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    #258: X is Banned

    December 19th, 2019 · 61 minutes

    This is a tech-heavy week, with discussion of the new Xbox Series X and security on Amazon's Ring cameras, as well as a long retrospective about the trouble Boeing 737 production and what it could imply about the future of self-driving cars.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Xbox Series X: all the news about Microsoft’s next-gen game console - The Verge
    Xbox Series X: Microsoft’s next Xbox console for 2020 - The Verge
    The Xbox Series X is basically a PC - The Verge
    The Case Against Boeing | The New Yorker
    Boeing’s 737 Max Software Outsourced to $9-an-Hour Engineers - Bloomberg
    Boeing and F.A.A. Faulted in Damning Report on 737 Max Certification - The New York Times
    The Roots of Boeing’s 737 Max Crisis: A Regulator Relaxes Its Oversight - The New York Times
    Boeing 737 Max Was Plagued With Production Problems, Whistle-Blower Says - The New York Times
    What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max? - The New York Times
    Boeing 737 MAX freeze divides suppliers into haves and have-nots - Reuters
    We Tested Ring’s Security. It’s Awful - VICE
    Ring's Neighbors Data Let Us Map Amazon's Home Surveillance Network
    Evan Greer: Google Nest or Amazon Ring? Just reject these corporations' surveillance and a dystopic future