Let’s Get Digital: Taxes, Texas, and College Football Rankings

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🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

France wants big tech firms to pay a 3 percent tax on profits they make in the country. We’ll explain why the companies are siding with President Trump to push back. Then: authorities in Texas reported a coordinated cyberattack on computer systems in 23 towns. We’ll tell you what we know – and why this is becoming a thing across the US. Also on the show: your warm-up for the new college football season, and scientists are turning apple peels into eco-friendly plastics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, August 20th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.6	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.5	they matter.
0:09.5	Today, we're diving into a new digital tax that France wants big tech companies to pay.
0:14.6	We'll connect the dots on what this digital tax is and why tech companies and President
0:19.1	Trump want France to scrap it.
0:21.7	Then cyber hackers have successfully targeted computer systems in 23 towns in Texas.
0:27.0	We'll give you the details.
0:28.6	And finally, college football season is kicking off and we've got your pre-game report.
0:33.3	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:35.2	Let's skim this.
0:39.2	Today's episode is brought to you by Flur.
0:44.5	The most complicated story of the day is about digital taxes.
0:49.0	Representatives from Amazon, Google and Facebook weren't watching to this week, doing a lot
0:53.8	of complaining.
0:55.3	The thing they're up in arms about, a new tax that France wants them to start paying.
1:00.4	It's called a digital tax.
1:03.1	The tax is the first of its kind and now other countries could follow France's lead.
1:08.2	So today, we're going to get into the details of the digital tax proposal, why President
1:12.6	Trump and companies like Amazon and Google are freaking out, and why you should care about
1:17.1	how this shakes out.
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