The semiconductor industry slumps, Google says Takeout may have sent videos to strangers, Facebook gives parents more control in its Messenger Kids app.
Roku and FOX make-up in time for the Super Bowl. Plus, Proctor & Gamble get into the content game and AppleTV+ dominated this season of streaming premieres. All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Nicole Lee.
This week on It’s Spoilerin’ Time: The Good Place (413), The New Pope (103), Picard (102), The Larry Sanders Show (211-212)
Next week: The New Pope (104–possible last chance!), Picard (103), The Larry Sanders Show (213-214). Maybe The Outsider and Locke & Key.
Tech companies are feeling the impact of the coronavirus with Foxconn declaring a “big” production impact, while Airbnb has activated its extenuating circumstances policy to help deal with the issue.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nate Lanxon
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice to sign a low this week requiring all counties to offer online voting to those with physical disabilities, TCL announced it will no longer have the rights to Blackberry phones after August, and the Chinese ODM Wistron to open up its first PCB assembly plant in India.
Apple’s has proposed a standardize format for one-time passcodes sent over SMS, used in two factor authentication, while Google launched OpenSK, an open source Rust-based firmware to turn Nordic chip dongles into FIDO U2F and FIDO2-compliant security keys. What will this mean for 2FA and online security?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Len Peralta
The European Parliament approves resolution on a common charger standard, Apple’s redesigned Maps app rolls out to US users, and Reuters reports that the FBI is investigating NSO Group.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg wants his company to be understood not liked, Microsoft wants to spend $40 million for AI on health research, and what does Canalys smartphone metrics for 2019 mean for the industry.
We’ve got picks from librarians and the public domain! Plus we’re excited for Gideon the Ninth and we have our final thoughts on the January pick, In the Company of Others.
Avast will no longer provide user data to its subsidiary Jumpshot with plans to eventually shut down the venture, Bitmoji TV will launch February 1st on Snapchat, and the U.S. Justice Department Civil Division announces its first two robocall enforcement actions.