Are you a bad person for looking at someone else’s phone while they’re texting? Plus, there’s a way to 3D print WiFi devices made of plastic and a way to start learning quantum computing without owning a quantum computer.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, and Veronica Belmont.

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• News You Should Know
  • (00:45) Google Home Max is now available for $399… | Android Police
  • (01:15) …Facebook appears to axe feed for tracking…activity | TechCrunch
  • (01:30) Some HP laptops are hiding a deactivated keylogger | TechCrunch
• More Top Stories
  • (01:55) …Tech luminaries call net neutrality vote an ‘imminent threat’ | The Verge
  • (05:40) Apple has bought Shazam, the music recognition app | Recode
  • (07:55) …3-D printed objects connect to WiFi w/o electronics | University of Washington
  • (10:15) Microsoft releases quantum computing development kit preview | TechCrunch
  • (11:45) Apple let a knockoff version of…crypto wallet into the App Store | TechCrunch
  • (14:45) Netflix on Twitter
• Discussion (16:10)
  • Am I The Worst For Looking at Other People’s Texts on the Subway? | WIRED
• Thing of the Day
  • (21:25) Tech’s Message
• Messages of the Day
  • (22:15) Wes – PBS American Experience
  • (22:35) Jim Neidlinger – Rude YouTube message
• Today’s Contributor
  • Veronica Belmont can be found on the IRL podcast and at growbot.io

3D print plastic that can handle WiFi, Apple buys Shazam, the fake MyEtherWallet.

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In this episode, we explain everything you need to know about lootboxes in five questions:
What are loot boxes?
Why are they becoming an issue now?
Are governments getting involved?
Will they get banned?
What will happen?

With Patrick Beja and Scott Johnson.

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Uber pays hush money to 20 year-old man to keep corporate data breach secret. YouTube plans to launch a new music service called Remix in March. And Nvidia releases the Titan V video card for machine learning.
With Sarah lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Shannon Morse.

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YouTube developing another music service, Didi Chuxing headed to Mexico and Amazon Echo and Amazon Music Unlimited expand to 28 more countries.

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A blockchain-based replacement for Wikipedia, Qualcomm’s hot new mobile chip and Patreon’s watershed moment.
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young

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Instagram testing messaging app, Valave stops taking bitcoins in Steam and Lyft starts a test autonomous car service.

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Amazon comes to Apple TV, Facebook wins best place to work, you won’t believe who’s winning in smartphones in China? (Yes you will, it’s Huawei) but why isn’t Samsung? AND whether Bitcoin will ruin our power grid and climate.
With Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, and Scott Johnson.

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