Episode 90: Storefronts, Awnings, or Shutters? ... reCAPTCHA Problems

In this Episode:

• A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy
• Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number (4:30)
• Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars (
• Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data (7:17)
• Airbnb’s New Luxe Tier Includes a $1 Million Polynesian Island (9:00)
• US power output from renewables exceeds coal for the first time in history (11:32)
• ‘Reset’ Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners
• Google’s new reCAPTCHA has a dark side ()
• Google tracks your every move, but a new tool is rolling out that lets you force it to delete where you’ve been
• Google Maps can warn you if your ride goes off-route
• Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software
• Is Firefox better than Chrome? It comes down to privacy.
• Mozilla launches GeckoView-powered Firefox Preview for Android, pauses Focus development (29:12)
• Amazon partners with retailers for new Counter package pickup service, starting with Rite-Aid

Weird and Wacky:

• Nearly 100 drivers followed a Google Maps detour -- and ended up stuck in an empty field
• Sudan crisis: Internet restored - but only for lawyer

Tech Recs (39:05):
Adam - http://versusutil.com/
Sanjay - RedShift

Ad music is from "Partly Cloudy" by A Tape Full of Mistakes
Weird & Wacky theme music is from "Brainwavves" by Strong Suit
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Links:

• A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy
• Dutch Telephone Outage Takes Out Nation's Emergency Number - The New York Times
• Curiosity Rover Detects Abnormally High Methane Levels on Mars - ExtremeTech
• Hackers breach NASA, steal Mars mission data | WeLiveSecurity
• Airbnb Luxe Now Renting Luxury Villas, Private Islands, Mansions - Bloomberg
• US power output from renewables exceeds coal for first time in history - The Verge
• 'Reset' Nest Cams Could Still Send Video to Previous Owners - ExtremeTech
• How Google's new tool lets you auto-delete your location history