In this Episode:
- Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments (5:40)
- Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again (7:24)
- Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs (9:50)
- Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims (12:45)
- Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Over Microsoft (14:07)
- LinkedIn cuts off email address exports with new privacy setting (17:17)
- Toys and apps often track your kids and collect information about them (22:38)
- USPS exposed data of 60 million users (24:38)
- The internet is evolving: HTTP will no longer use TCP (25:42)
Weird & Wacky Tech:
- Hospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babies (27:40)
- You can preorder an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass for $40(29:29)
- Silentmode’s PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask(30:55)
- Holy cow! Giant steer 'Knickers' stands head and shoulders over herd (32:03)
Tech Recommendations (32:44):
- Sanjay - Kanguru USB (with physical read/write switch)
- Adam - Text Expander
- Shannon - The Morning Brew
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Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
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Links:
- Ohio becomes first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
- Google Employees Protest Company Actions…Again
- Apple Confirms T2 Chip Can Brick Macs After Third-Party Repairs
- Supreme Court may let consumers sue Apple over App Store monopoly claims
- Who's Most Valuable? Apple Is Still the Champ Ove
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