Tech News Weekly 97

• (01:49) Alfred Ng from CNET talks about how Ring video doorbells are being used by police for surveillance.
• (14:36) Credit cards might be old tech, but Geoffrey Fowler from the Washington Post shows how they can carry the same privacy burden as the phone in your pocket.
• (31:22) Tech patents can be downright ridiculous, and Rose Eveleth from Slate reveals why companies have so many of them in their arsenal if they'll never become something real.
• (44:18) Virtual Reality is being used to train would-be bosses in the art of firing employees.
• (48:54) Apple announced its next iPhone announcement and is promising Innovation at the event.

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Links

• Amazon's Ring wants police to keep these surveillance details from you
• How Amazon convinces police to join the Ring network
• You can now find out if Amazon's Ring has partnered with your local police
• The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem
• Why Are There So Many Weird Tech Patents?
• Barry sobbed as he begged me not to fire him. I canned him anyway, over and over
• Apple Invites Media to September 10 Event at Apple Park: 'By Innovation Only'
• Apple September 2019 Event Preview