Episode 90: Storefronts, Awnings, or Shutters? ... reCAPTCHA Problems - a podcast by Sanjay Parekh & Adam Walker
from 2019-07-01T10:30
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In this Episode:
- A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy
- Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number (4:30)
- Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars (
- Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data (7:17)
- Airbnb’s New Luxe Tier Includes a $1 Million Polynesian Island (9:00)
- US power output from renewables exceeds coal for the first time in history (11:32)
- ‘Reset’ Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners
- Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side ()
- Google tracks your every move, but a new tool is rolling out that lets you force it to delete where you’ve been
- Google Maps can warn you if your ride goes off-route
- Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software
- Is Firefox better than Chrome? It comes down to privacy.
- Mozilla launches GeckoView-powered Firefox Preview for Android, pauses Focus development (29:12)
- Amazon partners with retailers for new Counter package pickup service, starting with Rite-Aid
Weird and Wacky:
- Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field
- Sudan crisis: Internet restored - but only for lawyer
Tech Recs (39:05):
Adam - http://versusutil.com/
Sanjay - RedShift
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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Links:
- A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy
- Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number - The New York Times
- Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars - ExtremeTech
- Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data | WeLiveSecurity
- Airbnb Luxe Now Renting Luxury Villas, Private Islands, Mansions - Bloomberg
- US power output from renewables exceeds coal for first time in history - The Verge
- 'Reset' Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners - ExtremeTech
- How Google's new tool lets you auto-delete your location history
- Tech Talk Y'all
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