The Sizzle

The Sizzle

By Anthony AgiusTechnologyTech News
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The Sizzle episodes

  • Episode 8

    Live in Melbourne? See Eliza & other talk about the Assistance and Access Bill.

    • The ACCC released a draft report into Google & Facebook’s influence in Australia
  • Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer arrested in Canada for selling telco gear to Iran
  • The International Olympic Committee says no to eSports at the Olympics
  • Smartphones to be banned in New South Wales primary schools
  • And people have been sending love letters to Melbourne Trees
  • 39 min
  • Episode 7

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    • The Assistance and Access Bill becomes law
  • Tumblr removes all adult content because Apple said so
  • The UK government publishes internal Facebook emails
  • Microsoft rebuilds Edge browser with Google’s Chromium
  • And how a $32 circuit board off eBay can get you a free electric scooter
  • 52 min
  • Episode 6

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    • Google employees protest against Project Dragonfly
  • The expansion of site blocking laws passed Parliament with help from the Greens
  • A popular open source project turns into a Bitcoin wallet thief
  • The US Supreme Court to decide if it wants to hear a case claiming that Apple’s App Store is a monopoly
  • And DJI’s new Osmo Pocket camera
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    42 min
  • Episode 5

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    • A recent Fair Work decision could lead to the demise of gig economy startups in Australia.
  • Google and other tech companies speak out against government plans to expand site blocking laws.
  • Ford’s CEO talking up how it can make money of customer data.
  • US health insurers using medical device data to deny patient care
  • SpaceX’s plan to launch 11,000 satellites and cover the globe with internet access.
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    43 min
  • Episode 4

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    • The New York Times exposes how rotten things have become at Facebook over the last 3 years
  • Significant new developments with My Health Record since last week's episode
  • Google taking over DeepMind's health apps and the private health data of NHS patients
  • The Greens have outlined new digital rights and internet access related policies
  • And an Amazon Echo could be a key piece of evidence in a murder trial - again
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    31 min
  • Episode 3

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    • My Health Record will get some small changes before the opt-out period ends next week
  • Lawyers raided the home of a Melbourne man for simply making Grand Theft Auto mods
  • South Australian police gained new powers to get device passwords from suspects
  • Things get weirder with Julian Assange
  • And Foxtel has finally made a sport-only internet-only streaming service
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    37 min
  • Episode 2

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    • IBM spending 34 billion US dollars to buy Red Hat
  • New iPads, MacBook Airs and Mac Minis
  • China's cheeky internet routing antics
  • The latest with Julian Assange's Ecuadorian embassy adventure
  • And why iPhones & helium don’t mix
  • 43 min
  • Episode 1

    First episode! Be easy on us, we're new at this.

    This week's topics:

    • Government access to telco metadata out of control
  • Tim Cook’s speech about the data industrial complex
  • The likelihood of Telstra buying the NBN when the rollout is complete
  • Google’s covering up of sexual harassment by its executives
  • Australia Post’s robot delivery service
  • 38 min

About The Sizzle

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A weekly audio version of The Sizzle - a daily email newsletter full of the latest tech news and bargains with an Aussie slant. Presented by Anthony Agius and Eliza Sorensen.