Shownotes
In this Episode:
- Facebook investors co-sign plan to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman (1:34)
- Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach (2:25)
- It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads (3:45)
- Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you find all the data the company has on you (6:50)
- How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (7:28)
- Netflix is fueling its ballooning cash burn with $2 billion in new debt (9:25)
- MoviePass' parent doesn't want it anymore (13:18)
- YouTube CEO urges creators to protest EU copyright rule (15:40)
- Musk to buy $20 million in Tesla stock (17:04)
- Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms (18:26)
- Orkney islands could get first electric plane service (21:00)
Weird & Wacky Tech:
- Banksy says self-destructing painting didn't go as planned (21:54)
- This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out (24:33)
- World’s Longest Sea Bridge Brings China Closer to Hong Kong (24:50)
- An oil spill you've never heard of could become one of the biggest environmental disasters in the US (26:05)
- Hubble Telescope’s Broken Gyroscope Seemingly Fixed After Engineers Try Turning It Off and On Again (27:34)
Tech Recommendations (30:10):
Sanjay - Life360
Adam - Liftmaster Garage Door
Shannon - Google Voice
Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
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