• Facebook hopes for a better 2019 after a public image drubbing in 2018.
• Google's Waymo Under Fire in Arizona - Literally.
• Your cell phone has a huge security flaw, and there is no plan to fix it.
• How much of the internet is made of bots? And how soon will people be the exception, not the rule?
• Copyright expires for all works created in 1923 - the 1st time this has happened in 20 years. Is Mickey Mouse next?
• One Oregon man takes his fight to call himself an engineer all the way to federal court.
• Who owns your tattoo? Not you!
• What will happen if the US tries to ban exports of AI tech?
• A cafe in Tokyo where the staff is all robots controlled remotely by paralyzed workers.

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Numbers: Google to make $3B on hardware, 16,000 BBC sound effects for free
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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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