Episode 140: Stop texting your children while they're in class
Wrecked By Tech
English - September 05, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.2 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 two Canadian schools trying to deal with phones in the classroom, a proposal to put control of nukes with AI systems, a fine Transport Canada handed out to a rogue drone operator, a fine Google got for ads on YouTube Kids, the promise and heartbreak of RCS, how French police hijacked a botnet to kill a virus, and more.
Also touched on: Jack Dorsey's Twitter hack, USB4 (and how confusing that is), a designer backpack with touch controls, and a new Facebook data leak (yay).
In this week's episode we'll tell you about two Canadian schools trying to deal with phones in the classroom, a proposal to put control of nukes with AI systems, a fine Transport Canada handed out to a rogue drone operator, a fine Google got for ads on YouTube Kids, the promise and heartbreak of RCS, how French police hijacked a botnet to kill a virus, and more.
Also touched on: Jack Dorsey's Twitter hack, USB4 (and how confusing that is), a designer backpack with touch controls, and a new Facebook data leak (yay).
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Newsroom : Ontario Takes Action to Focus on LearningMontreal high school bans cellphone use, even outside of classExperts Want to Give Control of America's Nuclear Missiles to AI - VICETransport Canada fines drone pilot $2,750 for capturing footage during Toronto Raptors winFTC fines Google $170 million for violating children's privacy on YouTube - CBS NewsYouTube plans sweeping changes to kids videos after record $170M fine | CNETGoogle exec says RCS rollout 'hasn't been sufficient'Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections | TechCrunchA hacker has compromised Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account | TechCrunchTwitter disables support for tweeting via SMS - 9to5MacUSB launches new 'USB4' spec that's basically just Thunderbolt 3Saint Laurent Cit E Backpack In Canvas | YSL.comA huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online | TechCrunchSenator: Mark Zuckerberg should face “the possibility of a prison term” | Ars Technica