Wrecked By Tech

Episode 131: Scooters and spies


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In this week's episode we'll tell you about Bird Scooters coming to Canada, what CSIS says about election tampering, a game Cambridge scientists developed to help pick out fake news, how China forces tourists to be spied on, and how easy many common apps make it for domestic abusers to cyberstalk their victims.

Speed round:

  • The EU is mandating EVs make noise under a certain speed or when reversing
  • Twitter's going to put warning labels on Trump tweets
  • Amazon keeps your Alexa voice recordings forever
  • IKEA made a couch-based font
  • Links:

    • Bird rental e-scooters are launching across Canada
    • Electric scooter company interested in Winnipeg - Winnipeg Free Press
    • Canadians are being targeted by foreign influence campaigns, CSIS says | The Star
    • Cambridge scientists create a successful "vaccine" against fake news - Big Think
    • China Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border - VICE
    • The Simple Way Apple and Google Let Domestic Abusers Stalk Victims | WIRED
    • Fake noise will be added to new electric cars starting today in the EU - The Verge
    • Twitter Will Put Warning Labels On Rule-Breaking Trump Tweets | PCMag
    • Amazon confirms it keeps your Alexa recordings basically forever | Ars Technica
    • Ikea releases free ‘Soffa Sans’ font made of couches - The Verge
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    Wrecked By TechBy Riley McDonald