Banning memes; Bird vs Pentagon; Ticketmaster scandal; BitCoin bug; Cody Wilson; building for addiction; Podcasting industry collapse; the National Cyber Strategy (on WordPress); Magecart; Tiger Text; onanism; dash cams; Amazon Alexa products; damn good burgers.
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Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
Buying an Apple Watch 4 now for EKG and AFib features may leave you heartbroken
The EU’s Long Journey Toward “Banning Memes”
FBI: New Mexico Observatory Closed Because of Child Porn Investigation, Not Aliens
IN THE NEWS
Bird hits 10 million scooter rides
Pentagon Declares War on Scooters
Ticketmaster responds after CBC report alleges the box office giant recruits scalpers
Ticketmaster reportedly has secret deals with scalpers that cheat other customers
A Major Bug In Bitcoin Software Could Have Crashed the Currency
3D-Printing Gun Pioneer Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor
Cody Wilson reportedly trying to rent an apartment in Taiwan, per local media
BuzzFeed News closes in-house audio production studio
A big shakeup at Audible has left the audiobook giant’s podcast strategy unclear
SECURITY HAH!
White House releases National Cyber Strategy
Magecart claims another victim in Newegg merchant data theft
Unusual IoT Botnet Removes Cryptomining Malware from Devices
Exclusive: US police ‘using Tiger Text app to conceal evidence’
Blackvue Dash-Cams Broadcasting Live Video and GPS of Your Car PUBLICLY by DEFAULT!
APPS & DOODADS
Amazon Kindle Trade-in Program
Ring Rechargeable Battery Pack for Video Doorbell 2 and Spotlight Cam Battery
Amazon’s new Alexa-ready products are now available for preorder
Amazon’s 2018 Echo Show finally gets it right
Introducing Echo Auto – The first Echo for your car
Amazon’s terrifying new product lineup lets you fully Black Mirror-ify your home
Walmart is putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in its stores to help train employees in VR
BRIC-A-BRAC
Coffee-Rubbed Cheeseburgers with Texas Barbecue Sauce (and Bacon)
