Episode 33: Are Elon Musk and Bill Gates frenemies?




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Summary: <p>In this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Movie Pass is struggling (2:15)</li> <li>Netflix may buy a movie theater (2:42)</li> <li>Bill Gates is spying from space (3:50)</li> <li>Samsung's latest phone can't connect to the internet. On purpose. (5:39) </li> <li>Elon Musk pours 100M into Boring Company (7:43)</li> <li>Hackers build master key for hotel rooms (10:55) </li> <li>Amazon delivering packages to a trunk near you (13:50)</li> <li>A new Alexa skill can spy on you (17:38) </li> </ul> <p>Weird and Wacky Tech: </p> <ul> <li>Transition contact lenses are here (21:36)</li> <li>Google search tool will answer questions from thousands of books (23:50)</li> <li>Self-destructing emails (23:10)</li> </ul> <p>Tech Recommendations: </p> <ul> <li>Sanjay: <a href="https://www.camscanner.com/" rel="nofollow">Camscanner</a> </li> <li>Adam: <a href="https://mobilepassport.us/" rel="nofollow">Mobile Passport</a> </li> <li>Shannon: <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/" rel="nofollow">https://haveibeenpwned.com/</a> </li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="MoviePass Is Struggling, So Use It While You Can" rel="nofollow" href="https://lifehacker.com/moviepass-is-struggling-so-use-it-while-you-can-1825407405">MoviePass Is Struggling, So Use It While You Can</a></li> <li><a title="Netflix and Byron Allen Could Be Getting Into the Movie Theater Business" rel="nofollow" href="http://variety.com/2018/film/news/netflix-byron-allen-movie-theater-1202761265/">Netflix and Byron Allen Could Be Getting Into the Movie Theater Business</a></li> <li><a title="Bill Gates Backs Plan to Surveil the Entire Planet From Space" rel="nofollow" href="https://gizmodo.com/bill-gates-backs-plan-to-surveil-the-entire-planet-from-1825391325">Bill Gates Backs Plan to Surveil the Entire Planet From Space</a></li> <li><a title="Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro smartphone can't connect to the internet" rel="nofollow" href="https://mashable.com/2018/04/14/samsung-galaxy-j2-pro-cant-connect-to-internet/?utm_campaign=Mash-BD-Synd-Flipboard-All-Full&amp;utm_cid=Mash-BD-Synd-Flipboard-All-Full#xKTkd8xs3iq7">Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro smartphone can't connect to the internet</a></li> <li><a title="Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $113M for tunnels, with Musk investing the most" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geekwire.com/2018/not-boring-elon-musks-boring-company-raises-113m-transit-tunnels/">Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $113M for tunnels, with Musk investing the most</a></li> <li><a title="Hackers built a 'master key' for millions of hotel rooms" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/millions-of-hotel-door-locks-bypass-with-master-key/?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email">Hackers built a 'master key' for millions of hotel rooms</a></li> <li><a title="Amazon Starts Delivering Goods to the Trunk of Your GM or Volvo - Bloomberg" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-24/amazon-starts-delivering-goods-to-gm-volvo-trunks-in-the-u-s">Amazon Starts Delivering Goods to the Trunk of Your GM or Volvo - Bloomberg</a></li> <li><a title="Security Researchers Created a 'Skill' that Allows Alexa to Spy on You" rel="nofollow" href="https://gizmodo.com/security-researchers-created-a-skill-that-allows-alexa-1825549349">Security Researchers Created a 'Skill' that Allows Alexa to Spy on You</a></li> <li><a title="Contact Lenses That Darken In Bright Light Have Been Approved And Could Go On Sale Soon" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lightsensitive-transition-contact-lenses-are-coming-soon/">Contact Lenses That Darken In Bright Light Have Been Approved And Could Go On Sale Soon</a></li> <li> <a title="&quot;Talk to Books&quot; at TED 2018: Ray Kurzweil unveils Google's astounding new search tool will answer any question by reading thousands of books — Quartz" rel="nofollow" href="https://qz.com/1252664/talk-to-books-at-ted-2018-ray-kurzweil-unveils-googles-astounding-new-search-tool-will-answer-any-question-by-reading-thousands-of-books/">"Talk to Books" at TED 2018: Ray Kurzweil unveils Google's astounding new search tool will answer any question by reading thousands of books — Quartz</a> — Google’s astounding new search tool will answer any question by reading thousands of books</li> <li><a title="Gmail Update Will Let You Send Emails That Self-Destruct" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2018/04/13/gmail-update-will-let-you-send-emails-that-self-destruct/#4c30d27916f3">Gmail Update Will Let You Send Emails That Self-Destruct</a></li> </ul>