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TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

Released Wednesday, 18th March 2020
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TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

TWiG 551: Boomer Remover

Wednesday, 18th March 2020
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Today's Stories:

  • Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus
  • Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help.
  • Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues
  • Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter-in-place orders
  • Charter makes workers come in
  • Coronavirus patent trolls vs open-source medical supplies
  • NBCUniversal offers streaming first-run movies - from movies to diapers to toilet paper, direct-to-consumer industries are thriving
  • Amazon hiring 100,000 workers, increasing pay, as all other industries collapse
  • Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube fight coronavirus misinformation
  • The EARN-IT Act will kill encryption and Section 230
  • Jeff Jarvis fixes Facebook's coronavirus spam filter
  • Reporters Without Borders create the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
  • Pixar founders win $1 million Turing prize

Picks of the Week:

  • Jeff's Number: Virtual Choir x 3
  • Stacey's Thing 1: Teach your kid science
  • Stacey's Thing 2: Sourdough: A Novel at https://amzn.to/2UgWVOm
  • Karsten's Quarantine Tip: Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course!
  • Leo's Tool: Around Next-gen video calling

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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