Wed. 11/07 - Why Robocalls Have Taken Over Your Phone




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Summary: <p><strong><em>Silicon Valley’s special election day vote, why robocalls have taken over your phone, Jeff Bezos’ clever HQ2 bonus, making 911 calls better and why Jake Tapper is a digital media pioneer.</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.vistaprint.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Vistaprint.com</strong></a><strong>, promo code RideHoliday</strong> </li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/11/7/18065086/san-francisco-prop-c-marc-benioff-jack-dorsey" target="_blank">San Francisco has passed a first-of-its-kind tax on big businesses — like Square and Stripe — to help the homeless</a> (Recode)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.axios.com/scoop-att-to-terminate-service-over-piracy-for-first-time-1541465187-749442e3-7b71-4cc7-a694-865779b6fb96.html" target="_blank">Scoop: AT&amp;T to cut off some customers' service in piracy crackdown</a> (Axios)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/7/18069178/end-robocalls-lawsuits-do-not-call-registry-ftc" target="_blank">Why robocalls have taken over your phone</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-hq2-search-data-2018-11" target="_blank">Amazon gained a huge perk from its HQ2 contest that's worth far more than any tax break</a> (Business Insider)</li> <li> <a href="https://apnews.com/bf75dd1c26c947b7826d270a16e2658a" target="_blank">Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk</a> (The Associated Press)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/06/rapidsos-an-emergency-response-data-provider-raises-30m-as-it-grows-from-10k-users-to-250m/" target="_blank">RapidSOS, an emergency response data provider, raises $30M as it grows from 10K users to 250M</a> (TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/newsonomics-digital-defeats-print-is-the-headline-as-gannett-steps-away-from-printed-election-results/" target="_blank">Newsonomics: “Digital defeats print” is the headline as Gannett steps away from printed election results</a> (NiemanLab)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>