Ep 260 Honorlock Cheating Accusations

From June 1, 2022

Check out Episode 260 from June 1, 2022! Here are all the links we discussed in this week’s show:

1. Leaked Facebook document shows the company has no idea how to manage user data (9 to 5 Mac; 26 April 2022)

2. Researcher Says Her Avatar Was Raped on Meta’s Metaverse Platform (Business Insider, 30 May 2022)

3. Amazon finally brings USB-C to its most affordable Android tablet, the $60 Fire 7 (9 to 5 Google; 18 May 2022)

4. Amazon Fire Toolbox

5. ​​Elon Musk reportedly declares remote work ‘no longer acceptable’ at Tesla (The Verge; 1 June 2022)

6. Apple discontinues iPod touch, ending 20 year run of iconic ‘iPod’ brand (9 to 5 Mac; 10 May 2022)

7. Apple is reportedly testing iPhones with USB-C (The Verge; 13 May 2022)

8. Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls (The Verge, 1 Jun 2022)

9. Chromebooks will now tell you when you’re using the wrong USB-C cable (The Verge, 27 May 2022)

10. Oddly enough, The Weather Channel makes for a pretty great streaming service (The Verge; 30 May 2022)

11. The Wikimedia Foundation has stopped accepting cryptocurrency donations (The Verge, 1 May 2022)

12. Cautionary Tales from Cryptoland (Harvard Business Review, 10 May 2022)

13. Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met (NYTimes, 27 May 2022)

14. Jason’s Geek of the Week: WiteBoard

15. Wes’ Geeks of the Week:  [VIDEO] Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs and Ezra Klein’s Podcast Interview with Dan Olson

Here are the links which made our show notes Google Doc, but we didn’t have time to discuss:

1. I tried to read all my app privacy policies. It was 1 million words. (WaPo; 31 May 2022)

2. Supreme Court blocks Texas social media moderation ban (The Verge; 31 May 2022)

3. Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation (The Conversation, 9 May 2022) - Contrast to this

4. A court just blew up internet law because it thinks YouTube isn’t a website (The Verge; 13 May 2022)

5. Facebook, AI, and a less friendly news feed (Columbia Journalism Review, 5 May 2022)

6. Despite the Epic v. Apple battle, Fortnite is officially back on the iPhone (ArsTechnica, 5 May 2022)

7. [MIGHT BE TOO SOON FOR THIS ARTICLE :S ] Uvalde shows why online threats need to be taken more seriously (The Verge; 1 June 2022)

8. Remote learning apps shared children’s data at a ‘dizzying scale’ (Washington Post, 24 May 2022)

9. iOS 16 features: Here’s what we know so far ahead of WWDC (9 to 5 Mac; 31 May 2022)

10. The three reasons MacBook Pro workers broke out of plant and fought with guards (9 to 5 Mac, 9 May 2022)

11. e-Ink iPhone display could combine Apple quality with near-zero impact on battery life (9 to 5 Mac; 17 May 2022)

12. Google Drive finally adds support for common keyboard shortcuts (XTA Developers, 30 May 2022)

13. Abandoned apps policy could see one-third of apps removed from App Store and Google Play (9 to 5 Mac; 13 May 2022)

14. Russian TV, online platforms hacked with antiwar message on Victory Day (Washington Post, 9 May 2022) - gift link

15. Podcast Episode: Teaching AI to Its Targets (EFF, 3 May 2022)

16. This Is the Space Station China is Building to Challenge the US (Yahoo Finance, 29 May 2022)

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