Wed. 12/05 - Facebook Gets Docu-dumped by the UK




Techmeme Ride Home show

Summary: <p><strong><em>The UK Parliament docu-dumps on Facebook, Qualcomm fires the starter pistol on 5G rollout, an actual test drive on Waymo’s new ride hailing service, and behind that $100 million Friends deal.</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://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/culture-media-and-sport/Note-by-Chair-and-selected-documents-ordered-from-Six4Three.pdf" target="_blank">Note by Damian Collins MP</a> (UK Parliament)</li> <li> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/04/qualcomm-announces-the-snapdragon-855-and-its-new-under-display-fingerprint-sensor/" target="_blank">Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 855 and its news under-display fingerprint sensor </a>(TechCrunch)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/qualcomm-announces-first-ultrasonic-fingerprint-reader-headed-to-the-galaxy-s10/" target="_blank">Qualcomm announces first ultrasonic fingerprint reader: Headed to the Galaxy S10?</a> (CNET)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18127222/fortnite-creative-mode-season-7-release-date" target="_blank">Fortnite’s Minecraft-like creative mode launches tomorrow</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/5/18126103/waymo-one-self-driving-taxi-service-ride-safety-alphabet-cost-app" target="_blank">RIDING IN WAYMO ONE, THE GOOGLE SPINOFF’S FIRST SELF-DRIVING TAXI SERVICE</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/12/4/18126596/friends-netflix-warnermedia-att-hulu-apple-deal" target="_blank">The story behind Netflix’s $100 million ‘Friends’ deal</a> (Recode)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>