June is Internet Safety Month, but it hasn’t been very safe for the personal information of 198 million people, which got exposed by sloppy data handling. The notoriously private Apple got trolled as well when a top-secret meeting about stopping data leaks got, er, leaked. After wading through the tech headlines of the week, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the merits of RAID, as well as how to turn your smartphone into a handy magnifier for those annoying moments when you actually have to read the fine print. Episode 239 of Pop Tech Jam awaits you.
Links to Stories in This Week’s News Segment
- GOP data firm accidentally leaks personal details of nearly 200 million American voters (Gizmodo)
- UpGuard welcomes security expert Chris Vickery (UpGuard)
- Leaked recording: Inside Apple’s global war on leakers (The Outline)
- Apple’s Tim Cook asked President Trump for coding requirement at US schools (Apple Insider)
- Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion (Business Insider)
- Amazon plans cuts to shed Whole Foods’ pricey image (Bloomberg)
- Time Warner just handed Snapchat a $100 million lifeline (CNBC)
- FTC and two state attorneys general challenge proposed merger of the two largest daily fantasy sports sites, DraftKings and FanDuel (FTC.gov)
- Evolution of Dropbox’s Edge Network (Dropbox blog)
- Connecting more Americans with jobs (Google blog)
- You asked, and we’re answering (Uber blog)
- Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg joining Apple to lead video programming (Apple Newsroom)
- Google launches exclusive Play Music feature for Galaxy S8 (Android Authority)
- Atari CEO confirms the company is working on a new game console (VentureBeat)
- Ataribox
Tech Term
• RAID levels explained (PCMag.com)
• Digital storage basics, Part 2: External drive vs. NAS server (CNET)
• How to configure a cheap, secure RAID backup system (Macworld)
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
- Use Your Phone as a Digital Magnifying Glass (The New York Times)
- Using Android to Zoom In for a Closer Look (The New York Times)