40: An Alien Riding a Bike

It's a weird week in tech news: A fitness app leaked the location of secret military bases, Amazon and a bunch of pals got into healthcare, someone in the Trump Administration fired up PowerPoint to propose nationalizing the 5G wireless network, and the world waited (or didn't) for the Apple HomePod.

It's a weird week in tech news: A fitness app leaked the location of secret military bases, Amazon and a bunch of pals got into healthcare, someone in the Trump Administration fired up PowerPoint to propose nationalizing the 5G wireless network, and the world waited (or didn't) for the Apple HomePod.

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Guest Starring:

Michael Gartenberg and Megan Morrone

Links and Show Notes Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian What He Did on His Summer Break: Exposed a Global Security Flaw - The New York Times Strava Global Heatmap A Letter to the Strava Community - Strava Blog Strava will focus on privacy awareness to address security issues Tim Stevens on Twitter RE: Strava privacy Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare | Business Wire Amazon is creating a health care company with the help of Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase - Recode Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Google is now using machine learning to predict flight delays - The Verge Get help with cheaper flights and potential flight delays this winter - Google Blog Scoop: Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network - Axios The Trump Administration said it has no plans to build a 5G wireless network - Recode Trump Administration Idea for Nationalized 5G Falls Flat - Scientific American Proposal to national the 5G network no longer being considered, but it's still telling - Slate 3 local rescue puppies to compete in Puppy Bowl | WPXI The Puppy Bowl, explained - Vox Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) | Twitter meganmorrone (@meganmorrone) | Twitter