TWiT 741: Jin Yang's Not Hotdog Method




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <ul> <li>California passes law to kill the gig economy</li> <li>Facebook refuses to ban lying in political ads</li> <li>Why does internet access in America suck so much?</li> <li>Pixel 4 event: kinda dull</li> <li>Pixel 4 review: camera zoom not that great, face unlock works even if you are asleep or dead</li> <li>Law enforcement face recognition banned in California for 3 years</li> <li>Google focuses on "ambient computing"</li> <li>Technopanic and social media</li> <li>Zuckerberg is amoral, Facebook should just ban political ads</li> <li>Google is great at everything but selling hardware</li> <li>Pixelbook Go: perfect for college kids, but not for us</li> <li>Google Nest Wifi sounds good</li> <li>Air Force stops using 8-inch floppies to control missile launches</li> <li>Malware makes ATMs spit out all their cash</li> <li>Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber coming to a TV near you</li> <li>RIP Yahoo Groups</li> <li>Huawei is doing great!</li> <li>Virgin Galactic shows of its spacesuits</li> <li>Cobol turns 60</li> <li>Fortnite is down! Technical error or marketing genius?</li> <li>Is TikTok China's entry into our children's minds? Or is Mike Elgan just paranoid?</li> </ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/florence-ion">Florence Ion</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mike-elgan">Mike Elgan</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/sethr" target="_blank">Seth Rosenblatt</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><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://eero.com">eero.com code TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://capterra.com/twit">capterra.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://wasabi.com">Wasabi.com offer code TWiT</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.legalzoom.com">legalzoom.com offer code TWIT</a></li> </ul>