TWiT 645: Not a Bright Guy




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <p>FCC cancels Net Neutrality and Ajit Pai mocks protesters. Apple's new iMac Pro costs a minimum of $4999 and goes up from there. Disney buys 21st Century Fox, gaining X-Men, Fantastic Four, and A New Hope, along with a 60% share of Hulu. Google cancels Tango as ARCore picks up steam. As public sentiment against it grows, even Facebook admits that Facebook is bad for you. Uber spies on everybody. Tweet storms made easy. Mirai botnet that took down huge swathes of the internet was built by college kids to cheat at Minecraft. Patreon apologizes. Secret Pentagon UFO program revealed.</p> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/harrymccracken" target="_blank">Harry McCracken</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ohdoctah" target="_blank">Owen JJ Stone</a>, and <a href="http://dangillmor.com/" target="_blank">Dan Gillmor</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p>Bandwidth for This Week in Tech is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://RocketMortgage.com/TWiT2">RocketMortgage.com/TWiT2</a></li> <li><a href="http://mymotiv.com">mymotiv.com enter TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://RING.COM/TWIT">RING.COM/TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://WordPress.com/twit">WordPress.com/twit</a></li> </ul>