This week on the show, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon's long-awaited antitrust hearing. Are they too big to compete fairly? Or is the tech industry being overly criticized? (It's most likely the former.) Also, we dive into Garmin's lackluster response to its widespread system outage, Quibi's surprising Emmy noms, and Tenet's international opening.
Friday started with rumors that the Trump administration may try to force a sale of TikTok, and that Microsoft could be on deck as a buyer. On Friday night, however, the president told reporters he plans to ban the app somehow -- and it could happen later today. Continue reading.
Here are all the best deals from the week that you can still snag today, and follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for more updates. Continue reading.
We could see COVID-19 exposure notification apps in the US soon
On Friday, Canada released an app based on Google and Apple tech.
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According to a Google blog post, apps based on exposure notification systems it built along with Apple have launched in 16 countries and regions. Canada's COVID Alert app (iOS, Android) launched on Friday and is currently enabled in the province of Ontario.
We haven't seen this type of digital contact tracing tech enabled in the US yet, but that may change soon. According to Google, 20 states and territories covering about 45 percent of the population are "exploring apps" based on the systems, and the first ones should launch "in the coming weeks." Continue reading.
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