Jan 21st 2018
This Week in Tech 650
Frumpy Rump
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
CES and the Detroit Auto Show, Amazon Go Kills Cashiers, HomePod Coming Soon, and More!
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
EVs and self-driving cars at CES and the Detroit Auto Show. The first cashierless Amazon Go shop opens January 22nd. Apple HomePod is nearly here. Apple hands out $2500 employee stock bonuses as part of its huge cash repatriation plan. Google wants your selfies. Facebook wants you to tell it what "high quality" news is. Twitter emails 677,775 users to tell them that they shared Russian scams.
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Links
- Power restored to CES show floor after 2-hour blackout
- Samsung Unveils “The Wall,” the World’s First Modular MicroLED 146-inch TV
- LG Display's crazy 65-inch OLED TV can roll up like a poster
- 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-Class: The O.G., better than ever
- Hyundai Nexo: We drove Hyundai's hydrogen prototype to CES 2018
- Google nipping at Big Auto’s heels in the race to build self-driving cars
- Meet Jarvis, BlackBerry's self-driving car security software
- Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday — with no checkout lines and no cashiers - Recode
- Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future
- Sophia the robot takes her first steps
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai says he does not regret firing James Damore
- Report: First 1 million HomePods begin shipping from supplier Inventec, 10-12 million expected this year
- 39 million Americans now own a smart speaker, report claims | TechCrunch
- Apple says it expects to make tax repatriation payments of ~$38B and plans to open new US campus later this year
- Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law - Bloomberg
- The Apple Cash FAQ | Asymco
- The Vikings-Saints game was so crazy, Apple Watches told fans they might be having heart issues – BGR
- BMW to charge annually for Apple CarPlay, which is insane
- BMW's Apple CarPlay annual fee is next-level gouging
- Google app matches your face to famous art
- App not available in two states
- Amazon Prime cost jumps nearly 20 percent for monthly subscription
- Amazon narrows HQ2 search to 20 cities from 238 proposals
- YouTube just made it harder for small video producers to make money
- Zuckerberg says News Feed will focus on what friends share
- Facebook is going to ask us to decide what's 'high quality' news
- Facebook's Bad Idea: Crowdsourced Ratings Work For Toasters, But Not News
- Update on Twitter’s Review of the 2016 U.S. Election