Episode 108: Age of the Mashup - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2019-11-04T12:45

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In this Episode:




  • Five months after returning rental car, man still has remote control

  • A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients

  • Photo battle between an iPhone 11 Pro and a $7,500 DSLR might surprise you

  • Ford unveils release date for Mustang-inspired electric SUV

  • Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users

  • Facebook and Congress

  • Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”

  • A false ad claiming Republicans back the Green New Deal tests Facebook's policy on lies

  • This man is running for governor of California so he can run false Facebook ads

  • Facebook launches a test run of its news service

  • Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft

  • Starbucks Will Accept Bitcoin in 2020, Thanks to Wall Street’s Bakkt

  • Exclusive: Google owner Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit

  • Google will replace Home devices bricked due to latest firmware update

  • America’s nuclear forces finally drop ancient 8-inch floppy disk system

  • Discovery and Amazon Serve Up New Cooking App



Weird and Wacky:




  • Rats taught to drive tiny cars to lower their stress levels

  • Using your smartphone too much can make you go ‘temporarily blind’



Tech Recs:




  • Adam - Google Calendar integration in Slack

  • Sanjay - Firefox 70

  • Shannon - Nike Run Club



Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes

Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit

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