Week in Tech: Could a Dead Cat Sink Waymo?

Would you buy a boat or a midcentury sideboard from your high school pals? Because Oz’s alma mater has opened an exclusive online marketplace for just this purpose! This week, Oz spins a yarn about Kitkat, the San Francisco cat killed by a Waymo. Locals are furious. Karah fills us in on Blued and Finka, the gay dating apps being censored by the Chinese government. Tech bros are obsessed with building statues, the FBI tries to unmask the owner of a popular internet archiving site, and we check out a flight app that could make your holiday travel more data-driven, if not less hectic. Finally, on Chat and Me, we talk about Kim Kardashian’s use of Chat—and whether it’s really her friend.  

Additional Reading: 

• Eton’s old boy network app is like eBay for ex-prime ministers - The Times UK 
• Waymo Was Thriving in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat. - The New York Times 
• Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order - WIRED 
• FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site - Ars Technica 
• The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America’s Travel Hell - WSJ 
• America’s Tech Rich Is Obsessed with Building Giant Statues - Bloomberg

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