Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

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Dive into the latest news in tech, innovation and startups with Lucy Young and Larry Skye. Join the innovation strategist and software obsessive as they discuss and debate the technical, business and societal impacts that this week's tech stories could have. Views and opinions are our own and are subject to change.@techdigestpod

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China gets its own GPS network, but the UK wants one too! Playstation will pay you to hack their systems, while Apple messes up.

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

06/29/20 • 39 min

Dive into the latest news in tech, innovation and startups with Lucy Young and Larry Boltovskoi. Join the innovation strategist and software obsessive as they discuss and debate the technical, business and societal impacts that this week's tech stories could have.
Get in touch with us on Twitter @techdigestpod
The news this week
BeiDou: China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53132957

The Senate’s New Anti-Encryption Bill Is Even Worse Than EARN IT
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/senates-new-anti-encryption-bill-even-worse-earn-it-and-thats-saying-something
PlayStation announces bug bounty program
https://www.cnet.com/news/playstation-announces-bug-bounty-program/
Hack This Website:
https://juice-shop.herokuapp.com/#/https://youtu.be/nrFebQe23dk?t=48

Safari's suggestion engine is messing up big time
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157161487396994&id=501751993
Face ID and Touch ID for the Web
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/25/apple-is-bringing-face-id-and-touch-id-to-the-web-with-safari-14/
Check if your password is safe:
https://howsecureismypassword.net/

Running recommendation
https://zombiesrungame.com/

Top 5 podcast links

Have you heard of George’s podcast?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07915kd
Where should we begin? With Esther Perel
https://www.estherperel.com/podcast
My Dad Wrote a Porno
https://www.mydadwroteaporno.com/
The Moral Maze
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qk11
The Tennis Podcast
https://www.thetennispodcast.net/

Views are our own and subject to change.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Short selling and the GameStop saga, and weaning ourselves off Google - plus stories from across tech!

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

02/05/21 • 64 min

We dive into the GameStop saga and explain how and why it unfolded.
Plus, Larry and Lucy discuss their attempts to move away from the behemoth that is the Google search engine.
And loads of other stories from across tech:

Google wants to give up on cookies - and not just for Lent
Firefox also picks a fight with cookies
Happy 20th Birthday to VLC player!
Software advances for software engineers
And how accurate is adssettings.google.com?

Lots of great conversation this week! Have your say by getting in touch @techdigestpod and [email protected].

Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

PayPal goes crypto, Nokia to build lunar 4G for Nasa, and much more

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

10/25/20 • 40 min

This week, Lucy and Larry discuss:

Google's response to US DoJ antitrust case
Reparability labels on electronic goods
youtube-dl removed from Github for copyright issues
Spotify giving in to user pressure over downloading playlists
PayPal's new crypto payment service
Nokia to build 4G on the moon
Nasa's OSIRIS-REx lands on asteroid ... and picks up more than it should
Intel sells off solid state storage division
Microsoft takes Azure to low-orbit space with SpaceX partnership

Get in touch with your thoughts @techdigestpod and [email protected]

A contact-tracing app at long last, Tesla's battery ambitions, and is Apple's 30% cut fair to app developers?

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

09/27/20 • 48 min

Lucy & Larry are back and have plenty to talk about, including:

the NHS's contact-tracing app is finally released - but will it suceed?
Tesla wants to control the entire battery-making process - and remove cobalt
Epic, Spotify and Tinder join forces to take on Apple's "app tax"
Amazon enters the gaming space with Luna

And much more. Check out the blog for all the details.
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Elon Musk upstaged by pig, Apple's Epic battle, the latest episode in the TikTok soap opera, and more!

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

08/31/20 • 29 min

This week, Lucy & Larry discuss:

Elon Musk's demo of a brain chip in Gertrude the pig
Apple removes Epic's developer account
Are we too reliant on Zoom?
The Internet Engineering Task Force focuses on the end user
More twists and turns in the TikTok saga

Check out our blog for all the links to the stories.

