The boys are back in LA with a new theme song, despairing at new tech offerings but rejoicing at new books, attempting to play games without getting played, taking a bumper dump, kung fury, personalizing your aural world & a plethora of morons. Bueller!
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Show Notes
INTRO
Report: LAPD Killed More People In 2015 Than Any Other U.S. Police Force
Los Angeles Just Experienced A Weird And Rare ‘Reverse’ Spring
IN THE NEWS
All the Cool Stuff Google Just Announced, Ranked by Coolness
Google’s New ‘Project Soli’ Gesture Sensing Tech Looks Like Magic
Canadian Ticketed for Using an Apple Watch While Driving
First Apple Smart Home Products Launch Ahead of Worldwide Developer Conference
Thunderbolt 3 is twice as fast and uses reversible USB Type-C
Facebook Opens Third Artificial-Intelligence Research Hub in Paris
SECURITY? HAH!
The government’s personnel office has been hacked by China for the second time in a year
Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Sentenced to Life in Prison
The Patriot Act’s broadest surveillance powers have expired
How to Hack a Computer Using Just An Image
FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities
Securing Email Communications from Facebook
Facebook Will Send You Encrypted Emails (If You’re Into That Sort of Thing)
Google’s Latest Enhancements Come With Enhanced Privacy Concern
Russian billboard advertising contraband hides when it recognizes cops
COMMENT OF THE WEEK
Green Tea (feat. Alex Kelly and the Lady Tigra) by Amungus
AT THE LIBRARY
The Mechanical (The Alchemy Wars) – Ian Tregillis
The Shepherd’s Crown – Discworld Novels 41
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
Shift – Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey
SOFTWARE, APPS, AND GADGETS
Ep 68: Open Source Shenanigans with Sean Bonner
Private Internet Access™ Anonymous VPN Service
Tab Suspender Chrome Extension
MEDIA CANDY
Steve Albini: Copyright Has Expired
MORON OF THE WEEK
Arianna Huffington: “Fetishizing ‘social’ has become a major distraction”
Snapchat CEO: The Tech Bubble Is Real and Yes, It Will Burst
Sepp Blatter Resigns From FIFA
Arrested Ex-FIFA Official Cites Onion Article to Defend Himself
FIFA Frantically Announces 2015 Summer World Cup In United States
OOOH FANCY
World Too Loud? Just Turn It Down—With These Fancy New Earbuds.
Here Active Listening – Change The Way You Hear The World
