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Facebook has released the rules for its new content advisory board—effectively its new Supreme Court. This is probably a good idea. But why are they limiting its domain just to content? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-oversight-board-bylaws/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It turns out your antivirus software might be spying on you too. The more we learn about privacy, the less it seems we have. Here's the story about Avast and its subsidiary, Jumpshot: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsing-data-investigation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Should we mine the deep seas? There are precious metals that could help transitioning to a green economy. But we know so little of the science of life down there and the risks are huge. I hadn't studied the issue deeply before this week; but now I'm in favor of a moratorium. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

There is fascinating innovation in drones that deliver medicine and humanitarian supply. But it’s a new and emerging technology and it’s very important that we get the rules and regulations right from the start. It’s an industry that would be easy to overregulate and mess up—but also one where you do need smart rules to keep people safe and to protect their privacy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Apple has not been encrypting icloud backups. This is a surprise to me! It's particularly a surprise given all of Apple's statements in recent years about the paramount importance of privacy and encryption. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Microsoft pledges that their carbon emissions will be net zero by 2030, and that, by 2050, they will have pulled as much carbon out of the air as they have emitted since their founding. This is hugely ambitious! And good! And other companies should follow their lead. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Yesterday: Apple and the FBI go to war again. Today: Microsoft and the NSA break bread. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Why is Amazon messing with the coupon extension Honey? Is it because Honey is a real security risk? Or is it more that Amazon doesn't want PayPal to get data on shopping behavior? Or perhaps that Amazon doesn't like how easy Honey makes it to get coupons? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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What I learned at #CES2020 by getting crushed in pingpong by a robot. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Ivanka Trump is at CES. A lot of people are mad about this, but I'm not. But I also don't think the government is living up to the ideals she laid out. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ivanka-trump-ces-future-of-work/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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How will Iran's cyber warfare operatives respond to the killing of Qassem Soleimani? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two interesting stories about Google published today — one they like, and one they surely don't. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Two interesting stories about Google published today — one they like, and one they surely don't. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thanks for listening to Tech in Two. Your two-minute news digest will return in January 2020. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Star Wars made a brilliant marketing move and posted a clip in Fortnite. Is this the future of Hollywood advertising, or just a clever one-off? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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A reporter made a pretty convincing deepfake without a lot of time or money. This is an important reminder that as technology improves, deepfakes will only get easier to make and harder to detect. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People are getting crazy cosmetic surgery to have a more ideal “Instagram face.” This is what happens when filters and face-tuning software are reinforced by likes and comments. And it's profoundly disturbing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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In a tweetstorm, Jack Dorsey said he’s creating a small team at Twitter to look into open, decentralized social networks. It if it happens, it could be good for competition, online discourse, and our democracy. But I’m skeptical that it will. #MostInterestingThinginTech Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Another controversy about location tracking — this time, involving Apple. A researcher noticed his iPhone 11 was tracking him even when he turned location services off. That’s creepy, but also possibly justified. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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New York City’s AI task force finally released its report, and it’s terrible! This isn’t surprising — government regulation of AI will be incredibly difficult. But it’s important that we do it, and that we do it right. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Bernie Sanders offered up a sweeping plan on broadband. If you’re a free market capitalist who wants Internet competition, you may think it’s a regulator morass. But should you actually #feelthebern? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Amazon is suing over the JEDI contract. The $10 billion process was rigged, they argue, which means we're heading toward a messy fight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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It's time to renovate our airports to prepare for rising seas and the climate crisis. But even more important, it's time for engineers, designers, and all of us to start thinking about how we adapt to this changing world. More her: https://www.wired.com/story/how-airports-protecting-rising-seas/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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A new tool from Amazon will record conversations between patients and doctors and then add the transcriptions directly to our medical records. This will freak people out. But it also could really improve our healthcare. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Is it time to switch your search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo? Here's why one writer did: https://www.wired.com/story/i-ditched-google-for-duckduckgo-heres-why-you-should-too/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices