TWiT 764: Tech Support in Tights




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <ul> <li> Fever tracking maps show the spread of coronavirus</li> <li> Instacart workers will go on strike on Monday</li> <li> Hackers are sending out malicious teddy bears and Best Buy rewards cards</li> <li> Snopes has had to scale back fact-checking in the age of coronavirus misinformation</li> <li> China and Russia sending waves of coronavirus misinformation and phishing attacks</li> <li> Zeynep Tufecki is a light of reason in the fog of coronavirus information</li> <li> US Government is using cell phone location data to track coronavirus</li> <li> Is Big Tech our coronavirus saviors, or are they taking advantage of the situation?</li> <li> How should we cover tech while the world is collapsing?</li> <li> Notes from the final CanSec security conference</li> <li> Corporate layoffs, bailouts, and cancellations</li> <li> E-sports fill the void for car racing aficionados</li> <li> PwnToOwn 2020 highlights</li> <li> GM is offering unlimited internet in its cars, Yale is offering a free course on happiness, and other happy news</li> <li> China wants to re-invent the internet. What could possibly go wrong?</li> <li> Help track which coronavirus sites are malicious</li> <li> Free e-books from the Library of Congress</li> <li> Internet Archive under fire for lending too many e-books</li> <li> Elizabeth Warren open-sources all her campaign tech</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://twitter.com/sethr" target="_blank">Seth Rosenblatt</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/lexysavvides" target="_blank">Lexy Savvides</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/edbott" target="_blank">Ed Bott</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://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="https://twit.cachefly.com">twit.cachefly.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://ZipRecruiter.com/Twit">ZipRecruiter.com/Twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://HealthIQ.com/twit">HealthIQ.com/twit</a></li> </ul>