Contact Tracing, Synthetic Biology --  Ask a futurist: how do we get from now to the Covid-19 free future? Steer into the slide. --  The future of synthetic biology is sticking viruses into our systems as medication --  Apple-Google contact tracing vs Palantir: who do you trust? --  France bans Amazon from selling non-essential items: should America follow? Should Amazon be doing more with automation? --  The best videoconferencing etiquette --  Why are people tearing down 5g towers to fight coronavirus? --  What new businesses are going to be born out of the Covid-19 crisis? Automation, synthetic biology, and delivery get a VC boost --  AI development and Big Tech data gathering is leading us down a dystopian superhighway --  Is CES gone for good? How long can movie theaters stay closed? --  Salute to the real heroes - the IT people keeping us all connected in this crisis --  Distance learning: what is working, what isn't, and what is the future of education? --  How did Microsoft fumble Cortana? The same way they fumbled Windows Phone --  Apple hopes to put its own chips in macs --  Google says AI can design a chip in 6 hours --  The next world war will be fought in cyberspace --  Kim Jong Un: Dead or alive? Will North Korea be the next manufacturing hotspot or a radioactive crater? Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Amy Webb, Iain Thomson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Products we recommend: https://twit.to/amazon Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.