Our weekly news roundup! Corporate Control, Scams, and Scary Tech! The real problem with self-driving cars and more! Want to support the channel? Have a look at my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/TomM We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. The following is the equipment used by Switched to Linux: Mentioned in the Video: French Press - http://amzn.to/2rbDbMI Electric Kettle - http://amzn.to/2pHz5uI Main Amazon Site - http://amzn.to/2oFr4Wa Studio Light - http://amzn.to/2pHPuyn Logitech c920 - http://amzn.to/2nlUCXN Logitech c615 - http://amzn.to/2ohO7u6 Samson Meteor Mic - http://amzn.to/2nlVvzD ---------------------------------------------- Articles and Topics this week: Corporate Control http://cmcsa.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1025215 https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/05/reducing-links-to-low-quality-web-page-experiences/ Scam https://consumerist.com/2017/05/08/ponzi-scheme-victims-say-paypal-knew-user-was-a-scammer/ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2017/05/ftc-federal-state-international-partners-announce-major-crackdown?utm_source=govdelivery http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/37881/attention-veterans-imposter-phone-line-attempting-to-access-credit-card-information-from-choice-program-users/ Scary Tech https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J24C0TI https://consumerist.com/2017/05/11/the-real-problem-with-self-driving-cars-they-actually-follow-traffic-laws/ https://apnews.com/65e1c800ff0c4532abbdabc134e5f9b8/What's-holding-back-self-driving-cars?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APBusiness Out Of Our Minds https://consumerist.com/2017/05/09/dunkin-donuts-shareholders-want-company-to-look-into-k-cup-waste/ http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/flagstaff-hiker-in-search-of-free-pizza-finds-himself-stranded/438670665 Privacy http://www.beddit.com/ http://www.beddit.com/privacy/ https://consumerist.com/2017/05/12/why-wont-grubhub-delete-my-account-after-it-was-hacked/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/timeline-and-cortana-make-windows-better-even-when-youre-not-using-it/ http://voicelabs.co/2017/05/11/voicelabs-launches-first-monetization-program-for-amazon-alexa-developers/ Security https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/may/12/hospitals-across-england-hit-by-large-scale-cyber-attack https://www.modzero.ch/modlog/archives/2017/05/11/en_keylogger_in_hewlett-packard_audio_driver/index.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDoZrEn3tE

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