Dan Benjamin is joined by in-studio guest Griffin McElroy of Polygon.com and Haddie Cooke to talk about the decline of TV, virtual reality vs. augmented reality, the stagnation of smartphones, Moto E, gaming, and more.

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• Update: Oscar Ratings Down 16%, Lowest in Six Years
  The total-viewer count is the event’s lowest in six years.
• Man who made thousands posting women’s stolen nudes goes after news sites that posted pictures of him - The Washington Post
  Late last month, the Federal Trade Commission settled a complaint against Brittain in which the agency accused the Coloradan and his defunct site, Is Anybody Down, with unfair business practices. The site paid its bills by soliciting women’s nude photos on Craigslist and/or from their exes, publishing the photos without the women’s permission (and often with their names and phone numbers attached), and then charging fees of $200 to $500 to take the photos down.
• Google Plans New Headquarters, and a City Fears Being Overrun - NYTimes.com
  This week, Google, the search giant, is expected to propose new headquarters — a series of canopylike buildings from Heatherwick Studio, a London design firm known for works like the fiery caldron at the 2012 Olympics, and Bjarke Ingels, a Danish architect known for his innovative designs.The project in Mountain View, which Google has not made public but has discussed with members of the City Council, is likely to aggravate an increasingly testy relationship between the company and community leaders who fear the company is overrunning their small city.
• Target Says Credit Card Data Breach Cost It $162M In 2013-14 | TechCrunch
  When it comes to data breaches, retailers are one of the biggest targets these days, and today we have some detail on the costs around one of the more high-profile attacks. Target today said that it has booked $162 million in expenses across 2013 and 2014 related to its data breach, in which hackers broke into the company’s network to access credit card information and other customer data, affecting some 70 million customers.
• Motorola's new Moto E has LTE and a bigger screen for just $149 | The Verge
  Motorola teased an announcement in the form a hand-delivered package last week, and sure enough, today the company delivered a box with a new Moto E. The second-generation Moto E is still Motorola's most affordable smartphone in its lineup, but this time around it has a larger 4.5-inch (but still 540 x 960 pixel) display, faster 4G LTE networking, and a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor.
• Source: Curved Samsung Galaxy S6 will suffer from yield issues at launch | Ars Technica
  According to a source at one of Samsung's mobile carrier partners in Europe who spoke to Ars Technica under the condition of anonymity, Samsung is launching both the curved and normal Galaxy S6 at rather exorbitant price points. Our source, who has seen Samsung's new devices in person, tells us that the mid-level 64GB curved Galaxy S6 will cost carriers €949 ($1,076), with the top-end 128GB model priced at €1,049 ($1,189)—around €50 more expensive than the comparable iPhone 6 Plus. Furthermore, the same source tells us that carriers are struggling to get their hands on enough stock of the curved Galaxy S6, suggesting that Samsung is having yield issues for the curved display.
• Why Mornings Don’t Make You Moral - The New Yorker
  
• You can own the RadioShack brand for a mere $20 million | The Verge
  
• A mountain of toys: inside the strange world of Toy Fair 2015 | The Verge
  
• Sesame could be the first inexpensive smart lock done right | The Verge
  
• Netflix is making a new Pee-wee Herman movie | Polygon
  Pee-wee Herman, the beloved character from surreal children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse and Tim Burton's first feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, is back for a new feature film. Produced by Judd Apatow (Bridesmaids, Knocked Up) and Paul Reubens (the actor who plays Pee-wee), Pee-wee's Big Holiday will premiere on Netflix.

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