TWiT 770: The Vanna White Effect




This Week in Tech (MP3) show

Summary: <p>Zoom Fixes Encryption, Elon Musk and X Æ A-12</p><ul> <li>Elon Musk names his child X Æ A-12: here's how to pronounce it</li> <li>Zoom buys Keybase to fix encryption</li> <li>Google Meet, Facebook Rooms, and Microsoft Teams desperately try to catch up with Zoom</li> <li>Zoom is much more secure now but how did it win the video calling race, to begin with?</li> <li>Leo won't give up on jitsi even though it sounds like a mold</li> <li>Rich DeMuro says Zoom is like slime</li> <li>Teslas now stop automatically at red lights (and green)</li> <li>Google abandons its plans for a data-driven community in Toronto</li> <li>Is Amazon handling the coronavirus crisis well?</li> <li>Tim Bray quits Amazon in dismay over whistleblower firings</li> <li>Australia wants Google to stop showing news snippets</li> <li>Do ISPs need bandwidth caps? Is everybody working from home hogging all the bandwidth?</li> <li>New 13-inch MacBook Pro heralds the end of butterfly keys</li> <li>Microsoft 10X will come to single-screen devices in 2021</li> <li>Pixel Buds vs Surface Earbuds vs AirPods</li> <li>Boston Dynamics Spot robot patrolling Singapore parks to enforce social distancing</li> <li>BBC releases Zoom backgrounds</li> <li>A hazmat-inspired suit lets you party, drink, and vape in safety</li> </ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/doc-searls">Doc Searls</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/richdemuro" target="_blank">Rich DeMuro</a>, and <a href="http://www.larrysworld.com/" target="_blank">Larry Magid</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://expressvpn.com/twit">expressvpn.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://WWT.COM/TWIT">WWT.COM/TWIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://casper.com/twit1">casper.com/twit1 - promo code: TWIT1</a></li> </ul>