Huawei news roundup as U.S. firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in two-four weeks, Huawei will reportedly lay off hundreds of US workers, and Huawei will invest $3.1 billion in Italy.
The US FTC reportedly drops a $5 billion fine on Facebook, Amazon expands its Transparency program to Europe, Canada, and India, and Twitch accounted for 72% of live-stream video viewed in Q2.
Tom talks with professor Josh Lepawsky about what the real situation with e-waste is and why the professor thinks people should look at the factory, not just the landfill.
Can fertility apps and tracks really work or are they just a gimmick to pad out feature lists? Plus Amazon workers planning a strike and academics discover away to leak data using the LED lights on a keyboard.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Nicole Lee, and Len Peralta.
Ford and VW expand their alliance to work on electric and Autonomous Vehicles, YouTube launches new tools for creators to monetize live streams, and Microsoft releases Microsoft Teams user numbers.
Amazon plans on retraining 100,000 US employees by 2025, France approves a 3% tax on digital companies making 750 million euros of revenue, and Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project press release gets Twitter Bot’ed.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
The US SEC approves the first token sale under Regulation A+, Apple rolls out a silent update to the Zoom vulnerability, and Bird announces plans to build a hub in Paris.
Nintendo confirms a sub-$200 portable version of the Switch game console called the “Switch-Lite”. What do you give up in this smaller cheaper form factor and is it designed to appeal to existing owners or new ones as well?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson.