Windows chief Terry Myerson leaves Microsoft after 21 years, President Trump accuses Amazon of not paying taxes, and Apple allows users to download copies of user data the company keeps in anticipation of GDPR.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Justin Robert Young.
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Show Notes
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A note by Morgan Stanley suggests Microsoft might be on its way to becoming the 1st trillion dollar company. Has the company’s refocus towards Software-as-a-Service the key reason for that and how long can the company rely on it to maintain its current trajectory? Plus FB attempts to simplify user accessibility to privacy settings and Saudi Arabia and Softbank are planning the world’s largest solar farm.
Apple has announced a new iPad with “pencil” support, but compared with recent offerings from Google is it too little too late? Plus the governor of Arizona puts a halt on autonomous car tests in the state and Foxxconn is buying Belkin for $866 million dollars.
With the popularity of IOC (Initial Coin Offerings) and other cryptocurrency as an investment strategy how do existing taxation laws apply and how should they change in the future? Plus Ford and Alibaba are partnering on a car vending machine in China, and Uber is selling its SE Asia ride-hailing business to competitor Grab.
Affinity Photo vs Photoshop CC.
We talk with Mike Johnson, CISO at Lyft and Davis Spark from Spark media Solutions about the frustrating relationship between CISOs and security vendors.
Should you trust Jigsaw’s Outline VPN? It sure is easy. Plus making water from desert air and why South Korea is shutting off its employees computers.
Revelations of Facebook’s role in Cambridge Analytica’s data mining and analysis has raised new questions about the need to regulate large tech companies but also the need for more ethical decision making in management. Plus the Trump administration levies new tariffs on China’s tech exports what will this mean for consumers and Best Buy will stop selling Huawei phones.
Researchers at Columbia University are working to develop a polymer fingers and robot muscles in a drive to build a practical soft robot. But just what is a soft robot and how will it alter the way to interact with automation in the workplace and home. Plus WhatsApp co-founder says you should delete Facebook and a study published in JAMA indicates the Apple watch can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97% accuracy.
Researchers at Columbia University are working to develop a polymer fingers and robot muscles in a drive to build a practical soft robot. But just what is a soft robot and how will it alter the way to interact with automation in the workplace and home. Plus WhatsApp co-founder says you should delete Facebook and a study published in JAMA indicates the Apple watch can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97% accuracy.