China gets its own GPS network, but the UK wants one too! Playstation will pay you to hack their systems, while Apple messes up.

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

English - June 29, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB
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Dive into the latest news in tech, innovation and startups with Lucy Young and Larry Boltovskoi. Join the innovation strategist and software obsessive as they discuss and debate the technical, business and societal impacts that this week's tech stories could have.
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The news this week

BeiDou: China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53132957

The Senate’s New Anti-Encryption Bill Is Even Worse Than EARN IT
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/senates-new-anti-encryption-bill-even-worse-earn-it-and-thats-saying-something

PlayStation announces bug bounty program
https://www.cnet.com/news/playstation-announces-bug-bounty-program/

Hack This Website:
https://juice-shop.herokuapp.com/#/
https://youtu.be/nrFebQe23dk?t=48

Safari's suggestion engine is messing up big time
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157161487396994&id=501751993

Face ID and Touch ID for the Web
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/25/apple-is-bringing-face-id-and-touch-id-to-the-web-with-safari-14/

Check if your password is safe:
https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Running recommendation
https://zombiesrungame.com/