Zuckerberg meets lawmakers on Capital Hill, Facebook suspends two data analytic companies, and Facebook partners with nonprofit foundations to measure the affects of Social Media on elections. Plus PayPal is rolling out FDIC insured debit cards and Leap Motion announces Project North Star.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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- Quick Hits
- (01:10) Apple announces new red iPhone 8 and 8 Plus | the verge
- (01:30) Steve Wozniak drops Facebook: “The profits are all based on the user’s info” | ars technica
- (01:45)HP goes up against the iPad Pro with its $599 Chromebook x2 | the verge
- More Top Stories
- (02:10) Uber agrees to buy electric cycle-sharing startup JUMP Bikes | reuters
- (04:05) PayPal Has Been Quietly Getting Into the Traditional Banking Business | fortune
- (06:15) Leap Motion designed a $100 augmented reality headset with super-powerful hand tracking | the verge
- (09:35) Over 20 advocacy groups complain to FTC that YouTube is violating children’s privacy law | tech crunch
- (11:10) Snapchat brings back chronological Stories feed for some | tech crunch
- Discussion Story (14:20)
- Facebook Suspends 2 More Data Firms as Cambridge Analytica Fallout Spreads | fortune
- Facebook will give researchers new data to study election interference | the verge
- CEO Zuckerberg says Facebook could have done more to prevent misuse | reuters
- Zuckerberg Statement to Congress | scribd
- Meet the lawmakers who could give Zuckerberg hell | axios
- Zuckerberg to make Capitol Hill rounds before testimony | axios
- Facebook may stop the data leaks, but it’s too late: Cambridge Analytica’s models live on | mit technology review
- Thing of the Day
- Message of the Day
- (23:40) Aaron – Facebook message deletion
- (25:50) Joel – Warehouse job availability
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