This Week in Tech (Audio)

Apple+Google COVID tracking app, 5G towers burning, Zoom tips

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• 5G towers are being burned in England and the Netherlands to stop coronavirus. We have officially hit maximum techno panic.
• Apple and Google are building a coronavirus phone tracking app. Do you want a cyberpunk dystopia? Because this is how you get a cyberpunk dystopia!
• Zoom is the best option for group video chat, but only if you use it right, and only if you don't need perfect privacy.
• We show all the free TV shows you can watch online.
• What we are doing in quarantine: soap making, Half-Life Alyx, Castlevania, start your own video channel
• Smart toilet recognizes your butt and scans your poop for diseases
• Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion to Coronavirus research, with full transparency
• Apple displays COVID testing locations and launches Today at Apple at Home
• Why Apple stopped charging Amazon Prime Video the 30% "Apple Tax"
• Amazon workers are terrified to go to work, but at least they have a job
• Travelex paid 285 bitcoin to ransomware hackers - watch out for COVID Phishing
• Quibi has 300 Million installs in its first week, while Tik Tok crosses 1 Billion
• Distance learning: school attendance is at 50%
• Passover Seder on Zoom
• Leo is back on Facebook
• John Conway, creator of Conway's Game of Life has passed due to coronavirus

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Georgia Dow, Rene Ritchie, and Owen JJ Stone

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