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From products and companies to services and trends, Download’s weekly panel of experts analyzed the biggest topics in tech … and a few you may have missed. Hosted by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett.

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48: I Brought Services, You Brought a Crayon Mar 29, 2018

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Apple goes back to school, but will it make any difference in its battle with Chromebooks? Microsoft unveils a game subscription service, because we live in the era of subscription services. And Facebook has another bad week.

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Guest Starring:

Michael Gartenberg and Cicero Holmes

Links and Show Notes:

iPad 9.7-inch - Apple

Education - Everyone Can Create - Apple

Apple Renews its Love for Education not the Education Market – Tech.pinions

Microsoft’s Xbox game subscription will include the next Halo, Gears of War, and Forza on launch day - The Verge

Microsoft’s new gaming cloud division readies for a future beyond Xbox - The Verge

PUBG is out now on Android and iOS, following Fortnite mobile

Fortnite vs PUBG Mobile: Which One Should You Play? | NDTV Gadgets360.com

New York Auto Show 2018: the latest news and the fastest cars - The Verge

Microsoft’s Windows chief departs as the company pushes further towards AI and the cloud - The Verge

The FTC Is Officially Investigating Facebook's Data Practices | WIRED

Facebook to Limit Use of Data Brokers for Ad Targeting - Bloomberg

Facebook Delays Home-Speaker Unveil Amid Data Crisis - Bloomberg

Jerry Brown's new puppy: Calif. governor announces pet in release

Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) | Twitter

Stan'Baku (@StubbyStan) | Twitter

47: Put the Toothpaste Back in the Cat Mar 22, 2018

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Facebook made us all think about the power of social media and the value of our personal data this week, but was Mark Zuckerberg's response enough? In equally heavy news, the first autonomous vehicle fatality happened this week.

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Guest Starring:

Glenn Fleishman and Carolina Milanesi

Links and Show Notes:

Facebook suspended Donald Trump’s data operations team for misusing people’s personal information - The Verge

Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, explained - YouTube

Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks - YouTube

WhatsApp Co-Founder Says It's Time to Delete Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg - I want to share an update on the... | Facebook

Cracking Down on Platform Abuse | Facebook Newsroom

Driverless Uber death raises questions about responsibility - Curbed

Video Shows Driver In Autonomous Uber Was Looking Down Moments Before Fatal Crash

Tempe police chief: Uber crash likely 'unavoidable' for any driver

BlackBerry’s Fan League will give you swag for hyping its poorly-selling phones - The Verge

Apple holding "field trip" education event on March 27 - Six Colors

As Tech in Education Matures, it calls for more than Hardware – Tech.pinions

The Case for an ePad – 512 Pixels

‘Monty Python’ is silly-walking onto Netflix

Glenn Fleishman (@GlennF) | Twitter

Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) | Twitter

46: Count the Ms Mar 15, 2018

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The U.S. government kills the Broadcom/Qualcomm merger, Apple buys a magazine subscription service, and Facebook and YouTube take stands of a sort against questionable posts on the Internet.

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Links and Show Notes:

Trump issues order blocking Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm, citing national security - The Verge

Broadcom Drops Qualcomm Bid, Pledges to Pursue U.S. HQ - Bloomberg

Qualcomm, National Security, and Patents – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Qualcomm Outspent Broadcom About 100 to 1 in Lobbying - Bloomberg

Apple to acquire digital magazine service Texture - Apple

Marines’ Love Affair With 3D Printing: Small Is Cheap, & Beautiful « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary

Facebook finally suspended the anti-Muslim political group that President Trump retweeted last year - Recode

Taking Action Against Britain First | Facebook Newsroom

Facebook bans Britain First pages - BBC News

YouTube will add information from Wikipedia to videos about conspiracies - The Verge

Out of the Doghouse, Into the Bed - The New York Times

45: Android Pop Rocks Mar 08, 2018

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Into a somewhat boring smartphone market comes our first glance at Android P, MoviePass gets caught tracking its users, iPhone app development turns 10, and is that a creepy laugh coming from the Amazon Echo?

