192: Killer Tech!

This week Tommy and Adam discuss the tech that's killing you! Well, just self-driving cars from Uber, really, but also other fun downers like Cambridge Analytica and the Cloud Act. But guess what?! This episode ends on a positive note.

This week Tommy and Adam discuss the tech that's killing you! Well, just self-driving cars from Uber, really, but also other fun downers like Cambridge Analytica and the Cloud Act. But guess what?! This episode ends on a positive note.

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Washington Post: Bannon part of Cambridge Analytica program that collected Facebook data
"Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon presided over a program at Cambridge Analytica that had the objective of collecting Facebook data to create voter profiles, a former employee of the data science firm told The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Bannon was vice president and secretary of Cambridge Analytica until he stepped down to run the Trump campaign in August 2016."
Cambridge Analytica
Wikipedia page on Cambridge Analytica
Uber self-driving crash: Footage shows moment before impact
"Police have released two videos showing the moments leading up to a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday.

In the 14-second video, the autonomous vehicle is seen failing to slow down before hitting Elaine Herzberg, 49, who is walking her bike across the road."
Congress dumps the CLOUD Act into the omnibus spending bill. Will there be debate?
"Backers of the CLOUD Act, which would change the way the federal government deals with foreign law enforcement requests for user information held by U.S. tech companies, are excited that Congress has attached the bill to this week’s must-pass spending bill."
Ajit Pai says net neutrality was the top threat to broadband deployment
"FCC chair still can’t offer proof that repeal will boost broadband access."