This week Al and Jen discuss package and camera travel, and the crazy world of tech news including bloodthirsty AI lawn mowers. In the discussion, Facebook's increasingly alarming business practices are examined. A hand-drawn bloody RPG is the result of this week's Game Putty. 

Discussion at Facebook // Episode notes ↓

WHYBTD

Al: Package Tracking Sucks Ass

Jen: Nikon’s First Holiday - Jen took her camera on the Great Ocean Road

Her camera bag: https://www.harveynorman.com.au/lowepro-tahoe-bp-150-camera-bag-black.html

NEWS

Alaska Airlines Has a New Perk: Virtual Reality
https://au.pcmag.com/htc-vive/58782/news/alaska-airlines-has-a-new-perk-virtual-reality

Apple demands hefty $9 billion price tag from Google for default search on iOS
https://www.neowin.net/news/apple-demands-hefty-9-billion-price-tag-from-google-for-default-search-on-ios

ROBOT LAWNMOWERS ARE KILLING HEDGEHOGS
https://www.wired.com/story/robot-lawnmowers-are-killing-hedgehogs/

Poor Mr Anus, the council candidate given a bum deal by Facebook
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/sep/28/poor-mr-anus-the-council-candidate-given-a-bum-deal-by-facebook

More than a quarter of British Columbians would give up spouse for smartphone
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/more-than-a-quarter-of-british-columbians-would-give-up-spouse-for-smartphone-1.4840284

DISCUSSION

Facebook faces class-action lawsuit over massive new hack
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/28/17916076/facebook-hack-lawsuit-login-info-50-million-users-affected

FACEBOOK HACK GETS WORSE AS COMPANY ADMITS INSTAGRAM AND OTHER APPS WERE EXPOSED TOO
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-hack-instagram-tinder-login-account-privacy-security-data-a8560761.html

Facebook caught automatically blocking AP and Guardian stories about their massive data breach
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2018-09-28-facebook-caught-automatically-blocking-ap-and/

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access To Your Shadow Contact Information
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/09/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-contact-information/

Game Putty

Al: Divinity: Original Sin
Jen: Snipperclips
= Tim McGraw’s Snipper Sin

Theme Music: Hexadecimal Gnome by Bit Shifter via 8bitpeoples.com
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