Episode 51: Leafy Lettuce on the Blockchain

01/10/2018 36 min
Episode 51: Leafy Lettuce on the Blockchain

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Episode Synopsis

In This Episode:


Apple delays original shows over mature content (1:24)
YouTube is replacing textbooks in classrooms across America (4:33)
Japan successfully lands robot rovers on an asteroid's surface (7:32)
Lime Scooters Has Its Second Fatality in a Month (9:45)
Inside Facebook Dating (12:08)
Twitter may have sent your private DMs to the wrong people -- but probably not (16:03)
Walmart wants to track lettuce on the blockchain (18:41)
Google started quietly logging you into Chrome (22:18)


Weird and Wacky Tech:


An electric implant helps a paralyzed man walk the length of a football field (24:15)
Original working Apple-I computer fetches $375,000 at auction (26:05)
This device can charge your phone with wind or water (27:49)


Tech Recommendations (29:25):


Adam - Chick-fil-A App
Sanjay - Libby


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