UPE Hotspot

001 - Big Tech

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This episode discusses big tech with guests Rudhra Raveendran and Benji Spetter-Goldstein.


Rudhra Raveendran (BU '20) is a UPE alum and currently works as a software engineer for Microsoft. Benji Spetter-Goldstein (BU'21) is the UPE Director of Operations and has accepted a full-time offer at Amazon.


Timestamps:

  • (0:00:00) Intro
  • (0:00:10) Guest Introduction and Background
  • (0:09:14) Refinement v. Innovation in Big Tech
  • (0:17:10) Apple
  • (0:36:05) Big Tech and Politics (Cambridge Analytica and Fact-Checking)
  • (0:42:00) Big Tech and Platform Liability (Communications Decency Act)
  • (0:54:48) Google Antitrust Lawsuit
  • (1:03:56) Data Privacy
  • (1:22:40) Exciting Projects in Big Tech
  • (1:40:00) The Future of Big Tech
  • (1:42:20) Shameless Plugs and Wrap Up


    • Hosts:

    • Gabriel Moncau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielmoncau/
    • Phillip Tran: https://ptran.dev/


      • UPE Links:

      • https://upe.bu.edu/ 
      • https://github.com/BUUPE/ 
      • https://www.facebook.com/upeatbu/ 
      • https://twitter.com/bu_upe
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