Bezos no longer richest man; Amazon shares down; Zuck goes to congress, gets schooled; Facebook paying for news; face-scanning AI interviews; non-binary in a binary form world; drone killers; firmware hacking; Retina-X fines; SCIF show; DOH! protocol; BBC news goes dark web; life saving Apple Watch; FireTV Cube; Eero; Adobe deals; self-driving rats.
Show Notes
FOLLOW UP
The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe Podcast
FTC settles with Devumi, a company that sold fake followers, for $2.5M
IN THE NEWS
Jeff Bezos Is No Longer The Richest Person In The World After Amazon Stock Plunges
After its first earnings miss in two years, Amazon shares get walloped in after-hours trading
Watch AOC ask Mark Zuckerberg if she can run fake Facebook ads, too
Twitter says it’s better at spotting abusive tweets than users
A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job
When Binary Code Won’t Accommodate Nonbinary People
US Air Force gets its first anti-drone laser weapon from Raytheon
Virgin Galactic becomes the first public space tourism company on Monday
SECURITY HAH!
Caveat, our new law and policy show.
Microsoft has a new way to keep your computer’s firmware from being hacked
I asked around and one of my contacts in the firmware security biz suggested this presentation, starting around the [39:00] mark –
Stalker app maker Retina-X settles FTC charges
Total SCIF Show: The GOP’s Raid Puts National Security at Risk
EFF and Partners Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Support New DoH Protocol for a More Secure Internet
BBC News heads to the dark web with new Tor mirror
Apple Watch saved woman from sexual assault in her own apartment
Things Joe Hates – Lisa’s Story – Why We Have Been Away
APPS & DOODADS
Google adds seasonal Nest doorbell ringers in time for Halloween
Spotify is giving Premium subscribers a free Google Home Mini
Adobe’s Alexa skill reads ‘inspirational’ quotes to jaded creatives
This Will End Well: Scientists Train Rats To Drive Little Cars To Get Treats
BRIC-A-BRAC
I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me By Angus Whitley
We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here’s What We Learned
Evolution tells us we might be the only intelligent life in the universe by Nick Longrich
The 2010s Broke Our Sense Of Time
RIP: How to stop Google from stealing all your data after you die
RIP: How to stop Facebook from stealing your data after you die
