El Kaiser and JD finally got out of Avengers: Endgame and are back in the recording bunker to discuss recent tech news – including Google’s I/O conference and a former Facebook founder’s call for the government to bust up his former company. JD also explores the new movement that have some people spending less time staring at their smartphones screens. Episode 308 awaits!
Links to Stories In This Week’s News Segment
- The 8 biggest announcements from the Google I/O 2019 keynote (The Verge)
- I/O 2019: New features to help you develop, release, and grow your business on Google Play (Android Developers Blog)
- Facebook talked privacy, Google actually built it (TechCrunch)
- Google’s YouTube Music Tops 15 Million Subscribers (Bloomberg)
- The 5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 developer conference keynote (The Verge)
- It’s Time to Break Up Facebook (The New York Times)
- Video game ‘loot boxes’ would be outlawed in many games under forthcoming federal bill (The Washington Post)
- FTC Members Unanimously Press Congress for Tough National Privacy Protections (Gizmodo)
- Member of Sophisticated China-Based Hacking Group Indicted for Series of Computer Intrusions, Including 2015 Data Breach of Health Insurer Anthem Inc. Affecting Over 78 Million People (Department of Justice)
- Tenants win as settlement orders landlords give physical keys over smart locks (CNET)
- Los Angeles Uber drivers join cities across the U.S. in strike ahead of much-anticipated IPO (The Los Angeles Times)
- Windows Hello FIDO2 certification gets you closer to passwordless (Microsoft Tech Community)
- Jeff Bezos unveils Moon lander concept (BBC News)
- Avengers: Endgame adds the Spider-Man trailer as a post-credits scene (Polygon)
Break Up Phone (For A While, Anyway)
- Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain (The New York Times)
- Use Screen Time on Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch (Apple Support)
- Digital Wellbeing (Google)