All kinds of tech news this week and some of it isn’t even coronavirus related. We have 2 stories that remind us that relying on smart products isn’t always the best plan and how Apple doesn’t let bad guys use iPhones on screen. Alongside the news, we have some tips and picks to help you tech better.
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- Followup:
- Tempo uses AI to compete with Mirror (00:35)
- Amazon bars one million products for false coronavirus claims (03:40)
- Facebook cancels F8 conference on coronavirus concerns (04:55)
- Walmart is working on Walmart+ to compete with Prime (06:35)
- Amazon opens its first full-size Go Grocery store (07:15)
- Intuit confirms Credit Karma purchase, says it will remain standalone (09:15)
- YouTube rarely reinstates removed videos (09:45)
- Dave’s Pro Tip of the Week: Close Safari tabs in iOS on a schedule (11:05)
- Takes:
- Petnet’s smart pet feeder system is back after a week-long outage (13:40)
- Nest cam outage due to a server upgrade not going as planned (16:25)
- NSA phone program cost $100 million but produced only 2 unique leads (17:10)
- Apparently Apple doesn’t let bad guys have iPhones on-screen (17:55)
- iPhone 11 Pro vs iPhone 6s speed test (20:45)
- Apple to pay $500 million for slowing down older iPhones (23:00)
- Security/Privacy:
- Bonus Odd Take: Special edition Gif/Jif peanut butter jar (30:50)
- Picks of the Week:
- Dave: Apollo Reddit App (33:20)
- Nate: Lyft (37:10)
- Ramazon™ purchase (40:50)
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