Five Favorites

Episode 91 - The One With An Update To Our Privacy Policy


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On this week's episode, we have an important message for all our listeners. Also, we both clearly have never had to use a dating app.  [New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).] 

This week Five Favorites 

1. Soldiers may soon have implantable health monitors and robotic surgeries done remotely  [Army Times  - story by Kathleen Curthoys]

2. Google Home overtakes Amazon Echo in smart speaker sales for the first time, study says [Geekwire story by Nat Levy]

3. Instagram Rolls Out Option to Mute Profiles [Social Media Today by Andrew Hutchinson]

4. Tinder's Days As Hookup App May Be Over [Wired  - Story by Louise Matsakis]

5. Hot Topic: Eric Schmidt says Elon Musk is 'exactly wrong [Techcrunch - story by Anthony Ha]

DisHonorable Mention

  • Amazon's Alexa Recorded a Woman's Private Conversation and Sent it to a Contact [ MacRumors - Story by Juli Clover]

Honorable Mention

  • Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR [The Verge - story by Russell Brandom]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week 

  • @RianJohnson
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Five FavoritesBy Amir Zonozi and Chris Barrows