This Week's News

• Ice Tea, Sandwiches, and Cybersecurity
• Teslas Hacked by Stickers
• Australia Bans Violent Material on Social Media
• Apple News+: Dead Tree Media's Savior or Annihilator?
• Facebook Wants Real News
• Apple's 5G Quandary
• Apple and Amazon "Hearables"
• The Google Graveyard
• Fake Cancer Hack
• Mar-A-Lago Chinese Malware Attack
• US DOJ Loves Netflix, Hates Spielberg

Host: Jason Snell

Guests: Harry McCracken, Carolina Milanesi, and Andy Ihnatko

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• Apple's Celebrity Event
• Apple and Fashion
• Apple Credit Card
• Apple News+
• Airpower is dead
• Lyft IPO
• Gig Economy and IPOs
• Apple's Persistent Butterfly Keyboard Problem
• Hacker Dupes FB and Google Out of $122 Million
• Jeff Bezos and the Saudis
• ASUS Security Flaw
• Vulnerabilities in Supply-Chains
• New Regulations in the EU
• Elizabeth Warren and the Right to Repair
• Facebook and Live
• Huawei's Revenue
• FTC Fines Robocall Companies
• Swatter Gets 20 Years

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Dan Patterson, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, and Lory Gil

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• What's Wrong with Google Stadia?
• Google Stadia: Built for Youtube
• Apple Event: What to Expect
• Microsoft Pivoted to Services. Can Apple?
• Devin Nunez' Cow Gains Half a Million Followers
• The World of Hate on Twitter and Instagram
• Facebox Stored Your Password in Plain Text
• Google Kills off G+, Allo, Inbox, etc. Is Google Phone next?
• DARPA's Open Source Voting System
• Pwn2Own 2019: Safari, Firefox, & Edge Cracked
• The Luxury of Screenless Life
• Coding with the Pope

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Larry Magid, and Ed Bott

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News of the Week

• Tesla Announces Model Y SUV Crossover
• Tesla's Many Problems are Due to Musk
• Huge Facebook Outage: Why?
• Beto O'Rourke, L33T Hacker
• Mass Murder on Facebook Live
• Warren vs Big Tech: Why She's Wrong
• Hey Techies: Uncle Sam Needs You!
• Bruce Schneier: The Internet has Split in Three
• Google to Launch Game Streaming Service
• Google to Stop Making Laptops and Tablets
• Apple News/TV Event Coming March 25th
• 5G Coming this Year, but Why Do We Need It?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Sam Abuelsamid, and Matt Cutts

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• Foursquare Location Tracking Leaps Past the Creepy Line
• Will Zuck Make Facebook Private?
• Thousands of New Millionaires are Coming to San Francisco
• Apple has Big Plans for Self-Driving Cars
• Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break up Big Tech
• Congress Wants to Pass Net Neutrality Rules
• Huawei Sues the US Government
• Investors Sue Tesla to Keep Elon Musk from Tweeting

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Paris Martineau, and Patrick Beja

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• MWC 2019 and the Future of Smartphones and Wearables
• This Person Does Not Exist
• OpenAI and the Text Generator Too Dangerous to Exist
• Outrage Mobs and Twitter
• China's Social Credit System Could Take Over the World
• Google and Saudia Arabia's Woman Tracking App
• Silicon Valley and the US Military
• Do We Even Need Facebook?
• Make Elon Musk Stop Tweeting!!!
• TikTok fined $5.7 Million
• Tenn Hacker gets $1 Million in Bug Bounties

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb and Brianna Wu

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• Foldable Phones Hit MWC 2019
• Microsoft Announces Hololens 2
• Netflix at the Oscars
• Apple and Goldman Sachs Release Credit Card Linked to iPhone
• Apple to Combine iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps
• YouTube: Home of Pedophiles, Anti-Vaxxers, and Flat Earthers
• How Facebook Gets Your Info from Other Apps
• Facebook In Trouble with UK, Spied on Android Users
• Stephen Wolfram on Productivity

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ben Johnson, Florence Ion, and Seth Weintraub

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• Amazon Cancels NY HQ2 Plans
• Amazon Pays $0 Federal Income Taxes
• Amazon Buys Eero • Facebook vs Anti-Vaxxers
• The Most Popular App in China
• Samsung Galaxy S10+eF5G
• Our 5G Augmented Reality Future
• Apple News Event March 25th
• New HoloLens Coming Next Sunday
• Buzzfeed Unionizes
• Pokemon Go Trespassing Legal Battle
• Fortnite Carlton Dance Legal Battle
• Apex Legends Eats Fortnite's Lunch?
• Tetris 99 is the Battle Royale Game You Didn't Know You Needed

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Lisa Schmeiser, Lindsey Turrentine, and Sam Machkovech

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• Alphabet Earnings: Google's Cost Per Click
• Cutting out Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft
• The US to Ban Huawei 5GTech
• Germany Outlaws Facebook's Business Model
• What if Google Just Doesn't Pay Its Fines?
• Amazon Might Back Out of NY HQ2 * Amazon Live is Twitch for Infomercials
• Spotify Buys Gimlet and Anchor
• Apple to Pay France 500M Euros in Back Taxes
• Angela Ahrendts Says Goodbye to Apple
• Apple's Security Wins and Losses of the Week
• Microsoft Says: Don't Use IE or Office 2019
• Sprint Sues AT&T Over Fakey 5GE
• Marshmello Fortnite Concert is a Herald of the Future
• 2020 Olympic Medals Will be Made Out of Recycled iPhones

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Matt Cutts, Gina Trapani, and Dwight Silverman

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• How to Watch the Superbowl Commercials Without All That Annoying Football
• Apple's Not So Horrible Quarterly Earnings
• Facetime Flaw Dulls Apple's Privacy Shine
• Apple Spanks Facebook and Google for Data Slurping
• How Much Does Facebook Suck?
• Huawei's Tendrils
• Family Tree DNA Gives FBI DNA Records
• Japanese Govt Will Hack IoT Devices
• SF to Ban Law Enforcement Facial Recognition
• Spotify Wants to Buy Podcasters Gimlet for $200M
• Americans Got 26.3 Billion Robocalls in 2018
• Netflix vs Amazon = Quality vs Quantity

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Devindra Hardawar, and Christina Warren

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