623 - Just the Facts, POTUS

 

On this week’s podcast, our weekly COVID-19/tech sector update, social media and social responsibility in 2020,  ...and much more.

COVID-19 Update

• Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now Being Used To Host Work Meetings
• EV and COVID
  • Sweden’s EV Market Share At 23% In April, Doubles Year On Year
  • Australian car sales fall by half in April, but consumers still interested in electric and hybrids
  • Electric vehicles show more resilience than conventional cars during Covid-19 shock
  • Tesla is on the verge of breaking into the S&P 500 index. Here's the last thing it needs to do to be eligible. (TSLA)
• Bots Are Likely Responsible For Nearly Half Of COVID-19 Tweets, Say Researchers

Audible Book of the Week

• Slowdown: The End of the Great Acceleration - and Why It’s Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives by Danny Dorling
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Music Break: Would I Lie to You by Eurythmics

Social Media and Social Responsibility in 2020

• Twitter flags Trump tweet with fact-checking label for first time
• Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks
• Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive

The Drill Down Video of the Week

• Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space!

• What’s the difference between...HBO GO, HBO NOW, & HBO MAX?

• According to Eli Blumentahl at CNET, Millions of HBO Now customers will be upgraded to HBO Max automatically. After the service launches, many of those users will get an app update that simply transforms the HBO Now app into the HBO Max app.

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