Episode 108: Age of the Mashup

In this Episode:

• Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control


• A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients


• Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you


• Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV


• Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users


• Facebook and Congress


• Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”


• A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies


• This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads


• Facebook launches a test run of its news service


• Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft


• Starbucks Will Accept Bitcoin in 2020, Thanks to Wall Street’s Bakkt


• Exclusive: Google owner Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit


• Google will replace Home devices bricked due to latest firmware update


• America’s nuclear forces finally drop ancient 8-inch floppy disk system


• Discovery and Amazon Serve Up New Cooking App

Weird and Wacky:

• Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels


• Using your smartphone too much can make you go ‘temporarily blind’

Tech Recs:

• Adam - Google Calendar integration in Slack


• Sanjay - Firefox 70


• Shannon - Nike Run Club

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

Links:

• Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control
• A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
• Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you
• Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV
• Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users
• Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”
• A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies
• This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads