Thu. 02/07 - Facebook Dinged In Germany; Killin' It In China

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🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Germany is this week’s headache for Facebook, Twitter mixes up its MAU and DAU game, Cluno is subscriptions but for cars and Optimus Ride is what we mean by starting small with autonomous vehicles. Sponsors: Metalab.co DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Links: Facebook ordered by Germany to gather and mix less data (BBC) How Facebook’s Tiny China Sales Floor Helps Generate Big Ad Money (NYTimes) Twitter Q4 Earnings (TechCrunch) Skype Can Now Blur Your Background So You Don't Have to Frantically Tidy Your Room (Gizmodo) Car subscription service Cluno scores $28M in Series B funding (TechCrunch) Another self-driving car startup is starting small, and that’s a good thing (The Verge) Original WWII German message decrypts to go on display at National Museum of Computing (The Register) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Thursday, February 7th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:08.6	Today, Germany is this week's headache for Facebook.
0:11.5	Twitter mixes up its Mao and Dow game.
0:15.0	Cluno is subscriptions but for cars.
0:17.0	An Optimus Ride is what we mean by starting small with autonomous vehicles.
0:22.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:29.4	Germany's antitrust watchdog
0:31.3	has ordered Facebook to stop combining
0:33.3	WhatsApp and Instagram data with its Facebook data unless it
0:37.4	obtains specific user consent to do so.
0:41.0	Quoting from the BBC, Facebook's various services, including
0:44.8	WhatsApp and Instagram, can continue to collect data, but they cannot combine the
0:49.4	information with a user's main Facebook account unless the member gives their voluntary consent.
0:54.8	Collecting data from third-party websites and deciding it to a Facebook's user account is likewise
1:00.1	only allowed if that member has given the firm permission.
1:03.0	The watchdog added that an obligatory tick in the box
1:07.0	to agree to all the company's terms
1:09.0	was not a sufficient basis for, quote,
1:12.0	such intensive data processing end quote the ruling
1:16.6	only applies to the firm's activities in Germany but it is likely to influence
1:20.9	other regulators end End quote.
1:23.2	Facebook says it will appeal the decision and in fact it has one month to do so to challenge the
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