There’s been a lot of movement in the tech world the past week — Google employees got to their feet to protest the company’s treatment of women, Apple rolled out new hardware and Facebook got slapped officially with a big fine for misuse of customer data. El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the tech news from the past 10 days or so, and with the U.S. elections looming, also offer a few resources for voters. Roll on over to PTJ 291!
Links to News Stories Discussed This Week
- Google staff walk out over women’s treatment (BBC News)
- Google Walkout: Employees Stage Protest Over Handling of Sexual Harassment (The New York Times)
- Google Faces Internal Backlash Over Handling of Sexual Harassment (The New York Times)
- How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ (The New York Times)
- Google sacks dozens over sexual harassment (BBC News)
- Apple event: New iPads, Macs announced (CNN)
- Tim Cook calls for strong US privacy law, rips “data-industrial complex” (Ars Technica)
- Former Facebook security chief questions Apple’s privacy double standard in China (Apple Insider)
- ICO issues maximum £500,000 fine to Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information (ICO)
- Facebook is building Lasso, a video music app to steal TikTok’s teens (TechCrunch)
- This Thermometer Tells Your Temperature, Then Tells Firms Where to Advertise (The New York Times)
- Google wants to improve your smart home with iRobot’s room maps (The Verge)
- Twitter Q3 2018 earnings (CNBC)
- FY19Q1 – Press Releases – Investor Relations (Microsoft)
- Microsoft’s gaming revenue surges 44% in Q1 2019 (VentureBeat)
- IBM to acquire Red Hat in deal valued at $34 billion (CNBC)
- Portrait by AI program sells for $432,000 (BBC News)
GO VOTE
- Vote411.org
- John Oliver’s Plug for Vote411 Sparks Huge 2000 Percent Spike for Voter Information Site (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Alexa can now talk about the midterm elections (VentureBeat)
- Ballotpedia