Dec 2nd 2018
This Week in Tech 695
Friends in Bikinis
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Amazon's many, many announcements, Marriott breach, Facebook bikini finder, and more.
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- Black Friday was Amazon's biggest sales day ever
- Marriott Hack hit half a billion Starwood guests for 4 years
- Indian Microsoft scammers busted
- Amazon's new machine learning racecar, quantum blockchain, and more from re:Invent
- When is Amazon rolling out Prime Health?
- UK grabs thousands of Facebook emails from bikini app company
- Google's China woes continue
- Apple at the Supreme Court
- Microsoft tops Apple as world's most valuable company
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Links
- Amazon’s Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in the company’s history
- Marriott hack hits 500 million guests
- Marriott: Data on 500 Million Guests Stolen in 4-Year Breach — Krebs on Security
- That Virus Alert on Your Computer? Scammers in India May Be Behind It - The New York Times
- Amazon debuts a scale model autonomous car to teach developers machine learning
- AWS Launches, Previews, and Pre-Announcements at re:Invent 2018 – Andy Jassy Keynote | AWS News Blog
- Early Amazon investor John Doerr is convinced Jeff Bezos will roll out Prime Health
- Facebook and Russia: U.K. Seizes ‘Thousands’ of Emails
- Facebook Faces Legal Challenge and U.K. Grilling Over Bikini App
- Cambridge Analytica Knew How You'd Vote If You Wore Wrangler
- Facebook, Twitter crack down on AI babysitter-rating service - The Washington Post
- Google Shut Out Privacy and Security Teams From Secret China Project
- During a hearing SCOTUS justices appeared open to letting Apple App Store antitrust lawsuit proceed
- Apple's case before SCOTUS is about standing, and its argument is strong, but that doesn't mean App Store isn't a monopoly
- Microsoft Is Worth as Much as Apple. How Did That Happen? - The New York Times
- EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies - MIT Technology Review
- China halts work by team on gene-edited babies