Episode 131: Scooters and spies
Wrecked By Tech
English - July 04, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBTech News News Technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this week's episode we'll tell you about Bird Scooters coming to Canada, what CSIS says about election tampering, a game Cambridge scientists developed to help pick out fake news, how China forces tourists to be spied on, and how easy many common apps make it for domestic abusers to cyberstalk their victims.
Speed round:
- The EU is mandating EVs make noise under a certain speed or when reversing
- Twitter's going to put warning labels on Trump tweets
- Amazon keeps your Alexa voice recordings forever
- IKEA made a couch-based font
In this week's episode we'll tell you about Bird Scooters coming to Canada, what CSIS says about election tampering, a game Cambridge scientists developed to help pick out fake news, how China forces tourists to be spied on, and how easy many common apps make it for domestic abusers to cyberstalk their victims.
Speed round:
The EU is mandating EVs make noise under a certain speed or when reversing
Twitter's going to put warning labels on Trump tweets
Amazon keeps your Alexa voice recordings forever
IKEA made a couch-based font
Links:
Bird rental e-scooters are launching across CanadaElectric scooter company interested in Winnipeg - Winnipeg Free PressCanadians are being targeted by foreign influence campaigns, CSIS says | The StarCambridge scientists create a successful "vaccine" against fake news - Big ThinkChina Is Forcing Tourists to Install Text-Stealing Malware at its Border - VICEThe Simple Way Apple and Google Let Domestic Abusers Stalk Victims | WIREDFake noise will be added to new electric cars starting today in the EU - The VergeTwitter Will Put Warning Labels On Rule-Breaking Trump Tweets | PCMagAmazon confirms it keeps your Alexa recordings basically forever | Ars TechnicaIkea releases free ‘Soffa Sans’ font made of couches - The Verge