Episode 65: Welcome to 2019... Sanjay's Still Writing Checks?

In This Episode:

• Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor (2:36)
• Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government (5:15)
• Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue (6:50)
• Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto (10:02)
• Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars (12:44)
• Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights (15:45)
• The GPS Wars Have Begun (17:34)
• Artificial Intelligence Is Starting To Smart (19:53)
• Wifi 6 Explained (22:49)

Weird and Wacky Tech:
Hackers use a fake wax hand to fool vein authentication security (24:13)
MIT researchers are now 3D printing glass (26:00)

Tech Recommendations: (26:54)

• Adam - Focus Keeper Pomodoro timer
• Sanjay - MagicMirror.builders

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Links:

• Google wins U.S. approval for new radar-based motion sensor
• Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj episode critical of Saudi Arabia government
• Netflix stops paying the ‘Apple tax’ on its $853M in annual iOS revenue | TechCrunch
• Bakkt scores $182.5M in funding to drive institutional and merchant adoption in crypto - The Block
• Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars - The New York Times
• Gatwick Airport: Drones ground flights - BBC News