Summary: On this week’s episode, El Kaiser and J.D. discuss the collision of the technology industry with the government, smart television sets that watch you, the ongoing battle with fake news and the demise of the message boards on IMDb.com. Get out of the winter weather and fire up Episode 221!<br> Links to This Week’s News Stories<br> <br> * <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2017/an-update-on-safety" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">An update on safety</a> (Twitter blog)<br> * <a href="https://blog.google/topics/public-policy/resounding-support-updating-electronic-privacy-laws/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Resounding support for updating electronic privacy laws</a> (Google blog)<br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/business/trump-travel-ban-apple-google-facebook.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tech opposition to Trump propelled by employees, not executives</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/02/how-google-fought-back-against-a-crippling-iot-powered-botnet-and-won/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">How Google fought back against a crippling IoT-powered botnet and wo</a>n (Ars Technica)<br> * <a href="https://projectshield.withgoogle.com/public/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Project Shield</a> (Google)<br> * <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15L05Z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">South Korea to strengthen battery safety rules after Note 7 fires</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/02/vizio-pay-22-million-ftc-state-new-jersey-settle-charges-it" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Vizio to pay $2.2 million to FTC, State of New Jersey to settle charges it collected viewing histories on 11 million smart televisions without users’ consent</a> (Federal Trade Commission)<br> * <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/business-blog/2017/02/what-vizio-was-doing-behind-tv-screen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen</a> (Federal Trade Commission)<br> * <a href="http://thewirecutter.com/blog/your-privacy-your-devices-and-you/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Your privacy, your devices, and you</a> (The Wirecutter)<br> * <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14527360/vizio-smart-tv-tracking-settlement-disable-settings" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Most smart TVs are tracking you — Vizio just got caught</a> (The Verge)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-06/uber-hires-veteran-nasa-engineer-to-develop-flying-cars" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Uber hires veteran NASA engineer to develop flying cars</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.axios.com/uber-sues-seattle-for-implementing-union-law-2243522626.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Uber sues Seattle for implementing union law</a> (Axios)<br> * <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15L0QU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook, Google join drive against fake news in France</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/07/beats-x-release/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Apple’s long delayed Beats X wireless earbuds launch February 10</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38879674" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Film site IMDB to shut down message boards</a> (BBC)<br> <br>
