Feb 16th 2020
This Week in Tech 758
Facemasks and Fear
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Samung Galaxy Flip Review, MWC 2020 Cancelled, Windows 10X Explained
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This week's stories:
- Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled over COVID-19 fears
- China virtually shut down due to COVID-19. Foxconn's iPhone plant closed; making face masks instead.
- RSA Conference (Feb 24th in San Francisco) is next - IBM has already dropped out. Is this the end of conferences?
- China's response to COVID-19 includes increased surveillance and the "Close Contact" app. Is America next?
- Focals by North AR glasses could be the answer to COVID-19. Are we ready for AR+databases?
- Check out TWiT's review of Focals on Hands-On Tech!
- Apple stores and factories closed in China. Apple was expected to announce an iPhone SE replacement this spring - will it be put on hold?
- Samsung Z Flip Review - the most transformative new smartphone in years
- Windows 10X - Microsoft's first try at a 32bit-free OS and a two-screen device OS
- Windows 10X on a MacBook - it can be done! (But don't try it at home)
- Google's new OS is called... Pigweed?
- Windows 10X coming to dual-screen laptops and tablets by the end of the year
- Microsoft Duo caught on video in the wild!
- $1000+ flagship phones are now the norm. Are they worth it? (Yes)
- Cloud-based computing will become the norm in the next 5 years
- Amazon sues the US government over JEDI contract given to Microsoft; JEDI put on hold by a federal judge
- Taika Waititi blasts the crappy MacBook keyboard at the Oscars
- Raspberry Pi - the best kids' computer available
- Watch Hands-On Android! Episode 0 out now, Episode 1 coming 2/20/2020: https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-android
- Coming soon: Hands-On Mac and Hands-On Linux!
- Spotify will destroy podcasting as we know it
- Elizabeth Holmes gets some of the Theranos charges dropped by a federal judge
- Is Venture Capitalism destroying capitalism?
- HQ Trivia crashes and burns - when will the current tech bubble burst?
- Essential shuttered - alleged sexual assaulter and Android inventor Andy Rubin's revolutionary phone company fails after less than a year.
- T-Mobile and Sprint merger passes second-to-last hurdle in its way
- Jeff Bezos buys the most expensive house in America
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Links
- Raspberry SC15184 Pi 4 Model B 2019 - Amazon
- Google files trademark for new operating system called ‘Pigweed’
- Galaxy Z Flip ongoing review: From how it bends to how it compares to rivals - CNET
- Samsung Galaxy Z Flip selling out quickly in the US due to limited stock
- Related: Motorola's $1,500 Razr Reboot Feels More Prototype Than Premium
- Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, S20 Ultra specs vs. Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus: What's new and what's different - CNET
- JerryRig Everything's Durability Test of the Samsung Z Flip Puts It Through the Torture Test
- Mobile World Congress 2020 has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns
- MWC 2020 Cancelled for health reasons (GSMA statement on MWC barcelona 2020)
- A roundup of the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the tech sector
- Foxconn’s biggest iPhone plants: one banned from reopening, second 10% staffed
- Coronavirus exposes China's surveillance state as apps show locations of the infected
- China launches coronavirus 'close contact detector' app - BBC News
- Apple reopens Beijing stores with temperature checks, limited hours, crowd control
- Taika Waititi slams Apple’s MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar - The Verge
- Susan Wojcicki says YouTube paid out $3B+ to the music industry in 2019
- Jeff Bezos bought the most expensive property in LA with an eighth of a percent of his net worth
- 5 things you need to know about Windows 10X containers, UWP, and Win32 apps
- Windows 10X has already been installed on a MacBook and a Surface Go
- Introducing Windows 10X: enabling dual-screen PCs in 2020
- RIP Essential: Andy Rubin’s hardware startup is dead
- THE COURT LET T-MOBILE BUY SPRINT BECAUSE SPRINT COMPLETELY SUCKS
- CNET on YouTube
- CBS News Live
- FOCALS BY NORTH REVIEW - Hands-on Tech
- Spotify Is Paying Up to $196 Million in Cash to Acquire Bill Simmons’ The Ringer
- HQ Trivia Has One Final, Drunken Hurrah
- Watch TWiT's newest show, Hands-On Android!
- TWIT 2020 AUDIENCE SURVEY