Twitter releases numbers, Facebook explains advertisements, Google Fiber declares a mistakes and is location data more nefarious than you think?

Starring Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, and Shannon Morse.

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Apps for iOS caught recording your screen without telling you, Skype wants to keep your whiteboard contents off your video calls, and Motorola has three good smartphones for less than $300

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Spotify acquires podcasters Gimlet Media and Anchor in a bid to become the premiere podcasting network. But where does the company go from here and what does it mean for the podcasting landscape?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.

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The New York Times announces it has hired an all-time high number of journalists, a Japanese probe begins mining an asteroid for samples and Windows 7 extended support will be pricey.

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A Microsoft report shows a small but noticeable improvement in internet civility. Will it last or is this just a statistical anomaly?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang

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In this episode, we discuss:

The games of February: Apex Legends, Anthem and more

Apple’s gaming subscription service and Microsoft bringing XBox Live to other platforms

Metro Exodus’s Epic Game Store exclusivity sparks negative reactions

With Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Scott Johnson (@ScottJohnson).

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Alphabet reports heavy operating losses in Q4, Facebook rolls out Unsend feature for messages, Apple confirms it stores some user data in Russia.

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Danny Crichton from TechCrunch questions why people don’t quit Google or Facebook and that current reasoning to explain that behavior is incorrect.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, and Roger Chang.

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Slack prepares to go public, Instagram putting in Sensitivity Screens to combat images of self-harm, and Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet Media for $200 million.

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Facebook’s Project Atlas pays users for root access to their phones, Apple apologizes for its Group FaceTime bug, and the US files criminal charges against Huawei.

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