Zoom Fixes Encryption, Elon Musk and X Æ A-12

• Elon Musk names his child X Æ A-12: here's how to pronounce it
• Zoom buys Keybase to fix encryption
• Google Meet, Facebook Rooms, and Microsoft Teams desperately try to catch up with Zoom
• Zoom is much more secure now but how did it win the video calling race, to begin with?
• Leo won't give up on jitsi even though it sounds like a mold
• Rich DeMuro says Zoom is like slime
• Teslas now stop automatically at red lights (and green)
• Google abandons its plans for a data-driven community in Toronto
• Is Amazon handling the coronavirus crisis well?
• Tim Bray quits Amazon in dismay over whistleblower firings
• Australia wants Google to stop showing news snippets
• Do ISPs need bandwidth caps? Is everybody working from home hogging all the bandwidth?
• New 13-inch MacBook Pro heralds the end of butterfly keys
• Microsoft 10X will come to single-screen devices in 2021
• Pixel Buds vs Surface Earbuds vs AirPods
• Boston Dynamics Spot robot patrolling Singapore parks to enforce social distancing
• BBC releases Zoom backgrounds
• A hazmat-inspired suit lets you party, drink, and vape in safety

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Doc Searls, Rich DeMuro, and Larry Magid

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