Apple to fix keyboards; Amazon owns everything; ICE mines driver’s licenses for facial recognition; Congress wants to halt Libra; Uber and labor unions meeting; bad optics; Chinese surveillance apps; AI recreates the universe, we don’t know how; Running from Cops; Spotify Bacon; Stranger Things; Shaft; Blade Runner bar; Howard Stern; crypto ponzi; immigrants taking American jobs; Something Awful; 8chan; predictive policing; feedback.
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Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
Apple reportedly shifting to new keyboard design in 2019/2020 MacBooks
These Are All the Businesses You Never Knew Were Owned by Amazon
IN THE NEWS
ICE mined driver’s license photos for facial recognition
US lawmakers tell Facebook to halt the launch of its Libra cryptocurrency
Secret meetings between Uber and labor unions are causing an uproar
Uber co-founder buys record-breaking LA mansion for $72.5m as drivers fight for wages
Chinese officials reportedly installed a surveillance app on tourists’ phones
Tesla delivered a record 95,000 cars this spring
AI Simulates The Universe And Not Even Its Creators Know How It’s So Accurate
MEDIA CANDY
Long-Running Reality Show COPS Might Be Even More Problematic Than You Thought
Spotify Signs an Exclusive Podcasting Deal with Kevin Bacon
‘Stranger Things 3’ Breaks Netflix Four-Day Viewing Record, Streamer Says
Nexus 2019, “Blade Runner” Inspired Pop-Up Bar Coming to Los Angeles, November 2019
AT THE LIBRARY
MORON OF THE WEEK
Trump campaign uses foreign stock models to portray supporters in ads: report
Crypto Ponzi Scheme Says It Has ‘No Cash to Pay out’ to Upset Investors
BRIC-A-BRAC
Something Awful’s founder thinks YouTube sucks at moderation
The 8chan story – Destroyer of worlds
Predictive policing AI is a bigger scam than psychic detectives
FEEDBACK LOOP
UK regulator puts brake on Amazon’s Deliveroo deal
Amazon wins ‘.amazon’ domain name, aggravating South American region and undermining digital commons
Here’s Why the Audi E-Tron Is the Future of the Audi SUV
Met Police’s facial recognition tech has 81% error rate, independent report says
Amazon confirms it retains your Alexa voice recordings indefinitely
History of Megadeth’s website in 1994 (first band with a website)
PodMiners: The World’s First Digital Radio and Podcasting Platform on Blockchain
MoviePass says it will go dark for ‘several weeks’ to update its app
How to disable telemetry reporting
Should You Disable Windows 10 Telemetry?
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Dang, It Feels Good to Watch the USWNT Get Drunk and Celebrate Its World Cup Win
