Apple's practices compared to Mafia extortion while First all-female team wins Nobel science prize

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

English - October 12, 2020 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB
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Previous Episode: A contact-tracing app at long last, Tesla's battery ambitions, and is Apple's 30% cut fair to app developers?

Next Episode: PayPal goes crypto, Nokia to build lunar 4G for Nasa, and much more

After another well-earned break Lucy & Larry are back with a whole lot of stories to talk about, including:

Apple's practices around IAP compared to "Mafia extortion"Twitter will be taking steps, for the 2020 US ElectionFacebook their automated systems to filter out nudity founds these onions too sexyPlain text emails might do better than heavily styled onesMicrosoft is also moving to the new work-from-home standard, permanentlyPractice typing on classic literature such as The Art of WarStop the EARN IT Bill Before It Breaks EncryptionExcel caused COVID-19 results to be lostUS Congress calls for big changes to big techFirst all-female team wins Nobel science prize

Check the details at https://technewsdigest.co.uk/episodes-2020-14/

And much more. Check out the blog for all the details.

Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/