Samsung left ‘without a captain,’ China slows cryptocurrencies
In today’s big tech news, Samsung’s co-CEO raises leadership issues, China steps up cryptocurrency regulation and Hillary Clinton’s tweets create
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Fired Google engineer defends controversial memo
James Damore says Google is shaming him for speaking out about his views on gender diversity, which have been condemned
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Facebook wants to fight fake news with bots (The 3:59, Ep. 261)
Also on the podcast – Mark Zuckerberg is DEFINITELY not running for President *wink*wink* Facebook machine learning: http://cnet.co/2wa67a9 Zuck hires
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Step inside Julian Assange’s office
I confined myself in a replica of the WikiLeaks founder’s tiny office to find out what five years of self-imposed
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The CIA may be spying on us with our own phones. (The 3:59, Ep. 191)
In this privacy themes episode we discuss the alleged CIA hacking methods discussed by WikiLeaks, the battle in DC over
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So much for the Trump, tech alliance! (The 3:59, Ep. 170)
Many tech leaders criticize Trump’s new immigration ban which may kill off efforts for both sides to work together. Trump
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