Today is going to a catch-up episode for the slew of stories that have been coming out that I think you should hear about. From the BlackBerry and TLC partnership ending, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange has offered up to buy Ebay, Spotify acquiring Ringer and much more. Sources: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21120107/tcl-blackberry-ends-phone-global-rights-date-2020. https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/05/spotify-is-buying-the-ringer-to-boost-its-sports-podcast-content/. https://www.axios.com/netflix-reveals-9-government-takedown-requests-cf39c4a1-2358-4c6a-9d8f-86198e84dbb3.html. https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/06/nuros-new-delivery-r2-bot-gets-the-first-driverless-vehicle-exemption-from-feds/. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-research/trump-administration-to-propose-big-jump-in-funding-for-ai-quantum-rd-sources-idUSKBN2012OK. https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/05/new-carkey-feature-in-ios-13-4-beta-brings-built-in-support-for-unlocking-driving-and-sharing-nfc-car-keys/

Wanted to talk about these in the last story but I was not able to, so I made a separate episode for them. Enjoy!

In this weeks episode we will be talking about how India is becoming one of the worlds biggest smartphone market, Facebook releasing a new tool for users to manage who sees there data and to delete it, and talking about Apple reports record profits.

Apple dropping plans to encrypt iCloud backups, Uber allowing Cali drivers to set own prices and Cruise unveiled their first driverless car.

Talking about a little bit of Apple’s purchases, while Google is making some significant changes to how advertising can be done on chrome and Toyota making some bets by announcing a partnership with Joby Aviation.

Talking about what Samsung might be introducing on there upcoming Galaxy S-series.

This episode is all about CES 2020. I talk about the top ten things that I found interesting at the consumer Electronics Show.

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