C2E2 recap, Bob Iger steps down, Neuralink, and Twitter- TNCS Ep 67

Steve gives his initial recap of Chicago’s Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), much more coming from C2E2 in future episodes.  In entertainment news this week we discuss Bob Iger stepping down from his position as the CEO of Disney. Steve gets fired up talking about the Star Wars novels attempting to fix plot holes in the movies.  We also cover the recent tech news concerning the Neuralink competitor, a supreme court justice regretting a decision that led to the repeal of net neutrality. We provide some details around Clearview AI having its client list hacked and released and Jack Dorsey’s position as the head of Twitter is in jeopardy.

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Links to topics discussed:

• CNBC: Bob Iger to step down as Disney CEO, effective immediately.
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/disney-names-bob-chapek-next-ceo.html 
• Star Wars is fixed in novelization
  • https://screenrant.com/star-wars-palpatine-clone-rise-skywalker-confirm-novel/?utm_source=SR-FB-P&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_campaign=SR-FB-P&fbclid=IwAR0_8LegJ_HNkTZLD3WSObkRtn8Rpjig7vkTr0sLVy8PtCxRdFs3_j5n80A
• NDT schooled on Arrival criticism
  • https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/entertainment/neil-de-grasse-tyson-schooled-arrival-101527083.html 
• The Next Web: This startup is building a brain-reading device to take on Elon Musk’s Neuralink.
  • https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/02/25/this-startup-is-building-a-brain-reading-device-to-take-on-elon-musks-neuralink/ 
• Clarence Thomas regrets Net Neutrality ruling 
  • https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/clarence-thomas-regrets-ruling-that-ajit-pai-used-to-kill-net-neutrality/ 
• CNN: Clearview AI has billions of our photos. Its entire client list was just stolen.
  • https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/tech/clearview-ai-hack/index.html 
• Billionaire threatening to oust Jack Dorsey from twitter
  • https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/810979699/jack-dorsey-twitters-eccentric-ceo-could-be-looking-for-a-job-soon
• Military adopts new ethics guidelines for AI
  • https://gizmodo.com/u-s-military-adopts-new-ethics-guidelines-for-artifici-1841905589