Oct 4th 2020
This Week in Tech 791
A Soupçon of Zuck
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
Google Pixel 5, Amazon One, AppleTV+
- Google's Launch Night in was a snooze
- Amazon Sidewalk will join your neighborhood together - or invade your privacy
- Amazon wants your palm print. Will you give it to them?
- James Bond delayed to 2021: Movie theaters are dying
- Subway sandwiches are not made with bread in Ireland, and their chicken is less than 50% chicken, but Popeye's is the best
- Apple TV+ is about to lose a whole lot of subscribers - what should we watch?
- How soap operas are filming during the pandemic
- Prime day is October 13th - will you shop?
- Libraries are being squeezed by publishers over ebooks and audiobooks
- Google TV is good, but Google seems to have lost interest like they lose interest in everything
- MIxer screws Ninja over; Ninja makes bank
- Sonos sues Google for multi-room audio patents
- Facebook merges Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook logins
- US judge saves TikTok; Fleetwood Mac rejoices
- The Social Dilemma is Reefer Madness for 2020
- If you pay ransomware, the Treasury Department will come after you
- H1-B visas cut off; tech giants cry out
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Links
- Google announces Pixel 5 with wide-angle lens, 8GB RAM for $699 on October 15th
- Google Pixel 4a 5G officially launches w/ 5G connectivity, $499 price
- Google announces Nest Audio
- Google Play Movies & TV is now Google TV
- The new Chromecast with Google TV won’t officially support Stadia at launch
- Sonos sues Google for infringing five more wireless audio patents - The Verge
- Amazon wants your palms
- Amazon says its Prime Day annual sale will take place on October 13 and 14
- Facebook is melding its mega apps together: Inside 'interop'
- Twitter bans posts calling for Trumps death - others ask what took them so long
- TikTok temporarily avoids US ban thanks to last-minute ruling
- Ransomware Victims That Pay Up Could Incur Steep Fines from Uncle Sam
- Subway Bread Cannot Legally Be Called 'Bread,' Irish Court Rules
- James Bond's 'No Time To Die' has been delayed until 2021 in fresh blow to Hollywood
- How soap operas are filming love scenes amid the coronavirus pandemic