Simon St. Laurent — GDPR n' Roses

Simon St. Laurent joins Christopher Schmitt to discuss Amazon recording personal conversations, Uber closing self-driving operations, the rise of GDPR, the new “Solo” Star Wars movie, and Twitter mixing it up with politics.

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Time Jumps

• 1:51 Story #1 — Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation.
• 8:40 Story #2 — Baboon escapes cage at airport.
• 11:05 Story #3 — Uber closes self driving operations in Arizona.
• 18:50 Story #4 — The US is running out of bombs.
• 20:35 Story #5 — GDPR.
• 31:00 Story #6 — Star Wars’s Solo is out.
• 39:50 Story #7 — President can’t block critics on Twitter.
• 44:45 Story #8 — Look at your timeline 10 years ago.
• 48:50 Story #9 — Twitter’s rules for campaign ads.

Links:

• Christopher Schmitt
• Christopher Schmitt on Twitter
• Simon St. Laurent
• Private conversation recorded by Alexa
• Baboon loose in airport
• Baboon escapes cage at airport
• Uber closes self driving operations in Arizona
• Emergency brakes disabled by Uber driver
• The US is running out of bombs
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• GDPR For small Business
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
• Judge: President can’t block critics on Twitter
• Trump blocked tweets court