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| Facebook: Get the Mops | |
| Number | 3242 |
| Broadcast Date | MARCH 19, 2018 |
| Episode Length | 30:23 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane |
| Guests | Lance Ulanoff |
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower spills the beans on how the company used profile data from millions of Facebook users without permission and worked with political parties to win elections. Is this behavior the result of criminal intent, un-ethical people, hazards of social networking, corporate ambivalence or all the above?
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Quick Hits
- Friday, Facebook announced it suspended the accounts of Strategic Communication Laboratories, its data analytics firm Cambridge Analytics, Cambridge University professor Aleksandr Kogan and Christopher Wylie from a data harvesting firm known as Eunoia Technologies, for violating Facebook's policies on data collection. We'll dig into this story in depth a little later in the show.
- At IBM Think 2018, the company is showing off a computer the size of a grain of salt, well rock salt, but still small. The computer approximately has the power of a 486 and costs less than 10 cents to manufacture. It's intended to use the blockchain to help track shipments of goods and detect theft, fraud and non-compliance. IBM researchers are testing the first prototypes so there's no release date.
- Google has a new program called Shopping Actions where retailers can list their products in a new area on search separate from ads and regular search listings. Instead of paying for impressions like with ads, the retailers will pay Google a percentage of each purchase. The program will work on Search, Google Express and Google Assistant.
- Magic Leap has released something. It's not its purported Augmented Reality headset, but it is a creator portal for developer that includes an SDK. You can find it for real at www.magicleap.com/creator
Top Stories
- ABC 15 in Tempe, Arizona, reported 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg has died after being struck by a self-driving Uber SUV. Police reported she was crossing a street outside the crosswalk. The Uber car did have a human safety driver but was in autonomous mode. This is the first known time an autonomous vehicle operating in self-driving mode has resulted in a human death. Uber CEO Dara Khos-row-shahi expressed sympathy for the victim’s family on Twitter, and said Uber is working with local authorities to determine what happened. Uber has also paused all of its AV testing operations across all cities where it operates, including Pittsburgh, Toronto, San Francisco and Phoenix. The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports his sources say Apple is designing and producing its own displays for testing purposes in a facility in Santa Clara, California, 15 minutes from Apple's headquarters. Particularly, Apple is supposedly experimenting with MicroLED screens that are slimmer and more power efficient than OLED. The technology is about 3-5 years away from being used in phones. The idea seems to be to make the technology available first in the Apple Watch.
- HTC has opened preorders for the Vive Pro, a 1400 x 1600 pixels per eye headset for $799 shipping April 5. The Vive Pro will not include the Lighthouse tracking beacons that come with the original Vive. Users can use the sensors they may already have or buy them separately. The original HTC Vive has been reduced by $100 to $499.
- Google is extending its Instant Apps program to games, letting users play a level or two before installing. Clash Royale, Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire or Panda Pop are among the games using the feature. Games that support Instant will have a "Try Now" button in the Google Play store listing. The Google Play Games app is also getting an Arcade tab collecting all the Instant games. The project is in closed beta but will open up to more developers later this year.
- Facebook's Creator app, which launched in November on iOS, is coming to Android... and is also launching a closed beta to test features like a leaderboard for a creator’s most engaged fans, and a version of its Rights Manager tool for flagging unauthorized copies of their videos. Starting next month, Facebook will test a monthly subscription model for $4.99 with 10 creators in the US and UK. Facebook says it won't take a cut so creators will get $3.50 per month per subscriber after the app stores take their 30%.
Discussion
- Facebook suspended Donald Trump’s data operations team for misusing people’s personal information
- Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook
- Facebook under pressure as U.S., EU urge probes of data practices
- The Cambridge Analytica Debacle is not a Facebook “Data Breach.” Maybe It Should Be.
- Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
- How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions
- Trump campaign data firm accused of harvesting Facebook data
- What Took Facebook So Long?
- Facebook "privately welcomed" help of whistleblower, then publicly suspended account, attorney says
- Facebook says it’s hired a forensics team to investigate Cambridge Analytica
- FACEBOOK FAILED TO PROTECT 30 MILLION USERS FROM HAVING THEIR DATA HARVESTED BY TRUMP CAMPAIGN AFFILIATE
- Facebook Is Shutting Down Its API For Giving Your Friends’ Data To Apps
- Facebook loses over $36 billion in market value
Mailbag
- Hey Tom, Sarah & Roger
Just wanted to share a picture with you guys. The Born Ready onesie came in and we immediately had to put our daughter Emma in it. She loves listening to the show with us in the car. As soon as the open music starts she quiets down and listens. I think we have another generation hooked on DTNS!
Keep up the great work!
Your Bosses - Sent by Chip, Nate & Emma from Boston
- Hey Tom, Sarah & Roger
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