Grepcast TSP

Adam, Kelly, and Mike are back with a collection of quick-hit articles, bringing you that classic Grepcast energy while not being all too mired in the constant pandemic-related technology coverage. While we kick it off with everyone's new morning / evening routine, we take a glance at the past (2003 to be specific) before doing some future tripping.
 
Links and Extra Reading
Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health
Facemash Creator Survives Ad Board
Beyond Zoom: The future of virtual meetingsMedivis - Pushing the limits of what's possible
Looks like you need Iceland
 

The Grepcast is joined by a special guest today, Sarah Pruski, Director of Security Operations at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education for a conversation about all things cybersecurity. But! Before we get into cybersecurity, we touch back in with our best friends - Spot the Dog and Silicon Valley.
 
Links and Extra Reading
Spot the Coronavirus Doctor Robot Dog Will See You Now
Is ‘dopamine fasting’ Silicon Valley’s new productivity fad?
Telecoms paranoia, 5G vs Covid-19 (and phones turning into human heads)
Radio Galaxy Zoo: LOFAR
How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later
Indycar's Virtual Race Crashes Sparked Real-World Controversy Among Drivers

As we continue to record from our homes in the time of COVID, we start by chatting about VR once again, even though Adam continues to be unconvinced. From there, the gang talks through Contact Tracing improvements and then how COBOL and technical debt has brought about a new group of superheroes. 
 
Links and Extra Reading
@michaelfolkson: Yesterday I co-hosted a Socratic Seminar in VR
Apple acquires popular weather app Dark Sky and will shut down the Android version
Google And Apple Will Enable Mobile Phones To Trace User Contacts In Coronavirus Fight
How Digital Contact Tracing Slowed Covid-19 in East Asia
Our Government Runs on a 60-Year-Old Coding Language, and Now It’s Falling Apart
Zoom Lets Attackers Steal Windows Credentials, Run Programs via UNC Links
Bookshop
Network traffic insights in the time of COVID-19: March 23-29 update

In this episode of the Grepcast, we focus on all the things that feel worse than the new normal of self-quarantines. Come for the Bird smack-talk, stay for Kelly going off on the Internet Archive. 
Links and Extra Reading
My friend just got laid off along with 400 other employees by dialing into a pre-recorded Zoom message.
It Felt Like a Black Mirror Episode' The Inside Account of How Bird Laid off 406 People in Two Minutes via a Zoom Webinar
Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online
The Pandemic Is Not an Excuse to Exploit Writers
Twitter: Want to see the true potential impact of ignoring social distancing?
Boston Public Library: Into the Water
LinkedIn: Our strategy for COVID-19 layoffs

In this episode of the Grepcast, we check-in on how COVID is changing the landscape of the internet - especially as it pertains to Zoom and Netflix. From there, Adam gets mad at an article bemoaning the limitations of VR and then we dissect a new wearable that promotes privacy from Alexa and Siri. 
Links & Extra Reading
AT&T Suspends Broadband Data Caps During Coronavirus Crisis
‘Zoombombing’: When Video Conferences Go Wrong
Netflix and YouTube are slowing down in Europe to keep the internet from breaking
VR Was Supposed to Help Us Work Remotely. So Where Is It?
Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop
Rachel Barenbaum's 'A Bend In The Stars' Tells A Tale Of Injustice And Romance
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As the world continues the change as part of the current Covid-19 pandemic, we here at the Grepcast are here to talk about how it may just change work forever. But before we dive into that, we follow up on an article from 2015 about how smart homes can improve the quality of life for those living with disabilities. 
Links and Extra Reading
An Instagram personality said he had coronavirus on a plane. The failed viral stunt got him arrested
ImJayStation: YouTuber admits to faking girlfriend’s death to gain subscribers
For the disabled, smart homes are home sweet home
How coronavirus could force the work-from-home movement
Coronavirus is the first big test for futuristic tech that can prevent pandemics
The Zodiac Killer has been a mystery for 50 years – but one man thinks he's solved it
Writers Bone Episode 402: Kelly J. Ford, Author of Cottonmouths