Summary: Whether it be tech giants facing Congressional committees or the Google Cultural Institute showing people the power of facial-recognition algorithms, El Kaiser and J.D. have things to say about it all. Also in the mix: Several states and advocacy groups have fired up the Lawsuit Machine and aimed it at the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of the net neutrality rules. Oh, and here are a pair of newsflashes: Apple has lots of money and Facebook maybe didn’t do so much to stop misinformation on its platform last year. Spool up Episode 259 for the details!<br> Links to Stories Discussed on This Week’s Episode<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/technology/net-neutrality-lawsuit-attorneys-general.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Flurry of Lawsuits Filed to Fight Repeal of Net Neutrality</a> (The New York Times)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/17/googles-project-fi-now-caps-data-bills-at-60/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google’s Project Fi now caps data bills at $60</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="https://fi.google.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Project Fi</a> (Google)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/apple-is-said-to-give-employees-2-500-bonuses-after-new-tax-law">Apple Gives Employees $2,500 Bonuses After New Tax Law</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/01/apple-accelerates-us-investment-and-job-creation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple accelerates US investment and job creation</a> (Apple)<br> * <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/16/siri-give-me-the-news-feature/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apple expands Siri’s ‘Give me the news’ feature to non-beta users & the U.K.</a> (9to5Mac)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/bitconnect-which-has-been-accused-of-running-a-ponzi-scheme-shuts-down/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bitconnect, which has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme, shuts down</a> (TechCrunch)<br> * <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-living-breathing-crime-scene-says-one-former-manager-n837991" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook is a ‘living, breathing crime scene,’ says one former tech insider</a> (NBC News)<br> * <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/monitoring-fake-news-was-never-priority-says-ex-facebook-worker-n838371" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Monitoring fake news was never a priority, says ex-Facebook worker</a> (NBC News)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/01/17/facebook-google-tell-congress-how-theyre-fighting-extremist-content.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook, Google tell Congress they’re fighting extremist content with counterpropaganda</a> (CNBC)<br> * <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/17/16901472/facebook-watch-party-groups-video" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook introduces Watch Party to let you watch shows together with friends</a> (The Verge)<br> * <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/google-face-matching-art-app-1200335" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">‘It Took Us by Surprise’: Even Google Was Shocked by the Success of Its Megaviral Face-Matching Art App</a> (ArtNet.com)<br> * <a href="https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google Arts & Culture</a><br> * <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cultural&hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google Arts & Culture for Android</a><br> * <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-arts-culture/id1050970557?mt=8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Google Arts & Culture for iOS</a><br> <br> (Hopefully) Helpful Hint<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/technology/personaltech/laptop-data..."></a>
