Apple and Google are almost ready with their Covid-19 tracking app that continues to spur a lot of privacy concern discussions and even EU leaders are asking hard questions. As we end week 6 of the lockdown keep the faith and I will be back with you next week with another full week of content.
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Show Notes:
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- 23:05–Tiny, levitating “nanocardboard”
- 24:52–Best privacy apps for Android
- 25:20–Android 11
- 20:26–Palantir tapped for White House coronavirus data analysis
- 27:33–AT&T preps for even more cuts
- 30:07–Apple will begin selling Macs with their own processors
- 15:54–The auto industry’s fight with the FCC
- 18:07–SpaceX launches more internet satellites
- 30:47–FCC moves cautiously in a plan to prevent space debris
- 32:09–Expedia raises $3.2 billion
- 11:32–Apple and Google will release COVID-19 contact tracing tools
- 32:51–Google to require all advertisers to verify their identities
- 34:28–Boston Dynamics robot dog is helping COVID-19 patients
- 35:44–FCC adopts a proposal
- 25:42–Nextdoor and Walmart launch Neighbors helping Neighbors
- 38:30–Amazon allegedly used sellers’ data
- 42:42–Facebook stops advertisers, “pseudoscience”
- Apple’s next-generation AirPods might arrive in 2021
- 44:17–Instacart says it plans to hire 250,000 more shoppers
- 45:33–Tesla competitor Polestar 2
- 46:38–Intel Q1
- 47:25–NASA’s incredible new moon map
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