September 10, 2018

Episode 47: T-Pain Drives His Bugatti to Steak 'N Shake (Allegedly)

45 minutes

In This Episode:

Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve (3:00)

Amazon orders 20,000 vans to build delivery fleet (4:05)

Yahoo email is still spying on you (6:51)

Robinhood aims at IPO (8:12)

Open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions (10:33)

Labor Board Backs Engineers Who Were Fired for Unionizing (14:26)

An IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate (17:02)

Norway's plan for a fleet of electric planes (20:06)

Mercedes Unveils First Tesla Rival in $12 Billion Attack (22:18)

Weird & Wacky Tech:

This LEGO Bugatti actually drives (26:14)

Man Cycling around the UK in VR (28:13)

Japan starts space elevator experiments (29:36)

Who Caused The Mysterious Leak At The International Space Station? (33:13)

A touch tablet that rolls and scrolls (36:02)

Tech Recommendations (40:00):

Adam - Duolingo

Sanjay - Spruce & Co Screen Cleaning Wipes

Shannon - Updater

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Links:

Blood-Testing Firm Theranos to Dissolve - WSJ
Amazon orders 20,000 vans to build delivery fleet, quadrupling its original purchase
If you’re still using Yahoo email, it’s still spying on you
Robinhood aims at IPO as the fintech startup seeks CFO
Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions
Labor Board Backs Engineers Who Were Fired for Unionizing | WIRED
US Court of Appeals: An IP address isn't enough to identify a pirate - TechSpot

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