On this episode of Last Week in Tech, the team:
-tells you how to make sure you've actually turned off Google tracking your phone (http://pops.ci/Kw1Prg)
-urgently explains "drop apps"—apps that lure you in with limited, time-sensitive products and prizes
-debates if they would shut down robots that beg not to be turned off (http://pops.ci/2u2kM6)
-and blasts off with Betsy Congdon, the lead engineer for the heat shield of NASA's Parker Solar Probe (http://pops.ci/BckY2p).
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Our team:
Corinne Iozzio (www.twitter.com/corinneiozo)
Stan Horaczek (www.twitter.com/stanhoraczek)
Rob Verger (www.twitter.com/robverger)
Eleanor Cummins (www.twitter.com/elliepses)
Music by:
Billy Cadden (www.twitter.com/billycadden)
Edited by:
Jason Lederman (www.twitter.com/lederman)