Jun 24th 2018
This Week in Tech 672
Meme the Queen
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Two HUGE Supreme Court decisions, Apple admits its keyboards suck, Europe's war on memes, and more.
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- The US Supreme Court kills warrantless cell phone location fishing and okays state sales taxes on internet purchases.
- Apple offers refunds on MacBook butterfly keyboard repairs and wants to let you use your iPhone to unlock your car.
- Amazon wants to put Alexa in your hotel room, and everywhere else.
- Professional videogames are going mainstream, with huge stadiums and $100 million prizes.
- A proposed European Union copyright law will declare war on memes.
- IGTV is Instagram's attempt to jump on the online video bandwagon.
- Plus: transhumanism, Domino's as an infrastructure company, and IBM's new debate robot!
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Links
- Why Apple’s AirPower Wireless Charger Is Taking So Long to Make - Bloomberg
- Car Consortium That Includes Apple Announces Digital Car Key Specification for Smartphones - Mac Rumors
- A hacker figured out how to brute force iPhone passcodes | ZDNet
- Apple comments on erroneous reports of iPhone brute force passcode hack | iMore
- Apple finally acknowledges ‘sticky’ keyboard issues on MacBooks, offering free fix and refunds for past repairs | 9to5Mac
- APPLE ADMITS ITS COMPUTERS ARE BROKEN
- Amazon made a special version of Alexa for hotels with Echo speakers in their rooms - The Verge
- Amazon’s “Alexa Everywhere” strategy is brilliant, helping maintain its digital assistance leadership - Stacey on IoT | Internet
- Amazon, the Brand Buster - The New York Times
- U.S. Supreme Court Bolsters Mobile-Phone Privacy Rights - Bloomberg
- The Supreme Court’s Carpenter case is being hailed as a big victory for digital privacy. It’s not. - Vox
- The EU's bizarre war on memes is totally unwinnable | WIRED UK
- Oppo’s Find X ditches the notch for pop-up cameras - The Verge
- New IBM robot holds its own in a debate with a human
- U.S. top court lets states force online retailers to collect sales tax | Reuters
- Professional Videogamers Get Their Own Stadiums - WSJ
- Sensor Tower: Fortnite earned $100 million in its first 90 days on iOS | GamesBeat
- Welcome to IGTV – Instagram
- Bitcoins Worth $1 Billion Lost by Mt. Gox to Be Refunded | Fortune
- Service Meant to Monitor Inmates’ Calls Could Track You, Too
- Why I let Domino’s fill my city’s potholes