Ep 486: Bye, Bye Mr. FCC Pai - Ad Free (Patreon)

Happy Pandemiversary; Comcast price hikes; Internet's gonna internet; Microsoft's creepy Productivity Score; health risks of space; Facebook's self-serving self-reporting ads tool fail; Ajit Pai to step down; the McRib is back; Star Wars corner; hackers sell access to C-Suite emails; COVID data spies get personal; an FDA for algorithms; Tubi; the Undoing; Spotify stories; kids TV; Zoom PodTrak; Bowflex; Wes Anderson's office; all dumpsters include the fire; Ready Player Two; High-Rise; Earth; feedback.

SHOW NOTES

FOLLOW UP

Comcast is hiking TV and internet prices in 2021

IN THE NEWS

Amazon’s Alexa allegedly recites anti-Semitic conspiracy theories to users

Microsoft’s Creepy New ‘Productivity Score’ Gamifies Workplace Surveillance

What Are The Health Risks of Space? Scientists Just Unveiled The Biggest Study Yet

Facebook’s latest ad tool fail puts another dent in its reputation

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20

McDonald’s McRib is returning to menus across America for the first time in 8 years, sparking celebration among the obsessive fans of the cult-classic sandwich

SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

David Prowse, the original Darth Vader, dies aged 85

A ‘Star Wars’ hotel that will make you feel like you’re on a giant ship is coming to Disney World in 2021. Here’s everything we know.

Hacker sells access to hundreds of corporate executives’ email accounts

The Covid data spies paid to know ALL your secrets: Town halls harvest millions of highly personal details including if you’re being unfaithful or having unsafe sex

The algorithms are watching us, but who is watching the algorithms?

How To Protect Yourself and Your Family From Food Poisoning – The Foodist Podcast

MEDIA CANDY

Tubi

Fluffy’s Food Adventures

Pretending I’m a Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story

The Undoing

Amazon Cancelled ‘Utopia’ After One Season, and We Think We Know Why

Mortal

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Spotify Employee Accused of Deleting Joe Rogan’s Alex Jones Interview

Spotify now has Stories and can this please stop

The Octonauts

The Magic School Bus

Numberblocks

APPS & DOODADS

Zoom PodTrak P4 Portable Multitrack Podcast Recorder

DJI Mini 2 Drone Fly More Combo

Samsung 55″ 4K UHD HDR QLED Tizen Smart TV (QN55Q70TAFXZC) – Black

Bowflex SelectTech 552 Dumbbells

Make It Look Like Wes Anderson Designed Your Home Office With These Zoom Backgrounds

2020 Gift Dumpster Fire

AT THE LIBRARY

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

Earth by David Brin

FEEDBACK LOOP

Megadesk

The Best Way To Deal With A Scam | Joe Lycett

Food delivery industry faces ‘massive crisis’ following worker deaths

Loophole leaves families of killed food delivery riders without compensation

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

RIP Tony Hsieh, 1973 – 2020

Legendary Science Fiction Author Ben Bova Has Passed at the Age of 88

Stay the Fuck at Home