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This week Andy, Michael, and Michael have a location based show, with discussion on FourSquare, data Privacy, and fast moving robots. Now that Four Square has announced they are shutting down their FourSquare Places site, the team discusses their prior use and how it has tapered off over the years. The guys then pivot from the identification of places/points of interests, using location data, to how companies are using location based data for tracking individuals.

This week Krebs on Security, 404 Media, and others break the story of how global surveillance has become pervasive with mobile ad data. While the examples given our primarily driving by US law and the variety of different data privacy laws by state, there are groups in other countries also looking at data privacy considerations, such as the Open Rights Group. The second order impacts of data privacy for people not in the IT industry, only makes it harder for most people to understand. We also briefly discuss the First Amendment and Amazon’s union busting tactics.

Leaving the legal portion of the show we look at some cool tech: Fast walking robots in China are wearing sneakers, Lego is showcasing the x-men Marvel 97 set, and Coperni shows off gel-based 3D printing!

Farewell to FourSquare Places – https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/farewell-to-foursquares-app/ 

Krebs on Global Data Free for All – https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/

Amazon 1st Amendment Claims – https://www.404media.co/amazon-says-it-has-a-first-amendment-right-to-union-bust/ 

Cool Tech –

7’30”/mi. Article didn’t name the sneakers though.

Chinese scientists build fastest #humanoid #robot in the world — it can run at 8 mph | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/chinese-scientists-build-fastest-humanoid-robot-in-the-world-watch-it-run-across-the-gobi-desert

#running #tech

Chinese robot is fastest with sneakers – https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/chinese-scientists-build-fastest-humanoid-robot-in-the-world-watch-it-run-across-the-gobi-desert

Disney and Lego Release x-men 97 set – https://kotaku.com/lego-x-men-marvel-97-disney-beast-gambit-release-date-1851675348 

Coperni Prints Gel Bag – https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/coperni-showcases-3d-printed-gel-bag-using-mits-rapid-liquid-printing-233380/

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