This Week in Tech 749

This Week's Stories

• Mac Pro: only 1/3rd the cost of a banana duct-taped to a wall
• Apple TV+ gets its first Golden Globe award nomination
• AirPods make Apple $4 billion/quarter
• Here's how to get Samuel L. Jackson on your Amazon Echo
• Ring camera hacked to tell child to destroy their room
• Google gives US ATF location info on 1500 users
• Ask a Millennial: what's the deal with Tik Tok?
• Jack Dorsey wants an open standard Twitter
• Facebook wants end-to-end encryption. AG Barr is not so happy about that.
• India wants to get all its citizens' data
• New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware hit
• Samsung didn't really sell a million Galaxy Folds, and other silly phone stories
• Paris Martineau's ultimate guide to Influencers

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• Apple TV+ scores its first Golden Globe award nomination with 'The Morning Show'
• Air Pods are a $4B per quarter business
• Facebook promised transparency on political ads. Its system crashed days before the UK election
• You can now hear Samuel L. Jackson’s voice on your Amazon Echo
• Ring's Neighbors Data Let Us Map Amazon's Home Surveillance Network
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• Google Hands Feds 1,500 Phone Locations In Unprecedented ‘Geofence’ Search
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• Jack on a open a decentralized standard for social media.
• Facebook Tells US Attorney Bill Barr It’s Not Prepared To Get Rid Of Encryption On WhatsApp And Messenger
• India proposes new rules to access its citizens’ data
• Samsung has sold 1 million Galaxy Fold smartphones | TechCrunch
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• The WIRED Guide to Influencers
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