Snooping to improve “AI”; podcasting music; AI exaggerations & lies; WeWork’s insane IPO; Google employees “refuse to be complicit,” sign petition; robocalls; biometric data exposed; Rekognition; hacking cameras; Null license plate; mission statements; smart home mess; fridge tweets; Mac apps; drinking with Geoffrey.
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Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
Do Tech Companies Really Need to Snoop Into Private Conversations to Improve Their A.I.?
Microsoft’s new privacy policy admits humans are listening to some Skype and Cortana recordings
Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs
IN THE NEWS
AI Startup Boom Raises Questions of Exaggerated Tech Savvy
How WeWork is trying to justify its tech company valuation
WEWORK ISN’T A TECH COMPANY; IT’S A SOAP OPERA By Elizabeth Lopatto
UPS Ventures Invests in Self-Driving Trucking Startup
Google employees ‘refuse to be complicit’ in border agency cloud contract
Huawei Technicians Helped African Governments Spy on Political Opponents
AT&T and T-Mobile fight Caller ID spoofing with number verification system
SECURITY HAH!
Massive biometric security flaw exposed more than one million fingerprints
Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms
Amazon Claims Rekognition Can Now Detect Fear
Instagram users who post pet pictures more likely to get hacked
Researchers hacked a Canon DSLR with Bitcoin demanding ransomware
THIS GUY GOT THE LICENSE PLATE “NULL” AND IT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER
APPS & DOODADS
Amazon Subscription & Discovery Boxes
Smart homes are a broken mess and Nest wants to fix it
Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degrees
Devices and Appliances You Could Theoretically Tweet From, Ranked
Snap’s new Spectacles capture 3D video and aim for the luxury crowd
Jason’s Mac Apps
Auphonic Leveler Batch Processor & Multitrack Processor
BRIC-A-BRAC
‘I’ve Seen The Worst In Humanity’: The Hard Reality Of Being A Brand Social Media Manager
XKCD: A Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature
Lot # 77: Fantasy Island (1970s-80s) “Tattoo” Golf Cart (Museum Exhibited)
Johnny Marr invites nuisance fan onstage to accompany him with This Charming Man
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
