Hosts: Megan Morrone, Jason Howell

Guests: Mike Murphy, Sam Machkovech, Katie Benner

Is Apple's stance on privacy a marketing strategy? The New York Times takes a side on Tim Cook's stance on privacy. A letter from the Consumer Product Safety Commission says that all hoverboards are unsafe and urged retailers to stop selling them until they could get approval from the UL, an independent safety licensing organization. Street Fighter V plays well on a console, but not on a PC. Tech market researcher Strategy Analytics released data for the fourth quarter of 2015 that shows a 5% decline in global shipments for Swiss watches, compared to a 316% increase in smartwatch shipments in the fourth quarter of 2015. And do we need a robot arm for drumming?

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