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What are the most important technology stories right now? From products and companies to services and trends, Download’s weekly panel of experts analyzes the biggest topics in tech … and a few you may have missed.
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#18: A Bit of Déjà Vu
August 24th, 2017 · 56 minutes
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 8, Apple reportedly slows down its car project, and Jason and Stephen are still thinking about this week's total solar eclipse.
#17: Privacy and Coupons
August 17th, 2017 · 50 minutes
With smartphones and live streams, we can all watch the news unfold in real time, but at what cost? Insurance companies are offering discounts for data, and we all wonder what's going on with Facebook Marketplace.
#16: Flap My Elbows
August 10th, 2017 · 51 minutes
This week we discuss the sexist Google "manifesto" and its aftermath, as well as Disney's announcement that it's launching two different streaming services.
#15: Taken Behind the Shed
August 3rd, 2017 · 60 minutes
It's phone season! Apple spilled the beans on the next iPhone and Samsung prepares to reintroduce the Note brand after last year's debacle. And Apple reports iPad growth, but is it too late for the tablet market?
#14: Secret Millennial
July 27th, 2017 · 51 minutes
This week we talk a lot about how technology has changed how we consume movies and television. Also, how many video streaming services do we really need? Plus we pour one out for the iPod--but not for Adobe Flash.
#13: Garbage In, Refined Garbage Out
July 20th, 2017 · 50 minutes
Google asks for our input to help filter what it shows us, but are we tainting machine learning with our own biases? Also: Why the future of video games is, surprisingly, in the past.
#12: Old Testament Holidays
July 13th, 2017 · 50 minutes
Shopping holidays and how consumers can tell the good deals from the bad; high-end smartphones and the tech journalists who love them; and a lump of coal in your Prime Day stocking by the name of Net Neutrality.
#11: I'm a Paranoid Optimist
July 6th, 2017 · 59 minutes
The rise of electric cars and the future of the personal vehicle market, the ability (or lack of same) for free websites with huge audiences to make money and be profitable, and another ugly week for the culture of the tech industry.
#10: Banished to My Office
June 30th, 2017 · 52 minutes
Ten years ago, the original iPhone went on sale, launching the smartphone market as we know it today. More recently, the EU fined Google 2.4 billion euros in an antitrust case, and the Amazon Echo Show has shipped to customers.
#9: Artisanal Soda Bars
June 22nd, 2017 · 50 minutes
Amazon is looking to push organic kale with its purchase of Whole Foods, while also taking on clothing subscription services. Over at Apple, an internal meeting about secrecy leaked to the press. Oh, sweet irony.