Episode 44: Healing Through Netflix

In this Episode:

• Pellion Technologies selling lithium-metal batteries (2:36)


• Common Wifi can detect weapons, bombs and chemicals in bags (4:55)


• Too Much Screen Time Harming Children’s Vision? (8:08)


• IBM-Maersk blockchain alliance cuts oceanic shipping times by 40% (11:00)


• Telegram launched a feature that’s both terrifying and brilliant (13:45)


• An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica state website in minutes (15:34)


• Kroger begins tests of driverless grocery delivery in Arizona (19:05)


• Twitter Explains API Changes to Employees (21:20)

Weird and Wacky:

• World's First Space Mining Program Launches in Colorado (23:32)


• Grabb-It wants to turn your car’s window into a trippy video billboard (25:43)


• MoviePass Limits Movies and Showtimes Each Day in New Plan (28:08)


• Amazon said to consider purchase of movie theater chain (30:14)

Tech Recommendations (32:10):

• Sanjay - TeamViewer


• Adam - Help Scout

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Links:

• The next major innovation in batteries might be here
• Common Wifi can detect weapons, bombs and chemicals in bags
• Is Too Much Screen Time Harming Children’s Vision? - American Academy of Ophthalmology
• IBM-Maersk blockchain alliance cuts oceanic shipping times by 40%
• Telegram just launched a feature that’s both terrifying and brilliant
• An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes