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Stories of the week: Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US https://buff.ly/2D1CKzo Here's a recap of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' congressional testimony https://youtu.be/84C1-NiWvQE Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight https://buff.ly/30f2lNZ Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you. https://buff.ly/3169Iqh Why people should stop designing prosthetics that look realistic—and start designing ones that work https://buff.ly/2PiCRsN “Speed” Round: GIMP is Quietly Working On Its Own Version of "Smart Objects" - And Its Just as Good as Photoshop's  https://buff.ly/2XfewIv Pandemic gets Japan's automated delivery services on the road https://buff.ly/3g1eBHq by @JapanToday San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast as tech companies embrace remote work and unemployment rises https://buff.ly/3gk6INr Flying Cars Are Legal, Says Newly-Passed New Hampshire Law https://buff.ly/2Xhi6C7 by @IntEngineering Tips of the Week: Gimp https://www.gimp.org/ NAS Update with Social Greg Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week: Pentagon Has 'A Lot More' Classified UFO Videos, Ex Head of https://buff.ly/3g4mCLK Source code leaked from exposed repos of many companies, including Nintendo, Microsoft, Adobe, Lenovo, AMD, Qualcomm; it's unclear how much of it is proprietary https://buff.ly/30SL9g6 Face masks are thwarting even the best facial recognition algorithms, study finds      https://buff.ly/2X1quFI Some people might already be immune to coronavirus thanks to the common cold https://buff.ly/3g5Tl3d “Speed” Round: Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests https://buff.ly/30IRBGE Alexa Echo snooping-blocker from MSCHF could protect your privacy https://buff.ly/3g0Nv33 Google will let employees work from home until at least next summer  https://buff.ly/3jKxLn6 It’s easier to manage four people than one person https://buff.ly/3hIFY9G Tips of the Week: Clean Your Dirty Microwave With a Lemon https://buff.ly/3f2UyXD Teach Your Kids to Take a Meditative 'Snow Break' https://buff.ly/30RIu6H  Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week: Russian spies 'target coronavirus vaccine' https://buff.ly/2DJcFot Bill Gates and Elon Musk Didn’t Get Hacked—Twitter Did by https://www.reviewgeek.com/47803/bill-gates-and-elon-musk-didnt-get-hacked-twitter-did/ Attorney General Barr accuses Hollywood, Big Tech of collaborating with China https://buff.ly/32lZcgR A San Francisco Exec Is Building a City-Wide Surveillance Network https://buff.ly/3fAQTBG Thanks to subscriber Tom Pinkowski for this “Speed” Round: How to Start Your Own Learning 'Co-Op' at Home https://buff.ly/3fCpvmL Roomba gets supersized https://buff.ly/304g8Wn If You're Working Remotely, Do It in Barbados https://buff.ly/32oyVyr Amazon’s new ‘smart’ shopping cart uses sensors to enable cashier-less stores https://buff.ly/2CA9fnw Tips of the Week: New Microsoft Edge https://buff.ly/2Tr2lYg How to Make Your PC Automatically Turn On on a Schedule https://buff.ly/393AzqE Support The Show: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week Michael Lofthouse of Solid8 is a piece of sh1t https://buff.ly/2Zd3vZE The Micromobility Revolution: How Bikes And Scooters Are Shaking Up Urban Transport Worldwide” https://buff.ly/2ZbrR6c Elon Musk says a Neuralink update is coming in August https://buff.ly/2W488DA Microsoft’s solution to Zoom fatigue is to trick your brain https://buff.ly/38SpHfb Feds give Ghislaine Maxwell paper clothes due to fear she might kill herself https://buff.ly/3iP7G5E “Speed” Round: In an ominous sign for the economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments  https://buff.ly/3ffhi7z What is the AVIF Image Format... Chrome and Firefox is getting it https://buff.ly/2DqUoMK Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game  https://buff.ly/2ZgxRe5 Giants commit to cardboard cut-outs instead of fans for 2020 season https://buff.ly/2Ognxw1 Tips of the Week: First new “The Far Side” cartoons from Gary Larson since 1995 https://buff.ly/3izZCG5 7 Tips to Make the Web More Readable on an iPhone https://buff.ly/2ZSvgpR Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week Walmart will soon open drive-in movie theaters https://buff.ly/38mCtSB What America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible https://buff.ly/2NEdUHo by @jpinsk via @TheAtlantic I just canceled my Dropbox subscription. What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work https://bbc.in/2D4iJI2 by @WhatKatieBWrote via @BBC_Worklife “Speed” Round: UFC Confirmed To Host 9 Events In Las Vegas In August https://buff.ly/3ipYIf5 Update. California University Pays Million-Dollar Crypto Ransom  https://bit.ly/2VDWQpu via @cointelegraph The Smart Way To Come Back To Jiu-Jitsu After A Long Time Off https://buff.ly/3ijQy89 Drones take on the wings: @DeuceDrones to deliver chicken wings The drone startup signed a deal with @BWWings franchisee Potter Wings Mobile for drone deliveries by @JasonPReagan via @drone_life https://bit.ly/2BYcwNa Tips of the Week: You Should Mute Your Smart Speaker's Mic More Often https://buff.ly/2ZB67j2 Google collects a frightening amount of data about you. You can find and delete it now https://buff.ly/2NFyIhG

Stories of the week San Francisco Tenants Break Leases At Alarming Rates https://buff.ly/2NuIymn TikTok Users, K-Pop Fans Take Credit for Inflating Expectations to Trump Tulsa Rally https://buff.ly/2Ys3lNU Work-life balance was never going to work https://buff.ly/2B1HdBa Where Will We Pee When We're Out in Our Half-Reopened States? https://buff.ly/2BxXSMy “Speed” Round: Quora goes permanently remote-first Link Olympus is giving up on camera https://buff.ly/2VuJSub Robot actress to star in big-budget sci-fi movie https://buff.ly/3g0mCvA There’s a Wire Above Manhattan That You’ve Probably Never Noticed https://buff.ly/2VgGy5z Tips of the Week: Keeping your private information private https://buff.ly/2CDiYtn Now you can think longer about recalling that email in Gmail https://buff.ly/2V4ols2 Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week I sent an email to IDEO about the long-standing racism in the design industry and they wrote me back. eBay Execs Thought Sending Dead Pigs, Live Spiders To Small News Website Was A Good Idea https://buff.ly/2YIEtQC Tech company Buffer is adopting a 4-day workweek https://buff.ly/3dcSZ8O In defense on working at the office https://t.co/qJlZefNbo5?amp=1 “Speed” Round: The FBI used a Philly protester’s Etsy profile, LinkedIn, and other internet history to charge her with setting police cars ablaze https://buff.ly/2YIzM9z Now any US business can buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot for $74,500 https://buff.ly/3foihlE Colin Kaepernick joins board of Medium https://buff.ly/30UFCrl Silicon Valley's elite wants yet again to abandon land and live on floating cities in the middle of the ocean that operate outside of existing governments https://buff.ly/2BfQy80 Tips of the Week: Bed Specs Laying down Book/Phone Reading Periscope Eyeglasses https://is.gd/BRhPgT How to Always Show Full URLs in Google Chrome https://buff.ly/2N6h0U4 Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Stories of the week Pentagon Documents Reveal The U.S. Has Planned For A Bitcoin Rebellion https://buff.ly/3fiVDLF IBM is exiting the face recognition business https://buff.ly/37bJ5Tg and so is Amazon Electric Blockaloo: Minecraft's virtual music festival with Deadmau5 and Steve Aoki is going to be utterly bonkers https://buff.ly/3dVnrFk Would You Enjoy Having Your Own Enclosed Office “Cubicle” Pod with AirPurifier? “Pods each have automatic doors that operate with FacialRecognition, so there’s no need to touch and contaminate them.” https://is.gd/pTQIgO “Speed” Round: Aqua-Fi could bring Wi-Fi-like tech to the underwater world https://buff.ly/2AhCWsY Imagine an 'Android Pro' subscription https://buff.ly/37ttoqZ Apple Shares WWDC Details Including Keynote Time, Developer Forums, 1-on-1 Developer Labs, and More https://buff.ly/2Ap2C6I Designer envisions a detachable camera module for phones, and it’s pretty cool https://buff.ly/3040OKO Tips of the Week: 5 tips to brush up on your Docs, Sheets and Slides skills https://buff.ly/2XSmGYh Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The current state of things. Amazon gave TV stations coronavirus propaganda, and some aired it https://buff.ly/2B6079x  Revolut staff claim they’ve been told to quit their jobs or be fired https://t.co/v0gwZ9YKz3 “There has never been a better time to quit Facebook” https://buff.ly/36Xz8ca “Speed” Round: Low omega-3 and children https://buff.ly/3cymb9C Why the Upwork CEO believes the pandemic will lead to more work with freelancers https://t.co/WdKmfuqhoV?amp=1 Throw a ‘Welcome to Summer’ Party for Your Kids https://buff.ly/306JXak Project brings cinema to backyards https://buff.ly/30f8Mki Tips of the Week: Blur Tools for Signal https://buff.ly/2XxvgM0 Google Maps makes it easier to use and send Plus Codes https://buff.ly/2XVYfIn

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Minecraft Dungeons is the low-stress family hackathon we need right now https://buff.ly/3guyK9i Twitter's Fact-Checking Failures Reveal Serious Shortcomings https://buff.ly/2XaLKJv Apple reportedly nabs Scorsese film starring DiCaprio and De Niro https://buff.ly/3dhw0u8 How Can You Become a 10xer? https://buff.ly/2Wy9TJI “Speed” Round: Funerals in space https://buff.ly/2XHcAs1 "Roquefort-Like Cheese?" USTR takes swipe at EU food name restrictions https://buff.ly/2WY89tv What to Do If You See a 'COVID-19 Surcharge' on Your Receipt https://buff.ly/3etGyGB Japan is going to covering half of your travel expenses. https://is.gd/28UlFV Tips of the Week: Color in your favorite hard rockers with these Kerrang! cover coloring books  https://buff.ly/2ZNxecq 6 hidden Google Maps tricks you need to know https://buff.ly/2Xrf2Tj

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week Spotify acquires Joe Rogan Podcast https://buff.ly/3bQa9bt DoorDash 'Pizza Arbitrage' Shows the FUBAR Economics of Delivery Apps https://buff.ly/2zMZy3K Tesla quietly adds bidirectional charging capability for game-changing new features - Electrek https://buff.ly/3bHoR4p 5 Tips to Reduce Screen Time While You’re WFH https://buff.ly/2LwUSl7 “Speed” Round: Dolphins at popular spot miss tourists https://buff.ly/3e0Omzg These New Plant-Based Bottles Degrade in Only a Year – And Could Herald the End of Plastic https://buff.ly/2WDYI2c SEG tech generates electricity using shadows and light https://buff.ly/2LOEcpm Zoom is Now Worth More Than the World’s 7 Biggest Airlines https://buff.ly/2zCaSQ9 Tips of the Week: SEO Cheat Sheet https://buff.ly/3cN1g3N Google Chrome Is Finally Letting You ‘Marie Kondo’ Tabs To Keep Them Organized https://buff.ly/2y7G8pV

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker PayPal donations to https://paypal.me/foronda Stories of the week The Office Is Dead, Get ready for the commercial real estate apocalypse https://buff.ly/3cofVSR How to Keep Remote Employees on Task Without Spying On Them https://buff.ly/2WK2KoB Zoom, but in VR: Spatial https://buff.ly/2Lr9hPW Ask Adolfo: 10 Most Important Work Skills to List in a Resume https://buff.ly/2Wvk8NO “Speed” Round: Self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting alternative to Google search https://buff.ly/2YQFh7O New solar panels suck water from air to cool themselves down https://buff.ly/3dvwT1E Facebook must pay content moderators' for mental health issues https://buff.ly/2zvPRGO Announcing Virtually Maker Faire https://buff.ly/3dfAsZJ  Tips of the Week: Artbreeder https://buff.ly/3dFdzPQ Dictate Your Messages Using This Mac Keyboard Shortcut https://buff.ly/35KX02a How to Create a Looping Video of Yourself for Your Virtual Meetings https://buff.ly/2wAfKUH

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Companies are turning to intrusive monitoring of work-from-home employees https://buff.ly/3bUDqT6 Nearly half (47%) of Americans working from home aren’t always wearing pants https://bit.ly/2YKOezA Drive-in movie theaters reopen in Bay Area with new rules amid coronavirus pandemic https://buff.ly/3biZXYY What things do you miss? https://bit.ly/35GqEW5 “Speed” Round: Swapabee https://buff.ly/2YyAXtK IKEA Releases Free Design For Garden Sphere That Feeds Entire Neighborhood. https://is.gd/zBURyH What’s trending: understanding rising consumer interests https://buff.ly/2LfvmAB The more new and unexpected things we experience, the more memories we form. https://is.gd/qUViy8 Tips of the Week: How to connect multiple Amazon accounts on the same Echo device https://buff.ly/2L5TFB4 How to Copy Your Photos from Facebook to Google Photos https://buff.ly/2SCvtuq Learn SQL while solving crimes! https://buff.ly/2WkAQiQ

