A contact-tracing app at long last, Tesla's battery ambitions, and is Apple's 30% cut fair to app developers?
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/
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/
Previous Episode
Elon Musk upstaged by pig, Apple's Epic battle, the latest episode in the TikTok soap opera, and more!
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.
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/
Next Episode
Apple's practices compared to Mafia extortion while First all-female team wins Nobel science prize
After another well-earned break Lucy & Larry are back with a whole lot of stories to talk about, including:
- Apple's practices around IAP compared to "Mafia extortion"
- Twitter will be taking steps, for the 2020 US Election
- Facebook their automated systems to filter out nudity founds these onions too sexy
- Plain text emails might do better than heavily styled ones
- Microsoft is also moving to the new work-from-home standard, permanently
- Practice typing on classic literature such as The Art of War
- Stop the EARN IT Bill Before It Breaks Encryption
- Excel caused COVID-19 results to be lost
- US Congress calls for big changes to big tech
- First all-female team wins Nobel science prize
Check the details at https://technewsdigest.co.uk/episodes-2020-14/
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/
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