This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 761: The Esperanto of Time


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  • Coronavirus Craziness: The Pope is OK, SXSW canceled, contractors can't get n95 masks, Chinese carmakers shut down
  • The response to Coronavirus - big tech sends workers home, but restaurant workers have to keep the slinging hash
  • Woz is NOT Patient Zero
  • Countries respond to Coronavirus: stay on that cruise ship, China forces people to quarantine, US doubles down on the Patriot Act, Italy shuts down Lombardi
  • Stock up on Soylent for your Coronavirus quarantine needs
  • Apple rejects coronavirus apps
  • Chinese students review bomb homework app
  • Paris has awesome hobbies
  • Apple forces workers to come to the Spaceship and retail stores, other tech giants send workers home
  • March Madness without fans? Are we projecting the zombie apocalypse onto Coronavirus?
  • Review: Thermomix TM6
  • Baby Yoda toys killed by Coronavirus
  • What to watch while you're quarantined
  • Video games to play while you're quarantined
  • Is it canceled? How to find out
  • Warren drops out - which old white male candidate will die from Coronavirus?
  • Brianna Wu gets hacked - she explains how to avoid her mistakes
  • How to use nation-state level hacks yourself
  • How the CIA used CryptoAG to spy on the world
  • Apple allows ads in push notifications - watch this week's iOS Today to see how to turn them off!
  • YouTube is recommending fewer conspiracy videos
  • Nerf or nothing!
  • Streaming drives the music industry to its greatest year ever
  • Democratic Socialism Simulator vs Female Politician Simulator
  • Nintendo Playstation prototype sells for $360,000
  • Daylight Saving kills! Switch to UTC instead!
  • SETI@Home shuts down, and bitcoin mining is destroying the world - switch to folding proteins for a Coronavirus cure

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Paris Martineau, Seth Weintraub, and Brianna Wu

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