Famous eggs, self-delivering scooters, rabbit-ears making a comeback and YouTube tries to ban stupidity — El Kaiser and JD catch up on a big pile of technology news from the past week or two. And in a (Hopefully) Helpful Hint, J.D. explains how to use a free, pre-built spreadsheet to track your finances. Roll on into PTJ 298 to hear it all!

Stories Discussed on This Week’s Show

• Facebook’s WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients to curb rumors (Reuters)
• Uber plans to develop self-driving electric scooters and bicycles (The Daily Telegraph)
• Google Maps wants to help you avoid that speeding ticket (Mashable)
• Material Design for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Sites on Web (G Suite Updates Blog)
• Oscars: ‘Roma’ Lands Netflix Its First Best Picture Nom (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Netflix just announced the biggest price increase in the history of its streaming service (BGR)
• Netflix in advanced talks to join major Hollywood lobbying group (Poltico)
• Nielsen: 16M U.S. homes now get TV over-the-air, a 48% increase over past 8 years (TechCrunch)
• YouTube bans dangerous pranks following Bird Box, Tide Pod challenges (The Verge)
• An issue with protected Tweets on Twitter for Android (Twitter Help)
• DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results (Spread Privacy)
• Twitter is bringing back the chronological timeline, and in a sensible way (Android Authority)
• Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ Is Just a Harmless Meme—Right? (WIRED)
• Facebook’s own employees appear to be leaving 5-star Amazon reviews for the Portal camera (The Verge)
• Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield (TechCrunch)
• You Deserve Privacy Online. Here’s How You Could Actually Get It (Tim Cook in TIME)
• Apple Pay coming to Target, Taco Bell and more top US retail locations (Apple)
• Google: data is more like sunlight than oil (Business Insider)
• Who’s ‘Scam Likely’ and why do they keep calling you? (USA Today)
• Roku Removes Infowars Channel Following Backlash (Variety)
• An Egg, Just a Regular Egg, Is Instagram’s Most-Liked Post Ever (The New York Times)
• Ishan Goel tells TooFab why world_record_egg struck such a powerful pop culture chord, and warns about the dark side of viral success. (TooFab)

(Hopefully) Helpful Hint

• The Easy (and Free) Way to Make a Budget Spreadsheet (The New York Times)