IKEA is making use of its TaskRabbit purchase by launching a furniture assembly service. Will this be a trend as retailers seek to expand their service offerings to compete? Plus CTS-Labs an Israeli security firm has found 13 vulnerabilities in AMD’s Ryzen chips and the ACLU has filed a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) against the TSA seeking more information on its screening of electronic devices for domestic travelers.
Starring Sarah Lane, Patrick Beja, and Roger Chang
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Show Notes
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President Trump blocks Broadcom’s proposed Qualcomm acquisition, security researchers reveal 13 alleged flaws in AMD Ryzen and EPYC chips, two new Fitbit watches available for preorder. 
1781 – English astronomer William Herschel observed what he initially thought was a comet but turned out to be the planet Uranus. It was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope. 
We try to untangle the triangle of Broadcom, Intel and Qualcomm. Plus a city that wants to issue bonds in cryptoicurrency and a company that wants to 3D print cheap concrete houses.
Bose announces AR glasses, Apple acquires digital newsstand app Texture, Elon Musk says pedestrians will have priority underground. 
The first of Veronica’s weekly-ish roundup of bot news.