Jan 27th 2022
Tech News Weekly 219
Fast Times at Amazon High
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
FLoC Replaced by Topics, IRS.gov Facial Scanning, Paltry Phone Updates
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Issie Lapowsky,
Tonya Riley
- Issie Lapowsky from Protocol talks about Google's decision to bail on FLoC in favor of Topics. Is it better for privacy?
- Tonya Riley from Cyberscoop shares the risks associated with IRS.gov's reliance on ID.me's facial scanning system.
- Amazon brought its logistics prowess to a course at a High School, but are they being critical enough about their own business practices?
- Google's expired Pixel 3 update schedule is a missed opportunity to gain positive brand affinity at a time when it really needs it.
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Links
- FLoC Is Dead. But Topics Won’t Fix Google’s Ad Targeting Problems
- ID.me CEO Backtracks on Claims Company Doesn’t Use Powerful Facial Recognition Tech
- Amazon Paid for a High School Course. Here’s What It Teaches
- Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone
- Google’s Pixel 6 Doesn’t Come With Five Years of Android Updates - Only Three