Yanny or Laurel? El Kaiser was too busy mixing up podcasts to weigh in, and J.D. thought the whole thing was dumb and tuned into Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band instead — but The New York Times built a handy little tool to demonstrate how audio frequencies factor into the matter. Beyond all that, Episode 273 serves up the week’s tech news, pours one out for Tom Wolfe and contemplates the strange notion of secure and private email. Give a listen!
Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Episode
- Senate votes to overturn Ajit Pai’s net neutrality repeal (Ars Technica)
- Twitter is going to make third-party apps worse starting in August (The Verge)
- Microsoft Plans Low-Cost Tablet Line to Rival iPad (Bloomberg)
- Facebook adds Voice Posts, Stories archive, and new cloud storage features (The Verge)
- Facebook lets advertisers target users based on sensitive interests (The Guardian)
- Mark Zuckerberg to Meet European Parliament Members Over Facebook’s Data Use (The New York Times)
- Jigsaw’s Project Shield Will Protect Campaigns From Online Attacks (Wired)
- YouTube is going to charge more to see ad-free shows like ‘Cobra Kai’ (Recode)
- Music on YouTube will now include expanded artist credits and link to official video (9to5Google)
- Amazon Prime members get exclusive savings at Whole Foods (Amazon Press Room)
- Scott Kelly: How Tom Wolfe Changed My Life (The New York Times)
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
- Finding Privacy for Email (The New York Times)