Apple possibly giving away stuff for free! A Windows 10 update that ate people’s files! Crackdowns on cyberbullying and political spam on social media! Some surprises are better than others, but then there were things that were NO surprise, like Facebook trying to hoover out even more personal data from users. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss it all, as well as a recent guide to deleting some of your social media accounts for good. Come on in from the cold and have a listen to PTJ 289!

Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Episode

• Apple plans to give away original content for free to device owners (CNBC)
• WarnerMedia Plans to Unveil Streaming Service by End of 2019 (The New York Times)
• Updated version of Windows 10 October 2018 Update released to Windows Insiders (Windows Experience blog)
• Microsoft Says It’s Fixed That Windows 10 October Update Bug That Mass-Deleted Entire Directories (Gizmodo)
• Xbox One October update: new avatars, Dolby Vision, and Alexa support (The Verge)
• Instagram now uses machine learning to detect bullying within photos (TechCrunch)
• New Tools to Limit Bullying and Spread Kindness on Instagram (Instagram)
• Google tried to beat Facebook and all it got was Facebook’s headache (CNN)
• Facebook Isn’t Sorry — It Just Wants Your Data (BuzzFeed News)
• Facebook removes hundreds of US political pages for ‘inauthentic activity’ (Technology | The Guardian)
• Removing Additional Inauthentic Activity from Facebook (Facebook Newsroom)
• Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information (Gizmodo)
• 3D Photos Now Rolling out on Facebook and in VR (Facebook 360 Video)
• Google Home Hub announced: Google’s first Smart Display (9to5Google)
• Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL announced with bigger screens and best cameras yet (The Verge)
• U.S. Republican senator seeks briefings on reported China hacking attack (Reuters)
• The Cybersecurity World Is Debating WTF Is Going on With Bloomberg’s Chinese Microchip Stories (Motherboard)
• Watchdog: ‘Nearly all’ new US weapons systems vulnerable to cyber attacks (CNNPolitics)
• A flood of fake installers will really update Flash for you – but also install cryptocurrency mining malware (TechCrunch)
• Twitter makes Moments creation a desktop exclusive as it drops support from Android app (9to5Google)
• Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women (Reuters)
• Click: Can VR change lives in the real world? (BBC News)

How to Delete Facebook

• How to Delete Facebook and Instagram From Your Life Forever (The New York Times)
• How do I temporarily deactivate my Facebook account? (Facebook)
• How do I permanently delete my Facebook account? (Facebook)
• Delete Your Account (Instagram Help Center)