The FTC is shaking and baking, with a lawsuit against Amazon for alleged dark patterns in the sign-up and cancellation process for Amazon Prime. But is this lawsuit really… it? Then, a feature at The Verge goes into the human labor that trains AI, and the shadow industry that makes it all work. For dessert: Brianna buys a drone!
Links and Show Notes: Support Rocket with a Relay FM Membership FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime - The Verge Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, US FTC says | Reuters What the FTC Misses With Amazon Lawsuit — The Information Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human - The Verge A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control - The New York Times290: Adrienne Lawrence and Olivia Solon
289: Henry Cavill Builds His Own Gaming PC
288: Bluecheck Blues
287: Misinformation!!
286: BAN TOWN!
285: Farewell, Mac Apps
284: Hey hey hey
283: Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
282: An Episode of Rocket
281: We Hacked A Switch
280: Cycle of Discourse
279: New Guts
278: 14 Cores
277: Powerful Macs // Wu-View
276: Time Goes By
275: Finally, Contact Tracing
274: WeWork Continues
273: Stonk Go Up
272: Excited but Slightly Disturbed
271: A Normal Week
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