More revelations in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal. Congress sneaks the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Craigslist takes down personal ads in first of many unintended consequences of SESTA/FOSTA Act. Uber may be at fault for self-driving death. Child porn in the Bitcoin blockchain.
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🎧 This Week in Google 449 Grackles, Nuthatches, and Swifts, Oh My! | TWiT.TV
Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Google News Initiative will fight fake journalism. Uber self-driving car not at fault for killing pedestrian. Congress passes SESTSA/FOSTA. The city that banned bitcoin mining.
- Jeff's Number: Amazon is #2
- Stacey's Thing: Alexa Kids Court
- Leo's Tool: Samsung My BP Lab
🎧 This Week in Tech 658 The Matador Defense | TWiT.TV
Controversial RyzenFall AMD flaws revealed. Leo gives up Facebook for good over Cambridge Analytica scandal. Broadcom gives up its Qualcomm takeover. Apple announces an education-themed event on March 27th. Farewell Adrian Lamo. Theranos officially charged with fraud. Bitcoin mining will drain the world's energy.
👓 ‘The Daily’: Trump and the F.B.I. | The New York Times
President Trump called the firing of Andrew G. McCabe, the deputy F.B.I. director, a “great day for democracy.” Mr. McCabe said his dismissal was for political reasons.
I’d only heard partisan sniping and about Tweets prior to this. Nice to have some history and better detail to hang on to here.
👓 ‘The Daily’: Women We Overlooked | The New York Times
Obituaries in The New York Times have been long dominated by white men. We’re adding the stories of remarkable women like Ida B. Wells, who took on racism in the South.
Some nice pieces of history here that I’m sad to say I hadn’t heard about and didn’t know they were as egregious as I had thought. I knew about lynchings in general, but didn’t know that they rose to a level as high as the one described here.
👓 ‘The Daily’: ‘The Gunshine State’ | The New York Times
Florida is a friendly place for gun owners, and the N.R.A. and lawmakers have often blocked proposed restrictions. What changed after the Parkland shooting?
👓 ‘The Daily’: Rex Tillerson’s Firing and North Korea | The New York Times
Mr. Tillerson’s push for nuclear talks put him at odds with his boss. He has been replaced as secretary of state just as President Trump prepares to meet Kim Jong-un.
👓 ‘The Daily’: Refusing to Stay Silent | The New York Times
Venezuela placed the opposition leader Leopoldo López under house arrest, hoping to keep him quiet. But he continues to speak out. Here’s Part 2 of his story.
🎧 This Week in Google 448 Raspberry Pi Day | TWiT.TV
Google Plus Codes, Amazon space iguanas, "The Meat Sweats," Elon at SXSW, flying taxis and drone deliveries, Netflix "Patches," and more!
- Leo's Pick: Samsung Galsxy S9
- Stacey's Thing: Laurastar Smart Iron
- Jeff's Number: Google removed 3.2b bad ads in '17
🎧 Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic Interview
The growing prominence of The Atlantic's national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates means that he's often asked to comment on matters on which he lacks expertise, but he demurs. In a conversation with The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, recorded in front of an audience at South by Southwest in Austin, Coates explains why he isn't interested in interviewing Donald Trump, why he cannot use Twitter ever again, and how his complicated feelings about America inflect his writing for Captain America.
As ever, an interesting conversation on The Atlantic Interview.
An IndieWeb Podcast: Episode 0 “Considering the User”
This is a test or alpha episode of An Indieweb Podcast (working title).
In it, David Shanske and and I talk about a variety of Indieweb topics, with the theme of “Considering the User”, inspired by an article we were reading this week. Other topics include: home automation, generations, itches, Webmention, and some examples of the Post Kinds Plugin in practice (exercise, issues, chickens).
In the future we hope to have additional broad ranging conversations and perhaps interviews with others about various IndieWeb related topics.
Part of this is also an opportunity to improve audio post presentations on our websites over time. While David posted the “original” of this post on his site, I had to debate whether or not I would technically repost it or make an original of my own. Ultimately I opted for the latter.
David, by far the more veteran podcaster, deserves the lion’s share of the credit for his audio set up and recording facilities.
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🎧 This Week in Tech 657 DadGum Cell Phone | TWiT.TV
SXSW features killer robots and killer barbeque. Alexa's spontaneous laugh makes us afraid of an AI takeover. Amazon wants to take over your checking account. Can blockchain reinvent fintech? Android users more loyal than iOS users. Is AI really all that smart? Apple hires M. Night Shyamalan. Millennials love Apple more than anything. Mario takes over Google Maps. Facebook asks if pedophilia is ok. On Twitter, fake news spreads faster than the truth. China's new Department of PreCrime.
🎧 This Week in Google 447 Geothermal It!!! | TWiT.TV
Android P Developer Preview gets its release. Google sells Zagat to The Infatuation. How the Defense Department is working with Google to train AI to analyze drone footage. Why Google might be working on hypersonic drilling. Facebook is trying to determine the difference between satire and fake news. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey asks for help in addressing the effects social media has on the world. The Amazon Echo is laughing at its owners, literally.
🎧 House Arrest in Venezuela | The Daily – New York Times
With the country in crisis, its most vocal opposition leader, Leopoldo López, is under house arrest, unable to act. What happens if he does?
A riveting story. Can’t wait for the second half.
🎧 Trump’s Tariffs | The Daily – New York Times
President Trump said that protections on steel and aluminum imports were in the interest of national security. But could the threat be the tariffs themselves?
A nice breakdown of the history of trade in the 20th century.