Trial By Zoom, MS Build 2020 is for Devs, Walmart Jettisons jet.com & More

Its Tuesday. In this one we mentioned Trump’s prescription drug misuse, but it’s really a story about jury trials during the pandemic; Walmart reported earning and made money, but is getting rid of jet.com; High Speed trains might save the economy; Microsoft held their annual Build keynote virtually to kickoff the conference; and Ben Lovejoy helps me explain the Apple FBI debate to non-techy listeners.

• Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against COVID-19 - The Verge
• Texas tries a pandemic first: a jury trial by Zoom - Reuters
• Walmart says it will discontinue Jet, which it acquired for $3B in 2016 | TechCrunch
• A Lawmaker Wants Fast Trains to Rev Up the US Economy | WIRED
• Microsoft Build 2020: Everything announced at the company's all-digital event - CNET
• Apple/FBI debate explained in non-technical terms - 9to5Mac
• Joe Rogan goes Spotify Exclusive - Twitter — “Announcement: the podcast is moving to spotify! Starting on September 1 the podcast will be available on Spotify as well as all platforms, and then at the end of the year it will move exclusively to Spotify. It will remain FREE.”