Episode 139: Good Sci Fi Nerd Stuff

In this Episode: Amazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one yearIBM is exiting the face recognition businessThis bricklaying robot can construct a house in 48 hoursAstronomers have found a planet like Earth orbiting a star like the sunBattery giant CATL ready to make million-mile, 16-year batteries for more than TeslaTwitter Locks Account That Posts Trump’s Tweets Verbatim After Less Than 3 DaysTwitter to launch a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelinesSoftBank-backed Lemonade files to go publicElon Musk says Starship is SpaceX's 'top priority' from now onWeird and Wacky:Someone paid $2.6 million in fees to move $134 worth of crypto and oopsMan tormented by mystery pizza deliveries to his house for almost a decadeA treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains for a decade has finally been foundA teen who spent 10 hours cleaning up after a protest is rewarded with a car and a college scholarshipLinks:Twitter to launch a revamped verification system with publicly documented guidelines | TechCrunchForrest Fenn treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains for 10 years has finally been found - CNNIBM is exiting the face recognition business - AxiosBattery giant CATL ready to make million-mile, 16-year batteries for more than TeslaAstronomers have found a planet like Earth orbiting a star like the sun | MIT Technology ReviewAmazon bans police use of facial recognition technology for one year