be popping up on Instagram feed and Stephen Colbert's app, Scripto, is being used by nearly everyone in late night new comedy.
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Links
- The Google Versus Alexa War Is On at CES 2018
- Oh, hey look! These all white Google getups are the fashion hit of CES
- Samsung Smart Things
- Duck Robot for Kids with Cancer
- Cuddley Robot to Sleep With
- Anker Roav Viva
- One in six Americans now own a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from NPR and Edison Research
- Engadget's Best of CES
- Self Driving Luggage
- Segway Robots
- Padre's Reaction
- GM car without steering wheel
- James Damore just filed a class action lawsuit against Google, saying it discriminates against white male conservatives
- Zuckerberg says News Feed will focus on what friends share, de-emphasize content from publishers
- The Strange Brands in Your Instagram Feed
- THE STRANGE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE INTERNET'S FIRST VIRAL VIDEOS
- How Scripto, the App That Stephen Colbert Helped Build, Became a Fixture of Late-Night Comedy News