How do you feel about Messenger merging with Instagram? Plus: GM mozzies cause a buzz in Florida, Starlink's internet speeds, Apple's mega value, and Chrome's accidentally DDOS

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

08/23/20 • 42 min

In the news this week:

Starlink's satellite internet speeds look very healthy indeed!
Apple's market cap reaches dizzying heights
Facebook Messenger and Instagram messages merging
GM mosquitoes causing a buzz in Florida
Chrome inadvertently causing DDOS attacks on internet infrastructure

For all the detail and links to the news stories, check out our blog.

Have contact tracing apps failed? Is OpenAI a misnomer? And will we all soon be banking with bitcoin?

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

07/26/20 • 54 min

In this week's tech news:

US regulators pave the way for cryptocurrencies in banks (https://www.coindesk.com/banks-in-us-can-now-offer-crypto-custody-services-regulator-says)
Cloudflare outage exposes over-reliance (https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-on-july-17-2020/ ;
https://easydns.com/blog/2020/07/20/turns-out-half-the-internet-has-a-single-point-of-failure-called-cloudflare/)
While Garmin experiences an outage of its own (https://twitter.com/GarminFitness/status/1286273563096489985)
OpenAI is not as open as its name suggests (https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/aqwcyx/discussion_openai_should_now_change_their_name_to/ ; https://leogao.dev/2020/05/29/GPT-3-A-Brief-Summary/)
And have Covid contact tracing apps failed? (https://eclecticlight.co/2020/07/25/smartphone-contact-tracing-has-failed-everywhere/)

Other links mentioned in the pod: https://covid.joinzoe.com/ and https://bitcoin.org/en/how-it-works
Also, Lucy and Larry discuss their favourite cooperative video games. What are yours? Get in touch with @techdigestpod and [email protected].
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Top 5 ways not to look like a total idiot on a video call. Plus: Germany's new anti-privacy law, fintech struggles, and much more!

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

07/13/20 • 47 min

This week, Lucy & Larry discuss:

Germany's proposed law that would allow security services to snoop on internet users via trojans (https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-german-law-would-force-isps-to-allow-secret-service-to-install-trojans-on-user-devices/)
What the latest video codec standard could mean for you and your televisual future (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53322755)
Microsoft's and Google's collaboration to help developers publish PWAs to the Google Play Store (https://medium.com/pwabuilder/microsoft-and-google-team-up-to-make-pwas-better-in-the-play-store-b59710e487)
Online Photoshop: https://www.photopea.com/
And how fintechs are struggling in the current covid climate.

Also ... Lucy turns her many irritations about Zoom meetings into some top tips for not looking like a total idiot while on a video call.
Get in touch with your comments and suggestions for Top 5 topics @techdigestpod and [email protected].
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Facebook's arrogance ... is probably well-founded, wins for developers against Apple, top tips for digital hygiene, and much more!

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

07/06/20 • 34 min

This week's news includes:

Updates on the encryption-ending EARN IT act https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23703367
Further developments in Hey.com and friends vs the behemoth of Apple
Will the Facebook boycott make the social-media giant wake up to hate speech on its platform? Spoiler: probably not... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53262860
Unrelatedly ... Facebook is also doing some mega cool stuff with VR https://research.fb.com/blog/2020/06/holographic-optics-for-thin-and-lightweight-virtual-reality/

And don't miss Larry's Top 5 tips for digital hygiene. His simple tricks could save you from those thieving cyber b@st@ards who want your money and your information. Listen for tips including password managers, ad-blockers and more.
Get in touch with your thoughts @techdigestpod and [email protected]
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lucy & Larry Return! Back with more tech news chitchat

Tech News Digest with Lucy & Larry

03/16/22 • 40 min

It's been a while, but Lucy and Larry are back to discuss the tech news stories that have caught their attention. Inevitably, the war in Ukraine touches nearly every story, as its impact on the tech sector - and the tech sector's impact on the war - is felt.
As we get back in our stride with the podcast, do get in touch with tech topics that you'd like us to dive into for you. You'll find on Twitter @techdigestpod and email [email protected].
Music attributions
Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Your Call by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5018-your-call
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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