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Restaurants Across the US Turn Parking Lots Into Drive-In Movie Theaters https://is.gd/ae2Vq9 A novel solution to curb phone use by drivers https://buff.ly/2YhECwb Microsoft will narrow its focus to software developers at this year's virtual Build conference https://buff.ly/3d6Y4zP 20 Easy Home Office Organization Ideas to Boost Your Productivity https://buff.ly/3cQLjt0 “Speed” Round: iOS 13.5 makes it “easier” to use Face ID while wearing a face mask https://buff.ly/3bQ22fX Google is Making Meet Free for Everyone https://buff.ly/2YgibY3 Condoms sales https://buff.ly/35nL7iu Learn How to Draw From Disney Animators Through These Free Videos https://buff.ly/3eWIh8f Tips of the Week: Gallery of 200 database schema diagrams of open-source packages https://is.gd/X8WOtF Facebook’s Music section is an easy way to make your profile stand out. https://bit.ly/3falqq0

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Send Packages with Uber connect. https://is.gd/pOFEY5 Is this the tipping point for delivery by robot? https://buff.ly/3bA5Ku9 by @gcnichs via  @ZDNet #Robotics Boston Dynamics Spot robot dog helps doctors assess coronavirus patients https://is.gd/ykdEhE 7 Tips To Getting Rid Of A Creative Block https://buff.ly/3aqhm1g by @bitrebels “Speed” Round: Nextdoor and Walmart partner on a new neighborly assistance program https://is.gd/8TNWO9 "Pendulum Thinking": How Reimagining Design Roles Can Transform the Product Development Process https://buff.ly/2UOu70V by @Takram via @core77 Why we can’t build https://is.gd/JPJZ18 19 Projects To Do Outdoors While You Need The Distraction by @calebkraft https://buff.ly/2zpNGEJ from @make Tips of the Week: Battery cycle count. Tip - Daniel Bennett @DanielBennettNY Apr 20 DIY “de-corking.” Because everyone assumes you got the ‘Rona when you knock on their door at midnight. 7 Ways To Open A Bottle Of Wine Without A Corkscrew

Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Weekly Recap & Cobol never dies it just multiplies, Gov Tech sucks. We Need a New CCC for Recovery — the Civic Response Corps buff.ly/2UWdW0w by @dalepd via @make Death to the Open Office https://www.fastcompany.com/90488060/our-offices-will-never-be-the-same-after-covid-19-heres-what-they-could-look-like Jazz musician Daniel Bennett: This virus will die, but our cultural renaissance has just begun! buff.ly/2K4uX3v by @DanielBennettNY from @bandzoogle “Speed” Round: College is dead. How to Grow Vegetables From Kitchen Scraps buff.ly/3ae4qeB from @lifehacker Specialized Gives Bikes to Essential Workers. https://coolhunting.com/culture/specialized-gives-bikes-to-essential-workers/ 10 Alarm Clocks to Wake You Up Creatively buff.ly/2yT9iZK from @hongkiat Planned obsolescence: the outrage of our electronic waste mountain Tips of the Week: Want to learn more faster? Watch YouTube videos faster. Tip - How to automatically request a desktop version of a website on iOS buff.ly/3ccJ2I5  from @appleinsider

Sponsor/Partners/Events: Check out our new Patreon page at patreon.com/nerdstalker Stories of the week Car Insurance does it still make sense? https://is.gd/5HdCoI When Can We Lift the Coronavirus Pandemic Restrictions? Not Before Taking These Steps https://buff.ly/3aP1FS7 via @sciam What i’m watching/listening to: Kevin Rose Show https://podcast.kevinrose.com/, Making Sense with Sam Harris https://samharris.org/podcast/, Meta-Cast https://www.meta-cast.com/. RT @jobhuntorg: RT @jacobshare: 15 Ideas For Job Seekers To Do While Lonely in #Coronavirus Quarantine buff.ly/2vImmjp (Phylis Mufson) “Speed” Round: A: Fed is estimating 32% unemployment we are currently at 17%, additional 6.6 million unemployment filings just yesterday. G: Check out Brain Sharper (www.brain-sharper.com) Apparently, this is not how we’re meant to be using these everyday items https://www.brain-sharper.com/social/everyday-items-using-wrong-tw/  Everyday Items We’ve Been Using Wrong The Whole Time www.brain-sharper.com @sharper_brain I’m not going to grocery stores any more (especially small or big ones). Criterion Collection & Janus Films Launch Arthouse Relief Fund for Theaters https://buff.ly/2JGOEhv from @slashfilm Tips of the Week: Template for printing a paper mask at home https://is.gd/7cQOUe I’m learning to play piano thanks to https://chordify.net/ Jitsy an Open Source and Secure alternative to Zoom https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/

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We are back with our first coverage and thoughts on the coronavirus Covid-19 situation and how it is impacting us and others.

In this episode ADOLFO talks about all the great shows he’s watching on Netflix and CBS, the books he’s currently reading, three great tips and all the good self-improvement you need.