On this week’s episode, El Kaiser and J.D. offer their initial impressions on The Mandalorian, the new Disney+ live-action show set in the Star Wars universe. After a quick trip through recent tech headlines, J.D. also supplies a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint about getting started with touch-screen drawing apps. Use the Force and punch the button for Episode 322!
Links to News Stories on This Week’s Show
- “The Mandalorian” (Disney+)
- An update on our political ads policy (Google Keyword blog)
- Hey Google, play me the news (Google blog)
- Spotify turns its personalization technology to podcasts with launch of Your Daily Podcasts (TechCrunch)
- Uber Embraces Videotaping Rides, Raising Privacy Concerns (The New York Times)
- Uber safety push includes plans to start audio recording rides in the U.S. (The Washington Post)
- How Attackers Could Hijack Your Android Camera to Spy on You (Checkmarx)
- U.S. approves first licenses for tech sales to Huawei (The Washington Post)
- PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B (TechCrunch)
- Doorbell camera footage can be kept by police forever and shared with whomever they’d like (The Washington Post)
- Amazon Announces New Fire TV Blaster, Giving Users Voice Control Over TVs and Cable Boxes (The Streamable)
- Dead musicians are taking the stage again in hologram form. Is this the kind of encore we really want? (The Washington Post)
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
- Can You Draw This? Of Course You Can. (The New York Times)
