Mar 19th 2017
This Week in Tech 606
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Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Uber President quits, Pwn2Own winners,robots made of human flesh, and more!
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Uber's President quits, saying that the job was not what he signed on for. Orson Wells' "new" movie comes to Netflix. How to make money in the new music industry. Pwn2Own winners do the impossible hack. Is your vibrator tracking you? All this, and growing human flesh on robots - what could go wrong?
- Tom Merritt has a new sci-fi novel: Pilot X.
- Roberto Baldwin is in a Devo cover band.
- Steve Kovach is the Dark Knight.
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Links
- Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting as management turmoil at the ride-hailing company deepens
- The Uber exec accused of downloading crucial tech files before quitting Google has a simple explanation
- Russia finds Apple guilty of iPhone price-fixing, potentially facing fines | 9to5Mac
- Over 187,000 apps could become obsolete with Apple's 64-bit only 'iOS 11'
- This case is literally an entire Android phone that you attach to your iPhone
- Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft are helping Google fight an order to hand over foreign emails
- Vibrator Maker To Pay Millions Over Claims It Secretly Tracked Use : The Two-Way : NPR
- Edina police ask for whole city's Google searches, and a judge says yes | City Pages
- FBI arrests alleged attacker who tweeted seizure-inducing strobe at Kurt Eichenwald - The Verge
- Virtual machine escape fetches $105,000 at Pwn2Own hacking contest [updated] | Ars Technica
- Galaxy S8 camera can capture 1000fps videos, iris sensor gets an upgrade too
- Samsung confirms its new artificial intelligence virtual assistant will be called Bixby
- Get Ready for Robots made with Human Flesh
- Growing tissue grafts on humanoid robots: A future strategy in regenerative medicine?
- Why a "New" Orson Wells Movie Coming to Netflix is a Big Deal
- Netflix Commits $90M+ For David Ayer-Directed Will Smith-Joel Edgerton Pic ‘Bright;’ $3M+ For Max Landis Script
- Scott Stuber To Lead Netflix’s Feature Film Foray
- PANDORA PREMIUM: THE ORIGINAL MUSIC STREAMING GIANT IS READY FOR PRIME TIME
- Chance the Rapper Says His Apple Music Deal Was Worth $500,000
- SoundCloud needs more money, or it may sell at a fire-sale price - Recode
- Op-Ed: You Can Make Money Touring (But Not If You're Pomplamoose)
- French advertising giant pulls out of Google and YouTube