The spice must flow; TikTok’s algorithm; the real reason there was a beer shortage; Amazon’s exploding products; Facebook launches an app for… college kids; NFL in Microsoft Teams; I want my MTV; Los Angeles’s contact tracing app rolls out; Amazon appointes ex-NSA director to board; license plate tracking; Portland bans facial recognition; moving to WordPress; another streaming service; Nikon Z6; quality of life slipping in USA; color-correcting the apocalypse.
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Show Notes
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IN THE NEWS
Inside TikTok’s killer algorithm
The Real Reason There Was a Beer, Hand Sanitizer, Yeast, and Pasta Shortage
Your Phone Can Show You Just How Much Your Life Has Shrunk in the Pandemic
Facebook launches Campus to keep college kids connected (again)
Microsoft Teams will bring fans into NFL stadiums virtually
SECURITY HAH!
Govt.-Backed Contact-Tracing Apps Raise Privacy Hackles
Amazon Appoints Ex Director of the NSA to its Board of Directors
CBP Bought ‘Unlimited’ Use of a Nationwide Tracking Database
Portland adopts strictest facial recognition ban in nation to date
APPS & DOODADS
The Grammy Museum built a streaming service to share its archives
Nikon Z6 FX-Format Mirrorless Camera with NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S Lens
BRIC-A-BRAC
New Research: Quality of Life Is Slipping Backwards in the Us
HBO’s NEWSROOM Opening scene “Why America’s Not the Greatest Country”
Our Phones Are Color Correcting the Apocalypse
Rihanna Injured In Electric Scooter Accident
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Dame Diana Rigg: Avengers, Bond and Game of Thrones actress dies at 82
