The new year is here and so far, 2018 is already throwing its five moves of doom around the ring: Massive security flaws in the world’s computer processors, a giant lawsuit against Spotify, the government’s white-hat hacker shortage, YouTube drama and all kinds of bad behavior on Twitter. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss it all here in Episode 257 of Pop Tech Jam, so just push Play for the main event!
Links to Stories Discussed in This Week’s Episode
- Researchers Discover Two Major Flaws in the World’s Computers (The New York Times)
- What You Need to Do Because of Flaws in Computer Chips (The New York Times)
- Today’s CPU vulnerability: what you need to know (Google Security blog)
- Meltdown and Spectre (Graz University of Technology)
- Fight for the Future: Vote for Net Neutrality
- Apple will replace old iPhone batteries, regardless of diagnostic test results (The Verge)
- Spotify Hit With $1.6 Billion Copyright Lawsuit Over Tom Petty, Weezer, Neil Young Songs (Hollywood Reporter)
- Alphabet’s Google explores sale of restaurant reviewer Zagat (Reuters)
- The Logan Paul Suicide Video Shows YouTube Is Facing A Crucial Turning Point (BuzzFeed)
- NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, slumping morale and unpopular reorganization (The Washington Post)
- Woman receives bionic hand with sense of touch (BBC News)
Avoid the Twitter Litter
- Twitter Rules and policies (Twitter)
- Would Twitter Ever Suspend Trump’s Account? (The New York Times)
- Messages Are Projected On Twitter HQ After Trump’s North Korea Tweets (Huffington Post)
- Adjusting Twitter’s Sensitivities (The New York Times)
- How to control your Twitter experience (Twitter Help)
- How to mute accounts on Twitter (Twitter Help)
- How to use advanced muting options (Twitter Help)
- How to block accounts on Twitter (Twitter Help)
- How to use advanced block options (Twitter Help)
- Twitter media policy (Twitter)