Mon. 10/08 - Google Gets A Data Scandal All Its Own




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Summary: <p><strong><em>Google has a data scandal and it's a doozy. Facebook portal is real, a Microsoft streaming gaming service is real, next generation Intel chips are manifest, no one knows what to believe in that blockbuster Bloomberg story, and how the Internet Archive works.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://metalab.co/" target="_blank"><strong>Metalab.co</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/ridehome" target="_blank"><strong>DataDogHQ.com/ridehome</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/08/facebook-portal/" target="_blank">Facebook launches Portal auto-zooming video chat screens for $199/$349</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/8/17944022/new-amazon-echo-show-review-2018-alexa-speaker-video-camera" target="_blank">THE NEW AMAZON ECHO SHOW’S IMPROVED SCREEN AND BETTER SPEAKERS AREN’T ENOUGH</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/8/17950878/microsoft-xcloud-game-streaming-xbox-games-features" target="_blank">Microsoft’s xCloud service streams Xbox games to PCs, consoles, and mobile devices</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/13401/intel-9th-gen-cpus-9900k-9700k-9600k" target="_blank">Intel Announces 9th Gen Core CPUs</a> (AnAndTech)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-exposed-user-data-feared-repercussions-of-disclosing-to-public-1539017194?mod=e2twd" target="_blank">Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/supply-chain-security-is-the-whole-enchilada-but-whos-willing-to-pay-for-it/" target="_blank">Supply Chain Security is the Whole Enchilada, But Who’s Willing to Pay for It?</a> (Krebs on Security)</li> <li> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/10/the-internets-keepers-some-call-us-hoarders-i-like-to-say-were-archivists/" target="_blank">The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists”</a> (Ars Technica)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>