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Guest Starring:

Lisa Schmeiser and Devindra Hardawar

Links and Show Notes:

Android P first look - YouTube

Android P Features and APIs | Android Developers

Android P messaging notifications take some inspiration from the iPhone - The Verge

Idoru by William Gibson

MoviePass CEO: 'We watch how you drive from home to the movies' - Engadget

MoviePass pulls 'unused app location' features from its iOS app - Engadget

Full transcript: MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe on Recode Media - Recode

Uber’s self-driving trucks have started hauling freight | Ars Technica

Tesla’s new electric semi truck is making its debut delivery - Digital Trends

A Lot Can Happen in a Decade • The Breakroom

Amazon has a fix for Alexa’s creepy laughs - The Verge

Mystery solved? Amazon explains what cracked up Alexa, and what they’re going to do about it – GeekWire

Amazon disables the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh’ due to false triggers | AFTVnews

Devindra Hardawar (@Devindra) | Twitter

The Immortal Iron Feminist (@lschmeiser) | Twitter

Pop Rocks - Wikipedia

44: They Went With the Chicken Mar 01, 2018

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This week we analyze many of the phone announcements from Mobile World Congress, including a new Samsung Galaxy and the return of a phone you may remember from a film made in the previous century.

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Guest Starring:

Florence Ion and Philip Michaels

Links and Show Notes:

Samsung Galaxy S9 announced with an upgraded camera in a familiar body - The Verge

Samsung’s Galaxy S9 AR Emoji are kind of horrifying - The Verge

Samsung Galaxy S9 Camera: What's New! - MKBHD on YouTube

LG’s V30S ThinQ is a V30 with more RAM and AI - The Verge

The Nokia 8110 Reloaded is HMD's latest retro feature phone - Engadget

Android Go: explained - The Verge on YouTube

Vivo Apex hands-on: pop-up selfie cam, in-screen fingerprint scanner, and practically zero bezel - Android Police

Huawei, Asus embrace the smartphone notch | TechCrunch

Stratolaunch Taxi Test - Gallery

Amazon buys startup Ring in $1 billion deal to run your home security

Why Scientists Love to Study Dogs (and Often Ignore Cats) - The New York Times

Prehistoric Puppy Was Likely Pet Dog, Archaeologists Say - National Geographic

Florence Ion (@Ohthatflo) | Twitter

Philip Michaels (@PhilipMichaels) | Twitter

43: Tea Party With Bots Feb 22, 2018

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Twitter is banning a bunch of bot accounts (again) and Microsoft is struggling to shed legacy technology in Windows (again), while the next flagship smartphone has been leaked (again).

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Guest Starring:

Mikah Sargent and Carolina Milanesi

Links and Show Notes:

Introducing Subnet - Relay FM

Subnet - Relay FM

Automation and the use of multiple accounts - Twitter Blog

Conservative Twitter is freaking out over a reported bot purge - The Verge

Microsoft Finally Documents the Limitations of Windows 10 on ARM - Thurrott.com

Windows 10 on ARM limits (briefly) confirmed: No virtualization, no OpenGL - Ars Technica

Carolina Milanesi on Twitter: "No matter what kind of PC user you are, battery matters the most..."

Google’s new AI algorithm predicts heart disease by looking at your eyes - The Verge

Samsung Galaxy S9 rumors: everything we think we know - The Verge

Hands-on Galaxy S9 photos leak just days before Samsung’s announcement – BGR

Samsung is going to release location based social networking app Uhssup along with Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus

Samsung crams 30TB of SSD into a single 2.5-inch drive - Ars Technica

Winter Olympics 2018: Why are athletes being given a stuffed animal named Soohorang and not flowers or medals? - The Independent

Carolina Milanesi (@caro_milanesi) - Twitter

Mikah Sargent (@mikahsargent) - Twitter

42: Get Used to Disappointment Feb 15, 2018

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Apple's software quality may have caught up with it, while Snapchat is dealing with the fallout of its recent redesign. All the while, Facebook is doing Facebook things and we really need a fuzzy puppy update.

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Guest Starring:

Serenity Caldwell and James Thomson

Links and Show Notes:

How Apple Plans to Root Out Bugs, Revamp iPhone Software - Bloomberg

Apple’s Software “Problem” and “Fixing” It - Steven Sinofsky

Snapchat’s New Update Triggers Revolt by Millions of Teens

Isaac Svobodny on Twitter: "The Snapchat update sucks. RT to save a life!… "

Petition: Remove the new Snapchat Update · Change.org

Magic Leap’s cheapest headsets will cost as much as a high-end phone - The Verge

Magic Leap is partnering with the NBA to bring virtual basketball games to its goggles - The Verge

Watch the interview: Magic Leap’s Rony Abovitz and the NBA’s Adam Silver - Recode

Inside Facebook's Hellish Two Years—and Mark Zuckerberg's Struggle to Fix it All | WIRED

Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within its main mobile app | TechCrunch

Gov. Cuomo Introduces ‘Captain,’ The First Puppy « CBS New York

Verge Science - For $50,000, you can clone your dog.

