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Week in Review for the Week of 11/24/20 – DTH

Snap launches Spotlight, California opens programs to allow for paid autonomous ride hailing services, and Twitter will reintroduce verification in 2021.

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UK Forms the Digital Markets Unit – DTH

The UK announced the formation of the Digital Markets Unity to investigate dominant online platforms, Amazon’s global workforce grew 50% in a year, and the Libra Association hopes to launch a stablecoin as early as January.

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Foxconn Moving Some Apple Production to Vietnam – DTH

Foxconn is reportedly planning to move some iPad and MacBook production to Vietnam, South Korea fines Facebook for sharing user data without consent, and the EU approves a Right to Repair resolution.

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About LIDAR

Tom explores the history, capabilities, and contemporary uses of LIDAR.

Featuring Tom Merritt.

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I heard cars need Lidar but then Tesla doesn’t use it?
And now Lidar is in the iPhone?
Is my iPhone going to drive my car?
Are you confused?
Don’t be.
Let’s help you Know a Little more about Lidar
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The Monolith Has Always Been There – DTNS 3915

The Verge’s Tom Warren notes that despite the Xbox Series X having more powerful hardware, the PS5 has been outperforming it, particularly in frame rate, according to benchmarks from Digital Foundry. What’s going on and is there deeper going on?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe

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Utah Monolith Found on Google Earth – DTH

The US FCC rejected ZTE’s application, new MacBook and Apple Watch form factors coming, and some routers you should not use.
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Adventures of Spot and Sparrow – DTNS 3914

Twitter announced it is relaunching its verification process with new guidelines, the Australian inspector general for the intelligence community discovered intelligence agencies were “incidentally” collecting data from Australia’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app, and the future of newspapers.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Peter Wells, Roger Chang and Joe.

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Sony Confirms Playstation 5 Completely Sold Out – DTH

Twitter continues warning users about misleading posts post-election, Australia reports incidental collection data from its COVIDSafe app, is the Galaxy Note going out to pasture?

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Let OLED Light Up Your Life – DTNS 3913

If you plan to upgrade your home theater display this holiday shopping season wait till you hear what Robert Heron has to say on what to look for and which TVs should be on your shortlist.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robert Heron, Roger Chang, Joe

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Snap Launches Spotlight Feed – DTH

Snap launched a new feed on Snapchat called Spotlight, two new programs in California allow for paid autonomous vehicle services, and a coalition of digital marketing companies ask the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to block implementation of Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ initiative.

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