Tech News Weekly 107: Sift Through the Data
All TWiT.tv Shows (Video)
English - November 07, 2019 23:03 - 1 hour - 188 MB Video - ★★★★ - 15 ratingsTech News News Technology twit this week in tech leo laporte technology tech news tech podcasts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: This Week in Computer Hardware 540: AMD's Massive Multicore Mayhem
Next Episode: Triangulation 421: John Hodgman: Medallion Status
(02:09) Kashmir Hill of The New York Times stops by to tell you how to get access to your secret consumer score. Turns out companies are collecting, tabulating, and scoring your online activity to fight fraud, monitor product returns, and track wealth. Hill details the why and the how of these data gatherers.(29:15) Android Central's Daniel Bader spent some time with Amazon's new premium smart speaker, the Echo Studio. He shares his thoughts on the device and the target market and explains why one of the Studio's new features should be turned off by default.(56:56) Mikah's story of the week: In an exclusive piece, OneZero's Dave Gershgorn details the U.S. military's facial recognition system.
privacy.com/tnw
ringcentral.com/tnw
Check out these TWiT episodes:
Microsoft Ignite Vision Keynote: http://bit.ly/2qAF75iRosemary Orchard on iOS Today: http://bit.ly/33C7Q8RJohn Hodgman on Triangulation: http://bit.ly/2rgjdomHost: Mikah Sargent
Guests: Kashmir Hill and Daniel Bader
Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly.
Sponsors:
privacy.com/tnw
ringcentral.com/tnw