Episode 80: Facebook's Gonna Steal Your Grandpa's Pocket Watch - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker

from 2019-04-22T10:00

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In this Episode:




  • Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts (1:13)

  • Stratolaunch First Flight Video / World’s biggest airplane takes flight for the first time ever (3:20)

  • We've been warned about AI and music for over 50 years (4:32)

  • Verizon will now charge more money for in-store activations (6:43)

  • Mutiny at HQ Trivia fails to oust CEO (10:35)

  • Digital scan of Notre Dame offers hope for its restoration (14:28)

  • Some Galaxy Fold review phones are breaking after a couple days of use (16:07)

  • Blockchain has been unblocked, unchained and broken (19:27)

  • A government department has shared the contact details of hundreds of journalists (21:52)



Weird and Wacky Tech (22:40):




  • Unnerving Footage Shows Boston Dynamics' Robot Dogs Casually Pulling a Truck

  • Instagram Memers Are Unionizing

  • Man receives prison sentence for shooting at fireflies he thought were ‘alien lasers’



Tech Recommendations (27:27):





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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