Tim Goodman: The Winter Olympics is Here! Yay? | Hollywood Reporter

Serenity Caldwell (@settern) | Twitter

James Thomson (@jamesthomson) | Twitter

41: Grandma's House Feb 08, 2018

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It's corporate results season, so we check in on how things are going at all the tech giants, including Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Netflix. Oh, and a billionaire shot a sportscar into space.

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Guest Starring:

Shelly Brisbin and Natalie Jarvey

Links and Show Notes:

Netflix crosses $100 billion market capitalization as subscribers surge

Amazon Fourth-Quarter Revenue Rises to $60.5B, Beats Analyst Expectations | Hollywood Reporter

Jason Snell on Twitter: "Apple Watch sales figures still looking good… "

Facebook Revenue Soars As Time Spent on Platform Plummets | Hollywood Reporter

Apple's Phone Sales Decrease But Tim Cook Declares iPhone X a Hit | Hollywood Reporter

Alphabet’s Earnings Disappoint. Blame It on the iPhone. - The New York Times

Google brings Nest into the game as its AI battles Alexa - CNET

Nest to join forces with Google’s hardware team

Why Waymo might play the Michael Douglas ‘Greed is Good’ speech in court - The Verge

Exclusive: Intel’s new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good - The Verge

Liftoff - Relay FM

B-Sides #31: Falcon Heavy - Relay FM

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket flung that Tesla car on a path that goes beyond Mars

Here’s what’s next for SpaceX after Falcon Heavy’s first flight - The Verge

Elon Musk’s Tesla roadster, which launched on top of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy earlier today, is going farther out into the Solar System than originally planned. - The Verge

Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive - The Verge

Natalie Jarvey (@natjarv) | Twitter

Shelly Brisbin (@shelly) | Twitter

40: An Alien Riding a Bike Feb 01, 2018

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It's a weird week in tech news: Strava leaked the location of secret military bases, Amazon got into healthcare, someone in the Trump Administration proposed nationalizing 5G wireless, and the world waited (or didn't) for the Apple HomePod.

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Guest Starring:

Megan Morrone and Michael Gartenberg

Links and Show Notes:

Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases | Technology | The Guardian

What He Did on His Summer Break: Exposed a Global Security Flaw - The New York Times

Strava Global Heatmap

A Letter to the Strava Community - Strava Blog

Strava will focus on privacy awareness to address security issues

Tim Stevens on Twitter RE: Strava privacy

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to partner on U.S. employee healthcare | Business Wire

Amazon is creating a health care company with the help of Warren Buffett and JPMorgan Chase - Recode

Amazon Health – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Google is now using machine learning to predict flight delays - The Verge

Get help with cheaper flights and potential flight delays this winter - Google Blog

Scoop: Trump team considers nationalizing 5G network - Axios

The Trump Administration said it has no plans to build a 5G wireless network - Recode

Trump Administration Idea for Nationalized 5G Falls Flat - Scientific American

Proposal to national the 5G network no longer being considered, but it's still telling - Slate

3 local rescue puppies to compete in Puppy Bowl | WPXI

The Puppy Bowl, explained - Vox

Michael Gartenberg (@Gartenberg) | Twitter

meganmorrone (@meganmorrone) | Twitter

39: Vulnerable to Stick-Ups Jan 25, 2018

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After a long delay, Apple prepares the HomePod for release, but who (if anyone) is buying? Long lines greeted the opening of Amazon's new automated store that's supposed to do away with lines, but what's the endgame?

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Guest Starring:

Lisa Schmeiser and Kirk McElhearn

Links and Show Notes:

HomePod arrives February 9, available to order this Friday - Apple

Five obvious questions about Apple’s HomePod speaker - The Verge

One Hour With Apple's New HomePod - Refinery29

Review: Apple iPod Hi-Fi - Macworld

Amazon Go, a high-tech version of a 7-Eleven, will finally open on Monday — with no checkout lines and no cashiers - Recode

Amazon Go Photos: Here’s what the new cashier-less convenience store looks like - Recode

Jeff Bezos’ brilliant PR stunt - Axios

Alphabet: Latest X Moonshot Graduate Chronicle Tackles Cybersecurity | Fortune

Chronicle Security - Homepage

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