Aug 10th 2023
Tech News Weekly 298
Would Apple Acquire Disney?
Hosted by
Jason Howell,
Mikah Sargent
Unknown Tracker Alert, Thread & Matter, Sandisk
Records every Thursday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 19:00 UTC.
Guests:
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy,
Sean Hollister
- Jason Howell talks about Android rolling out its "Unknown tracker alerts" system in conjunction with Apple to help detect AirTags that may have been placed on you nefariously.
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge talks about Thread and the challenges surrounding Thread and its integrations with IoT devices.
- Mikah Sargent talks about whether Disney could be sold to Apple. But why would Disney consider something they were adamant about not doing in the past?
- Finally, Sean Hollister of The Verge shares a warning about those who own a SanDisk Extreme SSD after one of Sean's colleagues lost everything on his SanDisk drive.
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Links
- Android launching ‘Find My Device network’ for tracker tags, headphones, more
- Google rolls out ‘Unknown tracker alerts’ on Android – Here’s how to check
- Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now
- Disney Sale to Apple? Don’t Count It Out This Time
- We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD