Episode 54: The Only Thing Scarier Than Terminator Robots....

In This Episode:

• Paul Allen, Co-founder Of Microsoft, Is Dead At 65 (2:00)
• Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact (3:23)
• Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year (5:05)
• Secret SEC investigation into ICOs puts startups at risk (9:45)
• Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times (12:29)
• Palm returns as an ‘ultra-mobile’ smartphone (16:00)
• Uniqlo cut 90% of staff at one warehouse by replacing them with robots (19:19)

Weird and Wacky Tech:

• Parkour Atlas (21:45)
• Scientists built a terrifying robot snake that can climb ladders (23:40)
• Banksy Shows How he Fitted a Shredder Into a Frame for Famed Art Stunt (24:50)
• Moonmoons (Moons That Orbit Other Moons) Could Exist, Scientists Say (27:50)

Tech Recommendations (28:32):

• Sanjay - [ballotpedia.org](ballotpedia.org)
• Adam - isidewith.com/
• Shannon [vote.org](vote.org)

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Links:

• Paul Allen, Co-founder Of Microsoft, Is Dead At 65
• Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network Community
• Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact - Conservancy Blog - Software Freedom Conservancy
• Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year | TechCrunch
• Secret SEC investigation into ICOs puts startups at risk - Decrypt Media
• Smart Home Surveillance: Governments Tell Google's Nest To Hand Over Data 300 Times