Your class-action duty; more Bitcoin exchange disappearances; Facebook may be evil but it isn't a monopoly; words matter; ethical investing; medical algorithms unsurprisingly getting it wrong; your health data is being sold, but hey, it's de-identified; Amazon buys Wickr; everyone wants to work from home; Dune, delayed; Foundation, Ted Lasso coming; LFG; the Dave Bittner orchestra; WD drives; Dreamhost leaks; Peloton demands membership for treadmills; AirTags without holes & Chipolos with holes on thars; drone TRUST certificates; smile!
Show notes at https://gog.show/512
SHOW NOTES
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IN THE NEWS
Founders of South African Bitcoin exchange disappear after $3.6 billion ‘hack’
FACEBOOK CAN BE HELD LIABLE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING, SAYS TEXAS COURT
A Major New Index Fund Should Unnerve Climate-Skeptical CEOs
A hospital algorithm designed to predict a deadly condition misses most cases
Hospitals are selling treasure troves of medical data — what could go wrong?
Amazon buys the secure messaging platform Wickr
Many people don’t want to work unless it’s from home
MEDIA CANDY
‘Dune’ release gets pushed back another three weeks to October 22nd
Foundation will debut on Apple TV Plus in September
A new ‘Galaxy Quest’ TV show is in the works
‘Frasier’ Revival Release Date Teased by Kelsey Grammer
APPS & DOODADS
Peloton’s mandatory treadmill memberships show how you never fully own your connected devices
Keep AirTags away from children for safety, warns Australian regulator
How your power company can remotely control your smart thermostat
iPod interface for Apple Music and Spotify by Tanner Villarete
The Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST)
Chipolo’s One Spot isn’t quite an AirTag, but at least it has a hole
Canon Uses AI Cameras That Only Let Smiling Workers Inside Offices
SECURITY HAH!
How Disney Mismanaged the Star Wars Universe
Not Safe For Work by The Organ Grinders featuring Dave Bittner
Dave Bittner and his K.M.O.X Orchestra
“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted
DreamHost database leaked 814 million records online, including customer data
What is AI? We drew you a flowchart to work it out
MORON OF THE WEEK
The Fan Who Caused A Massive Tour De France Wreck Apparently Fled The Country
A Narcissist With Sign Caused A Huge Pile-Up During The Tour De France
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee dead after prison suicide: report
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