TWiT 758: Facemasks and Fear

This Week in Tech (Audio)

• Episode: TWiT 758: Facemasks and Fear
• Website: This Week in Tech (Audio)
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• Duration: 02:30:52
• Published: 2020-02-17 03:27

This week's stories:

• Mobile World Congress 2020 canceled over COVID-19 fears
• China virtually shut down due to COVID-19. Foxconn's iPhone plant closed; making face masks instead.
• RSA Conference (Feb 24th in San Francisco) is next - IBM has already dropped out. Is this the end of conferences?
• China's response to COVID-19 includes increased surveillance and the "Close Contact" app. Is America next?
• Focals by North AR glasses could be the answer to COVID-19. Are we ready for AR+databases?
• Check out TWiT's review of Focals on Hands-On Tech!
• Apple stores and factories closed in China. Apple was expected to announce an iPhone SE replacement this spring - will it be put on hold?
• Samsung Z Flip Review - the most transformative new smartphone in years
• Windows 10X - Microsoft's first try at a 32bit-free OS and a two-screen device OS
• Windows 10X on a MacBook - it can be done! (But don't try it at home)
• Google's new OS is called... Pigweed?
• Windows 10X coming to dual-screen laptops and tablets by the end of the year
• Microsoft Duo caught on video in the wild!
• $1000+ flagship phones are now the norm. Are they worth it? (Yes)
• Cloud-based computing will become the norm in the next 5 years
• Amazon sues the US government over JEDI contract given to Microsoft; JEDI put on hold by a federal judge
• Taika Waititi blasts the crappy MacBook keyboard at the Oscars
• Raspberry Pi - the best kids' computer available
• Watch Hands-On Android! Episode 0 out now, Episode 1 coming 2/20/2020: twit.tv/HOA
• Coming soon: Hands-On Mac and Hands-On Linux!
• Spotify will destroy podcasting as we know it
• Elizabeth Holmes gets some of the Theranos charges dropped by a federal judge
• Is Venture Capitalism destroying capitalism?
• HQ Trivia crashes and burns - when will the current tech bubble burst?
• Essential shuttered - alleged sexual assaulter and Android inventor Andy Rubin's revolutionary phone company fails after less than a year.
• T-Mobile and Sprint merger passes second-to-last hurdle in its way
• Jeff Bezos buys the most expensive house in America

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Daniel Rubino, and Dan Patterson

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