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Episode 90: Storefronts, Awnings, or Shutters? ... reCAPTCHA Problems

Author
Edgewise Media
Published
Mon 01 Jul 2019
Episode Link
https://techtalkyall.com/episode/episode-90-storefronts-awnings-or-shutters-recaptcha-problems

In this Episode:


  • A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy

  • Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number (4:30)

  • Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars (

  • Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data (7:17)

  • Airbnb’s New Luxe Tier Includes a $1 Million Polynesian Island (9:00)

  • US power output from renewables exceeds coal for the first time in history (11:32)

  • ‘Reset’ Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners

  • Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side ()

  • Google tracks your every move, but a new tool is rolling out that lets you force it to delete where you’ve been

  • Google Maps can warn you if your ride goes off-route

  • Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software

  • Is Firefox better than Chrome? It comes down to privacy.

  • Mozilla launches GeckoView-powered Firefox Preview for Android, pauses Focus development (29:12)

  • Amazon partners with retailers for new Counter package pickup service, starting with Rite-Aid


Weird and Wacky:


  • Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field

  • Sudan crisis: Internet restored - but only for lawyer


Tech Recs (39:05):

Adam - http://versusutil.com/

Sanjay - RedShift

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

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

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