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This week: Fake prototype trucks designed to scam investors, the death of FandangoNow, pay cuts for work from home jobs, companies force you to put a camera in your bedroom, and so much more.
Dumb Tech of the Week
Nikola electric-truck prototypes were faked and it's founder is Currently under Investigation- Link Discussion of the Week
Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance- Link Tech News Bytes
Apple announces new iPhone features to detect child sex abuse- Link Here's everything Samsung announced at its August Unpacked event- Link AirPods will link with an Apple ID in iOS 15 to enable Find My support- Link TikTok limits the visibility of teens' videos amid safety push- Link A Powerful New Deepfake Tool Has Digitally Undressed Thousands Of Women- Link Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money- Link UN report says most climate change effects are 'unprecedented' and 'irreversible'- Link Pepsi, Boston Beer team up to deliver boozy Mountain Dew- Link Tech RIP
Vudu and FandangoNow merge into a single streaming service- Link Story Update
Tesla quietly delays Cybertruck to 2022- Link
This week's Jam: there is a proposal to ban private jets, Facebook is removing its facial recognition tech, the earth's inner core is not a solid, Amazon kept driver's tips, and so much more!
Discussion: Ban Private Jets - Link
Dumb Tech of the Week
Canon's Powershot PX is smart home camera...
Published 11/05/21
This weeks Jam: Apple has new Macs, the Google Pixel series matures, Fisher Price releases a phone for adults, Pinterest learns a thing or two from TikTok and so much more!
Dumb Tech of the Week
Fisher-Price made a working Chatter telephone for adults - Link Facebook is rebranding itself...
Published 10/29/21