Jan 5th 2020
This Week in Tech 752
More Seam than Bezel
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
CES Preview, 2020's New Tech Laws
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
This Week's Stories:
- CES Preview: what to expect at the 2020 show
- Segway's new Wall-E pod chair
- 8k TVs take over CES - what about bandwidth caps?
- 3D is back at CES - get ready for Star Wars holograms
- Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak: 68 countries targeted
- 5G in 2020: hype or happening?
- How to fix California' gig worker law
- California Consumer Privacy Act hits January 1
- Wyze Camera breach response: quick and decisive
- 1924 belongs to us all now
- TRACED Act passes, robocallers put on notice
- Hofeller Files break gerrymandering plot wide open
- IRS forces Turbo Tax to show free filing product
- Fake Twitter accounts spew thousands of pro-Iran propaganda tweets
- Australian fires: horrific images online
- Google will stop swindling the US on taxes
- Google’s Head of International Relations left because Google started to be evil
- Samsung Galaxy S20 arriving February 11th
- Sonos bricking old speakers
- Fry's is in big trouble
- Y2K bug strikes again: NYC parking meters break in 2020, 11-19
- #TeamTrees gets $20M
- YouTube's #1 star turned 8 in 2019
- EU: AI cannot patent inventions
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Links
- CES 2020: 6 things that will dominate this year's show - CNET
- Samsung details its stunning bezel-less 8K TV
- Apple to Attend CES 2020 in Rare Official Appearance
- Segway's S-Pod Brings the Hoverchairs From 'WALL-E' to Life
- Public Domain Day 2020 | Duke University School of Law
- TRACED Act signed into law, putting robocallers on notice | TechCrunch
- The California Consumer Privacy Act Mandates What, Again, Exactly? | The California Report | KQED News
- RELATED: Mozilla: All Firefox users get California's CCPA privacy rights to delete personal data | ZDNet
- IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete With TurboTax — ProPublica
- Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law - Bloomberg
- Google to end 'Double Irish, Dutch sandwich' tax scheme - Reuters
- Current and former Googlers share how HR changes and lack of transparency made 2019 a turning point
- I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Why I Left.
- Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ | UK news | The Guardian
- Pro-Soleimani messaging immediately floods Twitter following general's death in drone strike
- IoT vendor Wyze confirms server leak | ZDNet
- Samsung's Unpacked event will happen on February 11 (Update: Official)
- [Invitation] Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- Ryan Kaji: Eight-year-old tops YouTube list of high earners with $26 million - CNN
- Sonos explains why it bricks old devices with ‘Recycle Mode’ - The Verge
- MrBeast’s Team Trees smash $20 million goal with days to spare | Dexerto.com
- EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor | Techdirt
- Is Fry’s Electronics in trouble? Company denies it, but empty shelves tell story - HoustonChronicle.com
- NYC Parking meters never programmed for 2020. Credit cards stopped working.
- Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed
- The Hofeller Files