This Week in Tech 768

Contact Tracing, Synthetic Biology

•  Ask a futurist: how do we get from now to the Covid-19 free future? Steer into the slide.
•  The future of synthetic biology is sticking viruses into our systems as medication
•  Apple-Google contact tracing vs Palantir: who do you trust?
•  France bans Amazon from selling non-essential items: should America follow? Should Amazon be doing more with automation?
•  The best videoconferencing etiquette
•  Why are people tearing down 5g towers to fight coronavirus?
•  What new businesses are going to be born out of the Covid-19 crisis? Automation, synthetic biology, and delivery get a VC boost
•  AI development and Big Tech data gathering is leading us down a dystopian superhighway
•  Is CES gone for good? How long can movie theaters stay closed?
•  Salute to the real heroes - the IT people keeping us all connected in this crisis
•  Distance learning: what is working, what isn't, and what is the future of education?
•  How did Microsoft fumble Cortana? The same way they fumbled Windows Phone
•  Apple hopes to put its own chips in macs
•  Google says AI can design a chip in 6 hours
•  The next world war will be fought in cyberspace
•  Kim Jong Un: Dead or alive? Will North Korea be the next manufacturing hotspot or a radioactive crater?

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Links

• Apple and Google's contact-tracing effort reportedly launching earlier than expected - CNET
• Apple and Google pledge to shut down coronavirus tracker when pandemic ends - The Verge
• France Says Apple Bluetooth Policy Is Blocking Virus Tracker - Bloomberg
• Germany flips on smartphone contact tracing, backs Apple and Google - Reuters
• Apple Aims to Sell Macs With Its Own Chips Starting in 2021 - Bloomberg
• Intel is destined to fail if Apple’s foray into computer chips succeeds
• Google claims its AI can design computer chips in under 6 hours
• Google claims its AI can design computer chips in under 6 hours
• Amazon restricted from selling non-essential items in France after it loses court appeal
• Mirror, Mirror on the Screen: The Tyranny of Zoom Calls — The Information
• Peter Thiel’s controversial Palantir is helping build a coronavirus tracking tool for the Trump admin