Description

Your driver’s license is already being used for facial recognition surveillance, VC investment in Chinese startups is plummeting, I have an answer to my question around cities paying ransom to hackers, and if this podcast thing goes away, I know my next hustle: professional dungeon master.

Sponsors:

• Metalab.co
• Legacybox.com/ride

Links:

• FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches (The Washington Post)
• Apple tests Face ID and Touch ID sign-in for iCloud․com on iOS 13 and macOS Catalina betas (9to5Mac)
• China's Venture Capital Boom Shows Signs of Turning Into a Bust (Bloomberg)
• This Chrome extension lets you disguise Netflix as a Hangout to slack off at work (The Verge)
• Aircraft lands itself truly autonomously for the first time (Engadget)
• A City Paid a Hefty Ransom to Hackers. But Its Pains Are Far From Over. (NYTimes)
• Now Some Families Are Hiring Coaches to Help Them Raise Phone-Free Children (NYTimes)
• The Rise of the Professional Dungeon Master (Bloomberg Businessweek)

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