TWiT 761: The Esperanto of Time




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <ul> <li> Coronavirus Craziness: The Pope is OK, SXSW canceled, contractors can't get n95 masks, Chinese carmakers shut down</li> <li> The response to Coronavirus - big tech sends workers home, but restaurant workers have to keep the slinging hash</li> <li> Woz is NOT Patient Zero</li> <li> Countries respond to Coronavirus: stay on that cruise ship, China forces people to quarantine, US doubles down on the Patriot Act, Italy shuts down Lombardi</li> <li> Stock up on Soylent for your Coronavirus quarantine needs</li> <li> Apple rejects coronavirus apps</li> <li> Chinese students review bomb homework app</li> <li> Paris has awesome hobbies</li> <li> Apple forces workers to come to the Spaceship and retail stores, other tech giants send workers home</li> <li> March Madness without fans? Are we projecting the zombie apocalypse onto Coronavirus?</li> <li> Review: Thermomix TM6</li> <li> Baby Yoda toys killed by Coronavirus</li> <li> What to watch while you're quarantined</li> <li> Video games to play while you're quarantined</li> <li> Is it canceled? How to find out</li> <li> Warren drops out - which old white male candidate will die from Coronavirus?</li> <li> Brianna Wu gets hacked - she explains how to avoid her mistakes</li> <li> How to use nation-state level hacks yourself</li> <li> How the CIA used CryptoAG to spy on the world</li> <li> Apple allows ads in push notifications - watch this week's iOS Today to see how to turn them off!</li> <li> YouTube is recommending fewer conspiracy videos</li> <li> Nerf or nothing!</li> <li> Streaming drives the music industry to its greatest year ever</li> <li> Democratic Socialism Simulator vs Female Politician Simulator</li> <li> Nintendo Playstation prototype sells for $360,000</li> <li> Daylight Saving kills! Switch to UTC instead!</li> <li> SETI@Home shuts down, and bitcoin mining is destroying the world - switch to folding proteins for a Coronavirus cure</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://theoutline.com" target="_blank">Paris Martineau</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/llsethj" target="_blank">Seth Weintraub</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/BriannaWu" target="_blank">Brianna Wu</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://HealthIQ.com/twit">HealthIQ.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stamps.com/radio/twit">www.stamps.com - promo code: TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://FreshBooks.com/twit">FreshBooks.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://wasabi.com">Wasabi.com offer code TWIT</a></li> </ul>