This Week in Tech (Video)

• A New Tech Manifesto by Baratunde: how to reinvent social media to improve all our lives.
• Apple's WWDC announcements: Screen Time restores balance to your life, memojis avoid the uncanny valley, ARKit 2 might (might) actually have usefull apps, Siri Shortcuts might (might) make Siri useful, macOS Mojave makes much-needed improvements to the Finder, tvOS gets Dolby Atmos.
• Gmail's improved design is headed your way.
• Microsoft buys GitHub: how MS went from a Windows monolith to an open-source champion.
• Computex's big announcements: Intel fudges some numbers, AMD's new Threadripper 2, and ASUS put a computer in your computer so you can compute while you compute.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Alex Wilhelm, and Baratunde Thurston

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• Apple's WWDC this week looks like it may be a disappointment for anyone hoping for new hardware.
• Facebook is killing its "Trending Topics" section.
• Teens prefer Instagram and Snapchat to Facebook; close to half are "almost constantly" online.
• The Atari VCS is coming soon for expensive retro gaming.
• Scooters and bikes are becoming a problem for San Francisco.
• The new emoji are coming!
• A Canadian Hacker gets 5 years for his part in the Russin-linked Yahoo breach.
• Microsoft is worth more than Google.
• Self-driving technology picks up speed as California ok's free autonomous taxis.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Seth Weintraub, Larry Magid, and Greg Ferro

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• The FBI wants you to reboot your router right now. FBI agents have gained control of a huge Russian botnet. If your router is affected you just need to reboot it.
• Facebook and Russian ads - how should government react in the age of cyber warfare?
• Amazon sells facial recognition software to law enforcement officials. Is this an invasion of privacy, or a good example of public/private cooperation?
• Alexa records a couple's conversation and sends it to a friend. Amazon has a convoluted explanation, but it may just come down to odds.
• Google's AI can order you food, but Microsoft's can check in on your feelings, at least in China.
• GDPR confusion takes news sites offline and sparks billions of dollars worth of lawsuits.
• Disney's bid to buy Fox gets some competition from Comcast. Does this mean that Hulu is doomed?
• Senators call for investigation into fake pro-net neutrality comments
• Three charged in swatting death

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson, Matt Cutts, and Brian Forde

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Microsoft's new Surface Hub 2. Google Duplex freaks everyone out. GDPR shouldn't freak people out - unless you work in adtech. Fortnite is coming to Android. Apple caves in to China again, pays some Irish taxes, and goes shopping for a new campus. Washington D.C is full of Stingray spy devices. Yanny or Laurel: depends on your speakers. US Copyright laws may be extended to protect Mickey Mouse for 144 years.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Christina Warren, Patrick Beja, and Brian McCullough

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ZTE shuts down, but help is on the way from an unlikely tweet. Google I/O shows off creepy robocallers and helpful directions. Microsoft Build brings Cortana/Alexa integration and the return of Kinect. Congress releases over 3500 Russian Facebook election ads. Cambridge Analytica "dies," is reborn as Emerdata. Robocaller gets $120 million fine. Tesla hits a firetruck and sheds execs. You will be able to buy a Boston Dynamics robodog in 2019.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harry McCracken, Florence Ion, and Sam Abuelsamid

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Apple has its best Q2 ever, despite analyst predictions. 20 years of iMac. Cambridge Analytica must give US voter his data. Unroll.me foiled by GDPR. NPR buys PocketCasts. Change your Twitter password. Sprint/T-Mobile merger. Net Neutrality vote in the Senate May 9th. Cyber Command gets a promotion.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Ant Pruitt, Mikah Sargent, and Ashley Esqueda

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Sprint and T-Mobile make it official. Amazon, Google, and Facebook all have amazing quarterly earnings reports. Amazon's home robot and the battle for smart home supremacy. Facebook's community guidelines. Golden Gate Killer found with open source DNA site. Who wants Snap's second generation Spectacles? Apple's rumored AR/VR headset. What tech brings you joy?

Host: Becky Worley

Guests: Georgia Dow, Ben Brock Johnson, and Brianna Wu

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Security conference season in full swing. iPhone X takes over a third of ALL smartphone profits. Google tries to fix messaging again. Who do you trust with your data? IRS servers down on Tax Day. SCOTUS dismisses DOJ vs Microsoft: CLOUD Act makes it moot. Twitter bans ads from Kaspersky.

Host: Iain Thomson

Guests: Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, and Dwight Silverman

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Mark Zuckerberg comes out of his Congressional testimony unscathed. China will dominate AI in the coming decade. HomePods are not selling like HotCakes. Apple leaks leakers leaking leaks. Waymo wants to test truly driverless cars in California.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb, Lindsey Turrentine, and Jason Hiner

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Facebook issues the latest in a long string of apologies.YouTube shooter and the lure of fame. Apple plans its own chips for 2020, Mac Pro for 2019. Is Amazon spending too much on video? Terry Myerson out at Microsoft - the end of the Windows era. FBI seizes Backpage.com.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brianna Wu, Lisa Schmeiser, and Mark Milian

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