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episode 550: Fruit of the Poisoned Tree
This Week's Stories:
- Coronavirus: Harvard kicks all students out of dorms with less than a week's notice
- Coronavirus: cancellations - E3 and NAB canceled, SXSW may go bankrupt, NBA and NHL will play to empty colosseums
- Coronavirus: reactions - is paranoia the wrong answer?
- Coronavirus: is it even possible for most people to telecommute?
- Coronavirus: White House goes to Big Tech to ask for help to fight Coronavirus and stop misinformation
- Coronavirus: YouTube demonetizes all content mentioning Coronavirus
- Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints blank pages to use as toilet paper
- Is it time to stop buying Android phones?
- Pixel 4a leak: starting at $399
- Android vs iPhone - security, environmental impact
- Pixel 3a, Pixel 4a: Google makes some darn fine cheap phones
- Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179 million to Google, declares bankruptcy
- Tulsi Gabbard's $50M suit against Google dismissed
- Swedes fine Google 7M Euros. Google plans to appeal and search couch cushions for change. Spain is fine with Google.
- Facebook adds two women to its board; now 40% female, 30% black
- Sweden passes law to spy on anyone anywhere
- Locate X: where cops go to buy your location data without a warrant
- The EARN IT Act will kill internet encryption. IT MUST BE DEFEATED.
- Leo's giant ham
- New Chromecast with Android TV coming soon!
- Olallieberry, marionberry, blackberry, and other great pies
- Adam Mosseri: Facebook "serves as an s***-umbrella" for Instagram
- Amazon sells its "just walk out" tech to airport vendor OTG
- Amazon Music's "My Soundtrack" station is terrifyingly accurate
- Verizon launches Yahoo! Mobile MVNO. DO NOT BUY!
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Tool: Thermomix
- Ant's Good Stuff: My OTHER Uncle Mac
- Stacey's Thing: Nodle Cash
- Jeff's Numbers 1: Nielsen Investigation: "Pandemic Pantries" pressure supply chain amid COVID-19 Fears
- Jeff's Numbers 2: Hamsterkauf Hoarding Numbers
- Coronavirus Tool: Is It Canceled Yet?
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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