Episode 55: Facebook Loses Monthly Snickers Budget

29/10/2018 36 min
Episode 55: Facebook Loses Monthly Snickers Budget

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Episode Synopsis

In this Episode:


Facebook investors co-sign plan to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman (1:34)
Facebook gets maximum fine for the catastrophic Cambridge Analytica data breach (2:25)
It turns out that Facebook could in fact use data collected from its Portal in-home video device to target you with ads (3:45)
Apple launched a new privacy website that lets you find all the data the company has on you (6:50)
How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (7:28)
Netflix is fueling its ballooning cash burn with $2 billion in new debt (9:25)
MoviePass' parent doesn't want it anymore (13:18)
YouTube CEO urges creators to protest EU copyright rule (15:40)
Musk to buy $20 million in Tesla stock (17:04)
Copyright Office Ruling Imposes Sweeping Right to Repair Reforms (18:26)
Orkney islands could get first electric plane service (21:00)


Weird & Wacky Tech:


Banksy says self-destructing painting didn't go as planned (21:54)
This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out (24:33)
World’s Longest Sea Bridge Brings China Closer to Hong Kong (24:50)
An oil spill you've never heard of could become one of the biggest environmental disasters in the US (26:05)
Hubble Telescope’s Broken Gyroscope Seemingly Fixed After Engineers Try Turning It Off and On Again (27:34)


Tech Recommendations (30:10):
Sanjay - Life360
Adam - Liftmaster Garage Door
Shannon - Google Voice

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