Tue. 01/07 - CES Day 2

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🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Sonos goes nuclear on Google, though it really has Amazon in mind also; Facebook bans deep fakes… in a way; a whole bunch of really interesting laptop stuff, Sony makes a car, and you make a fashion statement and protect yourself from air pollution at the same time… all the stuff from Day 2 at CES. Sponsors: Tiny Captial Capterra.com/ride Links: Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google (NYTimes) Enforcing Against Manipulated Media (Facebook Newsroom) Facebook bans deepfakes, but new policy may not cover controversial Pelosi video (Washington Post) Sony surprises with an electric concept car called the Vision-S (The Verge) Mercedes-Benz unveils an Avatar-themed concept car with scales (The Verge) Lenovo's ThinkBook Plus Laptop Has a Second Screen on the Lid (TomsHardware) Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold is a $2,499 PC with a folding OLED screen (The Verge) Lenovo's Yoga 5G laptop packs nine antennas and Snapdragon power (Engadget) Ring adds privacy dashboard to app in response to security concerns (The Verge) Atmos Faceware makes clean air an expensive accessory (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Tuesday, January 7th, 2020. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	Sonos goes nuclear on Google, though it really has Amazon in mind also.
0:14.0	Facebook bans deepfakes in a way, a whole bunch of really interesting laptop stuff.
0:18.8	Sony makes a car, and you can make a fashion statement and protect yourself from air pollution at the same time.
0:25.0	Basically, a whole bunch of stuff from day to at CES.
0:28.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:34.0	Not everything is going to be CES derived today, though this first story is consumer electronics
0:39.9	related.
0:40.9	Sonos is suing Google seeking financial damages and a ban on the sale of
0:47.0	Google speakers, laptops, and even smartphones in the US because Sonos claims Google infringed on five patents that it owns.
0:57.0	Pretty nuclear option stuff here, quoting the New York Times.
1:02.3	In 2013, Sonos scored a coup when Google agreed to design its music service to work easily with Sonos's home speakers.
1:09.0	For the project, Sonos handed over the effective blueprints to its speakers.
1:13.0	It felt like a harmless move.
1:15.0	Sonos executive said,
1:16.0	Google was an internet company and didn't make speakers.
1:19.0	The executives now say they were naive.
1:21.0	On Tuesday, Sonos sued Google in two federal court systems seeking
1:26.0	financial damages and a ban on the sale of Google speakers, smartphones, and laptops in the United
1:30.0	States. Sonos accused Google of infringing on five of its patents, including technology
1:34.2	that lets wireless speakers connect and synchronize with one another.
1:38.1	Google has been blatantly and knowingly copying our patent and technology, Patrick Spence, Sonus's chief executive, said in a statement.
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